___music camp 2005
I'm back from my 3 days 2 nights of band camp with a bruised toe and quite a swollen foot. Was so tired yesterday I fell asleep before I could come online to type my entry. haha.
The band camp was a good learning experience, I must say. So many hours of practice, so much worrying over the percussion ensemble. I learnt how to plan, how to keep focussed, how to be a light sleeper (actually it was because of the hard floor), which toilets had showers and all about the dark scary places in NJ.
The most memorable things about the camp were of course, the practices and also the nightwalk. The walk through NJ in the dark was really quite frightening. All the places the excos chose were really creepy, and I can't imagine how afraid they were to be standing at their posts to act as ghosts to scare us. I have too vivid an imagination, that's why I hate anything to do with the unnatural. I will always be still thinking about the scary stuff I've been told a few days later. The nightwalk itself wasn't the really scary part, but the stories that I heard after that. Ahh it's giving me the chills even now.
Band practice was tiring yet rather fulfilling. We had like 15 hours of practice altogether, including the practice for percussion ensemble. I felt quite a sense of achievement and relief at being able to pull through the presentation afterall. Finally the pieces were decided on, and we could start work on them during the camp. With hard work, we can do it. Percussion go! Auntiess said that I was like the only one looking happy while playing the percussion ensemble presentation. Perhaps I feel that we should always be able to enjoy what we are playing.
I realise with only the bare minimum of sleep, people tend to become overly emotional. Maybe that's why I don't really enjoy the camps and chalets I've been to. Everyone gets really moody by the end of it all and I feel helpless, trying to put up with all the tension. This band camp wasn't that bad though, because it didn't directly affect me. But I saw how it affected others, and this realisation just dawned on me.
Oh well, I quite enjoyed myself these few days. Love interacting with the band people.
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