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CHMA 06

Ok, I admit. I was so floored by what they did last year, that I HAD to go see for myself how they would fare this year.
So, I got Stephie to go along.
We reached around 7, and hung around some 7/8 guys, patiently waiting to collect our tickets. The tickets looked like cards. Sleek black, and the material's good too.
Got in, sat down, waited till like around 8 before they started. =( Stephie's getting tired, so am I.
And before the curtains were drawn, there's this "drumset" playing, which is really someone else's voice. It lasted for quite a while, and I'm awed at his seemingly-good stamina.
The 13 year olds blew us away, on with a voice larger than his body mass, and another, with his passion for the Yangqin. By the way, the one who played Yangqin ended up the best performer for the night. =) The electone player was good too. But I suppose I have to really give credit for that, with a feet stomping away and fingers playing the melody, you gotta have like REALLY REALLY GOOD co-ordination. It's always been amazing to see that one can cook up an orchestra alone.
Bands were a bit disappointing, bass guitars were just booming away, it covered the melody played by the other guitar. For another, "smoke in the water", the drumset was just crashing away, especially the snare, and those rimshots, and we could barely hear the vocalist.
Emcees Merv and mr-i-forgot-what's-his-name were barely audible, but guest host Mark Tan did a GREAT JOB! I really think he should just go be a host on television.
Shawn Tan was brilliant and steady. The audience were giggling over this microphone stand which wouldn't stay where the IMedia guy positioned it to be, but Mr Shawn just concentrated on his keyboard and singing. When a technical glitch resulted in a small hiccup, he seemed unfazed and continued singing.
The 2 guys who sang "Right here waiting" were also fantastic.
Amazingly, when they screened the CHMA-in-the-making video in which Paul Twohill gave a brief recount of his CHMA experience, the audience didn't go wild.
Stephie and I were like wide-eyed when one of the emcees got flowers, and something more...

Still a great effort, nonetheless! And they gave out IPODS again!

posted by yz @ 3:11 PM