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Conversation [ English ]

5a) Tell me about a musical event that you have experienced-either as a musician or an observer.
-Describe the highlight, or the most interesting part, if the event
-Do you think the various people involve in the event enjoyed it?

I participated in chingay before. I play the saxophone and it was an exciting moment as I felt tensed, as there was a lot of people and school participate. At first, everyone was very nervous. We needed to memories the marching steps. The band had a great time performing. However, when the performance started, everyone put on their best performance. Everyone enjoyed themselves and put in a lot of effort.

Yes, I do think that the audience there did enjoy the performance. Most of the audiences were cheering for our school band. I would see that they were smiling with glee. After the excellent performance, some of them praised our school band for such a enjoyable performance.

5b) Why do you think music is such an important part of many people lives?
-How does music play a positive role in your life?
-Can you think of any occasion when music might cause problem?

Music help people to relax their mind either whenever they are stressed. Music as a source of entertainment and even in learning etc. Music used in many ways can even make learning easier and interesting . Music is part of our life, without it , life will be empty and boring. When we are angry, we can listen to angry music, when we feel stress, we can listen to classical sentimental music.

During ‘Hungry Ghost Festival’, there are many stage performance located near flats. This stage performance purpose is to sever those wandering ghost during this period of time as Chinese superstitious believe that during this period of lunar july, the hell gate open and allow ghosts to wander around at moral world. As a result, it causes a lot of noise pollution which leads to disturbance of peace of the residents, those residents will get frustrated and are unable to sleep.

Done by :
KarHwee , Xiang Wei , Jenny and Jasmine Soh