53 More Days!!

How time flies! 53 more days (and counting) before we meet at Changi Airport with all our bags packed and ready to go Austria!

We have been busy rehearsing, we do forget sometimes that the day is approaching. It is so exciting - thinking about our performances at Salzburg and Vienna, but also the things we will see and all the fun we will have.

Sometimes, rehearsals can be tiring, but thinking about our trip keeps us excited!

The world famous Mirabell Gardens - that's where we'll be performing for the Salzburg Mayor and the local audience!

We don't see buildings like this in Singapore.

We'll also be visiting an Organic Farm. I think we'll be trying their freshly-made cheese and milk.

Dark places can be scary sometimes, but the ride around the Hallein Salt Mines looks more like fun! Another amazing sight to look forward to in Austria!

It really is exciting to think about these places we will get to see in person. But for now, we'd better focus on playing our notes right.

...Oops, better pay attention, Mr. Peev is watching!

4 more months to Austria 2010!

It's already the end of February 2010! That means we only have four more months before flying to Salzburg and Vienna!

We are excited, we have really been practising hard. There are sectionals and orchestral practises. Orchestra practise is different from sectionals because we all come together and play in a big group. We go to the YMS Auditorium to practise because there is a big stage for us to play on. Our Moms and Dads can also sit in cushion seats and listen to us practise.

Time to pack up!

Phew.. that was another good rehearsal. We'll continue to practise and look forward to the day we take an aeroplane to Austria!!

Bye Bye 2009!

On 19 December, we were treated to a nice dinner and fun time at Team GPA's Gala Ball 2009.

At least it was a good break from all the rehearsals we've been having to prepare for our Austria tour in June! The host of the dinner was Mr. Gurmit Singh. He is always on TV and is a very funny man.

Look at his face!

He made all of us go on stage to play a dancing game. There was music and when he was dancing, we are supposed to follow and dance with him. But when the music stopped, we cannot move.

But Gurmit Singh is very funny, so he tried to make us laugh and move.

He tried to pretend and poke our eyes...

... he even jumped from behind and screamed loudly to scare us.

But in the end, we won prizes.

Then, we ate our dinner and continued to play other games and have fun together...

...maybe will we have another GPA dinner in 2010?

Our Christmas Charity Performance!

This year, we performed a Christmas Charity performance for the patients at the Geylang SingHealth Eldercare Patient Centre!

We played Christmas songs and our audience even clapped along to some of the songs we played!

After our performance, we cut some cake and gave the cake and drinks to our audience. They were happy to hear us perform and asked us questions like 'how old are you?' and 'what school do you go to?'.

Overall, it was good that we can help spread some Christmas joy to them and they thought we were very cute.

Violin & Cello Sectionals!

We have been busy with rehearsals for our Austria trip!

This is our violin sectionals with Mr. Peev...

Will changing seats make the music better?...

Or maybe we just need to tune our instruments properly.

This is the cello sectionals with Mr. George...

Alright, let's start!

Mr. George and his conducting stick!

We are always paying attention, really!