Memories of A Team '06 - Part 1

Just recently, I was reminded of the A Team of '06; I saw some NCC cadets moving in synchronised patterns (BTW, their movements are sui) . When I saw them in a straight line saluting in a synchronised manner, I can't help but think about the same way the A Team also did so (with the flashcards) . Right there and there, memories of the A Team in 2006 came flooding back to me. Over the course of April, I shall share with you readers some of these memories. For today, let's rewind all the way back ...

I remember my first few practices in the Military Band. In one of them (a Friday) , the Sec 1's (includes me!) were given a crash course on marching (SYF '06 was near) . Then, some of us were selected to take part in the show; the rest (including me) were put on reserve. The word I heard was that those selected had to come for Saturday practice - apparently, few came. So anyway, the rest of us reserves came for the next Saturday practice, and we were split up into two auxiliary teams - the Flag group and Flashcard group. The instructor (Sir) simply called the flashcard group the flashcards or the A Team. That Saturday, the A Team of '06 (with 18 of us) , was formed!

Since we were the flashcards, in the show we synchronise our flashcard movements so that we can create nice rippling effects. Until later when we got our flashcards, we trained with minimature strawboards. And then we would train like crazy under the hot sun (and occassionally under the shade of big trees at the side of the field) . We sweated a lot, we "suntanned" a lot, we drank a lot (of water) , we ran about a lot, we moved our arms a lot (and of course we rested a lot) .

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(Continued next time ...)