Footdrill Competition 2011

Hi Year 2s,

Hope you had fun at MM! :D

Anyways, this is regarding Footdrill Competition(FDCom) 2011.

It will be held on the 3rd of Sept, first day of your Sept. break. (that's all we know so far, more details will be released later on)

If you are interested to join or have any queries about trainings etc., please contact Soe Lwin via email(bluemineral1010@hotmail.com) or sms(97600846) by 1st June, Wednesday, 2359.

P.S. Yr 1s, i'm sorry but this is only open for yr 2s,3s and 4s. You guys will have your chance next year. Cheers! =)

DANCE VIDEO OF THE WEEK 17

Hey all,

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we bring to u a delayed telecast of DVOTW 17.

As we draw closer to PN, do start meeting up for yr performance alr :P

We are featuring this crew for the first time : Prepix. Look out for their freestyling in the vid and see how they actually hit the beats and the sounds.



Just a small tip here for PN:
Everyone dun hav to perform throughout the whole performance.

You can hav various formations and stuff. You can also do wad Prepix did in the vid, like u start of with one person, and then add on the rest one by one.

See you next time in DVOTW 18!

DANCE VIDEO OF THE WEEK 16

Hey guys,

Hopefully for those who got disastrous results (like me), this will cheer you up.
A relatively new crew competing on a new season of America's Best Dance Crew, I.aM.mE. But these dancers aren't new to the dance scene at all, we have been seeing videos of them since 2009. 2 of their members, Moon and Pacman, are great tutters, so you can actually see elements of tutting (making 90-degree angles with your arms) in their performances.



In addition to moves that every member of a group does on his own, you could experiment with what we call "team moves", which involves the entire group getting together to achieve an intended effect. It could be a massive tutting sequence seen in the first few seconds of the performance above, or something else that, with a member not present, the move would not be possible. Team moves add something different to a dance, hence we try to include at least one in every.
This is why you guys should meet up more, freestyle to random music, learn more about each others' styles of dancing and make use of each other's strengths. Holidays are in a week's time, so unless you are down for intensives, start now (or after MM for year 2s)!

Also, whoever is in year 2 and 3 and is interested in joining Footdrill Competition (FDCOM) 2011, please email batch 59 at rircb59@googlegroups.com. Thank you!
And remember that normal trainings start on Monday!

SANA

Hi all,

the list of people who have signed up for SANA are:

Yu Jun
Li Yuan
Andrew
Xing Hao
Jun Wei
Reeve
Eric
Gavin
Brendon
Yi Cheng
Yue Howe
Amos

If your name is here and you cannot make it, do tell your PMs asap.

Thanks!

June Camp Briefing

Hi Guys,

Here is the briefing slides for the camp briefing for June Camp.


SLIDES

Hope you guys are happy with your results, and rest well during the June Holidays!!!

Hi all,

training will resume on Monday next week.

Hope to see all of you soon!

DANCE VIDEO OF THE WEEK 15

Hi all,

Welcome back to DVOTW 15 : post-MYCT (and pre-PN) edition,
featuring Kyle Hanagami (yup long time no see since DVOTW 4) and The S**t Kingz.

For this choreo, focus on their ground movement and floor works, like how they dance lying down, and get up from the floor or go back down.

I know the yr 1s experimented with lying down during the workshop, so hope this gives u guys some inspiration for PN.



Yes, PN is round the corner. If u hav not started, it's time to get busy!
Your Performance ICs shld be keeping u updated on stuffs.

Stay tuned for the next episdoe of DVOTW, where your inspirations are :P

SANA

Hi all! Hope everyone's alive and kicking after the MYCTs!

SANA is back once again. Bascially, it is a course on narcotics, and you get a badge once you complete it.

Details of the course:

Date: 8th June 2011 (Wednesday)

Time: 8.30am to 5.30pm (lunch not provided)

Venue: 2 Sengkang Square #05-01,
Singapore 545025 (Beside Compass Point Shopping Centre)

Attire: Mufti (PE shirt and track pants)
Things to Bring: Stationery

If you wish to go for this course, please inform Brendan (sms: 96994677, email: tnbrendan@yahoo.com.sg) by 21 May 2011 (next Saturday). Do include your contact number and email in your sms/email.

DANCE VIDEO OF THE WEEK 14

Hi everyone,

Although the Mid-years are ongoing, let's take a little break to watch a little video :)

Illusion - A very cool bit of dance that I will be sharing with you today:

In this choreography, there are some bits and pieces of "ultra-fast motion/movement" which you may or may not have noticed. If you didn't really see, its fine, because it blends so well with the music that it may be hard to pick up the first time. In dance, to follow the fast beats, you don't have to make ultra big movements and make it so concise. Because the actions happen so fast, people will simply get the feeling that you hit every single fast beat, and then they'll all go WOW! The main thing is behind this ultra-fast movement is the STYLE in which you did the move and not the actual move.

An example I can give you to try is this: When you drink water, you may find yourself doing 3 simple actions:

1. Pick up the cup.

2. Pour water into the cup (using your other hand)
3. Bring the cup to your mouth.

4. Drink water.

If you make all these 4 steps into a dance move, make it sharp, maybe add a little bit of footwork here and there and do the 4 steps to a quick beat and you'll get something really cool.

Ok enough procrastinating, go back to your work. :)

Additional Information for WRCD

Hi Guys,

Those people who have incomplete uniforms will also be excused from the contingent.

It is only counted as incomplete if you do not have:
- Name Tag
- Boots
- Belt Buckle
- Shirt / Pants / Belt
- Beret*
- Uniform Buttons

*People who are missing berets or uniform buttons please inform Colin by Tuesday. We may have stock of these items.

Take note that if you are only missing badges, you will still need to join the contingent.

For those who have already paid money for uniform parts earlier, we are still trying to get the items as Red Cross HQ has been busy with the relief efforts in Japan, and did not entertain the purchasing of uniform parts. Also, the uniform supplier has also changed. The year 1s have not received their uniforms too, so we expect that those of you that need new uniforms may only be able to get it at the same time as the year 1s. We will try and get your uniform parts ASAP.

WRCD Celebration in School

Hi all,

Pls be reminded to wear your RC uniform for Red Cross Day celebration in school.
All of you will be in the main contingent. (except for Yr 1s)

Details are as follows

Date / Day: 5th May, Thursday
Reporting Time: 0705 hrs
Reporting Venue: Parade Square

You can change out of your uniform after recess / pe.

Year 1s, you will not be involved, so you will report to your classes for morning assembly as per normal.

See you back in school. :P

DANCE VIDEO OF THE WEEK 13

Hi all,

I vaguely recalled someone telling me during the dance workshop if they can “My heart will go on” for their PN dance item. Well, classical songs can be quite challenging to dance to u know. You rili nid to present and display the feel.

So, we have an example of Mike Song doing a solo to classical music.



Few things you should notice.

1. The awesome waving and isolation technique. This is call skills and it takes time to learn. Those who came for the workshop shld know abt this.

2. as always, notice how he hits the beat / lyrics / music, how nicely the moves fit the song. The idea is to have your moves “singing” the song

3. One thing which may be lacking in choreography is dynamism. It is important to engage your hands, legs, body and head to give yr moves variety.

Hope this serves as an enjoyment in the midst of the stress from MYCTs. (it is important to relax at times u noe)

Stay tune for DVOTW 14 :P

DANCE VIDEO OF THE WEEK 12

Hello everyone,

The Year 1s have just gotten back from the World Red Cross Day at Yio Chu Kang Secondary School, which I hope you've enjoyed. There was also a mass dance there, so to add on to the dance atmosphere, here's an insane combination between the S**t Kingz, Mariel Martin and Keone Madrid!

When I was watching this, I couldn't stop watching how they'd easily change their formations and do team-based moves. Formations and making your team movements will be one of the hardest things you will probably face, especially since you have so many people in the formations to move!

Also, you might want to check out how "weird" their song choice is, picking many slow songs and those songs that are probably far off from your typical listening genre. Slow songs and these "weird" genre music can be very difficult to dance with, so you need to know how to play with the beats and match it with your moves!

Remember that your MYCTs are coming up, so remember to study hard too!

WRCD Reminder

Hi all Yr 1s,

This is a reminder. Tmr is WRCD, so do report to the Main Atrium at 12.40 pm in your school uniform.

Pls bring yr consent form too. All excuses to be handed in the next trng after MYCT.

See you there :P

Attendance

Hello everyone,

This is a list of people who have still have not submitted your excuse forms despite so many reminders. You have one last chance to submit it personally, or scan it to me by tomorrow, Thursday.  Only for those who were not here today (20 April, T2W5 Wednesday), submit your excuse by the very next training (after the exams). All excuses after that are not accepted.

T2W1 Wed: Hethav, Jian Xing, Daniel, Arun, Vijay

T2W2 Mon: Ryan Tia

T2W2 Wed: Hethav

T2W3 Wed: Sakthivel, Kishore, Justin

T2W4 Mon: Mahesh, Sakthivel, Kian Guang, Jeremiah, Yue Howe, Vijay, Kai Yen, Kavin, Kenneth, Ryan Tia, Naowed, Shadman

T2W4 Wed: Hethav, Jeremiah, Arun, Vijay, Alfonse, Kavin, Kenneth, Kishore

T2W5 Mon: Nirmeet, Jeremiah, Justin, Ryan Tia
T2W5 Wed: Jun Wei, Sakthivel, Allan, Hethav, Jeremiah, Yue Howe, Daniel, Arun, Vijay, Nirmeet, Samuel, Lionel, Ryan Tia, Sean

March Camp: Nirmeet, Naowed, Shadman

Facom Support: Mahesh, Yu Jun, Hethav, Jeremiah, Yue Howe, Daniel, Vijay, Kenneth, Kishore, Ryan Lim, Ryan Tia, Sean, Qi Wei, Naowed, Shadman

Newspaper Collection: Tianyi, Mahesh, Jia Cheng, Joash, Jeremiah, Yue Howe, Alfonse, Gabriel, George, Li Peng, Kai Yen, Ryan Lim, Sean, Qi Wei, Zawad, Naowed, Shadman

Thanks!

DANCE VIDEO OF THE WEEK 11

Welcome back to DVOTW, In the past 10 episodes, you have seen:
Kyle Hanagami
Mike Song
Keone Madrid
Lyle Beniga
Mariel Martin
Shaun Evaristo
Choreo Cookies
S**t Kingz
Jabbawockeez and more

In this episode, we are gonna introduce you to Movement Lifestyle (ML).



The start of the dance performance is at 2:10, so if you dun wanna hear the emcee talk, jus skip

An interesting part is the freestyle section at 5:40. As u can see, each of them take turns to freestyle to a small part of the song. Even freestyling, u still have to hit the beat as you can see in the vid.

For those who went for the workshop, try to spot some of the techniques and style, things like milking, waving. Also see how natural they are even when walking or moving about.

Btw, ML has a cool hand sign (like our bring it on hand sign)

Movement IS a lifestyle... and stay tune for DVOTW 12.

On the side note, you can view all the DVOTW under the label 'smile'. Hope they give u new inspiration for your PN performance.

WRCD

Hey all,
The annual WORLD RED CROSS DAY CELEBRATIONS CUM ENROLMENT CEREMONY is back again! This is an event where the sec 1s get officially enrolled in into SRCY. For all of us, it is also a time to celebrate World Red Cross Day and remind ourselves, who we are, where we stand and how we contribute.

The following message applies to only B62: All B62 cadets hav to attend the enrolment ceremony.
Details are as follows:
Day/Date: Saturday, 23 April 2011
Time: 1.30pm to 5.45pm
Venue: Yio Chu Kang Secondary School
Attire: School Uniform
Things to Bring: Personal Water Bottle and Personal Medication (if applicable)

For those who need, the address of the school:
Address: Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5, Singapore 569868 http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel_id_10029/travel_site_101176/

This year, RCY will be doing things a little differently. There will be a sing-a-long session, where they will be teaching 2 songs:"U n I-The Youth of Red Cross" and "Life Power". Please preview the song before the event itself. Link: http://www.redcross.org.sg/audio-and-video.phtml Look forward to WRCD :P

Funds collected from Newspaper Collection

Hi guys,

Good news! We collected $388.70 from Newspaper Collection this year, more than last year's $376. Although this falls a little short of our goal of $400, this is still a very good result as there was heavy construction and many units did not have newspaper for us to collect.

The funds will be donated to VWOs that we will be working with over the course of the year, which will be announced next semester.

Thank you!

Attendance

Hello everyone,

This is a list of people who have problems in your attendance. For those who go for match support, you also have to submit the excuse form, signed by your form teacher. If there are other Red Cross cadets from the same class, you may submit one excuse form with all the names, so your teacher only has to sign once.

T2W1 Wed: Mahesh, Hethav, Jian Xing, Daniel, Arun, Vijay, Kishore
T2W2 Mon: Ryan Tia
T2W2 Wed: Amos, Hethav, Kian Guang
T2W3 Mon: Mahesh, Gavin, Sean
T2W3 Wed: Kwang Kyu, Mahesh, Jun Wei, Sakthivel, Li Yuan
T2W4 Mon: Andrew, Kelvinder, Mahesh, Fintan, Revee, Ryan Foo, Sakthivel, Gavin, Jia Cheng, Eric, Si Qi, Joash, Kian Guang, Jeremiah, Yue Howe, Vijay, Zijun, Brendon, Gabriel, Kai Yen, Kavin, Kenneth, Ryan Tia, Naowed, Shadman
March Camp: Nirmeet, Naowed, Shadman
Facom Support: Mahesh, Yu Jun, Hethav, Jeremiah, Yue Howe, Jian Xing, Daniel, Vijay, Jia Ming, Kenneth, Kishore, Lionel, Ryan Lim, Ryan Tia, Sean, Qi Wei, Naowed, Shadman
Newspaper Collection: Tianyi, Mahesh, Fintan, Jia Cheng, Joash, Jeremiah, Jian Xing, Alfonse, Jia Ming, Gabriel, George, Li Peng, Kai Yen, Ryan Lim, Sean, Qi Wei, Zawad, Naowed, Shadman

Please remind your batchmates to submit their excuse forms quickly, by 20 April. Excuses after that will not be accepted.

Thanks!