社歌作曲的奚會暲先生找到了﹗

謝謝北加州的蕭萌區﹐經過她不懈的努力﹐終於和住在灣區的奚會暲先生聯絡上了。聽過蕭萌區email的社歌MP3(1974版) 和歌詞後﹐以下是奚先生給蕭萌區的回信。 I was quite surprised to find out by listening to the song that it IS the one I composed. You will be amazed to know how this happened. We, the Chinese Student Weekly, were in Kuala Lumpur, organizing a training camp for youth leadership in Cameran Highland in Malaysia.(I think it was 1957). We thought it would be nice to have a theme song. We only had a few days before the camp started. Maria Yen wrote the lyric and handed to me next morning for putting the music in. I had hardly any formal music training, except I sang in church choir in Hong Kong and played a little piano. At that time I did not even have a piano to play any tune with. So, I was "forced" to compose this song in my mind and sang it quietly along by myself to see if sounds ok. I knew there were quite a few bars need fixing but I absolutely had no time or the necessary skill to do it. For instance, there should be more breathing space or intervals between sentences. I still wish I can find a professional to fix it in order to make the singers not breathless when finished. Anyway, thanks for your interest. I certainly like to meet with you and other members when you are in Bay Area. I have been retired for some time now and I am not particularly an outdoor person, although I love nature. My phone is (delete for security). You are welcome to call me anytime. Huey-chang Hsi, class of 1953 of New Asia College, Hong Kong. 以下是我給奚先生說緣由的信 奚先生：很高兴能和您聯絡上。 我是姚天平(姚拓) 的朋友﹐也算是學生。是數十年前在馬來亞學生週報結的緣。去年回吉隆坡見到了多年不曾聯絡的[姚哥]﹐ 問起[生活營歌]的作者﹐他說你目前在灣區﹐所以才興起和你聯絡的念頭﹐希望能把生活營歌的後續故事告訴您。 生活營歌如何和台灣一群登山的學生扯上關係﹐我是始作蛹者。其實我沒參加過金馬崙高原的生活營﹐五十年代末期我生長在窮鄉僻壤的芙蓉城﹐還付不起二十元的報名費。聽曾經參加過生活營的學長唱生活營歌﹐又羨慕又感動﹐這首扣人心弦的曲子就一直深藏在我的心裡。高中畢業後﹐付不起星加坡工藝學院一百元的月費﹐只好坐船到台灣上大學。那是六十年代初﹐我在台大登山社結識了一群熱愛大自然又喜歡在野外盡情高歌的年青人﹐我把許多南洋學生傳唱的歌謠帶給他們﹐其中一首就是生活營歌﹐我把它改名為[我們生活在大自然裡] ﹐後來大家覺得再沒有一首曲子比它更能道出我們的登山情懷﹐就正式定為台大登山社的社歌。 就這樣﹐在馬來半島已成絕響的生活營歌﹐意外的在台灣重生﹐四十多年來代代相傳﹐永遠活在無數登山人的心中﹐在台灣﹐在北美﹐在任何有台大登山夥伴的角落。 奚先生﹐谢谢你给我们留下这美好的旋律﹐希望有機會到灣區拜訪您。 南加州 游漢維 2006-10-13

老太公學長， 一大早起來打開山谷網站，看到你們找到社歌原作者奚先生，簡短的兩封往返信函，卻充滿無盡的機緣。愛山愛自然的情懷如何將相隔千里、橫跨世代的人串連在一起，真是奇妙呀。 感謝你的發起，也謝謝萌萌的身體力行，或許還有其他人也出了不少力，在這裡我代表山谷會謝謝你們。如果有去灣區拜訪，也請代向奚先生致意。 聽起來，生活營歌變成社歌不是在任何人的應允授權之下進行的，當然奚先生也不見得會要求這樣的形式，不過我們是不是該做點什麼來表達一些謝意？您的意見？ -山谷會 貴