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Wednesday, April 2, 2008
- - April's Post - -
Dear Members,

I do not know when you will see this post but i hope you'll get to see it one day.

We have gone through a lot over these couple of months. To be honest, it was not easy. Not without the help of the Alumni, the Teachers-in-charge and the instructors who helped. It was not easy to run 3 groups at the same time, and I am truly apologetic to those who have ever felt neglected or unattended.

The SYF will be over in about a week's time and the band practices will come to a halt. Some of you would have already known, a lot of us will miss all of you at the days where band practices end and you are given time to study for your mid-year exams. Over the months, the band room has become a house to most of you but to be honest, the Band has become a HOME to me. The room will just be a room without the laughters and tears from the times we spent together as a family. It has been a great pleasure being able to work with you all. I have learnt quite a lot from most of you. Patience, perseverance, love, concern, motivation and creativity are just a few of the things that I managed to learn from the time being with you all.

You will be given about a month's time to take a break and study for your mid-year examinations. Listen kids. I really hope you will put in your best effort to do your best in the exams. To those who really are keen to be able to come back for band practices and enjoy making music together and having fun together, PLEASE DO YOUR BEST IN STUDIES. Your results matter a lot. It matters a lot not just to you, but to me and to the band as well. Without a good set of results, some of your parents might start pointing fingers at your CCAs and other commitments for the cause of your poor results. Therefore, I sincerely urge all of you to set your priorities right for this next month or so and really put in the effort to KNOW WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW, especially the RODs for this year. I am not able to allow you to perform for the concert or drop by during band camp if you are unable to attain a substantially convincing result. For the rest of you, including the recruits, should your results be unsatisfactory, I might not be able to allow you to come for band practices. As in, you will not be sent home, but I might put you through tutelage while the others are merry-making with their instruments and music.

In order to make you have a chance for you to put your best foot forward to prove yourself academically, we, the alumni and myself, have proposed to open up the bandroom as usual to allow the band members a place to study. The teachers are in favour of the idea and have offered to help in any way they can. However, one can bring a thirsty bull to a lake but only the bull can quench his thirst. WE CAN GIVE YOU ALL THAT WE CAN GIVE TO ALLOW YOU TO LEARN, BUT ONLY YOU CAN MAKE YOURSELF LEARN AND DO WELL. You must have INITIATIVE. You need to know what's best for you, your family and most of all, your future. Please, for those Gamers out there, challenge your guts and game buddies to stop for a month or so to do well first so that you can play at ease in future without your parents/guardians screaming down the back of your neck telling you to study. Your parents cannot wait on you forever. You will have to look after them one day. Even if you're unfilial, you will have to look after YOURSELF one day, so make sure you have the capability to meet the needs. You will have to pay for your own food, your electricity bills for gaming all night long, your travelling expenses and other miscellaneous fees.

Spare some thought for yourself for once. You are not hopeless unless you give up on yourself even before trying. When you meet up with difficulties, do not give up. Press on. Professor Randy Pausch of Carnegie Mellon University always believed that "the brick walls are there in our life for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out, they are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. They are there to stop those who don't want it badly enough." Don't let obstacles get in your way. Prove to yourself that there are things that you can achieve. Be the greater few to overcome those obstacles. Don't join the rest who sit in front of the obstacles and watch others overcome them.

I sincerely hope that you will all be able to overcome something in life and studies these couple of months. I also wish you the best of luck in all that you do. I hope you have managed to learn something from me over the months and if you were unable to, i hope you will meet someone who will be able to make you learn.

Good Luck and God Bless.


Love,
Jasen How

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Guangyang Secondary School Band has grown and matured significantly over the years. Under the direction of band instructors Mr Jasen How, Mr Goh Kim Seng and other guest instructors, the School Band has been making strides in its level of proficiency. Combined band practices are held twice weekly, and pupils also carry out sectional training as well as footdrill and formation practices. While the training is intensive, it has instilled in pupils a sense of discipline and passion to make good music. Games are also conducted to ensure that band members have fun too.

Besides being able to play well, other aspects of pupils' character development are also encouraged. For instance, they have contributed to the community by participating in numerous outdoor performances such as the ‘Music in the City’ series at Ngee Ann City in July 2007. Other activities such as band camps, held during the March, June and December holidays, helped our members foster a spirit of cooperation within the band.

In Year 2006, the school band participated for the first time in the SYF Assessment for Marching Bands and was awarded the Certificate of Distinction. In the year 2007, under the baton of Mr Wilson Ong, we were awarded the Bronze medal in the SYF Central Judging for Concert Bands. In the year 2009, under the baton of Mr Jasen How, we were awarded the Silver medal in the SYF Central Judging for Concert Bands. Also participating in Overseas Competitions, the band received the Silver award in the 21st Century International Arts Festival Band Competition 2009 held in Genting, Malaysia. With a bumper crop of 45 recruits in 2007 to a 100 stong band in 2009, the GYSS band looks forward to greater achievements and better music…. one band, one sound!!!

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22 to 26 Nov 2009- International Arts Festival: 21st Century International Band Competition
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17 Apr 2009- Commendation Day
01 Apr 2009- 9am- SYF Central Judging 2009
18 Mar 2009- Band Workshop @ Bowen Sec
17 Mar 2009- 6pm- SYF2009 Sound Check @ SCH
07 Mar 2009- 9am- Music Exchange @ Hua Yi Sec
12 Feb 2009- GYSB Valentine's Day Celebration Party!
22 Jan 2009- GYSB Chinese New Year Celebration Party!
16 Jan 2009- Sec One Orientation
20 Dec 2008- Passing Out Parade
09 Dec 2008- Band Practice Resume 8am to 12noon
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24 to 28 Nov 2008- Band Camp
21 Oct 2008- Band Practice Resume 3pm-6pm
6 Oct 2008- Excursion Day 3pm-6pm
5 Oct 2008- Band Blog 1 Year Old Birthday (;
4 Sept 2008- GYSB Investiture
25 July 2008-GYSS Road Relay Race
24 July 2008- SYF Closing Concert
14 Jun 2008- Guangyang Band Concert!
9-12 Jun 2008- Band 4 Day Camp
30 May 2008: Band Outing at Sentosa, meet 1.15pm at Bishan Mrt Station
12 Apr 2008- SYF Outdoors at National Stadium at 3pm
11 Apr 2008- Commendation Day
4 Apr 2008- Commendation Day Full Dress Rehearsal, 2.30pm at Bandroom
30 Mar 2008- Commendation Day Rehearsal at 3pm
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18 Jan 2008- CCA Open House
11 Jan 2008- Kashiwa Municipal High School Concert at Esplanade
10 Jan 2008- Sec One Orientation
3 Jan 2008- First Band Practice Of The Year!
29 Dec 2007- Sparkswinds Concert at VCH
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The origin of this blog is traced back to the era of which our secondary three members in the band were going through the NCO training programme. It was suggested in one of the meeting held among the NCOs, assigning Swee Han and Chun Heng with the task of management in the blog. And thus giving birth to the blog, gyss-bandd.blogspot.com, on the 15th October, 2007.

The function of this blog is to enable easeful communication between all members of the band – comments and opinions unable to express during normal band practices can be expressed here. However, band members are reminded to be sensitive and careful with speech in precaution of violation to other band members via derogatory, sarcastic or offensive remarks. Band members are advise to express themselves here on how they feel about practices, band, etc. This would ultimately allow better understanding of every individual in the band as well as forge cohesiveness and stronger bond amongst each other – one band, one sound.

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GAIA: Yu Chuen, Cheng Yang, Tom, Sewahang, Benedict, Eric, WeiLun, Marielle, Sophie, Vanessa, Jasmine Peng, Sze Li, Si Yi, Kimberly Fung, Jia Jing, Jeannette, Shi Min, Li Hui, Pei Hsien, Ann, Ariffah, Hui Yi

YOSHI: Bryan, Sean, Ji Sung, Yung Chih, Dang Khoa, Jun Jie, Darryl Tan Wei Siang, Zhi Jun, Amanda, Avril, Si Han, Rachel Tay, Amirah, Sia Wei, Xue Yu, Si Hui, Melody, Shi Yen, Xin Tian, Elyeannie, Xing Qi, Wai Min, Jodi, Wong Jia Xin

SQUALL: Alex, Chih Chieh, Kok Hui, Ming Zhou, Jun Yu, Edwin, Tzu An, Jean, Jing Yi, Mui Fang, Valerie Chia, Vaishnavi, Rumin, Yu Ting, Kimberly Ling, TianTian, Eleanor, Mavis, Jasmine Tan, Li Ting, Xing Xia, Hui Ting, Lynette,

BARACHOIS: Kae Wen, Xuan Wee, Darryl Tan Wee Wen, Wei Sheng, Cheow Phong, Benjamin, Hao En, Rachael Tam, Lynn, Valerie Lee, Felicia, Jia Min, Pei Qi, Mui Fen, Shu Ying, Hui Ming, Madeline, Yu Wen, Zenavia, Charissa, Liew Jia Xin, Yun Juan, Faith, Joletta, Viandra