On Friday 28 th of October the C.S.N.S Band aka ‘Unravelled Chords’ travelled to a musical wonderland ‘The Stomach’ for a day of workshops along with bands from Ross Intermediate, Roslyn, Mt Biggs, Russell Street and Monrad Intermediate.
As we waited for the bus were all nervous because we had never met any of the other children. We saw the bus approaching and chills crawled down our spines, but once we stepped in the bus everyone was clapping and welcoming us in.
The bus came to a halt at a extravagant white building. As soon as we stepped into The Stomach our eyes were attracted to an orange wall scattered with eye catching musical designs. After we had our introductions, the day was ready to rock!
Firstly we broke into our instrumental groups with the kids from other schools who played the same instrument as us. Our musical tutors took us on the adventure. We learned some technical and performance tricks to make our performances even better.
Boom , crash ! The notes of the keyboards filled the air. The Guitarists strummed away on their guitars, the drums and pulsed, the bassists learned their fretwork alphabet, while the vocalists sang in harmony.
After lunch we did some songwriting workshops. We were introduced to the circle of fifths to help us with putting chords together so the chords sounded marvelous. Each group wrote a song with their tutor and teachers. It was pretty amazing hearing how talented everyone is. Time flew by so quickly.
After the musical journey at the Stomach, we scampered back onto the bus, buzzing with excitement. Although, the journey was not over yet. On the way back to school we had a karaoke session - the bus driver said it was the most entertaining character he had ever taken!
It is sooo awesome that we got to meet all of the other kids that are musicians. We learnt a lot about our instruments and sound engineering. We can’t wait to put all the things into our next performances!
By: Ivy and Siu GRi11 2.0
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