My First Weekend Marathon

Attention: our original blog master is currently on leave – overseas on his second honeymoon (musicians are romantic people, aren’t they? =D) - so we have engaged one of our pianists – Yuhong – to continue updating this blog for all. Yuhong will document our snippets and highlights from the angle of a performer, providing an interesting twist to this exciting website!


Saturday was a special day. For we now have an electric guitarist in our ensemble.

He appears to be the perfect man for the job too. Our new member is everything we can ask for: an incredibly skilled musician (he’s a guitar instructor himself), a versatile performer (he’s comfortable in all genres we are involved in), an excellent soloist (the crowd was blown away by his solos during interludes), a humble and charismatic individual… and the sixth and latest ‘Alvin’ (as well as the second “Alvin Wong”) in Hark Music.

Phonebook issues aside (somebody please advise on how can I organize six ‘Alvin’s in my cell phone?), this is great news for the musicians here. We have been on the lookout for instrumentalists who can bring different feels and styles to our current lineup, and Alvin fits the bill. Looking at Saturday’s performance, Alvin’s electric guitar skills brings a definitive rock and explosive package to the band. Once we work out the glitches, this arrangement is going to be awesome.

The day earlier, Diya wowed the crowd too with her one-hour singing performance. That came as no surprise: we all knew that she was good. In fact, she was the champion in February’s “Let’s Challenge” competition. What was surprising though, was how good she was in connecting with the crowd. Halfway through her rendition of “Tong Hua”, Diya suddenly told the crowd that she was going to sing the second chorus with Jay Chou’s voice – and she went on to accomplish the feat with so much flair, the applause and cheers exploded non-stop. And just when we thought that was all, Diya topped herself with a never-heard-before rap section in the interlude of “Hei Se You Mo” to end her performance. Truly amazing.

The final votes came as a surprise though. Diya received a 79% approval rating from the floor, which was good, but the musicians all thought she would get a higher rating. Unfortunately among those who chose “NO”, none put down any comments, so what happened there remained a mystery. Nonetheless, we think Diya delivered an outstanding performance, and we definitely look forward to seeing you here again!

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