We were in our usual Master Class on Wednesday evening and our
instructor, Miko came along and asked us, “Who is free on 20 December 2015 for
a Xmas party cum performance?” We have 7 in the class; Mai, Sun Wei, Sheila,
Cynthia, Squido, Jennifer and me of course. All of us were around except for
Jennifer, who had already booked her flight back to London.
Miko said she will split the 6 of us to 2 groups and each group will
have to choreograph and perform a hoop and silk routine. As Miko will be in
Hong Kong competing in pole, she said to start off with the silk routine and send
her the video and thereafter to work on the hoop routine. After our Master
class, she decided to split us up:-
1st group for Hoop
1. Mai
2. Cynthia
3. Sun Wei
2nd group for Hoop
1. Squido
2. Sheila
3. Me
1st group for Silk
1. Squido
2. Cynthia
3. Sun Wei
2nd group for Silk
1. Mai
2. Sheila
3. Me
Mai decided to create a Whatapps group to share our choice of music,
videos and views and the same goes for hoop, where Sheila also created a group
on Whatsapps.
As for the hoop routine, my group chose the song “Sail” by
Awolnation. I must say a good choice and good piece of music as it has been
smooth sailing for my group. As instructed by Miko, we just needed to change the
choreography a bit and get our costumes (from a website in China but they
deliver pretty fast). At first, we wanted to dress up like
“Sailormoon” but the costumes for Sailormoon were quite expensive as they are used
for Cosplay. We decided on something cheaper and we wanted the colour blue. The
whole attire only cost us RM50.00.
As for the silk routine, my group chose the song “Revolt” by Nathan
Lanier, an upbeat fast instrumental piece. We went through lots of hurdles for
this routine as we had to constantly change our choreography in order to save
our energy and stamina (as suggested by Miko) and do not put too many tricks
in 1 combo. I must say most of the time; the 3 of us, during practises, we were
unable to finish the routine.
4 days before the actual performance, which is also the last time
Miko gets to comment on our routine, the 3 of us failed miserably and this
routine was falling apart. Miko just watched us with her glaring eyes (luckily
didn’t scold us “kow kow”) and the 3 of us knew we had to do something with
this routine and bring everything into place again! We were just speechless
with our performance! So, we decided to go back to the studio on a Friday
evening to do it again.
Friday evening came – YES WE DID IT- WE DID IT. Although it was not
perfect, all of us managed to finish the routine. I said let’s not do it again.
If we were to do it the 2nd time (like we always did previously),
it’s just going to be a disappointment. We watched the video that we recorded
ourselves, tried to remember to correct ourselves and went home feeling
satisfied.
On the day of the performance, I had to teach ballet in the morning
and thereafter rush home to do my make-up. Once I’m done with my make-up, I
went and checked to see whether I have all my costumes ready for the
performance. I took my top for hoop routine and tried to tighten the buckle
as I decided not to sew it the day before, thinking that it’s alright, the buckle
will not be loose or removed. I asked my husband for help to tighten the buckle
and SUDDENLY, the buckle snapped! I went SHIT, What did you do??????? My
husband said you asked me to tighten it and I did and with a little bit of push
and force, it snapped. I was like, THIS IS NOT HAPPENING!!!!!!!
I quickly took out my sewing kit and started sewing the remaining
buckle to the bra top and it took me 10 minutes to get the strap secured again.
Then, off I went to Viva.
As I arrived at Viva, I saw lots of food and I was asked to eat.
Unfortunately, I had to decline as no food for me before performance. I have to
admit that I did steal a few salmon crackers on the plate as it was too tasty
not to indulge. Luckily I had Anne Chang to take some food and
cake and asked me to try a bit before it all finished. Thanks Anne.
So, 1st performance, hoop routine – PHEW!! All went
well……
Please see the video below:-
After the hoop routine, we were getting ready for the 2nd
performance, silk routine. Mai and myself walked here and there and decided to
hold each other hands, just to find out that both our hands were pretty cold
and Sheila was at the food counter, non-stop eating. Mai and myself were like……
“We can do it!!”
So, 2nd performance, silk routine – IT WENT WELL.
HOORAY…….
Please see the video below:-
We have gone through a lot of trial and error and no matter
what, we managed to talk it out, work it out and perform as a team. I’m
glad to be able to work with these girls and it does make our bonding stronger as well as getting to know each of your team mates well. Kudos to everyone who put the
show together, especially my team mates, for a brilliant show and hope to work
again for our future performances.
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