i'm glad to say i didn't fall asleep. haha. perhaps i didn't thoroughly enjoy myself, choir always brings out so many mixed feelings in all of us who've actually been there and done that. lots of blood sweat salty tears, yes tears have actually gone into the production of every concert, no one will ever fully understand until you've entered (haha the matrix!) the vortex that is ACJC Choir. whoever reads this with the strong intention of joining, I'd advise you to ask yourself if you're ready to sacrifice your free wednesdays, your entire saturdays, your way of living. haha it IS that serious, or perhaps it's just me.

well. the concert was loooooooong. no doubt about that. the repertoire this year was ultra-heavy as well, with lots of church music. yet it's church music that's the most difficult to sing and perhaps for 'uncultured' people to appreciate. and sitting in the second row literally meant they could see us just as well as we could see them,
so no napping. that didn't stop the girls in front of me from shifting from time to time in order to get the maximum best sleeping position haha =)
having reached home at the drear hour of 12.30 am i didn't bother to unpack my handbag, thus having with me the programme right now.

the beginning segment showed the choir themselves sans alumni... could see they've MUCH improved since their seniors left them, but that's always how it should be. they still had to get into the concert groove though, so in dravidian and magnificent horses it went off-kilter a bit... can thoroughly sympathise. when you sing fast songs like those, your heart beats as fast as the running hooves of the horses you try to emulate. remember to breathe....

alumni was as perfect as ever, singing with utter clarity and precision, fitting together each harmonious (and sometimes deliberately discordant) part with well-oiled efficiency and joy. it was their performance that gave us all the itchy wanting to settle back into the grueling routine. then again i'll need time to think about it.
Ikaw, this Filipino love song, had Mrs Tay and a few other alumni guys as soloists. it was reaaallly moving. made me realise why having a melting voice is perhaps one of my lofty criteria for a boyfriend.... all in favour say aye. hahaaa

indeed, the word most often used in the programme was soundscape. in my mind, no one in Singapore can ever craft music with ever so much devotion and ability as the ACJC Choir. They're really in a class all their own, architects of their music, literally being able to weave imaginary structures in your mind from the sheer range of song they produce. (Yet I hope it doesn't make us complacent or to look down on others.) Once you've been through the two years, you've experienced what it's really like to strive for perfection and actually go near that goal. So much thought into every movement, dynamic and synchronisation has been put into play. Kudos to the madams. It was great.