Choral Competition

2025/04/03

On February 14th, the 1st to 5th grade students had a choral festival. All of us practiced hard for this wonderful day.

My class’s song choice was “Kuroi Hitomi.” This song is Russian folk song which has a unique tune. So, the first time I heard this song, I was quite shocked. At the same time, I thought that I wanted to be a conductor. I practiced hard to be the conductor, and after that I auditioned for the conductor, and I passed it! When I heard that, I was very happy.

However, it was the hardest thing ever after we started practicing. It was my first experience as a leader, so I didn’t know how to bring everyone together. My lack of experience made me anxious. However, my classmates helped me by giving some advice. So, I was able to be myself without being nervous.  I’m grateful to all the classmates who spared their time for me. Finally, I was able to have the confidence to express my opinion in front of all my classmates, more than before.

In the production, I wasn’t nervous. But after that I was a little worried about whether we could come first. But my friends said that “It’s okay because we did our best!” When I heard those words, I thought so too.

In the award announcement, we got the first prize! I wanted to say thank you to everyone in the class. When I received the award certificate, I thought it was good that I did my best, and I want to make use of this experience as a leader next time.

M.I.(2nd year)