Chapter 150 - 148: Preparations For The 15th II (1/2)

Serena did not dally. After freshening up a little, she went straight to the music room and arrived 20 minutes earlier than the meeting time. She was surprised that there were already people present in the room. Mostly, faces she have only seen through the profile given by Geoffrey. She smiled at them to be friendly, and they smiled back.

She also saw Grace there and she quickly approached her.

”teacher Grace, I'm glad you agreed to join us.” She began.

”Of course, I wouldn't miss the opportunity. To tell you honestly, I am thankful you thought of inviting me. In fact, since then, I have been looking forward to this day.”

Serena smiled, she loved how honest Grace is. She's very professional in class as she is the teacher, but outside of that, they are friends. She's very supportive and even pushes her to do better.

”Thank you. I hope that I won't disappoint you with the music we came up with.”

”As if!” Grace said as she laughed.

Serena grinned. Well, she was indeed 101% positive that it would not be a disappointment.

After a while, Via arrived and joined them.

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Geoffrey and Leonard arrived not long after, seeing Serena already there, they moved to approach her.

Serena seeing the two, excused herself from Grace and Via. It was 5 minutes to 3 and they would soon need to commence the rehearsal. From the corner of her eye, she noticed Charlton entering the room. Even though she was reluctant, she knew that they must work together.

Geoffrey instructed everyone to fill in the seats in front. Then he began speaking.

”Good afternoon. First, I want to thank all of you for accommodating our invite by participating in this cause. Before we start, I wish to introduce Ms. Serena Maxwell who is taking lead for this project. She is the one who came up with this idea and have single handedly penned the lyrics of the song.”

Everyone gave an applause as Geoffrey turned to look at her.

Serena took that as her cue, so she went up the stage.

”Thank you. I too want to extend my appreciation to all of you joining us today. As you may already know, this project is aimed to help the orphans by appealing to human compassion through a song. Today, we will be providing a vocal guide to all of you, and then, we shall assign who would be singing which parts of the song depending on your voice quality and vocal aptitude.” Serena explained. She pulled out a stack of paper from her bag, then she continued.

”Here with me are copies of the lyrics. It has already been divided in parts but has not yet been assigned. Now, before I get this distributed to you, I wish to express how important it is not to let this material out of your hands. Please do not make copies nor let anyone else read it before the release of the song. The confidentiality is a must due to certain number of reasons, which I think you all have a vague understanding of. So, can I trust all of you regarding my request?” she asked.

Everyone either voiced or nodded in agreement. Seeing them do so, Serena, asked Leonard to distribute the copies.

”Please read through the lyrics first and try to digest the words. Afterwards, we can start with the vocal guide.” Then she looked at Geoffrey, Leonard, and Charlton.