Tuesday, December 30, 2003

Attention!!!!
all com members can you stay back for a while on friday, [meet at st rap canteen] we need to discuss what we are going to do with the dance notice board. mrs zailee wants it up by tuesday LATEST so we better get it done by monday...

soooo, we either finish it on friday itself or come back to school on saturday to do it, BUT, i think we should just get it over and done with on friday...CAN?????? if so, BRING: scissors, scotchtape, markers, construction glitter, coloured paper, glue, colour pencils etc..the normal la...and if you all got any nice pictures can bring or print. :)

and whoever wants to stay back and help also can!! and meanwhile can you all pls post what you want to see on the dance board and how it should be designed... Thanks!

Corinne

Wednesday, December 24, 2003

merry christmas ! ((:
miss yall tonns ! love yall..
*hugs*
- beverley


go to www.geocities.com/ijdance
for pics
not completed
=P
tis the season to be jolly
falalalalalalalalallaa


well then everybody, MERRY CHRISTMAS! hope you all enjoy opening all the pressies that you all receive! :)

and stop thinking about over throwing mrs zailee...trust me i know what you all are thinking, but really, don't you think the main reason why you all don't like her is becuz mr tan was just simply the best, i know it's human nature to compare, but don't, cuz nobody can EVER match up to mr tan. ANYWAY, mrs zailee is a pretty good dance teacher!! i mean now we can change anywhere cuz we're all girls...[right??!!!] and she has pretty constructive suggestions too! you all are just automatically telling yourself that they're dumb, but only becuz it came from mrs zailee...not a good thing. don't zi4 shen1 zi4 mie4 or in english, don't cut of your nose to spite your face.

make the best out of things people, oh wait, let me share with you all my favourite quote: when life gives you lemons, make lemonade! :) yummm..whahahah!

corinne

Tuesday, December 23, 2003

wad you crazy nutters thinking??you act wanna overthrow zailee??fools..all you shallow heads.it aint zailee that makes all these decisions,its tjl ultimately!!you jus dont see it!!you jus dont!!mann wads all this crap talk about overthrowing zailee??man you peeps are pissing me off..tell em corinne!!mann!!

n i act wanted ta post sum fun news!!totally ruined my mood reading those taggs..anyways its another outing wid mr tan!!pass the msg!!tmr,tues,230pm bugis mrt!!tell everyone!

bleahhs
jenn

Saturday, December 20, 2003

heyhey!! im finally logging in with my "own" account!! my name aint ij dance anymore.. heh cool (: just invited myself like 10 times. the thing is soo screwyy ! bahh !
anyway.. colours of life sounded coool ((: i wanted to go!! x| ohwell.. haiyaaaa !
anyway in the process of updating dance pics to the webbie..
and updating the profiles and all.
i knw im slow but been busy typing my 250 chengyus!! arrr
and i just found out i can only edit this template and all if i log in with ijdance?? so weird !!
really miss youu guysss !
*hugs*
--beverley
colours of life!!! FANTASTIC!!!! :D although that's what i say about every performance..whahahah!

corinne
oohs!!mixed bill went real well!nice ta see you darlings again!!-muah- the view was fantastic!n xia hai ying rawks my world!!ahahah..ohhs n fu liang, kellie, mei xing, sakura too!!lurverley!!wells was upset about the intervals thou..wad the hell was that about??since when are there TWO intervals??mann..oh wells..i keep seeing those sba girls too..forever on the same days when i attend..damn inspired nows..feel like dancing rite this moment!wheeeeeeeeeeeeee...so i hope the babies who wenta see the perf is greatly inspired too!!see how effortless??ALL OF US MUST BE DETERMINED TO LOOK JUS AS GREAT.dont think it aint possible.my frans who came wid me have better execution n technique than some of the dancers.so dream BIG!!okkies??lurve ya honeys!-huggs-

mom!!

Friday, December 19, 2003

oohs!!it was SAM who blogged!!ahhaha..leave your name nanahead!!oh man you all have no idea how fortunate you peeps are man!!you got like BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE??mann..sucksucksuck..thats like 58 bucks honeys..yeahhs..im watching too!!cant wait cant wait!!

mommseys
since jenna said that no one's blogging, i shall blog! see i'm so nice ;)
wheee*
hahaha but i dunno wad to say
oh yarh, i think alot of us are watching colours of life today right! so good-o!
then we can all sorta catch up and everything
kinda miss dance :) haha
ladeedaaa~
i dunno wad else to say..
but i do think that this blog needs a bit of spicing up! hahah..
let's make a bulletin board?! how abt that?!
we can then catch up on stuff and learn new things abt others..
but i ain't the administrator so i can't change the template and stuff.. yikex!
okie i shall stop here.. tata alls!
*muacks

Tuesday, December 16, 2003

hello hello! i'm just trying this out cos i FINALLY got added! wheeeee~ anyway, all the plans that chee wei has in mind for us sound really really cool! hopefully they'll work out? well.. we'll see!
--roxanne

Saturday, December 13, 2003

don't get confused ppl, Chee Wei is NOT i repeat is NOT trying to take over dance and overthrow mrs zailee!!!! whahahahah!!! i know some of you are thinking that...i think he'll be more like the right hand man? but tell you the truth im not to sure myself...whahahah!!! i still think he's plann sounds cool anyway, i'll be great if mrs zailee accepted it...
corinne
hellooo ((: bev here!! hhaha.. im FINALLY BLOGGING!! yea haix.. everything below sounds absolutely fantastic.. but in front of everything there's an IF. IF IF IF.. haha.. sighhh! its all damn cool man.. can mrs zailee hurry reply him??!! hahah..
this is an email i received from Chee Wei, i just think you all should know what he is planning for us because it sounds pretty GOOD!!!!!! ALTHOUGH............he's not in charge and everything you read below will only happen IF Mrs Zailee says yes.....

Chee Wei: Well to be very honest with you I am still VERY confused. We have proposed to your school ECA teachers (aka mrs Zaili) to manage your dance ensemble and to bring it to greater heights. But we have not actually have any firm answer from any of your teachers / school that they do want us to manage your group. Of course. In fact we already have a 2 years masterplan for your dance ensemble and we have already submitted it to Mrs Zaili (in october!) but... still no news. if we are managing your dance ensemble I will definately plan several interesting and enriching courses which will (I hope) help your dance ensemble move on to it's next step...

Some examples of things which we have planned on our end (on top of your regular dance training) includes..

- Australia exchange program (June / December 2004) with Sydney Dance Co. This was supposed to happen this year but I have no idea what happened but it didn't materialise.

- Specialise Dance workshops conducted by Darrin Henson. Darrin is kind of a personal friend of mine (we worked on a few projects together) and he is the choreographer behind, Britney Spears, NSYNC, Enrique and a few others. He's planning to visit singapore in August and he's verbally agreed to do me a favour by conducting a 2-3 days workshop thingy..[i just have to take him out for dinner!] OMG!!!!!!!!!! ARRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!! :D

- Workshops on Choreography

- Workshops on Production / Creative Services which will include:

Musical Selection

- Styles

- Rhythms

- Mixing

- Editing

- Suitability

- Learning to ‘hear’ the choreography

Costuming
- Appropriateness

- Suitability for movement

- Colouring for stage

- Contrast

Sets

- Enhancement or hindrance

- Style

- Form

- Colours

- Portability/multi purpose

Lighting

- Colour

- Mood

- Directions

- Equipment

- ‘Intelligent’ lighting

- Operation

Make-up

- Stage vs. Street makeup

- Special effects makeup

These are just some of the list of items.. oh well..

What I DO know is that:
a) we are SOMEHOW involved in your dance and drama night.. but it is once again, still uncertain HOW we are involved in it.. other than choreography.
b) a lot of your dance ensemble people are involved in DanceWorks. which I also have no idea if you are doing it yourselves or is there another trainer guiding you. IF we are managing your dance ensemble, I will definately get Zaki to come in maybe once every 2 weeks to monitor the progress of those items.

I've done what I could by submitting the proposal and planning for your dance ensemble. now it's just a matter of waiting for your school to give a response. I really do not know the direction of the dance ensemble. what are the plans? That is why I wrote to you in my previous mail on asking you for your plans. If you remember, Lava, my Indian Collegue came down one day to ask you, what do you want to see in your dance ensemble? I would be a lot more interested to work in a way where we manage all the aspects of your dance ensemble (from syllabus to performance to Image).. rather than a project by project basis... but the choice is not up to us. and we will have to respect your schools / teachers' choice.. even if they choose to sit on it forever..

So far all these performances which you have done are from my personal contacts, and I'm still helping dance ensemble but it seems to be more like a voluntary basis rather than a anything else.. There is a limit to what a volunteer should do. . and I'm glad that some of you do appreciate my services.

Seriously, I done so much research and obtained so much information that some of my friends say that I have enough resources to open up my own Dance Company (which I may just seriously consider IF in the unfortunate event that our proposal to your school doesn't fall through... hey. why waste all the effort and time spent researching right?)

KRISTY'S COMMENT: She feels our dances are 'amateurish' and that we shouldn't be charging..[what!!??? not charging?? and it's not tttthhhhaaatt amateurish! whahahha]

Chee Wei:Actually your performances are not that amateurish.. it just needs some polishing and some basic dancer's discipline.. The ideas and the direction of Fused and evolution is definately right. What's important in that item is... for people to enjoy it..

Though I am not a professional dancer / choreographer, I have seen a number of performances and I'd like to assure you that your performances are indeed not bad at all!. But like I said it's not perfect. In fact, it is already commendable that you did the choreo yourselves. it is also commendable that your dancers (most of them) had the energy on stage (though I felt that the Singapore Rojak one was the best).

On the whole, I do not have enough information on what's happening to your dance ensemble other than that I know that you have dance works and dance night. But my advice for you and the entire committe is for you to draw out a plan, whether or not we are managing your group.

Set a target like for example:

1) How many competitions does dance ensemble want to take part this year? (set a limit! dance is NOT about competing.. though it does provide a challenge)
2) How many public performances does the dance ensemble want to be involved in over the next 12 months? (set a minimum and maximum figure)
3) How many school performances (like national day, teachers day celebration) will dance ensemble take part in this year (set a reasonable limit... )
4) If the dance ens. is going australia in december, how much funds should the dance ens. raise? how?
5) How can you raise the positioning (image) of Dance Ensemble? How can you turn Dance Ensemble from a normal CCA into an "elite and prestigious group where only the best gets in?"

These are some basics which you have to sit down, think and discuss.. of course, not forgetting that most of you are having your "O" next year... Please don't neglect your academic work for dance.. or you'll make me feel really guilty. also.. , I do hope to see commitment from your members.. especially from the Commitee.. as the EXCO members you have to lead by example.. If a country can fail because of a poor government, what more could happen if your com. members are slacking?

you and any of your comm. members are most welcomed to email me if you have any further questions or if you ever want me to sit in for your meetings as an "advisor".. to make sure that your planning is in the "right direction"...

Have a good holiday!

btw,, I do not have news about the New Year Count Down perf.. can someone PLEASE ask the teacher in charge for it? I need answers... soon.. really soon...

Best Regards
Tay Chee Wei
Music Director

I cannot dance, but I can CONCEPTUALISE! [that quote rocks..ahhwhwha!]

REGARDING THE NEW YEAR COUNT DOWN PERF------
Corinne's reply:
anyway, about the new year countdown, i don't think mrs zailee is very keen on it.

Miss teow brought up a point that we put in so much effort into our dances and yet the crowd turn out is not very good. We are also not performing to the "right audience" in the case that when we went for the SANA performance they were all elderly people in their 70s or 80s and probably had no idea what the heck we were jumping about on stage for!!!

Furthermore, there will also be a mega count down party at sentosa aimed at young adults who can actually appreciate these sort of things, thus i feel that your estimated turn-out of 15000 is a bit over exxergerated because i feel that the bulk of the 'hip and happening' crowd will be over at Setosa instead of at Orchad.

We definately appreciate the exposure but dance has somewhat 'officially' closed for the year and bringing back teachers and dancers to practice for the dance will not be very convienient. However, you might want to talk to Mrs Zailee or Miss Teow because while i don't care whom im performing to [as long as im performing] i think both of them want a break...



well i for one think that Chee Wei has like done a fantastic job with his planning, doesn't all that just sound sooooo freaking cool!! Darrin Henson!!!!!! WOW!!!!! *drrooooollllll* whahahha! and you know jenna, i'd rather choreograph our own dances too..BUT i guess it would be a little unprofessional huh??!!! oh anyway..i hope you'll be coming back next year to help us with stufff!!! :D

corinne-------*

Friday, December 12, 2003

heyya!!oh man corinne your sooooo right..ahahha..presidents are officially the trouble makers..prolly cos we jus have our own beliefs n visions fer stuff..not reallie about not going wid the flow..i din ALWAYS want stuff my way did i?mr tan?wait..err..now i think about it i think thats like almost always..that i want my way that is..-gulps-
about dance n drama nite..im excited fer you all!!buddan i wanna cheorograph a dance!i reallie reallie want..buddan this one is like a combined thing..maybe we have our own dance nite??man that'll be real funfunfun!!but quite sure it aint gonna happen anytime soon..hmmmmms but i still wanna do a dance..-sulks-man im wondering when that'll actually be possible..okkies enough blogging..today was fun btw..man but the turnout was quite upsetting..bleahhs..take care all my babies!Godbless.
-jennamama-
harloo!! sam here! heyhey!!
so glad that i can FINALLY blog w u! x) -grins- lalalalal
so anyway, all of ya'll shld have come to lunch w us today ok.. -hmmpf- the more the merrier.. haha but too bad.. x(
hmm, and yes, i agree that the presidents are the kind who wld stand up for their rights and believe in what they want instead of going with the flow and following what the teachers want cuz that's just makes u seem like u dun have a mind of ur own! :| no offence to anyone ok! but yarh la.. actually, it's a compliment to corinne and jenna ahahah x)
so, can't wait for next yr's dance/drama nite yarh! cool ehs! lalala.. but dang it, sec 4s will sure be damn bz.. cuz of Os.. ooops.. shldn't have mentioned it.. cuz i'm rather jittery abt it.. bleahs..
eh bev, gimme the geocities password and username ok? i noe how to use pagebuilder.. maybe i cld help and stuff? ;)
let's have another gathering soon.. i mean one where EVERYONE goes.. geddit? haha.. and mr. tan will be invited as well.. lols xP lalala
okie dokes, i shall stop here.. ciaosies all! loveya'll! *muacks*
love,
-sammie-
i couldn't agree with you more jenna...everybody has their own prefrences and apparently, i think that blog skin sux.. that does not qualify me as rude..becuz if i am then you have bad taste...:p whahahah..

isn't it just sooo funny how ppl can say something and contridict themselves without even realising it..im not trying to creat trouble with you, im just stating a point. and i always happen to be the bad guy when i state something like that..ah..nevermind..hahahah! and being a lit student makes you sooo critical about everything, sometimes i think i gotta shut up but then again i believe in freedom of speech so i really couldn't care less...i wasn't put into this world to humour ppl against my will...

anyway, another point. i wasn't the one who discovered this BUT it seems that the vice presidents always say yes yes yes, they don't disagree with teachers and things like that but the president is like always no! no! no!...whahahah! i think that's kinda true...

Thursday, December 11, 2003

ok ppl...you all start bloggin...NOT JUST TAGGIN!!!!!!!!!! there's a reason why it's called a dance blog, it's not a 'dance presidents ONLY' blog so BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and i dunno why you all cant accept the silly invitation, but i gave sam the password and she still hasn't blogged either!! !@#$%^&

hiyaaaaa...oh well, guess this will take some time then..

Tuesday, December 09, 2003

okkays this is ultra amazing!!i lurve this!wheeeeee..great idea corinne!wells i can say this as a whole im missing ya dancers!!real proud ta see you darls being so passionate about dance now.it has come a long way.n now its in great demand!sorrie i missed your 6th performance.we catch up soon can?tell you wad.pass this ard.lets meet on friday at 130pm at orchard mrt okkays?we'll have some fun..okkies?see you babies there!hee..hope ta see lotsa peeps!
-jenna mama-

there's a reason why nobody is blogging except me right?? whahaha!!!! just an idea for the dance t-shirt..nice????? hahaha! :D i think it's cool..but i know it's probably going to get rejected cuz it doesn't really have anything to do with dance...oh weelllllllll...i still think it's nice..hhahha!

Saturday, December 06, 2003

yay!! finally dance has a bloggg!!! of cuz it's probably not asthetically as ARC's blog but it's still ok right!!! hahha!! and we didn't copy you all are!! we were just a little bit later..hahaha! so that's it dancers! have fun posting! and remember to leave your name after you post so that we all know who's posting..

this blog will be like our semi notice board too cuz we all know that nobody goes to the notice board in shcool..heehee! quite strange, i didn't realise there were so few dancers with blogs..hmmm

anyway, keep on dancing you guys...! Great dancers are not great because of their technique; they are great because of their passion

corinne
XOXOX