RESPONSIBILITY

"president? i am president of Gold W/Honours NY chinese orchestra?" the question that keeps floating in my mind over and over again. when everyone talked to me like they alr know what i am going to be, i should have seen this coming alr. but i didnt really think so much about it. but still, im really kept in the dark till that moment when they announced the results. okay.

thankyou for those who congratulated me. gabby, chunkiat, all the CO senoirs whom believed in me that i can do it and everyone else. but there again, taking up the post means what comes with it is more responsibility. both towards NYCO and myself. i am not just an individual anymore. i have no excuse to slack during CO practices to sit there and knit and act as if everything else is not my problem cos ultimately, its all gonna be my problems. its my responsibility and its worth it. the next hour after the announcement of the results, i was both in a state of shock and stress. but laoshi said."ni men bu yong stress, ying wei you wo." and i trust her :)

with my exco members (cheechiang, alina, rebecca, sebastian, adeline, andre, shi wee, jessica, yuxin, yongsiang) there are a few things that i want to achieve. as there would be a concert in my year, i really want NYCO to maintain the standard of GWH and not let other schools feel that we got this GWH by luck. and we must stay united like we are right now and maintain this family feeling within CO.
when i first entered CO, i told ZY. i really liked the feeling where we are like a family and we are not competitive. we are not politically driven and we all love CO. please please. we must keep this tradition going, keep the CO flame burning and keep the passion for music going. i really look forward to working with you guys to bring NYCO to higher heights. love you guys. rock on.



roles and responsibilities of a president in NYCO.
-to effectively and efficiently plan and carry out activities
-to oversee the progress of the orchestra (discipline/bonding/skills, etc)
-to brief and debrief and orchestra for every practice.
-to prepare agenda and chair exco meetings pertaining to upcoming events or new strategies to evenly distribute tasks to exco
-to represent NYCO as a figurehead
-to disseminate information from the conductor to the teachers in charge
-to disseminate information from the teachers in charge to the rest of the exco or members
-to update teachers in charge on changes or new plans (email/sms)
-to chair feedback/reflection session with exco/members after every event
-to double up as the stage/floor manager for every performance (draw seating plan, plan the sequence for the orchestra to go up/down stage)

so scary. im so scared im not able to do this.
i might not be the best in all ways but i'll always be trying my best in every other way.

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