On December 4th, which was today, we did our last performance for the 3 songs: Hey Jude, Superstition and Thriller! We did a great job overall, well done for all the hard work everyone! I personally think that we did good but needs some improvement. During the performance, I felt so nervous and had a little stage fright since this is like my first time on stage since a long time. When we did our practices, I felt much more relaxed and I bet everyone in class is to because it seems like we enjoyed the groove and had fun but when it was the final performance, I only thought about getting everything right and good. I felt too nervous and even made a small mistake when I did my first part on Thriller. But, well, overall I did a good job playing the part in the performances.
The Hey Jude performance was nice and everyone was singing well and the musicians played well. It was nice just listening it myself while playing the piano. The harmonies did great harmonizing with the main singers. The main singers sang well in Hey Jude and they improved because I can hear them well now (before, I cannot really listen to the main singers but then I can! Well done, Daleescha, Najwa, Farah, Nadya!). Even though I'm nervous, I can feel a bit relaxed because it sounds nice to me and the lighting is also pretty cool for this particular performance (it suits the performance). However, I do think that we all should be a bit more relaxed in the performance. I can feel a bit of a tense atmosphere when I was on stage. We should've practiced more and be more confident next time. Overall, this performance is so jazzy and nice so I like it :3
In the Superstition performance, I was just managing so I get to see the whole thing from the start. So, I think that it was awesome and everyone was playin' it well! The musicians did a good job syncing together to the beat and making it sound so cool and groovy. I liked the performance! Only that I think that the singers should relax a bit because they look pretty nervous when I look at their faces. The kolintang people was also cool and they're keeping the beat together. So, what I think this performance should work on more is that they should enjoy more to the beat since it's upbeat and it makes you happy just listening to it (it makes me happy LOL) so ENJOY IT MORE! :D
Finally, the Thriller performance. I played the piano again and just before, I had to run up to the top of the Theatre to manage the ppt for the performance and run back down to Thriller. Honestly, it's a bit tiring and I just felt nervous then. So, I accidentally played an octave higher on the first part. Is it uncool? So sorry! Well, then I just PRETENDED to play the piano (like gesturing my hands while listening to the backing track, matching my pretended play as if I'm really playing the piano). Honestly, it's a bit boring but when I hear everyone playing the part in the performance, it was so cool! I love it! The musicians did a great job playing their parts and it was cool! The harmonies danced along the music like they're really enjoying the performance and the solo singers were awesome (Dom, Farah) ! It really takes up lots of confidence in singing the main parts. Although I think there should a bit more practice, it was great! I wished we really could practice more on Thriller since we only started like 2 weeks ago and we've practiced the 2 other songs longer than that.
So, in conclusion, the performances were really great and sounded awesome! I love to perform again (if we can :p). I should've practiced more on my parts myself. We should've practiced more together so we could make it good somehow! I love how everyone was on stage and enjoyed playing their parts. I love each and everyone's parts and listening to them is nice. Even though there should be some improvements when some made mistakes, everyone put in a lot of effort into this, I admire that! Next time, if we have performances like this, we should put in 100% effort so we could be much more confident and play well. Well done Year 8 music class! We did a great job over this semester together through the cycle to the performances! I had so much fun in these performances and I hope you guys do to!
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