Last week, 14 June, I went to a Youth program held by Kuching-Samarahan Division Chinese Association.
Not knowing it was a competition at first, as I thought it was just a performance. It was held at Kenyalang Park old theater and its really crowded with youth!
Its an annual competition between Chinese Association of secondary schools in Kuching-Samarahan zone in Sarawak. We can find students mostly there. My goodness, they are wild and loud! I jumped into going for the event because I never been to one like this before, however it was disappointing as most cultural performance involve fan (the Chinese fan dance) almost 6 schools using fans!
The competition was divided into 2 category, traditional and non-traditional. SMK Sungai Maong won the non-traditional category with their electrifying hip-hop dances. But its the traditional category that’s the main charm. As my best friend’s (ex)school, SMK Jalan Arang won the gold with their mini drum dance. (Yeah!! No fans. Thats why it won!) It really intrigued me as their performances were different from the rest. My goodness, my friend screamed till she lost her voice. Haha. Well, the modern performances were hip-hops and break dances that were undeniably good.
Here are a few pics on the bronze winner for the traditional category:
Thy are from SMK Green Road. Its an orchestra that integrated all chinese traditional instruments. Its amazing a conductor can control all of them.
Anyway, its was a wonderful annual event. Although it may be stuffy and crowd y inside the theater, but when you cool down and get the hang of the whole event. This was the 16th competition. Its an event that I will never say no to, if I was invited to attend again =)
