00:00Hi, I'm Jade Stroop. Welcome to our practice.
00:30Sales Mesh started in 1986 when two brothers had a dream to start a pipe band. It started
00:51as a drum band initially with drums that they found at Bentley. With a dream and only
00:57a little bit of money in their bank account, they started the Sales Mesh Pipe Band.
01:02Now, 39 years later, we have competed internationally, being the first ever Malaysian pipe band to
01:07compete at the World Pipe Band Championships and done many, many international trips including
01:12the USA, London, Canada, Japan and many, many more. It has definitely been a crazy journey
01:19from where we were to where we are today.
01:28We have four instruments in our band. The bass drum, which is the biggest drum that keeps
01:32the beat within the whole band. The pipes, which make up a massive part of the band as well,
01:38one of the biggest sections we have. The snare drum and the tenor drum, so there's four.
01:42Everything is getting a bit more serious with the run through practices. So we start where
01:48the first song that we have and we end with the last song that we have and we don't take
01:52any breaks other than the ones that we are going to have on the day.
01:55So I'll keep counting. Okay? It's a 4-4. One, two, three, four. I started teaching when I was 14.
02:05So it's been five years now. Three, four. The improvement needed from last week, maybe 40%.
02:11The first time I ever started teaching, I was teaching two kids, not kids, they were my age.
02:16One was my age, one was one year younger than me. And we always had this power dynamic struggle
02:21because obviously they were the same age as me. And I slowly had to learn that in different situations,
02:27the way that you lead people has to be different. And having my brothers as an influence as well
02:32is a big, massive thing because they have been leading in the band for more than 12, 15 years already.
02:39It's so long and I've been watching them my whole life. So it's been a very big help.
02:44My brothers and I are massive fans of the Philharmonic Orchestra. And we've been to the orchestra many, many times.
02:52And my brother Trippett has always had these crazy ideas, basically, and he will find a way to execute them.
03:00So he proposed this idea to us as a team, the coaches for this concert. And we said, you know, actually, no, that's crazy.
03:07We can't do that. We're just a volunteer band. How can we do that? And I sat down at home and I said,
03:13you know what, no, we have to make this happen. So that's how we approached the FP. And that's how it went.
03:18And the plan set in motion that we went to Day One Philharmonic Pachanas.
03:22It is also the band's 39th anniversary this year. And we are preparing to go to the world's next year again,
03:27the World By Pen Championships in Scotland for our 40th anniversary, which is why we are doing this concert this year,
03:32to raise funds and also help our community gain awareness that we are on another mission to represent Malaysia again.
03:40The one thing that the band wants to teach the kids that are here is that anything is possible,
03:45no matter what you're reaching for, no matter what you're doing in your life,
03:48whether it's getting that crazy scholarship or that internship or anything that you think that you're looking for,
03:54whether it's being a world championship at 13 years old, 14 years old, is possible.
03:59So having a Day One Philharmonic Pachanas, a stage that we individually would probably never have the opportunity to perform on,
04:06just gives us that added boost of, I can do this.
04:29Just hold the tempo as much as you all can, don't be draggy with the tempo, just stick with the tempo but don't push it up.
04:40Because the most common thing that happens when we play with guest musicians is that,
04:43every time the drum institute gets exciting, everybody starts to push the tempo.
04:47Now we're going to be going through our backstage procedures and all of things we need to know for the rehearsal that's coming up on Monday.
05:02Join me as we walk through it.
05:04An extended stage that comes out, now if this is about maybe one foot or one and a half feet up,
05:12then this one is only going to be about six inches or about eight, nine inches off the ground.
05:17So it's a very, just a little bit of elevation, just above so that the snare drummers can be seen above the pipers as well.
05:22So we've just finished our briefing for the rehearsal that's happening on Monday,
05:27and we're all very excited and a little bit nervous.
05:30I'm looking forward to it and I can't wait for us to have our drums on and our uniform on,
05:34to walk into DfV and perform on that stage.
05:44I want you to stand up and wander around and you're familiarised with me.
05:48It's a good time to plan on the standing positions.
05:50Keep moving to the next.
05:51Alright?
05:52We've got a long show here with us.
05:53Alright guys?
05:54Keep in time.
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