2/6/07 Formations

Here are the formations (if you guys haven't already seen it in your emails), for now. Click to enlarge, I have no idea how Eunice managed to do what she did the previous time. Please try and remember your new positions, it'll make practising so much easier (:

Couple dancers:

- Huihui & Jiateng

- Serene & Gimlim

- Huilin & Zhangfan

- Wanzhen & Calvin

There'll be practice tmrw in school @ 1pm, get someone who knows the steps that you need to learn to teach you asap. Let's make this saturday's performance a good one alright.

Ciaossu-

2nd July Performance Practice

Practice for those performing on 2nd June:

Thursday
9am-12pm
CityHall underground area [e usual one]

Let's make this a short and snappy practice. Everyone comes on time, we settle formation and all, brush up steps, hav 2 full runs and then CIAO.

COME ON TIME!
(:

-Priya

2nd June Performance

Dancers involved in 2nd July Performance, keep your Thursday mrnin free. from 9am-11pm. COMPULSORY for those who want to perform. Those who dont turn up w/o a valid reason, will not take part in this dance.
We really need everyone to get tgt to figure out formations and new steps if any.
formations will be out soon and there will be people shuffled here n there. we'll be doing the aristal item, which i hope is still afresh in our memories.

for pairwork, we've 4 guys left. Serene and another girl will be joining the pairwork girls. So you see, you guys may be pushed into new parts but please co operate and learn the steps asap n perfect them on your own. Formations will be crafted as closely as possible to avoid alot of learning of new steps.

Next and last practice will be on Saturday. Time to be confirmed (based on Streetfest). We will have it either before or after our streetfest practice.

Same attire as Aristal.
The performance will be around 8pm. at Serangoon RC.

Those involved are:

1. Jia Teng
2. Gim Lim
3. Serene
4. Hui Lin
5. Geraldine
6. Charvi
7. Wan Zhen
8. Rachel
9. Andrea
10. Ai Wei
11. Eunice
12. Hui Hui
13. Priya
14. Calvin
15. Zhang Fan

If there are anymore interested, inform ANDREA asap! She's settling the formations!

take this performance as a stepping stone ppl. Dancing is also alot abt experience. The more experience we gain, the better for us.

WELL DONE!!!

Superb performance!!!
Everyone thank you so much for the wonderful performance last night. you guys are wonderful dancers and have sure done me proud! we rock the stage like i said we would! i am sure we have all did our friends and relatives proud. no purple mushrooms on our heads! You guys are great!
I look forward to working together with you guys again if we have the chance. If not, i wish you all the best in your future. remember wat i said about being a dancer. its more than just moving to music. its about discipline, passion and expression.
Dancing is definitely not easy. work hard, and i would like to see all of you grow more and more to be a better dancers.

Tarrrng

Aristal. This is IT (:

Hey People!

Tomorrow is going to be a real havoc. Already, you guys saw what it was like on Thursay during the tech run. Tmr, its going to be more rush. So dancers, i request you guys not to mingle with the crowd once they come in and STAY at your designated areas. If at any point of time, should you require to go (either for your item or move boxes or toilet even), you should inform someone and come back fast.

As for our bags, bring as minimum as possible. The bare minimum neccessities have been stated below. Do use it as a checklist.

Ppl, i think Mr Chin has already mentioned this once, and i feel the need to repeat his words. Please be at your utmost discipline level. We cannot afford to have people who are not cooperating and helping each other. I want to see the spirit in all of us, something which i have yet to see from us. Bring out that professional dancer in you. Even behind the scenes, behave like a dancers. Dancers are known for thier love and compassion. Share it, dont just hold it.

CheckList

1. Attire
   - cargos
   - orange tube/ orange speg
   - white jacket
   - white cardigan (pairwork girls)
   - blue jacket (for guys)
   - comfortable pair of dancing shoes
   
2. Make Up [those who have the standard make up, please bring]
   - foundation (everyone settles thiers on thier own)
   - eye shadow (whoever's holding onto it, rmbr to bring it)
   - lip gloss
   - black / dark brown eyeliner
   - lip stick
   - blush
   
3. Belt (those who need)
4. Wet Tissue and normal tissue
5. Knee Guards
6. Gloves
7. Hair spray, hair clips and hair bands

Come on Dancers! its the last stretch! i believe in each and every one of you. You all have the potential and have already shown it. Just show it one more time along with your Appeal 'X' factor.

Feel the music. Feel the stage. We will all do excellent, once all that is complimented with your emotions. Junior Dancers, it is your show. Whether we make or break our show, it is solely up to us. So dont fear, and dance the way you would like no one's watching. I love you all (:

Priya

As we are meeting at Ngee Ann Polytechnic at 1220pm on Thursday, does anyone want to join Wanzhen and I to go and buy some personal make-up? Like foundation, eyelash curler etc.
If you do, please tell me, and meet us at Orchard Mrt, 9pm SHARP.
Of course, please remember to bring your costumes along, so that we can just go straight to Ngee Ann Poly.
By the way, our make up has been DECIDED. I think Andrea or someone else will blog about it.


yingting

the casted one.

the one with the cast speaks. all heed the almighty casted one!
yeayea, thats just another way of saying: i'm weizong.

hope you all are still practicing hard! by that i dun mean attending practices religiously, but dancing! =) well to you all, my dear purple-y mushies, jiayou! as andrea has said, that day is coming! so must get ready to rock your butts, flail your arms, move that body and BOOOGIE!

hey, i paid 12 bucks for my tix (i cudden get 15 bucks de =( ), so you all better make my 12 bucks worth it! =) ... i will be there watching all you little purplemushrooms dance, and if i see any of you not smiling when you should smile, not rocking when you should rock, not grooving when you should groove, i will kick you with my cast and hammer you with my crutches. and make you pay me 100bucks (medical fee, cos that will hurt my ankle.)


i will be dancing mentally and EMOTIONALLY (rmb your expressions!) with you all that day. yes, i fractured my ankle playing elope. yes, i cant physically dance. but like andrea says, dancing really shudden just be body movements. =) so i am technically, still dancing! xD

so when you all dance, know that i am dancing with you all, all the way until the music ends. know that i am watching you all, all the way from the lousy 12 bucks seat, with my cast.

i dont really know if i can go backstage, bcos a person walking arnd with a cast... well, that just isnt v. convenient and kindda blocks passageway. but know that i will support you! i will bring the leftover light sticks from the danceworks final and shine them! so if you see a crazy lunatic on crutches shining a bunch of colourful lightsticks, yep. you spotted me.

Hello people, first time blogging here. OK...this is just a reminder about tomorrow rehearsal:

For attire,
NON-COUPLES
1) cargoes
2) orange tube
3) white i.p. zone jacket

COUPLES (including serene!)
1) cargoes
2) orange spaghetti
3) white i.p. zone jacket
4) white cardigan

OK... for non-couples, please bring about 30 dollars for costume and for couples please bring 50 dollars for costumes. I know they are really costly. But tried to bargain a lot already. Hope you all can understand. We will just have to overuse the costumes. Haha.

***IMPORTANT:
Everyone please bring safety pins (to prevent your costumes from dropping or draping down), gloves (both the right and left side so as to lend those ppl who do not have them), black rubber bands and your hairpins if you need them. Please try to bring as many safety pins as possible as we do not know who will not have them. And for ppl who have SILVER RIBBONS (to tie hair) and can bring alot of safety pins, please tell me asap. Thanks. :P

OK... to end off, i have a message!!!
Dancers, we are all at the last lap of this performance. Reality check: It's about 2 days to vetting on WEDNESDAY and 5 more days to ARISTAL. So, we really really have to have this sense of urgency in us. Must use our time wisely and in every performance, we must prove to the people that we can not only dance but dance well. Remember stage presence, energy and smile. Never ever look down if not supposed to ok... (chins up!!!). Jiayou everyone and let's have a great rehearsal tml. Work with ur buddies to inform each other of the lastest updates. CYA all.

Till then, tata.

andrea

"We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams."

"Dancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is another." ~anonymous

ARISTAL MAKE UP

Aristal Make-Up Try Out.

Tmr's Full Dress and we are not trying out with make up. However, Mr Chin mentioned that we will have our own full run after the full dress ends.
And suggestion has been made to also decide on what make up to use.

So girls, i need your help. Please bring the following if you have:

- eyeshadows of colour: gold, orange, yellow, red, pink.
- eye liner of colours: gold, silver, orange, yellow
- body glitter
- foundation
- mascara
- any eye shimmer or glimmer
- lip gloss of suitable colours/lipstick
- WET TISSUES
-make up remover

actually, just bring ANY make up you have. i myself am not sure what exactly we are going to do tmr abt the make up. But the most impt thing is to try out the eye shadow and glimmer/shimmer and eye liner of a different colour.
so bring whichever eye shadow that's suitable for this dance. more of the colours that ive stated above.

thanks and cya tmr,
4.30pm! Be in full attire by this time.
i suggest have a late heavy lunch and bring some packed food along coz i doubt they've made any arrangement for dinner.

Love,
Priya

So sorry for this late notice.

Dance practice will be tomorrow, 1230am
Cityhall.

Can someone bring the radio?

Thanks.

If possible, please wear you outfit, for we are trying out the costumes.

P.S Monday's practice will be cancelled, so we are just meeting at the normal time.

ARISTAL ATTIRE

Girls Attire:

Girls involved in pairwork dance:
- orange racerback
- white cropped cardigan
-cargos

Rest of the girls:
- orange tube
- white cropped jacket (a more hip kind)
- cargos

Rationale behind wearing a tube:
we need to have something different. a normal racerback will just cover us from head to toe. Our senior's are wearing tubes (even shorter ones) for the DanceWorks item. Those who really dont want to wear the tube also Have to wear it coz it is thier attire. So please bid by this thinking that this is the expected attire. The costume committee is buying and has strongly recommended these clothes for you. Girls wearing tube, who have a serious, strong and valid objection, tell me. Otherwise, please make do with it and get used to it.

Guys Attire:

- white shirt
- cargos
- jacket

--> PRIYA

Hey guys.

(wanzhen. see! I know how to use a blog. hmph)

Just wanted to say I'm really sorry for missing the next few practices due to dramafest being on this saturday.
But anyway, remember what Phoebe said on Saturday.
Don't over practice this dance, for practicing too much will make you tire of this dance, and the 'happiness' level drops. Being happy while dancing increases the energy level so take the time off.
I'd rather we do fewer good practices than going for so many but end up not doing or achieving much.
We should videotape this dance! Then we can really see how our dancing has changed.

That said, I just came to say hi.


..

Hi.



-yingting

NEW POSITIONS!

TAKE NOTE!

Legend:
Red Lines: Shape
Red Box: People whose position changed
Purple lines (erm, i forgot to change the color in some diagrams,><): New shape Faint lines: position relative to... (jagged: staggered; seemingly straight lines: same line as) Black line: Center line

Positions 5-8+More Updates

Legend
Black line: Center line
Red line: Shape+Postition
Faint lines: Position relative to~(Jagged - stagger; seemingly straight - in the same line)





































The second and last part. I'm pretty sure these will change. =P Anyway, for the Saturday's session, which was today, we learnt all the steps. 2 eights at the last part of the oh oh dance and for the peeps in the last pose, another 4 I think. So be sure to MASTER them.

Next practice: Sunday, tmr, City Hall. 8.45 Warmup, 9-11, actual session.
-Learn the rest of the steps for those who haven't and perfect them.

Monday & Tue, immediately after school. linkway. I think. Like Rachel mentioned in her post, Tue's streetfest practices have been cancelled for Aristal's, so make good use of it.

Positions 1-4

Taking a long time I know, so I posted some first.

Impt Updates!

Aristal is arriving very, very, very soon!!! So, everyone, please make Aristal your main priority and come for all the practices!!!!!! =P

To make ourselves a little more efficient, we are going to try out a BUDDY SYSTEM!

A. Jiateng, Calvin, Zhang Fan, GimLim, Wei Zong (Muahaha!)
B. Ying Ting, Wan Zhen, Charvi

Groups A & B i/c: Wan Zhen

C. Tisiana, Rachel, Jamie
D. Doris, Xue En
E. Yi Qi, Priya

C,D,E i/c: Priya

F. Hui Hui, Huilin
G. Gerry, Serene, Ai Wei
H. Andrea, Eunice

F,G,H i/c: Andrea(Thanks...=))

This will be for Aristal only, since this kind of stuff changes with our schedule. If there's anything wrong, please sms me.

How this works:
1) Always, always sms at least one of your buddies if you are not going to turn up for a practice. Remember to sms Priya too, or the person informing you. WITH A VALID REASON OF COURSE. Make sure the buddy you're informing will turn up for that practice!If for some reason , both or 'tri-oth' or 'quad-oth' cannot turn up, cooperate with another group for 2).
2) If you missed any practice sessions, you MUST catch up with the help of your buddy. Learn the steps, erm, over web cam? or come earlier the next session. Positions too.
3) Watch out for each other.

NOTE/WARNING: If for some reason, you cannot turn up for practice or part of the practice, you must make sure that you sms Priya or the person mass-informing everyone, the reason. Failure to do so will not be tolerated (tolerant, =P). If you don't reply, we will take it that you're coming.
The reason for this is so that Mr Chin can plan in advance.

Posting the positions for the Aristal dance later. + updated schedule for the next few days.

Ignore any grammatical mistakes. ><

run.run.crack.

heys dancers! to all you out theres who sent me those wonderfl smses, thanks =) really appreciate them alot! =) ... to those who still duno, think u all shld, or mr chin will tell u all soon... i fractured my left ankle when i was playing elope with the junior scouts and guides =.- ... yes, elope. so sorry for not taking better care of myself! u all better not let them happen to u all! or i will kick u with my cast! =P ... but dun worry k, i will be there at Aristal 07 to see you all dance your shoes off (like yingting.), vibrate your butts (like priya), extend your arms (like aiwei), break the stage (like zhangfan) and own ARISTAL like njc western dance juniors 07! =)

yes, i was rather depressed, bt hey, dun worry, im ok liao =) theres owaes next year! =) aristal 08 ! i will make sure i dun play elope then!! =P

to make sure u all understand that im ok, here are some lamb photos!

huiclops. wanzhen pretends not to see her.
my pig trotters.
my hospital tag.

the crazy days! with meimei in the backgrnd!

rach's feet. rach's smell.

western dance star!

rmb to work hard for aristal! this wed is vetting! sms me to tell me how it goes k! =) ... jiayou.. i know its tough, esp. for the gals who haf to learn new steps... but you guys rly are doing freakin well! =)

and maybe the fracture is karma for double killing when pepsicolaing.

Dance Practice Schedule

Hey people. =)

According to the Dance Practice schedule on the WD notice board, this is how the timing for our practices will roughly go till Aristal.

11 May Friday (tomorrow!): Aristal J1s 4.30pm Linkway
12 May Saturday: Aristal J1s 8am to 1pm DS1, Streetfest A&A 8am to 10am Linkway, Streetfest 4 Hot Guys DS2 8am to 10am

14 May Monday: Aristal J1s (Linkway)
15 May Tuesday: Aristal Practice (hopefully Gym or either of the dance studios)
[no more streetfest (4 hot guys and AA) for Junior's item dancers. however must catch up on streetfest during the compulsory practice on thurs.]
16 May Wednesday: Aristal Tech Run
17 May Thursday: Streetfest A&A LT1, Streetfest 4 Hot Guys Linkway, Rhapsody
18 May Friday: Aristal J1s Linkway
19 May Saturday: Aristal J1s Linkway

21 May Monday: Aristal J1s Linkway
22 May Tuesday: Streetfest A&A, Streetfest 4 Hot Guys, Rhapsody
23 May Wednesday: Aristal J1s Linkway
24 May Thursday: REST DAY
25 May Friday: Full Dress Rehearsal at Ngee Ann Poly
26 May Saturday: ARISTAL!



Basically we'll be having Aristal practices on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Time should be around the same for each session.

If there are any errors in the schedule here please edit it ok. =)
editing is done in italics :)

Jiayou dancers, we must STEP IT UP and practise the new steps so that we can put up a good show at the Tech Run next week!

Oh yah, if you have a blogger account and find it troublesome to sign in and out to post here, you can go to Settings>Permissions and enter your email to link your account to this blog. Then you'll be able to post entries here from your account! =)

-rachel

Aristal Admin Affairs. 3A's

Hey ppl.

Ugly admin affirs.
There will be a rescheduling of dance practices and for the NJ ppl esp, it would be greatly appreciated if we all can prioritise our needs as well as manage our time well from now till Aristal. We definitely have to give it our all for this, be it for ourselves or just for the sake that it’s our first major performance. Don’t let anythn demoralize you. If one’s down, its very easy for the rest to come down too. Lets support each other and come outta this STRONG. We’re gonna make sure our dance is good and rocking.

Tasya says AA dance will be on Sat. Time not confirmed yet.
As For us, we will wait till our junior dance schedule is out and then plan.
From now on, this Junior Dance is our first priority on top of any other dance. And I think this comes from Mr Chin.

Time management, ppl. It does work. non-NJ ppl, do try yr very best to reschedule if you can that is. But do come down as far as possible. Keep checking the blog. If this doesn’t work out, we may start a relay system. Faster.

the mascot speaks...

chill man, see you all so stressed out. dun worry, we will get in for sure! but dun let ya head swell k, cos we still need to put up a good show for all ya frens who are coming... so we must still practise hard hard... so jia you jia you!
toking about practise, isnt it time to plan for ya practise session? i onli see till the coming tues. start planning for all the practise session till aristal... this will help you plan ya schedule if ya have alot of other committment like streetfest, council etc.
so its time to plan again!!! hee :)

tarrrng

Aristal.....!!!

Hello all..... Haha... this is my fist time blogging ever... feels wierd.. anyway.... JIA YOUUUU!!!! We can do it people. We've been practising like crazy and I think from CCAB we have improved quite a lot but, to make us amazing we must put in more effort... I think all of can do it! Just remember to know, not aga aga, not may be may be, must know our dance steps; every detail of them... Coz I think the choreography is good and we can make it impressive if we are together... So must remember hehe.... I oso wanna say good luck for da elects!!! GO J1s!!! You guys know you can make it so dun be insecue or anything la! Take care... dun be too stressed up! I know you gyus have to handle a lot of work but keeping a positive attitude in times of difficulties will help you get through them... wow.. I sound like an old man... anyway good luck good luck good luck good luck!!! Wish you all da best!!! Go J1s!!!! Go everyone!!!!

@Magnus (.) (.)
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dance

hey pple. my first entry for my dance blog.
haha. aristal is coming, and our item might be slashed! but we must not be complacent!!
jia you jia you!! everyday must pray hard horr..everyday pray before you sleep. haha.
well, i've been thinkin quite alot abt dance recently. mayb bcoz i'm very stressed up abt dance.
but i really feel that most of us should put in more work into remembering our steps and practicing the moves. we dont hav to spend 1hr at hm or wadsoever, but we can juz try to recall all the steps during our free time, like on buses on the way hm or sth.
I also feel tat we should be more aware of little things like body profile, angle of our moves and etc. when we were markin thru the steps on wed, some of us wasnt even sure of how the steps should look like or how they hav been doin it.So, I think we should take more effort in noticing such little details becoz it wil reli help us when we are practicing or doing full out during rehearsal..
Well, no matter wad, i'm happy happy that we did better on wed. yay!!!!
we shall continue to jiayou!!!!!!!!!!! go go go!~~~~
oh ya..abt today..omy!!!
interview for exco elects was so darn scary. oh my god~
the excos look like i owe them million bucks la. super scary. even wenhao was lookin so stern.
ahhhh...scary scary.
okok.i shall end here. i sure sound like a grumpy n whiny person today, bcoz tats reli how i feel. and stupid college day.
haiz. ok. bye bye!!!

wanzhenn.

update~

update for those who weren't there for prac for whatever reason today, a.k.a. thursday 3rd may!

the practice for guys tomorrow, friday, 4th May is cancelled since all the guys are involved in other items. for the girls though, if you all want practice, can go ahead! =) just approach seniors for key~~ and i'll still bring the discs tomoro~

on saturday, practice is as usual, starting at 830am, but warmup starts 800am, so pls be there by 8 ! =) wash ur jackets and pants over friday, and bring the jackets and pants on saturday, bcos we'll be doing full run, and i believe we're gonna be filming it ! =) so jiayoujiayoujiayou!
and oso, since prac on sat will probably be quite long, you all may want to bring money so that we can order food or sth liddat =)

and on saturday, those interested in joining Mr. Gn's item can go for it! but you'll have to choreograph 3 coutns of 8 i believe, so that he can take a look at what style of dance you are good at... jiateng and i probably meeting tomoro, cos we thinking of choreographing together, so if u all interested in joining the item, can come down and look for us! we'll probably at the linkway or sth liddat at arnd 3pm! =)

ARISTAL showcase will be this coming wednesday, timing to be confirmed, but i think its safe to say the showcase will start at say arnd 4 / 5 pm bah... but the exact timing i'll post here on the blog when priya gets the info! but till then, everybody jiayou! rmb to stretch after dance pracs! rest well, but dun neglect studies! those who can make it on wed rmb to come! those who cannot come, just let priya noe so that at least we know who to expect! when you guys haf free time at home, rmb to dance abit and practice your steps! bcos when we come for pracs, its perfecting the steps, not remembering the steps... need to drill the steps into our minds liao!! =) so if you havent done so, pick up the power drill now.

~~ahzong!

firstpost!

lalalala... im like the first to post! this blog has been created to save Priya's bank account and shrinking purse from the excessive SMSing!! so for further practices, refer to the blog for details! =)

coming pracs:
Wed 2nd May Unofficial Prac 330pm
Thurs 3rd May 430pm
Fri 4th May 430pm => guys only
Sat 5th May 830am
Tuesday 8th May 430pm

priya's sms says: cm half hr before to warm up. on sat, all wear pants, n guys bring jackets. for all pracs, venues shld be linkway, unless we can get gym / dancestudio.

=) dont be late!! or we will haf to do PT!! haha..