Documenting the camp in photos

by

Simon Cheong

A day in the history of the society.

24 November 2006

The first day...

7.30 a.m. Participants gathered at the parking lot in front of Armada Hotel in Petaling Jaya; anxious parents of the young ones (we had about 10 who were below 12 this year which was a pleasant surprise - the youngest was 7)  saw us off at 8 a.m.  There was the bus with 5 cars (some of the older participants preferred to drive) following to meet up with the next group of participants waiting at the Caltex station (somewhere near Jalan Ipoh) on the way to Fraser's Hill at 8.30 a.m..

The journey to Fraser's Hill was slow as the bus had to haul a busload of participants and their guitars! Unfortunately, the new route up the hill was too steep for the bus to handle and there were frantic calls for help get the participants up. Thankfully, we had 5 car going down to ferry some of the participants up; with only half a load, the bus managed to trudge its way up the hill.

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1 & 2. Here's Eric organizing everyone into the cars.

3. Finally, a huge sigh of relief for everyone especially the committee members, the bus makes it!

4. Participants making their way into the hotel

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5 & 6. Registration time. Ernest & May Ling seem to have everything well organized with the help of Chee Kian giving out the beautiful camp T-Shirts and fragrant door gifts with compliments from Johnson & Johnsons.

7 & 8. Simon welcoming the participants and reading out the rules & regulations of the camp. Matthew is invited to say hello to the campers.

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9. Here are our game masters! - Ji Xuan & Kean Heng

10, 11 & 12. The getting-to-know-you session starts off with all the participants introducing themselves. Here are some of them.

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13. Introducing himself - Kean Seng.

14. The next event is the newspaper-folding game. Here's Matthew with Peng Yang trying to stay within the confines of the folded newspaper.

15. See how everyone is enjoying themselves participating in the game. Really sporting!

16. Christopher - the magician's apprentice showing off a trick.

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17. Chris smiles with contentment as his trick goes well.

18. Here's the master magician himself - Alex Koh!

19. Teaching the trick to everyone.

20. Finally the game ends with guessing the jazzed up tunes Alex plays.

After some fun with our getting-to-know-you session, the day continues with the workshops. These workshops cum masterclasses are a very important part of the camp as our emphasis is on education. Here the student gets a chance to play for someone who is not his teacher as well as to play in front of fellow students - an experience that is different from the normal one-on-one classes. Hearing different opinions and getting different ideas, learning new concepts and being exposed to different levels of playing - all these aspects will contribute towards the campers' perception of music.

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21. Children's workshop by Eric Eng

22 & 23. Ernest and Sew Hong in their intermediate players workshop

24. May Ling in her beginners workshop

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25 & 26. Simon in his masterclass with the teachers

27. Here's the top sales team! Presenting - Evelyn & Jeremy!

28. Jovy hopes her smile will bring in the sales! It brought in Thiam Foo instead!

29. Tea time.

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30 - 42.  Here are the campers at their 1st ensemble practice. Look at picture 41 - this chap is probably having a hard time with his part!

After the ensemble practice, the campers have a short breather before dinner which is followed by the Teacher's Concert at 8.00 p.m.

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43. Ernest relishing his role as master of ceremonies in the Teacher's Concert.

44. Tan Chee Kian started off the concert.

45. Lee Thiam Foo in a pensive mood.

46. A duet by Ng Kean Heng and Lee Thiam Foo

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47. A trio by Jovy Fong, Ng Kean Heng and Lee Thiam Foo.

48. Lee Ji Xuan is seriously concentrating

49. Leong Yee Hoo ends the concert.

50. The night is over with Ernest closing the concert.

The Teacher's Concert was a marathon - it lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes! The performers and audience had to put up with the very cold hall as the air conditioners were put to the coldest....brr! Even Matthew, all the way from Scotland which has a temperature of 0 degree, was complaining of the cold!!!.  I guess no one could be said to wipe their sweat when it was over! The organizers will learn and will improve on this. We will not make the same mistake again. Our apologies to all.