Comments You Make Others Smile

 Date for Entry: (Monday 16th January, 2017)

Actual Date of Online Entry: (Monday 15th November, 2021)

Dear Diary,

    Today after class Dr. Remy reminded us about the band she was forming for the 2017 National Panorama. I was thinking about joining for the longest while since the first class and then I decided to go ask her but then I made sure to tell her that my problem would have been getting transport. She went quickly and got me a printout of the Tenor pan score and gave it to me. I felt so happy when she gave it to me because it was one more score to add to my collection.

    Two weeks later during practice at the panyard, I got the book bonded with the cover that I designed. In one part, Dr. Remy and I was trying to figure out the song from memory after she had taught me the ending part. There was one point where we had to use the score and then she ended up holding the book. By the time, she closed the score, she realised that I bounded it and created a front cover she smiled as she handed me back the book. I can’t say it made my day since it was night so it made my night, Lolz. 

    I also appreciated Dr. Remy getting Mr. Gills to drop me home and pick me up for practice on those nights. I was very surprised when he told me that he was the owner of the panyard in the van one night. I also got to make friends with his Son Caelen and his niece Patrice during the long-time spent there and I also got to have more friendly fun and laughs with more friends I I made at UWI and from other past friendships.

 

Link(s):

1. "Ducking It" (Tenor Score).
2. "Ducking It" (Tenor Score - Version 7B).

 

Daryl Zion M. Ali

First Day of Semester 4

 Date for Entry: (Monday 16th January, 2017)

Actual Date of Online Entry: (Monday 15th November, 2021)

Dear Diary, 

    Today was my first day back out to School for Semester 2 of my second year of the Certificate Course. Dr. Remy would be my lecturer today and I hope this class goes well and is nice. 

    During class, before it began, she asked me if I knew the story of the flying book stand. I respond no to Dr. Remy and she said “usually the person who was sitting up in front was the one to get hit with the book stand. I burst out a loud laugh with her and then she told me "I am a brave soul". 

    It made me feel nice but really and truly no one wanted to come up and join the front row as usual. Surprisingly, Samantha was not in the front row on the others side. I am the one to the front row sitting on the side nearest to the door and she sat in the same row nearest to the piano. This was our sitting pattern from every class. 

    We went true the course outline and some of the books she brought to show us. I could see that this course would be a really nice one for me, seeing that there are lots of things I was doing since at a very young age required in here.

    The course outlines provided is one that I have taken from Dr. Remy and recreated to fit two pages.

 

Link(s):

1. Music Literatures of the Steelpan (Course Outline) - My Version.

 

Daryl Zion M. Ali