Admin Post 220309 / SYF 2009 Post

Afternoon All,

There will be an Alumni Band Practice on the coming Saturday, 280309, from 1 to 4.30.

Do note that the Main Band will be having their SYF on the 2nd April, Thursday, 2nd band of the day.

2009 AMB SYF:

Date: 2 Apr 2009 Thursday

Time: Early Morning

Slot: 2nd band of Thur Morning

Venue: Singapore Conference Hall

Choice Piece: And then the Ocean Glows

The schedule is as follows:

DAY 4	02 APRIL	2009	SET PIECE	CHOICE PIECE
59	St Joseph's Institution
60	Anderson			And Then The Ocean Glows
61	Canberra
62	Marsiling
63	Chung Cheng (Yishun)
	BREAK
64	North Brooks
65	Queensway
66	Singapore Chinese Girl's
67	Bowen
68	St Andrew's School
	ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS
69	Jurong West
70	Bedok North
71	Yuan Ching
72	Junyuan
73	Assumption English
	BREAK
74	Compassvale
75	Coral
76	Pasir Ris Crest
77	Balestier Hill
78	Loyang

Do note that the Main Band will be setting off from school early in the morning.

Alumnus who are interested in getting tickets can go earlier to Singapore Conference Hall to queue up for tickets to enter the hall. Do lend the Main Band our support.

Anderson Alumni Band wishes AMB all the best for SYF 2009.

Thank you.

Admin Post 150309

Afternoon all,

There will be a band practice this coming Monday, tomorrow 160309, from 8pm to 11pm.

The band camp of AMB is from tomorrow till Wednesday as well.

Alumnus are encouraged to return on tue as well to help out with the recruits as Mr. Yea wont be around. The time is from 1 to 5.30 and the Alumni will mainly help out with sectionals.

Thank you.

Admin Post 020309 (IMPT)

Good Afternoon,

Alumni Band Practices will be in the Afternoon for the month of Mar, from 1pm to 4pm, from this Saturday onwards.

I wish to take this opportunity to urge all alumnus to return and play with us, because this afternoon pracs were not made available that easily. Arrangements have to be made to cater to those who have Morning CCA / work / committments.
The reason why practices are in the afternoon for only the month of March, is because the school wishes to know if it is feasible/time & money worthy to have the school open on an afternoon for us.

I repeat, if attendance is low, practices might jump back to the morning session, and we will suffer a greater loss of players.

So I appeal to all, pls. Please return to play with us, for just this 3 hours.
Main Band will be having practices in the morning, so there is no worry about Mr. Lim coming late. Practices will commence on time as far as possible.

Thank you.

Regards

Admin Post 230209

Hello all,

there will be an Alumni practice this coming saturday 280209 same timing.

Hope to see more of you there!

Regards.

IMPT APPEAL

Good Afternoon all,

AMBience 7 is on 29 May, both Mr Yea & Mr Lim have emphasized that this is an Alumni concert. From e low turnout, I believe it imperative to appeal to all on coming back to play with us. My Exco have paid the hefty sum to book VCH as we believe alumnus still have AMB in our heart. 

This concert is for the Alumni & it is not abt having enough players but abt fulfilling a dream after many years of continued hard work. AMBience is an annual event when we can get together and make music like e happy yesteryears. 

I understand that we might have our own busy schedules and commitments, but i sincerely hope that we don’t miss this year especially when this is an Alumni concert & the 40th Anniversary of AMB. It is not how there is always someone else who can play; lets throw that thinking  away. 

Mar's practices will be in the afternoon to accommodate ppl who have CCA in the morning. As for Uni students, we understand exams will end in Apr. This will give us at least 5 pracs bebfore the concert. 

I want alumnus to understand that it is ok if you are only able to join us for a few practices, because even joining the last few practices will suffice.  

Lastly, I hope AMB was never a chore to you and us but a place we proudly call our own. I hope even after years of graduation, be it on stage on in the audience, we are still proud of this band, of how she has nurtured and given us some much joy.

Thank you for your time in reading this and I await your favorable reply.

Regards.

PS: There will be a practice this Saturday at 9am. Hope to see some more people there. :)

Admin Post 290109

Good Evening All,

There will be NO Alumni practice this coming Saturday, as the Main Band will be using the instruments.

They will be having a sound check at Singapore Conference Hall and will report at school at 8.30am. Their time slot is from 10.30 onwards.

After the soundcheck, they will proceed to Yuying Secondary School (Near Kovan) for a music exchange. Alumni members are encouraged to help out for the event as they require people to help them record and take photos of their band setup.

Practices will resume on the following Saturday, 7th Feb.

Thank you and have a happy CNY!

Admin Post 140109

Good Evening,

The following are some pointers that the library officers of the Alumni would like you to know:

1. To convenience accounting, Alumni members are not allowed to borrow any library score or files home.
2. In the event that members require personal copies, members can order a set from the library latest by Wednesday, of which they will receive it on the Saturday of the same week.
3. Members are allowed to collect the scores personally on week days in Anderson if needed, but notification in advance is appreciated.
4. Photocopying of scores is at 5cents per page.
5. Files are not allowed to be accessed without prior consent from the library officers. If need be, members can approach lydia from the Main Band on weekdays.
6. Feel free to appraoach any library officers if there are not enough scores for the section.

Thank you for your kind attention!

There's CCA open house and homecoming this Saturday. Do come by to help out!

See you!

Regards

Admin Post 130109

Good Morning All,

There will be a band practice this coming Saturday 170109, same time at 9am. Kindly ignore the brief that was given last practice, wrong info then.

In the afternoon at 2pm, there will be the Anderson CCA Open House. Alumnus are encouraged to stay back to help out, and help interact with parents and sec1s, as the recruitment for this year is very important. Please do stay to help!

Thank you!

Admin Post 060109

Good Morning All,

There will be a band practice from 9-1 this coming Saturday. Please turn up on time!

Also, the fund for booking VCH has been settled already. FYI.

Thank you!

Admin Post 311208

Hello all,

The first alumni practice will be on this coming Saturday 3 Jan 09!

Do be there and happy new year in advance!

Thank you!

2008 Graduating Batch Farewell party

Good Afternoon,

There will be a Christmas cum Farewell party on the 26th Dec Friday frm 12pm to 6pm.
Alumnus are invited.

Do turn up if you are free.

Thank you!

AMBience VII Update

Good Morning all,

AMBience VII will be on the 29th May 2009 Friday at 7.30pm. Venue will be the Victoria Concert Hall.

As 2009 will be a SYF year for the Main Band, the conductors/teachers have decided that the emphasis of AMBience 7 will be on the Alumni Band.
This would mean that the roles between the Main Band and the Alumni Band will be switched. Alumni Band will be fully in charge of planning and organising concert, will have more pieces in concert and Main Band will be on a 'supporting role', playing 3 pieces only.

However, this will also mean that the cost of booking VCH will fall on the Alumni.
Question: Why would we want to foot this bill?
In previous AMBience concerts, the Alumni has always played a supporting role in concert but has never received any share of the revenue from concert, since the school is the one managing the funds. However, in this case where the Alumni Band will control fund management, a considerable amount of the revenue will go to Alumni Band (minus off booking fees, miscellaneous fees). We hope you realise funds are crucial to the growth and survival of the Alumni. Ultimately, we want our members not to be paying for every bill that comes along, like in AMBience 6, the paying for the video, for the ticket printing and all.


As such, we require members to come up with sums of money to help finance the current VCH booking fee (S$1800)
We advise the following:

• On personal basis, if you are able to come up with at least $50 (round numbers appreciated) and above, we appreciate that you can come forth and LOAN this money to the Alumni fund first.
• Members who are younger, can form internal groups on their own accord and come up with a sum of money, again round numbers appreciated. End day, we will pass the money back to the group leader and settle the loan internally. This is to avoid micro management of funds.
  

Important point to note: This is a Loan to the Alumni, NOT a donation. Loans which will be properly documentated and recorded, will be repaid using the revenue generated in AMBience 7.

Please inform me/Amanda/Gary if you wish to make a loan and help us gather the fund for VCH.


Thank you for reading the above.


Regards
Wenjie

Admin Post 301108

Hi all,

The Performance is coming Saturday 6th Dec, at Orchid Country Club. Members are expected to come for a last rehearsal in Anderson on the day itself at 3pm (tentatively) before taking the chartered bus over to the country club.

Please try to turn up for this event! The Alumni will be paid for this event actually, so do help out! Its only a few hours of your time and the pieces are not difficult at all!

Under the flag of glory
Pomp and circumstance 1

Thank you!

Admin Post 271108

Good Evening All,

There will be an IMPORTANT alumni practice this coming Saturday 291108, 9am at Anderson.
This is for preparation for the upcoming performance (public) on the 6th Dec. Details of the performance will be furnished asap.

This is the ONLY practice before the performance, so pls be there for the 1st Alumni Practice after so long and the performance!

Dont worry about the pieces, its only 2 and they're fairly easy. Our band has played them before.

Thank you and see you there!

Regards
Wenjie

Admin Post 161108

Good Evening all,

Long since the last update. Hope all those in school are mugging hard for their exams.
In any case, AMB will be having a birthday celebration for all the Nov babies in the band on 191108 Wed, at 12 noon in the canteen.

Those who are free, can go down and join them for it. After that, practice will be conducted by the main band and mr lim will be the conductor.

Have a good day (: