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  1. parko

    Gilmore Girls

    dawson's......no idea, that was back for like only 2 weeks or something wasn't it? i dunno i dont watch the show, but i remember the ads. i thought that was still a popular show.....? shows how out of it i am cos of school :mad: parko:D
  2. parko

    Playing the piano

    yeah duets are fun! me and my friend played one for our yr 10 elective music yearly prac. we did "jolly darkies" and "the can can" we put them together with a chord progression, it was great fun! we got to play it at our yr 10 grad assembly too. but she went to a different school for yr 11...
  3. parko

    Gilmore Girls

    nah it didnt get axed..........i dont know what hapened to it though! i thought it was off because of a sport thing that might've been on, but it's been way too long now. if you have access to pay telly, it's on on Arena on saturday nights, 7:30. theyre the ones from the start, so theyre cool...
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    Girls and Rugby....We have an understanding

    hehehe yeah eric grothe jnr is hot, saw him on the footy show teh other week playing the guitar - might fine that one! im a newcastle girl, born a saints girl, but changed in 1988 when my boys came along. we have some pretty good eye candy!! john morris, shame he left to the eels, he was...
  5. parko

    What do YOU do?

    i think my friends are the ones who keep me sane. theyre great fun, plus they know what i'm going through so it's like a big sympathy thing. if im feeling shitty then they know not to talk about school and just be normal for awhile i play heaps of sport, and music aswell. pretty much anything...
  6. parko

    Playing the piano

    yeah i still play, about 11 yrs now i think. i honestly dont know how long, i cant rememebr when i started! I really love it, been doing grades for awhile, probably for the last 8 years. starting to get abit sick of it though, learning the same types of songs, so last year i learnt 1000 miles...
  7. parko

    Graduation Songs...

    yeah i think our principal had a say in ours......dont want to make a fool of him at our nice formal assembly that could be disastorous ;) parko :D
  8. parko

    Graduation Songs...

    our's is performed by the two music classes, and i think they decided on "burn" by tina arena. she talks about what r u gonna be, so i guess the lyrics fit do you wanna be a poet and write? Do you wanna be an actor, up in lights? Do you wanna be a soldier, and fight for love?.... etc etc...
  9. parko

    How did the hsc go??!

    yeah it is an anitclimax, eh? after performing all these cool pieces for like a year now, all i get to do in class now is aural- melody dictation *shudders* essays, naming the compositional device used here and there............... uggggh how boring. and it's a pain cos im the only one in music...
  10. parko

    what instrument do you play?

    piano and trumpet mainly. only piano for the hsc though. i like to try and teach myself a new instrument now and then, i've done guitar, abit of singing (3 solo roles in school musicals and i dont even like singing- go figure) bass, drums, cello, violin, and double bass (hahaha i look so...
  11. parko

    How did the hsc go??!

    ooh yeah it's over!!! 11:30 today, nice and easy. not too bad, a bit of a fumble but it was in my australian music piece (ie it has no tonal centre, no constant tempo- sounds weird) so i dont realy know if my examiners would have picked up on it. well heres hoping they wont anyway...
  12. parko

    cold hands

    sorry to interrupt your lovely conversation on pieces (im scared now, you all sound so impressive!) but just a thought on the cold hands thing. my teacher told me two good ideas 1- gloves. wear them for a while before you warm up. but this can make your hands sweaty (aghhh slippery hands on...
  13. parko

    performance space

    mine's in the hall, TOMORROW! aggh yuck. thats where the grand is, it desperately needs a tune, i hope the school got it done. Acoustics are really good for a school hall, especially if i put the piano on full stick. I'm the only one in my class (yeah go music 2!!) so my examiners have noone to...
  14. parko

    compositions

    i wrote mine for my friend who died last year. she had cystic fibrosis and was my best buddy. i just thought what better inspiration could i have?!! it's a duet for piano and clarinet. she was a dancer, so i was gonna write a piece that sounded like a music box (soft, delicate, etc etc)...
  15. parko

    How did everyone go in speaking?

    hey everyone yeah it was ok, not as bad as i thought, but i was so stressed about it that i wasnt thinking clearly and i made silly mistakes. I was at merewether high (newcastle) and my examiner was lovely (although when i said my student number on the tape and she went to play it back, she...
  16. parko

    School Motto

    maitland grossmann high...... "labor omnia vincit" "work conquers all" we have the same as sydney girls, we used to be maitland girls back in the old days! parko:D
  17. parko

    ext 2 english

    the kids doing extension 2 at my school have their viva voce next term in the first week back i think. They just have to talk to our teacher about their works- the inspiration, the planning, the ideas, the process, the draft, the finished product, etc etc. She said it'd also be handy to take...
  18. parko

    Wat Subjects Do U Do???

    adv eng ext 1 eng general maths french continuers music 2 biology pd/h/pe all up 13 units parko:D
  19. parko

    schoolies

    up to port macquarie for a week with a group of about 20 of my mates. It's gonna be so much fun.......................... parko :D
  20. parko

    HSC timetable?

    mines not too bad i guess....... eng and music 2 on monday (until 5!!oh no!) eng wednesday maths 28th french 29th (again until 5!!) bio 4th pd/h/pe 5th extension eng 7th i've got music performance and french speaking like 2 months before hand so thats a total pain in the arse...
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