Jom Jam Drums!
This year HANDS adds a little more scope to their annual student concert series, "Drum Slices". Kaleidoscope is intended as a learning festival for drummers, percussionists or for any music enthusiast for that matter. Highlights of the festival are performances by several groups, including drummers from several schools under HANDS tutelage. Having various drumming troupes participate, each with its own experience, makes it a great way to share, and to learn skills and knowledge, for both participants and contributors. Moreover, having different groups of people together will create "sparks" which will ignite into a wonderful learning experience for all concerned. We hope this first festival of ours will set a tend for our ever challenging artform.
Interested?
Venue: Pentas 1, Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC)
Date:10 - 14 June 2009 *cempaka beat's performance is on the 14th!
Time:
• 12 | 13 | 14 June: 8.30PM
• 13 | 14 June: 3:00PM
Ticket Pricing: RM72 | RM 58 | RM38 *purchase 15 RM 72 & RM 58 tickets, free 2
Box Office: + 603 - 4047 9000
Enquiries:
• + 603 - 6141 4480 (HANDS Office)
• + 6012 - 274 4292 (Jason)
• mail@hands.com.my
• www.hands.com.my/festival2009
• Location map: www.klpac.com
Friday, June 12 2009 - Ran to the bottom of the stairs of the N1 Block today, the one closest to the bridge, at 11:45. Grabbed an assortment of buckets and ran over to the guard house at the top of the hill.
Left school in a bus at 12:05 to KLPAC.
When we arrived we were led to a holding room and were left in there until 3:00. Most of the corridors were in complete darkness (them being painted black didn't help) and only the holding room and the gallery were properly lit. I slept from 2:00 to 2:45.
Following my rude awakening, we changed into our costumes for our first rehearsals on the stage. The seniors were to wear white shirts, jeans and the sportiest of shoes. Juniors changed into this very martial artist-looking red and black coat -- I thought it looked pretty slick.
We sort of got used to the place by then, knowing which stairs and corridors to take. The place is huge with a complex network of dark corridors and stairs.
The stage is pretty huge too, but it seemed smaller than my last visit here as a spectator.
The lights are blinding. I found myself many a time blinded by flashes of light (me not wearing glasses didn't help).
For some reason, the booming of the drums were much more solid here. Huh.
Regarding our piece, it's a completely Cempaka Beat choreographed work and is about 10 minutes long. If you came for the Hearts for the World concert event, you would've seen a snippet of the piece -- a preview if you will.
And it's all coming to you the day after tomorrow.
We played (and are going to be playing) on Golden Drums. WOA.
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