ANGKLUNG GROUP'S SECOND PERFORMANCE OUTSIDE SCHOOL FOR 2016

Our second performance outside school for the year 2016

Date: Sunday, 1st May 2016

Venue: Sultan Iskandar Hall, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Time: 8:30 p.m.

Event: Merbauan Glory Award

(organized by Tun Hussein Onn Residential College)

We were at first having doubt whether or not to accept the invitation. I guess we made the right decision as the event was held at Sultan Iskandar Hall, the venue where grand university events take place. This should definitely a good experience for the Angklung Group members, to get the opportunity to perform on a stage of a huge hall.

We presented five songs, namely "Dayung Sampan", "Still Loving You", "Terukir di Bintang", "Wonderful World" and "Anak Kampung".

This was actually the second time for the school's Angklung Group to be here. The first one took place three years ago. Read about it HERE.

We just hoped the audience could hear us loud and clear as we were not quite happy with the sound system.

There will be a short break for the group after this as the exam is coming real soon, followed by the fasting month and the Eid celebration. We are planning to recruit and train new angklung players, most probably from the form one batch, after the school break.

A DIARY OF AN ANGKLUNG PLAYER BEFORE A PERFORMANCE

NOTE: Although we meet regularly once a week for practice, we still need to go for an intensive training session before a performance especially when there is unforeseen circumstances. There could be group members who could not join in the performance because of family issues etc. We have actually have a fixed player for certain angklungs but as there sometimes unavoidable issues, we have to make some changes here and there, and this would require more time spent practising.

8:00 a.m.:

People started to arrive. However, for some, to be punctual is something difficult to do.

To make people attend meetings on time is always a problem. There is still a long way to go to have a society who would appreciate and manage their time wisely.

9:30 a.m.:

We decided to have breakfast first and start our practice session right after. We had "roti canai" and sardine-filled curry puffs on the tables . 

10:00 a.m.:

Practice finally started. *sigh*

12:30 p.m.:

We had "nasi lemak" for lunch. Then we went for our "Zohor" prayer and had a short rest.

2:00 p.m.:

The practice session continued.

3:45 p.m.:

The van from UTM arrived and we left school. 

Performed our "Asar" prayer at the UTM mosque.

5:00 p.m.:

Trying out the stage and the P.A. system (which was supposed to be there).

The grand event in which we performed would be reported in another post. :)

TO BE CONTINUED...

SMKTUN ANGKLUNG GROUP'S SECOND PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

10th October 2015 ~ SMKTUN's Angklung Group was invited to perform during the closing ceremony of "Islamic Seminar on Science and Technology" organized by Kolej Tun Hussein Onn, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. The event was held at the Banquet Hall of "Censeleri Building" at 2:30 p.m. 

I was more than happy to see two ex-students who were there. They were Mr. Azizul Azman (from SPM batch 2002) and Miss Mastura (from SPM batch 2006). Mr. Azizul is one of the fellows of the residential college while Miss Mastura is continuing her Master degree and should be a senior student there.

We had about two weeks to practice intensively as we chose 2 songs that had not been done for public while the other song had been performed in the last show. Anyhow, the early practice which started in February had helped a lot.

We hope that we have entertained the audience during the ceremony. For one thing, it has been one valuable experience for the group members.

I have to personally thank Miss Mastura for recommending us to the committee and hopefully, we will be invited again in the future.