UPCC Memories

UPCC. University of the Philippines Concert Chorus. The official choir of the country’s top university.

I auditioned for admission (acceptance?) to the choral group on July 17th 2002. That was a Wednesday, I believe. Yeah, it was a Wednesday. I went to school after my tenpin bowling PE class, after doing some light shopping, and after grabbing some Starbucks treat at SM North EDSA. I had to do these things to pass time because the auditions start at 5:30 in the afternoon. I asked a lot of questions from a lot of people because I didn’t know where I could find the auditioners (Word says there’s no such word but heck, that’s exactly what I wanna use).

Okay, so I found them, whom later I had come to know as Papa Bear (his real name is Raymond, and I don’t know how the hell everyone came up with that) and Jeanelle. Papa Bear warmed me up with a few vocal exercises to test my range and see if my tone was actually vocal or just plain nasal crap. After the warm up, Jeanelle asked me if I had an audition tape of some sort. I thought, “Cool, I totally forgot that.” We ended up having Papa Bear accompanying me with the piano. Then they told me to wait outside the chorus room and wait for the decision.

So I waited. I so waited. I waited so.

“Congratulations, you made it. You passed the audition.” It was Jeanelle. Gee, I felt a sense of pride for myself. It was definitely totally cool. I made it. I’m now a member of the UPCC!

Or so I thought.

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This is so gonna be continued.