SYF 2007
oh yes. the biggest event in 2007. not counting my graduation and sweetie’s 21st birthday, of course ;D
the fate of all school bands taking part (or otherwise) will be decided within a few days, and a label will be given to the band to carry for the next 2 years. some bands will create history for the right reasons; others will hang their heads in shame. a silver award has many different effects on different bands. even a gold award is a hugely different thing for different bands. every instructor out there will wish that their schools will not be the unlucky ones to recieve a lower award. for me, anything short of a gold award can easily cost me my job.
well, that’s SYF. the biggest event every 2 years for every band member and instructor alike. tempers will flare, students will cry, teachers-in-charge will be stressed out, instructors will lose sleep. but perhaps we have all forgotten that the very essence of SYF lies in the journey towards playing in that nice concert hall with the BIG chinese drum.
the journey. the training. the process. the experience.
this is what’s most valuable in any competition. through this, members bond together, members start hating one another, members start hating instructors, members start to understand the very essence of the music they are playing. anything can happen, and many things will happen. but what i really hope to see is that members, in the process, begin to understand the very reason they joined the band for. they begin to understand what kept them going for the past few short years, coming for every band practice, accepting punishment, slog it out at sectionals, laugh it off over dinner.
music. that’s what keeps us going, isn’t it? and through this music, we find our passion and our love, and we extend this passion and love towards other band members. music brings us all close together, striving for one common goal.
let us remember that no matter what happens, let our music be one of utmost sincerity and innocence. let us touch our own hearts with our music, before we reach out and touch the hearts of our SYF judges. together, with the same spirit, same goal, same heart, let us go for glory 
may SYF 2007 be a successful one for all
