Viva top

My cute little brother. My, has he grown a bit more~

It took a whole 6 years journey of a really talented batch to beg for new instruments. It took another two for the buds of achievement to finally grow, one small bud at a time. Compared to the scale of prosperity that school teams and clubs enjoy in Singapore, this family has gone through a lot more.

It's definitely more than simply conform and come to practice regularly. Hundreds of people, exco members or not, has dedicated their skills, time, reputations, (a LOT of) patience and hearts for this band. Majority of them without elegant recognitions to decorate their official records. A lot of them have had to cast aside their doubts about their own tangible gains as they honed their skills with songs passed down from 20-30 years ago without a clear event to look forward to in the club's agenda. For six years.

When you get down to it, it's mere joy that drove them. Imagine starting a couple of notes randomly with your trumpet and having your peers responding to it one by one, until eventually, a complete song would be performed by an entire corps. I was one of them. So was my best friend, and now, my dear brother and cousins.

Congratulation, TOP DBC. I'm so proud of you guys for winning the town's marching band competition. And so are my fellow graduated band mates - saw their tweets yesterday. No matter what happens next, keep the soul alive.
Now then, I wonder where people buy band scores here?