Musical Camp 2009

18th Dec Friday…

7:00am My dad, mum and brother were all so busy washing and splashing the floor, keep every corner nice and clean so that all the children could have a comfortable place to spend their whole day.

8:00am children started  to come in.  All were quite punctual and very shortly we started with grouping game.  I’ve gave out a small slip of paper with a note with different Key-signature to each of them “Children! find your group friends in the same key as yours… 3 minutes GO~!”

After that they’ll had to think of their group name and cheer.  Apple’s group was discussing very seriously and they came out with nice name and best cheer of all.  ~Red Apple Angel~ using the pink panther opening.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What were they doing?

Let’s listen to your group cheers~!
We’d got Red Apple Angel, Silver Mango, Pyramid and Black Angel.

Maybe all the brain haven’t really wake up in this early morning so the cheers were a bit scattered and lifeless.  Oh well we got better program after that,  I’m sure they’ll be wide awake in no time.

Let’s move on with the first group class hour performance.  The most beginner students will start first. 

Ssshhhhhh~~ please respect the performers~!

 

It didn’t take long for 12 of them to finish their performance.  I started to guide my fellow assistants to guard each station for the station game.  We got a station which was passing a hula hoop without letting go their hands,  passing water with a clothe from one pail to the other, picking up beans with chopstick from one side to the other and blind fold one of their group member to look for the marks on the wall.  10 minutes for each station and we added up each group’s mark after that.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All done and time to reveal the score~~~ Black Angel team got the highest score~ 

 

Singing time~

 

We were singing <Laughing Singing>. I was trying to do cannon in 2 group but their pitching were really bad, turn out to be so horrible, so we decide to just sing unison.

Then another 2 part song <Black Birds> which the boys sing the lower part and the girls higher.  Boys got to do the easy job cause it’s in ostinato, but they got to count how many time they were the ostinatos with their fingers. haha~

Both songs were short and easy so it didn’t take long for them to get familiar with the verse and tune.

 

It’s 10:30am we started another group of class hour performance.

Some people were getting hungry at such early hour, but lunch was not ready yet, so my mum and the other “chef” assistant got ready some refreshment for them to fill their tummy temporary. 

Cold orange lime juice and chiffon cakes.

Happy to have their tummy filled~

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red Apple Angel team got the best cheer, so Teacher Apple suggest that everyone do it together.  Let’s move~

11:30am, while waiting for the lunch to come I decided to arrange them into choir position from the shortest to tallest.  Just after we finished arranging everyone in position someone was saying “oo… taking group photo…”  ahh.. I almost forgot about that.  Yes we should take this chance to take a group photo.

say cheese… make funny faces… yay~!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picture time over, now let’s rehearse the two song we’d sung just now.   Turn out to be horrible as well cause all were shouting and screaming to sing… yyyeeeee~~~
stop stop stop….
Children~! just sing lightly… don’t shout~!

12noon lunch not here yet, so let’s play a game.  First person will get the clue and act it without saying it out to the 2nd person, after my whistle the 2nd act it out to the 3rd, and go on until the last person will have to tell out the answer of the clue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Lunch is here~~ thanks to Jordan’s grandma volunteered
to fried vegetarian beehoon.

While everyone dig in their food, my friend Weimun, the future pastry chef, started to prepare for the biscuit dough.

 

 

 

 

 

We are going to make the “Famous Amous” flavor biscuit.  I told them it’s a branded biscuit we are going to make, all were so excited.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While 2 groups were busy shaping their biscuits, the other 2 groups were with me, learning how to make a simple paper bag.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yay~! cookies to take home~!
But some finished up before the end of the day, cause it’s irresistible~ haha!

Story time~ I was telling about Franz Schubert, a famous composer’s story, with self drawn pictures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Everyone really pay good attention, cause there’s quiz to put in additional mark into their team.

 

 

 

 

 

Congratulation who’d completed the stamps chart for memorizing certain amount of pieces.  Kids… work harder to get bigger prize~!

 

 

 

Let’s do one last time of the Red Apple Angel team cheer~

Everyone loved the shake.

 

 

 

Let’s sing to the parents~

 

 

 

 

Final group of Class hour performance and prize giving to distinction scorer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The youngest  participant of all for the ABRSM practical Grade 1 exam, 5 years old, and he got a merit.

5:00pm Another group of 6 years old and below kids started to come in, and we proceed with their simple class hour performances.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5:30pm It’s their turn to have fun.  We sung a series of song that form by 2 notes only: Seashell, Pie Song, Neighbors, Tread follows needle, Snail snail, Above Below…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The last kid, Benjamin, he was unwilling to perform in front of audience.  At last we got him to play when there’s no one left.

And that marked the end of our hectic but wonderful day.

Happy New Year, see you all again next year~!