choir competition

Each choir sings one of compulsory elective songs plus an own choice piece.

Nov. 13, 2012

The school choir took part in the yearly music competition this morning and finally got a good result again! It's especially gratifying to be acknowledged for our efforts.

Nov. 14, 2013
The judges gave pleasant ratings this year. We continued to get a good result.

Nov. 10, 2014

On my birthday this year we took part in the music competition and continued to achieve a good result again! Our compulsory elective song was Jubilate! Sing Out A New Song, and followed that with 魯冰花 as our choosing. It's our first time to sing a foreign language song!
below are videos shot Oct. 8 morning (1 month before the competition)

魯冰花

 魯冰花

 魯冰花

 Jubilate

Nov. 10, 2015

We have two student teachers, who majored in Chinese music, this term. Both are 13 years younger than I.

What a coincidence! On my birthday, the same date as last year, we took part in the choir competition and sang two Taiwanese songs: 問田蠳 and Stars in the Sky (天頂的星). We performed in front of the school on the 5th morning before this competition. Good experience for the children.

Nov. 15, 2016
We're the number 10th among 17 schools. It's our best result for the past 13 years! We sang She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain and 小小的果實.

Nov. 13, 2017

We sang The Happy Wanderer and 本事.

Nov. 20-21, 2018

We sang a Mandarin song I Miss You, Mama (我想念妳媽媽) and a Taiwanese song 鯽仔魚娶某 on Nov. 20. Felix's one of the singers this year! A student teacher and a Malaysian intern went with us. We took part in the yearly folk song competition for the first time and sang two Taiwanese songs 鯽仔魚娶某 and Stars in the Sky (天頂的星) the next morning.

Nov. 18, 2019

We sang Autumn Vesper and 小小的果實.

Nov. 24, 2020

We have two student teachers this term. One majored in Chinese music, and the other majored in vocal performance and conducted the school choir on New Taipei City Music Competition this year. We sang 牧童之歌 and 聽泉 (Listening to the Spring Water).

Nov. 22, 2021

We sang 芒草香 (Silvergrass) and Australian ballad Waltzing Matilda (快樂的流浪漢).

spring 2021

I encouraged my children to experience more, especially before junior high. They took part in the annual school science competition on March 6^th. Regis and his partner participated for the first time. He also took part in the school math contest on May 6. Besides, he's elected as a model student in his class. Felix's busy with schoolwork, entrance exams of private high schools and public junior high music class, Falla Music Competition and science fair competition. They got good results and gained a sense of achievement. I think it helps learning. Also, I hope they can be grateful and cherish what they have.

Felix's going to junior high school at the end of Aug. I'm not satisfied with the nearby public school. Just before entrance exams of two private schools my husband and I decided at the last moment to let him take a try, so he wasn't well prepared. He's lucky enough to get accepted to both! However, his Chinese and math scores weren't good enough. He needs to study harder to go into a good senior high school later. My husband hopes he goes to nearby school due to distance and tuitions, but Felix and I prefer a private one for better peers.

On the week before semi final of science fair competition on April 17, Felix stayed with his team and teachers in school until 9:00pm almost everyday. They got a good result, but it's a pity that they didn't enter the national final. In the meantime, he needed to make good use of fragmented time to prepare for midterms on April 21 and 22 and entrance exams of public junior high music class on April 24. After the whole crazy busy weeks, I'm satisfied with the results. Regis ranked 3rd in his class on midterms. Felix ranked 2nd and got accepted to Chongqing Junior High School music class!

Maybe it's because Felix's too busy or he's turned into a teenager. He's easily impatient with other's reminders recently. I'm glad he likes to talk with me and snuggle close to me. I guess what I need to do is supporting him and listening to him. He told me he enjoyed his cello performance on the entrance exam. I asked him if he'd like to take part in a cello competition this August just before he starts junior high. He said YES! I told his cello teacher and then he got a repertoire two days later! Saint-Saëns Allegro appassionato Op.43. It'll be his first cello competition! I can't wait to watch him practice and perform this piece!

After the exams, my boys entered for some school track and field events. 100m, 800m, 4x100m and 16x100m relays. Regis got 6th 17"14 in 100m final and his class won the relay among 8 classes! Felix got 3rd 2'56" in 800m!

My dad came stay with us for one week and brought some vegetables. He, Regis and I accompanied Felix to Nanshan High School to register after Felix's piano lesson on March 20. My mom arrived to see Felix's performance in Falla Music Competition the next day.

My sister's family came to Taipei to spend Children's Day weekend with us. The kids had fun camping at home! We visited Danshui together on Children's Day and Laomei Green Reef the next day.

We visited my parents to celebrate Mother's Day. It's nice to see my brother and bring back some vegetables from my parents' garden.