History Of The Club

Ngee Ann Polytechnic Strings and Guitar ensemble (NPS) was established in 1992 by Mr.Gan See Wee, with the goal of promoting classical music amongst students. The club started out with a meagre 10 members and has since developed progressively to lots of members currently.

Ngee Ann Polytechnic Strings has performed at many outdoor events and functions. The main annual events are Virtuoso and Family concert. Other than performances, Ngee Ann Polytechnic Strings also organises various activities like the annual Music camp and Tea party to facilitate more bonding and a sense of unity between the club's members.

And to facilitate our new members, we also organise Guitar/Strings Fairs where we bring guitar/strings products and accessories to our club from vendors like Synwin, Maestro Guitars etc. This is to give them an opportunity to try and test the instruments with ease and also buy them at more affordable prices.

In the year 2006, Niibori Guitar was introduced to our club and has also played the instrument for the first time during our Virtuoso 13th Concert.

The club also aims to further inspire the club members to strive to bring the club to greater heights and to further enhance the reputation of Ngee Ann Strings by constantly performing at various functions outside school, which would bring greater glory to Ngee Ann Polytechnic.

19th Managment Committee

President: Wave Ong Yu Hong
VicePresident: Tan Yong Zu
Secretary: Cheah Zhen An
Treasurer: Juliana Goh Chin Fang
GuitarCoordinator: Gabriel Ong Yong Ming
StringsCoordinator: Tan Hui Jun
GuitarQuarterMaster: Wang Poh Peng
StringsQuarterMaster: Kelvin Poh Keng Yee
GuitarLibrarian: Roslyn Chin Wan Xin
StringsLibrarian: Seow Jia Jia
GuitarChiefInstructor: Alvin Chua Jing Xian
StringsChiefInstructor: Tee Kai Ren
StaffAdvisor: Mr. Ian Wong


Monday, October 16, 2006

registration for freshie!

.: Guitar Ensemble Registration for this semester :.

NPS Guitar Ensemble is having their registration from this week 16/10/06 till next week 27/10/06 on certain days and dates. This registration is only for 1st and 2nd year students. Any NPS members who have friends who wants to join NPS Guitar Ensemble, please let them know of this notice. And also, if strings side members who are interested to learn also can come for this registration. Please take note of the dates and venue below.


Days of registration : Every tuesday, thursday and friday of this week and next week only.

Main instrument: Classical Guitar

Dates of registration : 17/10, 19/10, 20/10, 26/10 & 27/10

Time of registration : 5pm till 7pm

Venue of registration : Music room 73-02-01 above Canteen 1 drink stall.

Person to look for : Lystra, JianQi, Faizar

For the details of our new members practice days and hours, will only be let known during the registration briefing on 02/11/06 at 6pm-8pm.

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

NPS Music Camp Survey results

.: NPS Music Camp Survey Results :.

Sexiest guy in NPS : Frans with 18 votes
Nominees : Timo 6 votes, Faizar 5 votes, Thi Ha 3 votes & Guang Yi 1 Votes.

Most likely to appear in FHM : Gloria with 15 votes
Nominees : Timo 5 votes, Vanessa 4 votes, Faizar 4 votes, Kwang Yee 3 votes, Iris 1 vote, Jaei 1 vote, Xiang Xiang 1 vote, Sheena 1 vote.

Gayest(Happiest) Guy in NPS : Faizar with 11 votes
Nominees : Thi Ha 6 votes, Yongkang 5 votes, Jonathan 3 votes, Tian Hui 3 votes, Frans 3 votes, Timothy 3 votes, Jianqi 1 vote.

Most likely a housewife : Jianqi with 15 votes & Yong Kang with 8 votes
Nominees : Faizar 4 votes, Brandon 2 votes, Thi ha 2 votes.

Lamest Guy : Kwang Yee & Kelvin Jr with 6 votes each
Nominees : Faizar 5 votes, Tian hui 4 votes, Kelvin Sr 3 votes, Zhen Yang 2 votes, SJ 2 votes, Yongkang 1 vote, Yixiang 1 vote, James 1 vote, Benedict 1 vote, Shawn 1 vote, Yuhang 1 vote.

Loudest in NPS : Annabel with 10 votes & Vanessa with 7 votes
Nominees : Faizar 7 votes, James 4 votes, Rebecca 3 votes.

Sleeping Beauty : Nicole & Huiyun with 7 votes each
Nominees : Tian Hui 5 votes, Kwang Yee 2 Votes, Faizar 2 votes, Sheena 1 vote, Zhenyang 1 vote.

Toilet King & Queen : Tian Hui with 10 votes & Xiang Xiang with 9 votes
Nominees : Brandon 4 votes, Frans 3 votes, Thi Ha 3 votes, Valerie 2 votes, Vanessa 2 votes, Timothy 2 votes, Pei Fen 1 vote, Sarah 1 vote.

Best Leader : Timothy with 8 votes
Nominees :
Rebecca 6 votes, Yueying 6 votes, Gloria 3 votes, Frans 3 Votes, Faizar 3 votes, Godfrey 1 vote.

Funniest Girl : Annabel with 13 votes & Sheena with 5 votes
Nominees : Sarah 4 votes, Nicole 3 votes, Aini 2 votes, Jaei 2 votes, Charmaine 1 vote, Valerie 1 vote.

Post Camp Note

.: Post Camp Note :.

Hi Everyone!

I'm so glad that the camp went so well and i wanna THANK ALL of YOU for being part of the camp! We wouldn't have so much fun if you all didn't turn and very single on e of you did great! I really appreciate the participation and enthusiasm everyone contributed, and each one of you helped out in this camp in one way or another whether you know it or not. I can se a bonding within each team and towards the end, a very strong & beautiful bonding within the whole camp!

Like Frans said: We are NPS, WE ARE FAMILY!!!

I would also like to SPECIALLY thank my Committee members, who've helped me with so much planning, preparation and execution of their roles. Everyone in the committee is as important as each other and you all did more than what you're supposed to do and i really really appreaciate it!
All of you are really nice and helpful to one another and it was an honour to be able to work with you guys! I had so much fun oganizing this camp with you guys!

All of you are the Best!

To my Committee Not in any particular order:

Frans and Vanessa,
The both you have been by my side helping me out every moment of the camp and planning so many things together! All the games were so fun and enjoyable because of you two! I'm lost for words now but the most important point that i can think of now is that I really couldn't have run the camp as well as it did without you two! Frans is so sexy and Vanet's always making the both of us laugh by laughing LOUDLY herself. Sweet Memories of the camp!

Gloria and Kelvin,
Gloria helped me with so many things that I'm afraid I might leave some things out!(like sai kang! Haha we enjoyed though) She's the one who called the whole strings side and alumni to come for the camp ans she helped me a lot by coordinating the camp and generally taking care of everyone's needs. She's always offering help to people around and taking care of of us! Kelvin called the guitar side and he's always got new funny ideas for the games and both of them helped in collecting the camp money as well!

Nicole and Jaei,
The two of you never fail to impress me with your friendship and funny movements. The both of you have been 'feeding' everyone throughout the camp and taking care of the food and drink issues and enjoy throwing rubbish into the binbelow. You're aiming better now eh! You've also been helping around a lot and you brighten up all our tired minds! =) btw, you two are real sleepy logs when you're tired!

Annabel,
You're always so hypre and happy about everything and offers help in every situation!(even when you're tired) When we have practices in classrooms, she's always asking me if she should call security to open it now!(bout 45mins before prac) Efficient and always ready for action! And you sacrificed your shower time to do sai kang with us! =)

Hui Yun,
You've been collecting the camp money and handling the admin stuff with Gloria and Annabel and others, and I wanna thank you for being brave in collecting money from people as well as as being participative during the whole camp!

Thi Ha, Godfrey and Kwang Yee,
Three of ya'll stayed one night before the whole committee to do the deco and I really appreciate your hard work! Thi Ha planned the whole deco scenario(and slept Very very little) and they executed it all together! You three also helped a lot with the logistics and games and I enjoyed Kwang Yee's violin solo!

Chris,
Though you only managed to come on the third day of camp because of your attachment, I wanna thank you for the food and drinks prep you did with Nic and jaei and for coming down to help us out and participate with your group members! Thanks for the ice box too! (and sorry bout that huge scare on sat night!)

Special thanks to:

Mr Kong, Mr Ma, Mr Alex

NPS Almuni, for coming down to help us
Faizar, our safety officer

Jason, our guest photographer

Stewart, our lifeguard

SCC, for coming down to support us

Life Sci Society, for lending us your equipment

M.E. Society, for lending us your equipment

Mr Jacob, pool and sports facility in-charge

Miss Edwina, for making bookings for us

Mr Ian Wong, for approving our budget

SDAR, for lending us equipment

And last but not least, Everyone who attended the camp!

Thank you all for making this camp successful and may the sweet, unforgettable memories during the camp be kept in our hearts forever!

Yours truly,
Timothy

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

NPS on the NEWS

.: NP Strings on the NEWS!!! :.

Posted by 5zar