'spongebob squarepants...'

The song is still ringing in my head after yesterday's concert at VCH.

They had sponges attached to a hairband that each member wore during the encore piece which was theme song of spongebob squarepants. And the percussionists had the words sponge/bob/squ/are/pants written in bold on cardboards. It even got me singing to the song. That was a perfect encore piece.

The band didn't head off to a good start but as they move down the repertoire, the improvements were minor but noticeable (or should I say audible). The ocassional squeak from the clarinet, the heavy lower brasses, the inaudible 2nds and 3rds, and glitches when executing running notes hinted to me that they weren't exposed much to concerts or public performances.

During the intermission, there was a brass quartet and a clarinet quartet. I couldn't exactly remember the tune that the brasses were playing but the clarinet quartet were playing 'pop goes the weasel'. That was something I hadn't expect. Refreshing though.

It was only after the first half of the performance that the concert perked up. With pieces such as 'disco party' and 'lord of the dance', the band started dancing and doing funny dance moves during their rests. Funny. And they even had a singing performance to a japanese song. Very nice.

I don't even want to start recalling the good old days. Haiz...

Ya... my descriptive vocabulary is atrocious.