Bevlyn’s thoughts: When You Wish Upon A Star
My strongest memory of Xinyun and Terrence was their going down to one Rochester to ‘preview’ our band many months before the wedding date, and I came to understand the need for them to do so – Xinyun is a teacher, and we all know that teachers are really swamped with work right!
The repertoire they had chosen was a well-mix of jazz, English and Mandarin classics, and Hokkien songs. I only know from Terrence that evening that he was the one who requested for 牵我的手 (Hold My Hand) because he loves the song very much. It was my first attempt at the song, and I’m glad he got to listen to it!
I had such a good time singing for their wedding, to be honest it was almost like a concert because we were on the stage and the sound system was excellent – the soundman made all the difference.
A special part of the wedding was when Xinyun dedicated a birthday song to her cousin Yizhao, who flew in specially from Hong Kong to attend her wedding. Their relationship must be very good because I thought I saw Yizhao tearing a bit when the birthday cake was brought out.
Incidentally, I met my Primary School classmate who happened to be one of Xinyun’s ‘sisters’; she knew I was going to perform at the wedding partly because the couple had printed my name and the name of our band on the invitation cards! Wow. Not even in my wildest dreams!
L-R: Ein, Bevlyn, Xinyun, Terrence, Shoujie
Band: Bevlyn, Ein Ein, Shoujie
Repertoire:
La Vie En Rose (1st dish), You Belong To Me, 我要你的爱 (I Want Your Love), 家后 (Queen Of The House), Besame Mucho, 一人一半 (One Half), Que Sara Sara, 夜来香 (Fragrance In The Night), Quando Quando Quando, A Lover’s Concerto, (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons, Fly Me to The Moon
甜蜜蜜 (Honey Sweet), Dream A Little Dream , 月亮代表我的心 (The Moon Represents My Heart), 牵我的手 (Hold My Hand), Crazy Little Thing Called Love, 但愿人长久 (May All Live Well And Long), The Way You Look Tonight, Wish Upon A Star, At Last
Song To Recommend:
When You Wish Upon A Star: Needless to say, songs from Disney have those dreamy romantic feel to it.
Compliment From Couple:
Hi Bev!
I’m just back from Malaysia.. and will be flying off again tomorrow. I will send you some bridal photos first.. and when the photos from my actual day are received, I will send them to you again.
Thanks for the blog on us. We really enjoyed your songs, and our friends and relatives also loved it.. My mother-in-law said that the older relatives were singing “yi ren yi ban” together with you 🙂
Thanks for making the wedding memorable.. and I’m glad everything went perfectly well 🙂
Thanks again!
Love,
Xinyun
