Important Updates!

Dear Parents/Guardian,

Here is an update of the remaining Chinese Orchestra Practices before the actual competition on 1st April 2008 (Tuesday). Please kindly note that we have extended the final Saturday Practice by an hour till 12 noon, and added an additional Monday Practice. We seek your kind understanding and full attendance is expected from all the Chinese Orchestra Students during this period.

Thank you very much.

28 Mar 08 (Fri) 1:30pm – 4:30pm
29 Mar 08 (Sat) 8:00am – 12:00 noon
31 Mar 08 (Mon) 1:30pm – 4:30pm
1 Apr 08 (Tues)
Students to attend practice from 11 am in school.
Please remember to bring along
1) Black shoes
2) CO Costume
3) Socks
4) Musical instrument (if applicable)
Lunch and snacks will be provided and students will be dismissed at 6 pm.

Parent volunteers, please kindly dress in RED and gather at 11am the canteen on Tuesday to help us out with the makeup and hair. Thank you very much for your help! :)

Competition Updates

Dear all,

Here are some updates for the upcoming SYF 2008 CO Central Judging:

Competition Date: 1st April 2008 (Tuesday)
Work Plan for the day:

11:00am - 11:30am
Students to be dismissed from class for early lunch at the canteen. (Students to wear school T-shirt and shorts/skirt with black shoes and bring costume)

11:30pm -12:30pm
Change into CO Costume and Makeup.

12:30pm – 1:30pm
CO Practice

1:30pm – 2:00pm
Students to carry their instruments and gather according to their respective buses + Snacks for students + Instruments to be loaded into lorry

2:00pm
Last minute checks and boarding of bus heading to Singapore Conference Hall

2:30pm
Arrival at Singapore Conference Hall

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Touching up of Makeup and minimal tuning of instruments.

3:00pm – 3:15pm
Tuning of Instruments at the Tuning Room as well as short practice.

3:15pm – 3:45pm
Waiting for Competition Time

4:00pm – 4:15pm
Actual Competition

4:15pm
End of Competition + Exit stage and gather as a group, instruments to be loaded into lorry

4:30pm
Boarding of Bus back to KHS

5:00pm
Arrival at Kong Hwa School

5:30pm– 6:00pm
Keeping of Instruments and Accessories + Photo Taking at School Hall

6:00pm
Gather at canteen for dismissal.

Dear parent helpers, please kindly dress in RED (for easy recognition) and meet Mdm Lin and Miss Zhou XY at 11am at the school canteen to help us out with the makeup :) Thank you very much for your help! :)

Pre SYF Performance at VCH

Dear all,

We will be having a combined CO and Guzheng Pre SYF Performance at Victoria Concert Hall this Sunday 16 March 2008. Here are some details of the concert:

Date: 16 March 2008 (Sunday)
Venue: Victoria Concert Hall
Performing Schools: Kong Hwa, Tao Nan, Coral Pri and Ngee Ann Pri 's Guzheng and CO Teams
Time: 5pm
Tickets: $10 (assigned seats) for stall seats and $12 (free seating) for circle seats

Please kindly email to khs_orchestra@yahoo.com by Thursday (13 March 2008) if you haven't reserve your concert tickets! :)

CO Practices up till SYF 2008

Dear all,

Kindly refer to the schedule of CO Practices up till SYF 2008, it was distributed to all students on Thursday.

IMPORTANT DATES TO TAKE NOTE:
Pre SYF Concert at Victoria Concert Hall
Date: 16 March 2008 (Sunday)
Performance Time: 5pm

SYF 2008 Actual Competition
Date: 1 April 2008 (Tuesday)
Venue: Singapore Conference Hall
Competition Time: 4pm
Reporting Time: 3pm

For students who have not bought their black shoes, please kindly take your shoe size with the Teacher In Charge next week. All students are to be in full attire (costume and shoes) for the 16 March performance.

A very BIG THANK YOU to all parent helpers! :)