5 Friends

5 like-minded individuals met up to complete a difficult task : creating a winning nasyeed team in just 3 days. The practise was held at P-31 for three consecutive nights, from 11pm onwards.

This is their story.

Tuesday,13th January 2009-5 people were brought together by destiny for the first time. They are:

Udin- Bass
Azizul- Bass(can do soprano)
Furqan-Vocals
Herman-Vocals and gimmick-ist(if there's such a word)
Ikmal-Vocals

3 vocalists in one group? that's nasyeed, Sapphire-style. ;)
Their Chosen Song was 'Pergi tak Kembali' (direct translation: Go not Return), a song about death that they thought fit the theme of 'fitrah', returning to what God made you as. The duration was supposed to be 10 minutes, yet they had only one song.

The song was only 4 minutes +.

Luckily, they had a simple solution: fill the performance with cool and polished 'gimmicks'.

Night after night they trained..and they even made a video clip on one session. (coming soon to a Youtube near you)

And finally, the day of truth came. 4 houses. 4 performances. 1 winner. Being the first to perform, the 5 young men braced themselves. Each of them was nervous. Some went to the toilet, some took deep breaths. The writer of this blog was shaking so badly he had to hide his hands.

After what seemed like forever on stage, they did it. They sang. They harmonised. They had fun. =)

5 like-minded individuals met up to complete a difficult task : creating a winning nasyeed team in just 3 days. Did they succeed? That story remains to be told.