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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

The dilemma

9:41 PM

Please bear with long post cos I have too many things to say~

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So which one should we choose?

After SYF I have been pondering over this question. Shall we do outdoors or indoors nex year? There is a international concert competition(which will be held overseas) and SYF for marching bands.

I believe it is quite hard to choose between these two competitions for many HCI band members. Outdoor can help to build team spirit and it is a brand new experience for the sec 2s/1s. However, since we have gotten our desired GWH, shouldn't we continue to work hard and sustain the standard as a GWH band?

I was hoping for outdoors at first, but after SYF, I started to change my mind. I was afraid that our standard as a concert band will drop after practising ourdoor for one year. For this reason, I decided to choose the latter. The sec 3s had a meeting over this issue today(I suppose) and they have also come out with the decision that our band will be going for indoors next year. I heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing the news.

I felt kind of guilty after having the thought of relief after knowing we don't need to do outdoors. I admit outdoors are really not my style. Many might say I am being selfish as it is our band's tradition to go for SYF for marching bands. And don't forget our band's name:HCIMB. M stands for milltary. So does giving up outdoors show that we have officially changed the style of the band after 30/40 years of tradition?(forgot how long it is...)

The answer is NO. The band does not lose the spirit of being a millitary band. We still exercise the discipline a millitary band should have. We still do outdoors every morning for flag raising! It is evident that we are still a millitary band after all. We shall continue to practise the discipline and the style of a millitary band.

But, since the juniors who will be leading the band next time(the sec 1 batch now) will not have experienced outdoor training and by the time it's their turn to lead, they might not lead their juniors as well as the seniors had as it will be their first time(if there is still outdoor SYF 3 years later). I am really afraid that the trend will just be broken and it can't be recovered.

Haiz I feel like a crazy guy after trying to come out with a statement and disagree with it after that, but that's really what's in my mind now...

Hence, there is only one word which best describes this situation: dilemma.