Choir Competition - Unfair!

The inverted picture symbolised how upset our choir girls were and also to show that their world has been turned upside down by the unfair jugement. It is my fervent wish that such a debacle will not happen again and that more competent and professional people are appointed as judges in the future. - Madam Chua

Karnival Kesenian Sekolah-sekolah Peringkat Negeri Kedah 2011( Choir Competition )

SMK Convent Choir was knocked upside down by 3 teachers/ judges who know little about choir.

It was indeed a sad and unfortunate day for the SMK Convent Choir .

The SMK Convent Choir was disqualified by 3 incompetent judges from Alor Setar.

The 3 incapable judges who are lacking in experience and ability in judging a choir competition are Khairil Fauzi bin Ali( Sultanah Asma ) , Jane Abdullah( SK Convent ) and Mildred Tan ( SAHC ).

The Convent choir members trained hard and sacrificed a lot of their time and effort since the beginning of the year for this event .But unfortunately, due to the incompetency of the judges ( Chief Judge= Khairil of SMK Sultanah Asma ), they were punished for a crime that they did not commit.

The judges accused us of using aid (such as maracas or keyboard ) in our singing without any proof. They did not see anything being used but just assuming that we used something for percussion effect. This was how judges from Alor Setar judged a competition - by assuming, and guessing without making sure and further investigation and confirmation.

This must be the 1st time in the history of any choir competition in the world where a team was disqualified due to a technical reason which the judges didn't even sure or know.( just by guessing !!! )

For their information,the percussion sound was actually done by one of the girls at the last row on the extreme right using a cordless mic. She used a technique called vocal casaba commonly used in acapella singing. This could be the 1st time that the judges have heard about it, this shows how inexperience and " green" they are in choir. (in the National level Choir competition ,you will hear all sorts of sounds being made by mouths to enhance the percussion-like effects from various teams ). These 3 judges were real harsh ,haste. cruel and inconsiderate in their action.

We were shocked and shed tears of disbelieve when we heard the result. Everyone in the hall from all districts of Kedah expected us to be either 1st or 2nd. But in the end, not only we lost to lousy teams, ,but we were kicked out of the competiition without any reason being given. The judges left long before the results were announced and we were left in the hall without any opportunity to know the reason why.

A formal letter of complaint was later made through the school to JPN. But what we got was just a short reply which no one could understand . No explanation or reason was given for our disqualification. It was not mentioned whether there was any mistake being made by anybody. Of course no apology was given to our 35 girls who were demoralised after the competition. The result stays . If it was the mistake of the judges,then why nothing was done to rectify the results.

When Olympics gold medals or even the Miss Universe title can be taken back and reverted to the rightful winners, why not this?

To the judges, KHAIRIL, JANE and MILDRED, not only you have killed our choir but you have also put yourselves, the Kota Setar PPD and also Kedah JPN to shame by your blunder.

To the JPN , we have no confidence in your pick of judges and your ability to make the correct decisions as far as choir competition is concerned.

If the judges were brave enough to disqualify us without any proof, they should be equally brave to admit mistakes and apologise to the choir of SMK Convent for their blunder.

We want qualified and competent judges . Please do not Defend the Wrong and Wrong the Right .Appropriate action should be taken and must assure the victim that this silly incident will not happen again . 

This unlawful disqualification was really a laughing stock for all......

Justice is not done to all the 35 choir members of SMK Convent and their teachers.

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