lovelovelove this song from sister act 2. oh, happy day. it truly is one of the more amazing movie moments. so basically the newly-formed choir have to sing in front of their school for the first time, and the young boy soloist with the insane voice (the high note guy) is kinda shy with self-esteem problems... around 1:33 the song REALLY starts, and then wait for it...2:28.different. memories memories memories. ny choir did sister act for our concert in sec 3. and in sec 4, our st nicks collaboration with funny animal songs. kangaroos and elephants and chickens and dinosaurs and humans. and oh, VCH. CHIJMES. i miss performing in those places. and the esplanade theatre for syf youth ceremony! god the backstage was freezing cold, but the song was so awesome, so awesome to sing and groove along to. tried searching for some choir songs on youtube, but to no avail. ): anybody with links send me? and i guess its no use denying it anymore. once a chorister, always a chorister.
i think all the way back to primary 5 and i have no idea why i joined choir then. i had dabbled in chinese dance and netball and art club, but then suddenly there was this notice about auditions for our new choir. and i sang twinkle twinkle little star (I WAS ELEVEN) and i remember being so nervous my voice cracked in some notes and i was so airy. and then takng part in syf after only 3 months of training and getting silver. it was so amazing, no one expected it. and i still recall my choir instructor being really pretty. she had long hair and liked to wear white and pink. and our choir uniform was so cute! it was this short floaty sky blue dress and a mini gold dib-like fold along the neck area.
and then in sec 1, auditioning for choir and being so afriad i wouldnt get in. and the ny choir gown is some kind of PRETTY. pale creamy yellow, some kind of awesome material, and this gorgeous ruffle along the lower neckline. and how we'd always play around with each other running our thumb and forefinger suddenly along the zipline at the other person's back, cuz it gave the shocking feeling that ur zip was really being pulled down. and concerts! tons and tons of concerts! the kong zi concert at vch (victoria concert hall for the noobs). masses of concerts for arts fest every year and special occasions. unfortunately i was short all along so if we performed along the podium i had to stand in the front row ): and fun, so much fun with ziling and the rest of the sop 2-ers. soprano 2 is the most difficult to sing ok. and always being late and trying to pon, and me and vivian's frantic consultations about choir prac every fri afternoon. what excuses? can say got lesson? hahaha. good old times. but still! we even had this concert at kallang stadium or smth like that hahaha. and all those workshops with tkgs (supposed rivals but still friends) and randomly meeting chiam yiing sometimes EH HALLO should have swapped uniforms to add to my collection haha, and then syf 03! and we got a gold. awesomeness. hard work paid off, definitely, but the feeling you get, its just awesomeness. and sneaking into the audi backstage with tovya when we were supposed to be in ss class, just to eavesdrop on tkgs's syf performance (syf that year was held at ny). and oh, the gorgeousness of it, and tovya turning around to tell me it had been worth it. we got gold! we did we did and we didn't let our seniors down after all. and sec 4 going by all too fast and too slow, and rehearsal after reharsal for the st nicks concert at vch. i still rmb their choir gown was purple with a grey scarf. and ms lim! she was the awesomest choir conductor ever man. i still saw her around sometimes in nj but didnt dare to say hi (((: what if she asked me why i didnt join choir? and crazy crazy moments on coaches with the juniors behind us and screaming OLD MACDONALD'S HAD A FARM and then asking them to harmonise the reply. hahaha! i do love harmonising, i do, i do. and hitching our choir gowns up with our elbows to thigh lenth cuz it was so freaking hot running around in them sometimes hahaha oh man we were so obscene but didnt care about it then. and this brings back even more memories of nygh, which i shall post about next time. its 3.46am and i have early class tmr. YUCKS
oh yeah if u liked this song check out joyful, joyful as well! and all the other sister act songs ((((:
and he taught me how to live rejoicing; fight and pray-
