4) How The Falcons got its name

The band practiced diligently at Robert’s house to make sure that we would not fumble in the event we were offered any gigs. This really meant a lot to us, a bunch of crazy young teenagers. The hard work paid off when we got an offer to play in Federal Hotel in Cameron Highlands which was owned by William Chong. We were really excited at finally getting a chance to perform especially on Christmas Eve. But wait!!! What do we call the band? We can’t just go on and perform without a name. So we all sat down and picked our brains as to what name to give our band. Brainstorming definitely helped because as we gazed round the hall of his house , we noticed that Robert’s dad had some stuffed birds (which must have been his prized possession). We immediately took one of the beautiful eagle-like birds in our hands and Robert said that it was a Falcon. We unanimously agreed that very minute that our band will be named after the beautiful, powerful bird and thus ‘The Falcons’ as a band was born. It was a great experience for us that night in Cameron Highlands playing till way past midnight and seeing people enjoying our music. After our first gig at The Federal Hotel in Cameron Highlands, our spirits were lifted and our confidence as a band grew. We were to play for many more gigs all over Ipoh and we continued to practice to increase our repertoire.