I took the kids along for them to experience it. When the show began, they were excited for awhile but very soon after, too soon in fact, they grew bored seeing there wasn't much to see, only music to hear. The songs weren't the current hits that they are so used to as well, hence.... *yawn* "mommy, can I play with your iPod touch?"
To tell the truth, I wasn't particularly interested as well, but trying to concentrate and appreciate the wholesome feeling of a full orchestra in progress. But guess it wasn't working very well. Tried to do some narration to the kids but dang! I couldn't find the word of that person standing in front, with his back to us and waving both his hands with a stick. I sms-ed my friends and asked what that person is called, and got the reply "conductor". Heck! I knew that! Really! The stick is called a baton, which I thought was only used in a relay run. I told the kids what I got to know then, and that's about it! I do not know what his actions mean and I do not know the different musical instrument names. How pathetic is that!
However, there was some hope yet! Somehow, I was smitten by a piece played from one band and I do not know why, I teared. Where it come from, I felt touched by the piece and felt emotional. Freaky!
Anyway, I met a couple I know later and they suggested that the 2 big projector screens should be showing live vid of the people on the stage, to make it more interesting. I have a feeling they were bored to the skin like me as well and why, that was what I thought too! Guess the organizer has a lot of room for improvement!
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I can understand how you feel. Many years ago I followed my friends to orchestra performance, though of 'upgrade" my hobby, but soon learn that it is not for me.
You can't talk throughout the whole session, you may not heard that music before and you don't know when its end, and you feel confuse whether you need to stand and clap...
To me, it is more tense than attending job interview.
Tsk tsk tsk..... Mo munfar, unlike me.. *sipping champagne, eating caviar*
Btw, it's bah- tohn, not bayton, ok? Screw my teacher who taught me the latter!
Good job for getting your children to experience different things. One activity to do at orchestra performance is to learn up the names of the instruments beforehand and try to spot the instruments then to distinguish the individual music/sound made by each instrument in the orchestra play together.
P/S Wah, so many posts at one go but I am not complaining because they are all nice to read
*do I get more posts to read by "pong your dai giok"?*
lai may,
jeez... guess we just go back to our old hobbies laa, which are golf and sailing... not! heh!
goolypop,
oi! can put your legs down while you sip champagne not? moe dit yi thai!
bahtohn isn't a girl's name meh? screw our teachers!
mun,
so much work?? sigh.. you know me, LAZY!
p/s if i wasn't gargles, i would say, "these you called good posts to read? moe dit tas-si!"... but since i'm the one to write those posts, of coz i won't say that laa...thanks!
Yeah good to expose the kids to classical music. iLove classical music!!! :D
Wah, new look again to match your blues? But I like the thank you card on it!
dawn,
you also like sipping wine while listening to classical music with legs propped up on the stool you sitting on? i think i am going to try that one day. :)
mun,
blue? who?
*everybody look to their left, everybody look to their right...
Yikes, did I dream about the blues?
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