My beloved Fairfield Drama, [I always believed our official name to be Fairfield Drama. Haha I think I saw it in the school diary.]
I'm Potato, and I wish you all will stick with my name as Potato, or Samuel. I'm from the batch of 2007 and I'm at ACJC now taking drama as a subject and cca.
I'm going to nag for the sake of the juniors, as in Drama it's important to always know your roots. you see, by now you should have realised we are a small cca that is known for our strong bonds that has brought us to great heights. (just look at some other good ccas, they are not as closely knitted as us. probably because they don't have the special lack of discipline that lets them even socialise backstage). haha.
The juniors and juniors to come must all know our story. PRINT IT OUT AND PASTE IT IN THE PA2 IF YOU HAVE TO.
This is the story of Fairfield Drama in my own words, and thus also includes most of my own experience. I've decided to post them in parts of 4, all 4 representing the 4 years I was here (I came in in 2004 when Drama started). The 5th post? Let's see who does it. Haha. --- A Bright New World: The Fairfield Drama Story Part 1 That was a corny title.
The Fairfield Drama started off as an individual CCA in November 2003.
CCA Orientation 2004 This was to recruit the first Sec 1 batch of Fairfield Drama. The members wore elaborate past costumes and set up one of the best booths in CCA Orientation 2004 (it is a tradition for Drama to always have the most glamourous and outstanding booth and booth-menders.) At this time most of my batch's drama members signed up on the list except me. I was stranded in the school, in a dilemna as to which CCA to join. I was about to join the BB when suddenly, this lady in a black dress came over. She talked to me about Fairfield Drama. I HAD NO INTENTION TO JOIN DRAMA. Until she took 10 minutes to explain to me everything and I was so touched. A humble member of Fairfield Drama, so proud of her CCA and telling me their story. This is a CCA I should join. The CCA orientation ended and I rushed to Mr Pang's room, sneaked in and added my name on the list while everyone was packing up. I remember the lady was Clara Han, 4B'04. And the last boy on the list was Samuel Lam. Fairfield Drama's story starts here. I just made myself the main lead of this story. :P
Cross Country 2004 (Febuary) Our Drama girls and boys won individual and team and cheerleading events. My vague memories are of Zi Yang winning an event, and our club performing an awesome cheerleading dance. The pompoms are in the drama store still.
EXCO 2004 Zi Yang was the president in 2004. He was the only exco member and he was a great leader, the perfect one to boost Drama on the start of her journey. Wait, decide now. Drama is a female noun, is that okay with everyone? Zi Yang is LEGENDARY; so influential that members up to the batch of 2009 know and respect him. Up till today he still helps Drama. The juniors will know him soon once he finishes his last year (i think). But he'll have a shaved head when he comes back.
TRAINING 2004 Training was done by this Yoga instructor we called Babafu, because of the song he taught us as a focus exercise or something. Ba ba fu loo loo... so on. It was the first session where I sort of fractured my tail bone. Haven't had an X-ray till now. Haha. He was good. Then came Les Thespians. Gerrard Fang, known as G, and Renee Chua. G is a light designer and his artistic direction is AWESOME. Renee is awesome too and she was the vocal coach back then.
THE PERFORMANCE AT YOUTH PARK There was a minor performance by our club at the Youth Park. Some festival was happening and other drama clubs were participating. We performed a parody, with Eugenia as William Hung, and the sec 1s were at the back of the stage acting as William Hung fans. All I remember was Eugenia being a really good William Hung imposter and us Sec 1s just being gay and screaming William Hung!
THE SILLY LITTLE GIRL AND THE FUNNY OLD TREE The first blackbox production by a secondary school in an ad-hoc location. That was the definition of our play that I can never forget. Produced my Mr. Pang and Ms. Hia, directed by Gerrard Fang and Renee Chua, performed in the foyer in July 2004. The foyer back then was like a dirty grey void deck. There were black curtains surrounding it, and there were no railings back then. There was the tree controlled by Nathaniel, otherwise known as the Brickman since he used a brick to clamp the string. The tree itself was Diana, Kevin, Zi Yang, Spencer, and I can't remember the rest. Joavan? Gloria? Sherlyn? Joyce and Yarong were the silly little girl(s). My part of the story started here. Yao Wei was the OHP boy, operating the OHP images, but sometime halfway he just passed the job to me because he said he was busy or something. So I took the job, it was a hard job and it was here I gained trust (or fairly, FAVOUR) and this brought me where I am. That explains why I'm always so greatful to Yao Wei. Ryann was the Stage Manager (and the only one who could sleep during the performance while Joanne the ASM was running round the blackbox going crazy). Samuel Koh, whom I will later succeed, was the Lights operator. Honestly I cannot remember anything else. Oh, and going to Dover to pluck yellow leaves with Julien and the others. The first and best performance of the Fairfield Drama... Indeed a good start.
The Batch Of 2004 Xu Zi Yang* Yang Yarong Eugenia Yip Diana Mok Gloria Choi Hazel Tan Kevin Ban Joanne Ong Clara Han Josephine Tjoa Grace
TO BE CONTINUED.
seriously i have no idea why i even started typing this. but it's really fun recollecting all these moments. i think during my free time, i'll just type the whole long story and compile it. Haha. for the members of 2099 to see.
Farewell was awesome, and I'm looking forward to Part 2. Great seeing you guys again. It's been one year since my farewell. TIME FLIES.
My beloved Fairfield Drama, [I always believed our official name to be Fairfield Drama. Haha I think I saw it in the school diary.]
I'm Potato, and I wish you all will stick with my name as Potato, or Samuel. I'm from the batch of 2007 and I'm at ACJC now taking drama as a subject and cca.
I'm going to nag for the sake of the juniors, as in Drama it's important to always know your roots. you see, by now you should have realised we are a small cca that is known for our strong bonds that has brought us to great heights. (just look at some other good ccas, they are not as closely knitted as us. probably because they don't have the special lack of discipline that lets them even socialise backstage). haha.
The juniors and juniors to come must all know our story. PRINT IT OUT AND PASTE IT IN THE PA2 IF YOU HAVE TO.
This is the story of Fairfield Drama in my own words, and thus also includes most of my own experience. I've decided to post them in parts of 4, all 4 representing the 4 years I was here (I came in in 2004 when Drama started). The 5th post? Let's see who does it. Haha. --- A Bright New World: The Fairfield Drama Story Part 1 That was a corny title.
The Fairfield Drama started off as an individual CCA in November 2003.
CCA Orientation 2004 This was to recruit the first Sec 1 batch of Fairfield Drama. The members wore elaborate past costumes and set up one of the best booths in CCA Orientation 2004 (it is a tradition for Drama to always have the most glamourous and outstanding booth and booth-menders.) At this time most of my batch's drama members signed up on the list except me. I was stranded in the school, in a dilemna as to which CCA to join. I was about to join the BB when suddenly, this lady in a black dress came over. She talked to me about Fairfield Drama. I HAD NO INTENTION TO JOIN DRAMA. Until she took 10 minutes to explain to me everything and I was so touched. A humble member of Fairfield Drama, so proud of her CCA and telling me their story. This is a CCA I should join. The CCA orientation ended and I rushed to Mr Pang's room, sneaked in and added my name on the list while everyone was packing up. I remember the lady was Clara Han, 4B'04. And the last boy on the list was Samuel Lam. Fairfield Drama's story starts here. I just made myself the main lead of this story. :P
Cross Country 2004 (Febuary) Our Drama girls and boys won individual and team and cheerleading events. My vague memories are of Zi Yang winning an event, and our club performing an awesome cheerleading dance. The pompoms are in the drama store still.
EXCO 2004 Zi Yang was the president in 2004. He was the only exco member and he was a great leader, the perfect one to boost Drama on the start of her journey. Wait, decide now. Drama is a female noun, is that okay with everyone? Zi Yang is LEGENDARY; so influential that members up to the batch of 2009 know and respect him. Up till today he still helps Drama. The juniors will know him soon once he finishes his last year (i think). But he'll have a shaved head when he comes back.
TRAINING 2004 Training was done by this Yoga instructor we called Babafu, because of the song he taught us as a focus exercise or something. Ba ba fu loo loo... so on. It was the first session where I sort of fractured my tail bone. Haven't had an X-ray till now. Haha. He was good. Then came Les Thespians. Gerrard Fang, known as G, and Renee Chua. G is a light designer and his artistic direction is AWESOME. Renee is awesome too and she was the vocal coach back then.
THE PERFORMANCE AT YOUTH PARK There was a minor performance by our club at the Youth Park. Some festival was happening and other drama clubs were participating. We performed a parody, with Eugenia as William Hung, and the sec 1s were at the back of the stage acting as William Hung fans. All I remember was Eugenia being a really good William Hung imposter and us Sec 1s just being gay and screaming William Hung!
THE SILLY LITTLE GIRL AND THE FUNNY OLD TREE The first blackbox production by a secondary school in an ad-hoc location. That was the definition of our play that I can never forget. Produced my Mr. Pang and Ms. Hia, directed by Gerrard Fang and Renee Chua, performed in the foyer in July 2004. The foyer back then was like a dirty grey void deck. There were black curtains surrounding it, and there were no railings back then. There was the tree controlled by Nathaniel, otherwise known as the Brickman since he used a brick to clamp the string. The tree itself was Diana, Kevin, Zi Yang, Spencer, and I can't remember the rest. Joavan? Gloria? Sherlyn? Joyce and Yarong were the silly little girl(s). My part of the story started here. Yao Wei was the OHP boy, operating the OHP images, but sometime halfway he just passed the job to me because he said he was busy or something. So I took the job, it was a hard job and it was here I gained trust (or fairly, FAVOUR) and this brought me where I am. That explains why I'm always so greatful to Yao Wei. Ryann was the Stage Manager (and the only one who could sleep during the performance while Joanne the ASM was running round the blackbox going crazy). Samuel Koh, whom I will later succeed, was the Lights operator. Honestly I cannot remember anything else. Oh, and going to Dover to pluck yellow leaves with Julien and the others. The first and best performance of the Fairfield Drama... Indeed a good start.
The Batch Of 2004 Xu Zi Yang* Yang Yarong Eugenia Yip Diana Mok Gloria Choi Hazel Tan Kevin Ban Joanne Ong Clara Han Josephine Tjoa Grace
TO BE CONTINUED.
seriously i have no idea why i even started typing this. but it's really fun recollecting all these moments. i think during my free time, i'll just type the whole long story and compile it. Haha. for the members of 2099 to see.
Farewell was awesome, and I'm looking forward to Part 2. Great seeing you guys again. It's been one year since my farewell. TIME FLIES.
