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Bon Appetito

It's over. The dream has ended, the magic faded, and reality has set in. Back to my old life, minus the glitz and glamour of stage music & threater. What I am amazed at is rgchoir's incredible ability to perform miracles, especially for this concert. I mean, almost everyone was lamenting on how we'll all spoil the whole concert cos we weren't prepared enough, but judging from the comments and sms-es I recieved, I think that rgchoir rocked. Glory to God.
So where should I begin..

Ok, the day started bad. We were hot, sweaty and irritated (almost all of us anw) when we reached AC[B], because the weather wasn't working with us as usual. When we rehearsed The Magic Flute, it was really bad, and all of us were like, shit. We felt the failure straight off, & nutella was panicking excessively. It was pretty terrible. We were hoping for a miracle really, & we got exactly that. And what really amazed me was how the whole choir prayed together as a choir, for the success of the concert! I was so speechless with happiness! (: Nutella prayed, 2s prayed, and towards the start, the whole choir together. God blessed us in every possible way that night, which is what made it one of the most special concert's I've ever performed in.

At 7.30, people started strolling in, & I was peeping through the cracks on stage to find my family and friends. First people I saw were my parents, sis & bro. They were perhaps one of the first there! (: And then I spotted Cheryl squeezing past the seats on the second floor! :D Then there was vanessa, renuka, carmen and pet! heh.. And that was when I started getting really nervous. To make it worse, ann, clara, sabby and xiaoyu were seated in the front row, the exact spot I would be dancing in front of for my sectional item! >.< I was so so nervous! The worst was I had the weirdest hairstyle! It totally didn't go with my gown at all, cos it was all punky and quite funky, cos the choreographer did it up for me and sarah, way too early actually. (It was for my witchy role in the later part of the concert) So there we were, standing around with the punky hair, while everyone else was looking super good and pretty with their nice hair. >,<

So anyway, at around 7.40, the show was on. Las A. was quite rushed, but me & xinzi really enjoyed singing it! (: The rest went by so quickly, and before I realised it, I was backstage rushing to take off my gown to change into my busking outfit. Nutella totally rocked! (: I mean, we only had the full idea of what we were going to do 7 hours before, which left us minimum time for practice! And we pulled it off!! Still can't believe it.

Me, su mae & cat were backstage during the 1s sectional item (macdonald's girl), and both of them were practising the "highlight" of our sectional item (signed, sealed delivered), the erm, gay part. :P It was hilarious, and we were all squealing like crazy backstage, while trying to dance along with the 1s. Will never forget that time!! And when it was our time to perform, (I was the working woman person thing -.-) I saw sabby and clara again! Haha. Really wanted to wave but I had to pretend to freeze on stage. We were really all so hyper! Although it started a little shaky, we finished off real well :D All hail sop & alto 2s!

During the intermission, I was so busy trying to put on the thickest and most hideous makeup possible, and ms lim helped do the funky hair thing again, with this gatesby super hard gel. My hair felt like a bunch of sticks! Emily, sarah and me had on really evil eye makeup, and we tried using really dark colours for our lips! It was so fun! Before our turn to appear, the Black people were encouraging us, & it was really that time when I felt the bond of all our choir members. It was really inspiring. (: And the 3 ladies weren't nervous at all! We were all geared up and ready to go. The Magic Flute was smooth and flowing, except for the occasional hiccups, but all was well. And before we went out, emily told us to go at it 3000%!! So we acted like the bimbo-est ladies-witches around, with all the ultra-squeaky voices and drama hands. Hehe. We totally enjoyed ourselves then! During the curtain call, I heard some people shout "We love you chermaine!" when the 3 ladies appeared! I was so so surprised! I don't know whether it was the 3 tenners or ny-ers, but thanks so much! I was beaming like crazy after that. :D

Bon Appetito was a blast and a miracle, and all the credit should go to Him! But all that's left now is a big gap, and I sorely miss the good ol' rehearsals, and my dear costumes and character, with all her bimbo-ness and shiny sharp spears, 'killing' little boys dressed as serpents. ):

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. That is where they should be. Now put the foundation under them.
-Henry David Thoreau

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