After going through the normalties in the morning of a schooling day, I found myself in school rather early, reaching the classroom at around 6:40am. At around 7:10am, the class headed to the parade square for morning assembly. I could tell it was going to be a busy day as almost all the announcements concerned the performers during the concert later on. We had Geography and math lessons (math turned out to be 'free' periods) and following that was a half an hour recess. Feeling rather full, I decided to stay in class and help to do the final touch up to the class decoration which was rather exquisite and unique, thanks to the class decoration team and all those who had helped. (:
In no time, we were due to reach the school hall by 10:20 for the CNY celebrations. Moving down the hall, I was amazed at the secondary one classes, because their decorations were simply awe - inspiring and superb. Perhaps they had been taught a lot about decoration in primary schools, I thought.
In the school hall, I could certainly feel the spirit of celebrating the once - in - a - year festivity. After taking a long time to settle down, the celebrations finally commenced. First up was the Good Progress Awards, which was basically an award that was meant for those who had made the most improvement in the academic arena. Not being left out, Jerry and Daniel Kong of our class 2A were recipients of it.
( The noisy and jubilant atmosphere )
( Ng Ming Chen Jerry Of 2A! )Next was the Eagles award, commending those who had done well in their respective Co Cirricular Activites (CCA). If I do remember correctly, all of the recipients were students in the Upper Secondary.
Some performances I would like to highlight were those by the Chinese Orchestra, Three Buskateers and the CLDDS.
The Chinese Orchestra did not disappoint with their joyous tunes, and many of us were captivated by their awesome skills of playing all those gigantic instruments, even I did not know the names of some. It certainly took a lot of practice and hard work for them, as I could see the determination and concentration on the looks of the Chinese Orchestra members as they played the various instruments.
Having won the recent Science Buskers competition, Joejyn, Jia Peng and Bok Woon gave a short demonstration on three simple but fun experiments. All the experiments were rather cool and the whole hall was truly mesmerized by the magic of science and the complex explanations of the results. Their experiments explained the rather normal but unique properties of everyday materials such as plastic, flour and dry ice.
( Presenting... The Three Buskateers!! )
( Jia Peng in action! )
( A rather blur photo of Mr Chia giving his verdict on the apple juice )The best performance, in my opinion, was by the CLDDS. They performed a skit on two pairs of parents who had different views and opinions on bringing their children up - One pair believed in sparing the rod and taking the soft and gentle approach, whereas the other pair made strict rules and were very stern, making their child well behaved and polite. Two boys played women and their dressing, manners and speech really portrayed their respective characters very convincingly. Thumbs up to the brave and daring actors!
( One of the two women in the play )
( I certainly admire the actor's skills ) - The other womanAt the end of the concert, all the invited guests and performers sang a Chinese song together. It was especially touching as almost everyone was singing together with them, and the atmosphere created was really emotionally touching. That was one of the best concerts I had ever witnessed and it will never be erased from my memory, not forgetting a day which I really felt the Victorian Spirit bonding everyone as one school and family.
Let the Victorian Spirit soar like never before, reach greater heights and break boundaries.
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