D-Day & Food Fair
Oct 9th 2009 at TCSH was a day that fused both passion and compassion. The passion aspect -- passion for dance -- coming off from Taylor’s College Sri Hartamas’ very own Dance Club with D-Day; and the compassion, served by the Leo Club with their thoughtfulness in organizing the food fair, called Rock Your Tummy, for the cause of supporting children with cancer.
Loud music was starting to play literally minutes before my lecture ended. Rushing out from class, I couldn’t bear to miss the events that were starting to warm up the herding students. In the midst of the bustling helpers trying to add finishing touches to food stalls, I explored the stalls to see what the Leo club and company have to offer. I came across the Association of Future Doctors with their interesting sale of pastries and tidbits: brownies, cupcakes, doughnuts and ‘apparently popular’ Taiwanese Jelly Drink as remarked by fellow AFC member Koh You Lin, enough to satisfy any sweet tooth. I then moseyed on to be amused by the clan of Koreans offering their delicacies. Being a fan of Korean people, I enjoyed hearing them share their excitement with their vivacious character that is so prevalent in Taylor’s. Head of the Korean batch, the timid Park Shin Young, took pride in their sold-out fried chicken.
While satisfying my appetite, I came to chat with the main organizers of the event, Iyad Zair and Sanam Rahman, who were also attending to their duties at their stall that sold generous servings of lasagnas, pastas and other varieties of food. They both agree that a lot of effort was put into promoting and preparing for this event to raise awareness. Some students supported Leo’s cause by pinning the symbolic yellow awareness ribbons on their shirts. Other contributions outside of the Leo club were the sales of milkshakes and juice that were managed by helpers from the IB program.
After being introduced to all the food, it was 2 pm and time for the limelight to be on D-Day. It was exciting to see the Gatsby-sponsored guest dance crew Royal Phantom promoting their dance workshop in conjunction with the Dance Club’s program. Before anything started, Royal Phantom had a good hour of their own demonstrating their incredible talent popping, locking and break dancing to all genres of music. Then came the first performance from the dance club, which was a rap presentation by Douglas doing a P. Diddy song. Other performances included invited guest Carl, who an audience member, Afifah, exclaimed, “I wanna marry you”, after hearing Carl sing ballads that melted hearts and that had girls’ faces blushing.
Things started to heat up for D-Day as the dancers served hot dance moves to popular songs. The dancers’ choreography certainly enticed the audience’s eyes. If you didn’t at least nod your head to the music or show any gestures of enjoyment at the event, you’d be lying. Royal Phantom kept the heat running with more dance presentations. The spins, headstands, and other physical tricks witnessed left me amazed and jealous. The roaring cheers went on and on. When made to describe the dances so far, the following students responded:
Sarah Tan (inspired to act ‘gangsta’): Homie, that was good, yo! It was sizzling hot! On fa-yah!
Cho Hee Na: Hot, sexy, cool, nice, fun.
One of the highlights of the event was the surprising dance battle where students from the crowd were asked to come out and was separated into 2 groups to battle out in dance. There were a lot of cheers of nomination for which student should go forth and dance, and also a lot of reluctant candidates who ended up astonishing the audience. The dance battle got all the more exciting as skilled dancers of Taylor’s such as Terrance and Henry competed against each other. Alternate members took turns showing off their moves. Our campus has truly proven to have many talents.
More jaw-dropping performances were featured as the invited 2006 Latin Champions stole everyone’s attention with their ballroom grace. As if the female dancer’s sparkly outfit didn’t give her enough attention, people’s eyes were glued on her as she was thrown, lifted and spun like it was no one’s business. The Latin dance presentation was breathtaking. There were more performances from the Dance Club, including one that really left an impression on me, which was a duet performance to the Lady Gaga song ‘Paparazzi’ performed by 2 fine ladies. The dance reflected the content of the song and they also managed to imitate the dance moves from the music video itself.
I’ve managed to catch a short while with members of Royal Phantom and gain their input on what hip-hop is all about. Puerto Ricon dancer, who’s known as B Boy Zero, says, “Be yourself. Eat at the mamak and stay true to your routes.”
It was an eventful day that led to perspiring. I felt freshened and inspired to dance myself after having seen the Michael Jackson dance imitations and other highlighted dances. I was also glad to have received the news that Leo Club has raised RM 1875 from the food fair.
Thinking about it, the conjunction between Leo Club and Dance Club might’ve been for the better, because all the food helped generate the energy for us to be hyped by dances and to dance ourselves.
By LOW TE JINN Photos by DOROTHY LIM
Loud music was starting to play literally minutes before my lecture ended. Rushing out from class, I couldn’t bear to miss the events that were starting to warm up the herding students. In the midst of the bustling helpers trying to add finishing touches to food stalls, I explored the stalls to see what the Leo club and company have to offer. I came across the Association of Future Doctors with their interesting sale of pastries and tidbits: brownies, cupcakes, doughnuts and ‘apparently popular’ Taiwanese Jelly Drink as remarked by fellow AFC member Koh You Lin, enough to satisfy any sweet tooth. I then moseyed on to be amused by the clan of Koreans offering their delicacies. Being a fan of Korean people, I enjoyed hearing them share their excitement with their vivacious character that is so prevalent in Taylor’s. Head of the Korean batch, the timid Park Shin Young, took pride in their sold-out fried chicken.
While satisfying my appetite, I came to chat with the main organizers of the event, Iyad Zair and Sanam Rahman, who were also attending to their duties at their stall that sold generous servings of lasagnas, pastas and other varieties of food. They both agree that a lot of effort was put into promoting and preparing for this event to raise awareness. Some students supported Leo’s cause by pinning the symbolic yellow awareness ribbons on their shirts. Other contributions outside of the Leo club were the sales of milkshakes and juice that were managed by helpers from the IB program.
After being introduced to all the food, it was 2 pm and time for the limelight to be on D-Day. It was exciting to see the Gatsby-sponsored guest dance crew Royal Phantom promoting their dance workshop in conjunction with the Dance Club’s program. Before anything started, Royal Phantom had a good hour of their own demonstrating their incredible talent popping, locking and break dancing to all genres of music. Then came the first performance from the dance club, which was a rap presentation by Douglas doing a P. Diddy song. Other performances included invited guest Carl, who an audience member, Afifah, exclaimed, “I wanna marry you”, after hearing Carl sing ballads that melted hearts and that had girls’ faces blushing.
Things started to heat up for D-Day as the dancers served hot dance moves to popular songs. The dancers’ choreography certainly enticed the audience’s eyes. If you didn’t at least nod your head to the music or show any gestures of enjoyment at the event, you’d be lying. Royal Phantom kept the heat running with more dance presentations. The spins, headstands, and other physical tricks witnessed left me amazed and jealous. The roaring cheers went on and on. When made to describe the dances so far, the following students responded:
Sarah Tan (inspired to act ‘gangsta’): Homie, that was good, yo! It was sizzling hot! On fa-yah!
Cho Hee Na: Hot, sexy, cool, nice, fun.
One of the highlights of the event was the surprising dance battle where students from the crowd were asked to come out and was separated into 2 groups to battle out in dance. There were a lot of cheers of nomination for which student should go forth and dance, and also a lot of reluctant candidates who ended up astonishing the audience. The dance battle got all the more exciting as skilled dancers of Taylor’s such as Terrance and Henry competed against each other. Alternate members took turns showing off their moves. Our campus has truly proven to have many talents.
More jaw-dropping performances were featured as the invited 2006 Latin Champions stole everyone’s attention with their ballroom grace. As if the female dancer’s sparkly outfit didn’t give her enough attention, people’s eyes were glued on her as she was thrown, lifted and spun like it was no one’s business. The Latin dance presentation was breathtaking. There were more performances from the Dance Club, including one that really left an impression on me, which was a duet performance to the Lady Gaga song ‘Paparazzi’ performed by 2 fine ladies. The dance reflected the content of the song and they also managed to imitate the dance moves from the music video itself.
I’ve managed to catch a short while with members of Royal Phantom and gain their input on what hip-hop is all about. Puerto Ricon dancer, who’s known as B Boy Zero, says, “Be yourself. Eat at the mamak and stay true to your routes.”
It was an eventful day that led to perspiring. I felt freshened and inspired to dance myself after having seen the Michael Jackson dance imitations and other highlighted dances. I was also glad to have received the news that Leo Club has raised RM 1875 from the food fair.
Thinking about it, the conjunction between Leo Club and Dance Club might’ve been for the better, because all the food helped generate the energy for us to be hyped by dances and to dance ourselves.
By LOW TE JINN Photos by DOROTHY LIM
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