ROAOAARRRRRRR I'M HAVING SERIOUS PRE-CONCERT JITTERS.
It's not that we're not prepared - It's not that we can't sell tickets - It's not that I am afraid of performing.
Maybe I'm just excited huh.
Oh yeah, I just realised that this is the FIRST POST within the last approx 1 month+ so I figured i should blog something in case you know, someone/some people think that the members of TONE have died from exhaustion.
But seriously - It has been really, really tough on all of us. It has been difficult to co-ordinate our schedules.. With 3 NS Boys (1 Combat, 1 Admin, 1 MDC), 1 JC Girl, 1 Uni Girl.. You cannot fathom the amount of trouble (and SMSes) it takes to plan just ONE FULL rehearsal. Jun Kai can only bookout over the weekend, JC and Uni Girls have to study etc. I'm surprised that we've actually managed to clock about 40 hours of rehearsals for this month alone.
Anyways, I have faith that we'll do well for the concert. Even though we MIGHT (I'm not saying that we will!) not attain the ideal standards that we excpect for the concert, I'm sure that we'll be good enough. Anything more than that would be a bonus :) I'm definitely counting on the bonus though.
TONIANS! I'm so proud of all of you (us) and how we've pulled through all the rubbish , toil and sweat as a team. From silly administrative problems to creative problems - This is the last stretch and I'm soo psyched. LET'S ALL GET PSYCHED UP TOGETHER OKAY??? Wanna work the stage with you guys *ENTERS DELIRIOUS STATE* WOOHHOOOOOOOOO!
But on a more serious note, I'm pretty emotionally overwhelmed. It seems as though everything's falling into place after all. Was sooo worried last week. Even though things might not turn out to be fantastic, I know that we've all tried our best. Really. From sourcing for sponsors, from outreach to schools for ticket sales, from shamelessly selling tickets, from spontaneously coming up with new arrangements (e.g. TTBA, SMIL *General Public: DON'T TELL YOU! Only TONE members can decipher the acronyms*), from coming up with choreography (ALOT), from just sticking together as one even though things look bleak at times. This is NOT our Day job. This is our Passion. Thank you all for taking time off studies, sacrificing family time, sacrificing weekends, taking time off work and taking leave just to make this possible.
To whoever's reading this: I implore you to come and experience the magic of our hard work. I don't know that the rest think, but I, CHEN JIA JUN think that we deserve to be credited in some way or another. I won't ever let our hard work go to waste.
ROAAAARRRRRR.
I think i'm a little bit crazy only la.
DON'T GOSSIP ABOUT ME BEING CRAZY OKAY.
To all: Catch the preview of I-SO-TONIC at Raffles City Shopping Centre, 7:00 pm as part of the Singapore Arts Festival. We hope to entice you into buying tickets for I-SO-TONIC.
Yours deliriously,
Rayner Tan
Resident Baritone of TONE