Friday, October 31, 2008
Hello everyone!
Today, ATC had their first preparation session for our trip to Marryatville! We started off with some drafts, courtesy of Mrs Kamal and all the people who had previously participated in the puppetry workshop back in 2006, which focused on larger-than-life puppets, controlled by three people apiece. The story, adapted from the old Chinese folktale of the monster Nian, was filled in by Cheryl, and then work began.
The whole team decided on a base rectangular frame, which would rest on the main puppeteer's shoulders, and therefore support another frame, which would consist of the puppet's head and shoulders (which would in turn, link to the arms).
And after much doodling and asking and string and scissors and sweat (thanks to Cheryl and Salmah who went all the way to get us more pipes for the frames, as well as Carmina and Zheshuo and Praveena who went to get the wooden tube-things cut at the D&T block with Mr. Nathan) and a lot of idle chit-chat, the main frames for both the male and female puppets were complete! (You should be able to see it in the picture if you strain a bit. Its in the top left corner, mostly covered by the tables and chairs...) Sadly, we couldn't do the secondary frames, due to lack of materials.
But we'll try harder next week (won't we?)! :D
Apologies if I missed out your name during the mention of hard labor, everyone's effort was appreciated today!
And happy Halloween to everyone. Remember to scare your sister/brother/mother/father/friends/
- Cassie
Add-On!
My apologies! I forgot to mention someone who contributed a ton on Friday as well! Minyi orchestrated the whole mass of us for the frame-construction, so kudos to her!
Labels: puppet construction
we had a smashing good day, 9:11 PM.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Hey kids!
Just wondering why the blog is so inactive when everyone I asked said they're really excited about the trip!!
I guess I shall start the ball rolling with something. Something official. Something which spells... work. To the point, I thought this is a great place to communicate so here's the latest: Marryatville Roles & Responsibilities are out! Check it out~
Just wondering why the blog is so inactive when everyone I asked said they're really excited about the trip!!
I guess I shall start the ball rolling with something. Something official. Something which spells... work. To the point, I thought this is a great place to communicate so here's the latest: Marryatville Roles & Responsibilities are out! Check it out~
(in no particular order of importance)
Pre-trip Administrator
Cheryl
Praveena
Videographer/Video Editor
Eugene
Haziq
Photographer
Carmina
Zheshuo
Gift Maestro
Gabriella
Harris
Official Blogger
Min Yi
Salmah
Quarter Mistress
Afiqah
Haritha
Yu Jun
Workshop I/C
Salmah
Cheryl
Sakinah
Praveena
Student Spokesperson
Sylvia
Cassandra
Anjana
Praveena
EFL Presentation
Benjamin
ZhengYang
Sakinah
(updated by Miss Lee on 30 Oct 08)
We'll discuss a little more about the job scope and everything when we meet again, so don't worry too much about not being able to cope/not knowing what to do! Oh, and don't feel limited by the 'job titles' given to you, feel free to offer your assistance to whichever area that needs help! :)
Oh, and btw, I realised that DAISO ($2 Japanese shop at Plaza Singapura or the one at Vivocity) is really really good for interesting and affordable gifts for your homestay partners or friends you make in Marryatville High School! I think besides getting something for the family you stayed with, you may have made friends *wink wink* whom you'd like to give something to.
Keep posting and fill everybody in on your own personal trip preparations thus far!
we had a smashing good day, 8:21 PM.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Coming up really soon : Roles and Responsibilities of Anderson-Marryatville Trip People, and the Phone Relay System (because we hardly see each other daily)
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we had a smashing good day, 3:35 PM.
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Please feel free to appoint a webmaster (or webmasters) for this blog, who can personalise the template.
If you would like to take a look at a similar blog, you could go to http://resozes.blogspot.com. This belongs to the Tanjong Katong Secondary School group who went to Melbourne for an exchange programme in June 2008.
Have fun!
we had a smashing good day, 12:16 AM.