13 December 2008 - Day 2

Guitarobics, nothing like having a little work out to start the day. One group gets their fingers worked out while the other group give the body a working on. Simon informed us that Isabelle does belly dancing and all of us had to learn belly dancing ...phew!, luckily that did not happen as I am hopeless at dancing. Picture 48

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48. Here is Fujii Tatsuo (64), our oldest participant with Isabelle and Simon. He volunteered to lead with some exercises.

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50 & 51. Group photo - the most important photo to be taken for memory.

After taking the group photo, the masterclass for the beginners to intermediate group is now taken by Simon

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In this masterclass, Simon opted to do the masterclass away from the normal (whereby some students were chosen to play within the short time allotted and comments given by the master), he decided to have each and every student play for each other so that everyone else will give their comments with Simon being the moderator. Unfortunately, just to have everyone play took most of the time leaving very little time for comments. But still, there was some feedback of the excitement to have to play without notice. Some complained though. As I asked Simon about the complain, he mentioned that it was the students own teacher who will have to explain about the merits of such an exercise - one being, a person should always be prepared to play in any situation, a necessary part of the performing arts (one need not be a professional to do this, even a beginner should be able to play at any time as long as one is enjoying making music)

Here is Isabelle taking the advanced masterclass.

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This year the committee in its efforts to make the camp more interesting introduced a new feature in the programme - Guitar Star (alla Americas got Talent). It isn't really intended to be a real competition but one of fun and learning with the judges comments and scores tabulated with the non-Guitar Star participating  campers giving their votes.

Here are the photos of the participants of the Guitar Star.

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65. Felicia and Ernest, our MC for the event. 

66. The judges - Stanley, Isabelle & Simon. Stanley (a guitar lecturer at the Malaysia Institute of Arts) was invited by Simon to be a judge taking the place of Uros.

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Who is the winner? Results will be out after certificate presentation.

Workshop

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95 - 98. Workshop by See Sew Hong

99 & 100. Simon's workshop

101. Thiam Foo's workshop

102. Ernest workshop

Ensemble practice.

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103. Here is Yee Hoo guiding his group.

104. Simon giving guidance to a group. 

105. Chee Kien with his group. 

106. A group practicing on their own. 

107. Simon with another ensemble group.

After dinner, we have our Artistes-in-residence concert. - Isabelle Heroux

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108. Ernest - our official MC

109 - 112. Isabelle in performance.

113. At the interval, the audience looking at Isabelle's CD's to buy and some of the books that is sold by the Society. 

114 & 115. Isabelle in the second half of the recital.

116 & 117. Autograph - Isabelle signing on her CD's