Empress : Kaiserin

Mary's Competition

Played for Mary's competition in the early afternoon, und es macht viel Spaß!

It's a solo vocal competition (classical), so I get to listen to a few Italian and German songs before Mary's turn. No french though, lol. The second singer sang Schubert's Erlkönig. His voice was really good, the only thing lacking is the stage presence. I have a feeling that most of the singers were first-timers.

Except Mary of course.

Most of them sang okay (though some were fantastic!) but where are the captivating smiles? It's a competition, so... smile! Smile and win the heart of the judges! Dotz... I sounded so crappy. Anyway, as a German student, I have to say this again. For those who sang in German (except the guy who sang Erlkönig), I can't help but wince. Poo again. Sorry, sorry... But I need to let it all out. Even the Germans I attended the competition with were like "what the ___ are they singing?"

Speaking of them, I am there to accompany Mary, and Sharon (Mary's teacher) and Marion came with me to hear us. I wasn't too happy the instrument I was going to play turned out to be a keyboard with a malfunctioning stand, but I still managed in the end. My scores betrayed me at the last page and went drooping, but thank god I was calm and finished it okay. And Mary was great! I really like her big voice. And hence, my assignment is done. Yay!

There was a Food Fest going on too, so after the competition Marion and I went food-hunting XD Got a free taco (coz the stall was closing) - gosh it was really good since I hadn't had that for years! And if Marion, who's used to fine-dining, said that that was a "whoa" taco, I bet it must be really first-class! ^^

And then Sharon's husband gave us a lift back - and sooooooooooo much German spoken in the car. @_@ I do understand most of it, but it's just pretty... refreshing to hear German conversation going on for a long time (it's a 4-person dialogue!) in a car. I don't take praises seriously, cos I think they are just nice passing comments, but Sharon said something about my playing that set me grinning all the way back home. Ich hoffe , dass ich habe heute wirklich gut gespielt! *grins sweetly*

posted by empress @ 7:50 AM