Jeremiah Mari G. Carag's Blurty

Pops Concert Part 1
Wow, it has been quite a while since my last entry dito sa blurty. Probably months ago na. Anyway, probably what kept me from updating my journal besides my difficult accounting subjects is the concert we had sa pops. Grabe, iba yung preparation dito. Siyempre, this might be my last concert with them so better make the most out of it. I made sure I was really involved. Firstly, naging active kaagad ako sa initial committees in planning the concert. As in halos wala pang concept for the concert, andun na ko. That is maybe one of the reasons why I was appointed as the assistant director - because even at a very early stage, they saw my great interest.

Tapos nung lumabas na yung list of songs, talagang pinaghandaan ko na kung ano yung mga gusto kong kantahin. I rehearsed during the christmas break pare sure ako sa auditions. Iba kasi auditions this year. The directors made sure that it was special kasi nga award winning songs ang i fefeature so dapat hindi basta basta pagkanta. Matindi judges kasi kasama yung vocal coach namin from the conservatory of music. And unlike sa previous years, they won't mind assigning more than one song to one soloist and none to another. Probably those who have read my previous blurty entries would understand kung bakit determined akong makakanta this concert. Alam naman natin yung issue about our vocals head na nag aasign lang ng songs sa sarili niya at sa close friends niya. So in other words, I felt I was extremely idle and underestimated for this year. God is really kind. Lahat ng inaudition kong song, nakuha ko. Grabe cloud 9 ako after the announcement.

After nito todo prepare and practice kami but we had this really big problem with the section head. He was literally useless kasi di siya nag wowork. Ako and si andrei (one of the senior members ng vocals) ang kumakayod while siya, parang di nababahala about the concert. Dumating sa point na three weeks na lang before the concert, ang dami pang di ayos. Pati yung ibang members nagrereklamo na about the way he is running things. Thus, nag decide ang executive board, kami ni andrei ang mag take over. Grabe that was really hard for us. Sure, we were really pissed off with our head's attitude pero at the same time, friend pa rin namin siya and kasabay namin siyang pumasok sa pops. Naawa din kami kahit papaano...but as the saying goes, the show must go on.

We had to make the best of the very little time left. Sobrang tinutukan namin yung soloists - most of them unprepared pa. Pero we were really patient with them...kahit na minsan eh di na kaya ng temper namin. In all fairness, pag napagsabihan naman sila, they were very obedient naman and supportive with our "cramming plan."

So fast forward, show na...medyo may problems pa rin pero carry lang.

So anong nangyari?!? Everybody said it was the best concert of Pops Orchestra. I wasn't surprised to hear that after the show because while I was watching, I couldn't help but marvel at the fruits of our labor. Everybody did well - the orchestra was amazing, the vocalists were magnificent (mala singing contest), award-winning ang set and lights. Ang saya saya ng feeling after the concert. Thank god at nakaraos din. After the concert, nilapitan kami nung head namin sa vocals at nag thank siya and apologize sa min ni Andrei. He was crying when he hugged us. Nakita ko naman yung sincerity so kahit papaano, napatawad ko na kung ano man yung pagkukulang niya sa min. Mas lalo akong napunta sa cloud 9 when I received the compliments from different people. Kahit na three lang from the bloc ang pumunta sa concert (salamat sa inyo at kayo'y featured sa next blurty entry ko), my numbers were well applauded talaga even by the people I didn't know. Tapos after the concert, I was approached by peeps from DLSU and some parents who congratulated me for a job well done.

Grabe...ang saya...nakakataba na puso pero nakakalungkot din kasi last concert ko na ata to. Talagang di ko makakalimutan ko. I know that I will always look back to that night, March 12, 2005, and wear a big smile after thinking how we made the show work.

Current Mood: accomplished