today we did a set on love and respect at Meridian Junior College. honestly, a ton of stuff went wrong – more than with any other gig we’ve had so far!
first the power source for the sound board didn’t work, and the school technician very kindly helped us to get an extension from the school’s store.
then the sound REFUSED to come out from one of the house speakers!! at first we thought it was just a cable issue, but no, that wasn’t it. finally we gave up trying to make the left side have sound, and daisy-chained them.
third, the clavi decided to (finally) give her last breath =b she’s been a faithful old soul for the past i suppose almost 10 years? anyway i do have special memories of her, because that’s the instrument i first touched some 5 years ago in the then-band room. heh. and she’s gone on quite a few overseas trips with various bands too! sob sob… but it’s time to get a newer, lighter keyboard too. still, it’s sad to say goodbye. and it was definitely stressful because we had some quite key piano parts in our songs! thanks crys for stepping up to the plate (on the other keyboard) at such short notice! and thanks xinyi for being so flexible to switch over to violin!! *clap clap clap*
last but not least, the students took really long to file into the hall (but that’s typical of most schools lah) so we had to cut short our program, in particular a very important interview btwn Jie and our guest Yvonne!! =( that was kind of disappointing…
but… and it’s a BIG BUT
i am totally satisfied, totally happy. because for once in my life, i knew everything was still going perfectly. yes, i got stressed about us being behind time… yes i was freaked out when the power was pronounced dead… yes the clavi dying couldn’t have been a worse last straw… but throughout all that… i felt peace. on the outside i was a bundle of reactive nerves as per typical dotz, but on the inside… i was ok. i knew HE was in control, and everything went just as it should be, just as He wanted it to. =)
so it’s with a ton of joy and thankfulness that i look back on today. i am physically exhausted, but spiritually refreshed =)
just a thought… maybe we could video yvonne and jie doing an interview and put them up on our site? huh huh huh??? =D
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