Plenty of Sunshine in My Day

Yesterday, after an unamusing day waiting for the aircon man to come [and he never did], I went to watch my school's choir performance - "Cadenza 2005".
What a Night.

One of dance.
Of movement.
Of Song.

The disney medleys were wonderful and I left the place feeling that it was $8 well spent. Hah! Woe to all who felt it was TOO expensive! [I won't name Names. *winks*] Initially, I too had my reservations - umm... the choir just stands and sings right? Hello. My drama production charged the same and we provided more than just aural entertainment. Happily I've been proved wrong and it was a two hour spectacular of visual and aural delight. Hahaha. What an upstart CCA.

Unfortunately, professionalism wasn't very high. You can see over eager faces peeking from behind the curtain before the show started and there seemed to be lot of movement behind it. Also, during some of the more action-oriented pieces, i.e. the disney medleys which operated in the style of a musical, some members of the choir clearly couldn't act and looked 'wooden' on stage. One of the duo scenes was actually painful to watch - no chemistry at all.

However on the whole it felt good. Some brush up on confidence and acting skills and it could have been better.

Having sat through two musical performances, the Piano Ensemble concert "Ivories in Black and White" and the choir's "Cadenza 2005", I find that it is rather interesting to note how the 2 concerts had such different atmospheres. The Piano Ensem's one was a much more elegant affair, but not much of a crowd pleaser. The audience too behaved more or less like what an Arts audience should be. The Choir's one on the other hand was a much more rowdy concert and the 2nd half of the programme appealed more to the audience which wasted no expanse in indulging in catcalls. Huh. Perhaps it will be nice to have a concert that not only exhibited a sense of elegance like the first half of the choir's concert but also ended off with a bang to cater to the audience. A mix of class and "crowd-pleaserness". After all, the audience here constitues mainly of students and it would better to well, organise a students' concert for popularity's sake.