One semester has finished! Thanks God!!

1 semester has finished, I've got my report book and we've done the Christmas celebration. I'll tell it clearly and completely so this is gonna be a loooonnnnngggggg post. Hope you enjoy it!

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION - BEHIND THE SCENE

 I didn't know that I was recruited in the school orchestra. As an amateur violist, I thought my skill wasn't enough to be in the orchestra. But Monday, after school, Yoel told me that I have to join the school orchestra for tomorrow's Christmas service and celebration. I was so surprised! The rehearsal would begin shortly and I didn't bring my violin to school! So I rushed home (luckily my home was close to school, about 10 minutes if you walk, 5 minutes if you run) And...I made it! I arrived back at school about 2-3 minutes before the rehearsal started! Not only the orchestra group that rehearsed, there were also the choir, the "guitar group", the 7th grade music group, the drama club, and so on...Everyone finished at 1 pm, but we, the orchestra member still have to practiced till 3 pm! Why? Mam Vita said the song pitch were too high that nobody can sing it! Well, that's not too high! So Mr Johan transposed it again, lowering 1 tone, then we practiced again. My body started to act strangely. I had a little stomachache and headache. But we HAVE to practice. The rehearsal finished at 3.30 pm and I went home. At home, I slept until 6 pm, took a hot shower (cause I didn't feel really well to take a cold shower), had dinner, tuned my violin (when I accidentally broke my G-string. Luckily I still had some strings and I could fix that), and then slept again. You know, I felt really sick and I was really afraid I couldn't perform tomorrow...

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION - IT'S ON!

I woke up in the morning..and I felt completely good! Thanks God! Before the service started, we practiced first. Then, the service started. If I'm not mistaken, we played 5 songs during the service and 1 song during the celebration. There were:

-Joy to the world

-O Store God

-Go tell it on the mountain (It's a really 'country' song, I like it!)

-Joy to the world (Miss the rhythm, hope the audience didn't notice!)

-Hark the Herald Angels Sing

-Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (It's my favorite song, it sounds a little 'jazzy'. Totally love it!)

I didn't know, why the whole class known me as a 'violist'. Actually I am a 'pianist' , not a 'violist'. But I think the pianist position has been taken, so I have to switch to violin. But no problem, I enjoy being a violist too!

After that, we watched the choir. The choir was pretty good. They sang:

-Carol of the Bells. (It's the Ukrainian carol and I love this song. Although this song sounded a little 'weird' or yeah, you know what) I tried to sing the soprano part, and I made it! Yeah! The highest note here is G5, it was really high, though. You can watch the video here. Or you can view the score here. Somehow, I really want to join the choir, but after I see the teacher, forget it! I stick with the orchestra! Lol!
-We're Marching in the Light of God 
It's a pretty song too, and I really like it! Actually it was an African song, but then it was translated to English. 
There was still 1 song, but I didn't know the title.

And then the guitar group with the song "Give Thanks". It was really good too. After that, the grade 7's music group with the song "He's Been Good". 

Now, the drama! The drama was totally....hell yeah....you know what. I can't express it with words! It was sooooooo funny! Too bad, mobile phones with camera are prohibited in my school so I couldn't take a picture or record it. The drama's title was "The Meaning of Christmas". So there were  a couple of girls that think Christmas is a day when we should have everything new, new clothes, new shoes, new bags, new boys (?) And finally, they realized the meaning of Christmas.


And then, my favorite part, the dance. It was a traditional Balinese dance, but it was really cool! After that, we watched the teacher's performance. Mr Yusuf's voice was very good! I never knew that P2's teacher have a really good voice!


Finally, English Club's performance collaborated with the kolintang. The English Club member performed a poem, about Christmas I think. I didn't pay too much attention to them though. So that, the Christmas celebration came to the end...


REPORT DISTRIBUTION 
   After the Christmas celebration, we returned to our class and got some souvenirs. After that, the report distribution started. I was really nervous!! The teacher gave me the report and I was so relieved. There were really good! Before, I thought there would be really bad. Yeah, really good, except 1 score. Physical Education! I only got 72! Yeah, I'm not good at sports, you know? 

That means, 1 semester has passed and the holiday is waiting for me now! Yeahhh!! Too bad we should go to school at Monday to return our report. Aargh...that's annoying! 

Well, I have to study harder next semester so I could continue my study in the good senior high school. Wish me luck, guys! And then, about my holiday plan...I've got a really fantastic plan for it and I can't wait till December 27th! Yeah, holiday trip guys! Bon Voyage!!