The organizer of NBC invited Japan's Aichi Meidan High School Band to Singapore as a guest band. They had a "concert" as a closing ceremony of NBC..

my impression of Japanese band was good.. but i did not expected such a wonderful performance from them... the start few songs were very soothing and relaxing as they were some symphonic songs.. after those songs we went for an interval. when the interval was over they started to play pop songs.. it really got the crowd going wild... screaming, cheering, clapping... the atmosphere was like those star singer's concert.. although it was already very late but i just got a feeling that only 1 hour passed... after they performed all thier songs, we requested an encore.. so the conductor came back in and conducted them... all in all they did 4 encores for us.... as a fellow band member i noe how tiring it is to perform on stage n doing all those gimmicks. for a brass player, our lips will give way as it gets tired and thus unable to play well.. but they were great.. even though they played the same pieces afew times, we enjoyed it..

i envy my friend who is currently studying in Meridian JC as they are the host for the Japan band.. they even get to have a performance together the night before the closing ceremony.. how i wish ITE would have such a chance...

even though the ticket is $20.. i still find thier performance worth much more than that.. if they were to have thier own concert here in singapore, i am even willing to pay $50 to watch it.. even though they all are the same age as me.. but i feel that thier standards are way higher than mine... if a person the same age as me could be that good... y cant i? thus i must work hard.

after watching the Japan band perform i made a promise to myself. which is to go japan and watch a concert over there... i'm sure it would be an enjoyable n worthwhile concert..