Let the Melody flows~!

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Monday, September 29, 2008

Shinji's 1st bookout

I'm off from work this whole week. Resume work next tue... :) meet up with shinji after 2 weeks, his 1st bookout. Botak jiji... :)

Blasted by a Bass Trombonist @ 7:49:00 PM
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Shinji has just enlisted into national service today. I went with his dad to send shinji to tekong for his ns enlistment. Upon boarding the ferry to tekong, the whole introduction, tour of the facilities, pledge ceremony and food tasting lasted for 3 hours. My Msn will be rather quiet at late nights now.

more pics from jiji's enlistment

falling in after the lunch~
parents, relatives, friends bidding their sons farewell~

walking off to their bunk

it's not wat u left behind, but wad u'll gain ahead~

on the ferry, leaving tekong, heading back to mainland singapore

Quebec Trip - Day 8

trying out the medium size setting for pictures for this post...

cos the previous posts, i load the pictures with the small setting~

This morning is Full Dress, Full Run Thru including individual band's display too~

The korean gers in their costumes, minus their make-up

the korean guys

the last few days, this bass bonist came over to me to let me noe where got printed wrongs notes etc, he only told me n some of the other bass bonists.
he's the 1st bonist that i get to spoke to~
i tink his band is the canadian black watch band? (pls correct me if i'm wrong, thnx~)
he's 1 yr older then me n had been in his band for more then 10yrs too...
he using a lacquer yellow brass besson bass with double hagmann valves~

the chile band then came over to ask to take a pic with us, so i pulled peiling in too~ hee~ ^^

the safcb horns, chile horns, german horns n the canadian naval reserve horns~
so nice the 3 bands same uniform... cos all 3 are navy bands~

the uk band's helmet

bonists from holland, belgium, me n ronnie

the chile sax player saw andrew warming up, n came over to exchange tips for andrew~
alternate positions for screaming high notes~
lol~ ^^

our guys asking about the bagpipes... how it works, etc...

lunch after the full run-thru

for the next 3 days' dinner is the bread ration box...
i really love the sandwiches.... the ham stacked so much inside~
i like~~~~~~~~~~~!!!!! ^^

someone rallied n got most of the trombones outside the colisee to take a mass trombone section photo.... not all are present, cos some of the bands are not involved in the marching opening/closing ceremony, they are programmed as the seated massed bands.

from this pic,i see, safcb, canadian air command central band, canadian air cadets, chile navy band, french navy band, german navy band, canadian black watch, canadian r.22e band, canadian army(?the band on our left for the opening/closing is which band?) ^^

a lot of other bands pple came to take pics with our mdc colleagues~

the chile navy band's bonists in action - their band's display segment

after the opening ceremony, there's a 3hrs wait b4 safcb's display segment, cos we're the last band to perform for every evening~
so i went to explore the corridor of the stadium...
looking for the festival's sovenior booth~ heee~ ^^

the layout of the colisee pepsi stadium~

the russian bass bonist, quite interesting to try to communicate with him.
cos he dunno english, and i dunno russian, but some how we managed to communicate thru music, n our equipments~
it was on the last day at the convention centre, then a english-speaking russian was around, n translated our conversations~ ^^

the russian dancers with our mdc dancers

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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Quebec Trip - Day 7

the moon early in the morning

fimmq logo

saf bands 50th anniversary of military music making in singapore

today's lunch menu

fimmq logo~

a building opposite the congress convention centre

building introduction

me and the quebec flag

a close look at the quebec flag~

street signs~

the quebec armoury

going to the park in front of the armoury for our outdoor performance rehearsal

the armoury's signboard~

the library besides the armoury

the cadets band having their performance~

we had just finished setting up the stage...
had to wait for the cadets to finish their performance b4 we can start the sound check.
while the cadets were performing, i saw this group of bikers, park their bikes n walk over to listen.
i notice their jackets very cool...
so i had to ask to take a pic of their jackets~

they were very nice pple, not like the stereo-types we seen on movies...
turn out their jackets says they're canadian military veterans~
cool~

took a pic with the armoury behind~
and yes~ that's a real piece of maple leaf in my hands.

our sound check~

as the performance venue is nearby, we walked back to the convention centre to change into our concert attire~

after that, we walked back to the venue~
saw this very cute baby, love the eyes,
but my camera couldnt capture the beauty of it~

the safcb trombone section for fimmq'08

the solar version of the northern lights?

the safcb trombone section for fimmq'08
peiling was missing from the previous pic,
cos she was kidnap for an all-gers pic

sdm, winston, chairman music board, head jmp

after our performance, we went back to the convention centre to pack our stuffs...
2/3 of the band went back to the hotel n rest, while the 20 of us went back to the performance ground to watch the next band's performance which is the nypd jazz band~
when we were taking our seat on the grass patch in front of the stage,
the crowd noticed us, n applauded for us~ they recognised us as members of the singapore band~
we felt so appreciated~ it's an experience we'll receive when we're overseas...

the director of the nypd jazz band

the nypd jazz band

the jazz band was cool~ wonderful soloists~
after the show, me n ronnie went to speak with the trombonists a little, n exchanged tokens~

and the 20 of us boarded the smaller bus back to our hotel~

Blasted by a Bass Trombonist @ 12:40:00 AM
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The Adventurer

About Me

N A M E : K E I T H K O E

A G E : 3 4

O C C U P A T I O N :

PROFESSIONAL NOISE-MAKER

Hi Everyone~!

I'm Keith aka SephoRa

Welcome to my blog~!

I'm a full-time professional noise maker~! ^_^v

What I do all day is making noise with my Basso Trombone,

or teaching people to make noise with theirs~! ^_^v

MY PERSONAL TENOR TROMBONE + ACCESSORIES

tenor trombone case - Marcus Bonna Brown Leather

tenor trombone light weight mouthpiece - Monette Prana TT4

tenor trombone mouthpiece - Doug Elliot - XT 102, H, H8

tenor trombone - Edwards T350

MY PERSONAL BASS TROMBONE + ACCESSORIES

bass trombone case - Marcus Bonna Brown Leather

bass trombone mouthpiece - Monette Prana BT1L

tenor trombone mouthpiece - Doug Elliot - LB 112LE, 113G K, K8

bass trombone - Edwards - *i'm currently using an Edwards 9.5" Yellow Brass Bell with this straight neckpipe and a Bach 50 Light Weight Slide*

bass trombone - Edwards B-454E - *now i got both a straight bass and double valves bass, thinking of getting the convertor to make it into a single valve bass trombone too~ ^^*

Other Adventurers

SINGAPORE ARMED FORCES BANDS

SAF Bands (Official Website)

Boonhwee (SAFc Euph)

SINGAPORE TROMBONE CHOIR

Singapore Trombone Choir (blog)

NANYANG POLYTECHNIC WIND ORCHESTRA

nypAlumniWinds (Official Website)

BAND FRIENDS

huifen (exGreenRidge Cl)

OTHERS