Nilaa, Veinnill and Myinthten attended the Musical Variety Show 8 which featured the Anderson Premier Military Band (APMB) and a few DiGi CelebriTeens. It was hosted by 8TV’s Baki Zainal.
Some of the performances included:
Opening Set by APMB
-By Loch & Mountain (by Robert W. Smith)
-Aztech Fire (by Jay Bocook)
-Estancia (by Jay Dawson)
Special Showcase by Motion Master BBoys
Performance by National LEO Idol 2009 Champion, Jeremy Goh
Contemporary Set by APMB
-Movie Magic (by Andrew William Patterson)
-The 70’s (by Megan P. Krogenburg)
Performances by Zenny Lyn, aChap, Ben, Azizi Zarkaria, Motion Masterz
Final Showcase by APMB
We have included some of the performances in our ‘Video’ section. Enjoy!
After months of rehearsing, we are finally getting through the final weeks of preparation. As mentioned in the flyer above, the plays will be held in City Ballet Black Box on the 4th and 5th of July at 8pm. It is in the Greentown Business Centre.
The tickets are priced at RM15.00. Contact PSPA for further enquiries. The tickets can be paid for upon entry but, they have to be booked earlier.
Those who book them through us MAY get a discount. No guarantees!
In short, it is a collection of short plays performed by the young people of Ipoh under the guidance of Sylvia Wong, organised by the Perak Society of Performing Arts (PSPA). You can look them up on Facebook as well.
Myinthten had the privilege of watching the ‘Phantom of the Opera’ play (a day earlier) which was staged on the 10, 11 and 12th of April 2009 in Ipoh.
Nigel and Neil both played roles in the play. According to Myinthten, the play was great and the singing was fabulous.
Veinnill and I were eager to attend the play but, tickets were sold out so fast for all three days. Anyway, received good reviews so, congrats once again on a wonderful performance, guys. Nigel and Neil, you guys rock!!!
Last Saturday, we attended Myinthten’s grading. At first, they performed several patterns which was really cool to watch. They demostrated how to escape and defend when attacked from various angles.
Then, the students were to spar with each other. The grandmaster caught them by surprise when they were asked to spar with three people at a time.
If watching them getting beaten up wasn’t enough, some were even asked to break more bricks than was practised. We watched as some got hurt while others held on with the pain.
Nevertheless, the grandmaster was impressed. He said that since everyone already knew the syllabus in and out, it was only fair to test their limits by getting them to perform something unfamiliar, to put in practice what they have learned.
At the end of the day, Myinthten earned his 2nd Dan in Black belt and we are all very proud of him.
After the auditions, Veinnill and I were called back along with another 10+ people to act in different short plays.
Veinnill got a role in two plays. Will elaborate later. I got a role as a talking box in another play.
The plays are scheduled to be staged somewhere in June or July. We are both currently working hard to memorise our scripts as rehearsals start next week.
Veinnill went for this audition organised by PSPA. She was supposed to prepare a monologue. She used President Obama’s election night speech, edited by me (Nilaa, hehe) and gave her own speech as Malaysia’s first lady Prime Minister (it was our father’s idea).
The lady who auditioned her was soooo impressed. She had also asked Veinnill to read up a one-page-long script to check if she could understand quickly and act the part out.
She said that Veinnill had alot of potential although she was shy. Also, Veinnill had been one of the better participants. Yeh, Veinnill!!!
Noticing me standing at the side, the lady roped me in to do the audition as well. Since I hadn’t prepared anything, I was asked to do the script.
Therefore, now, I would also have to follow Veinnill for her weekly rehearsals for short plays as we agreed that we will be alright to take part in the same scenes. Will update the blog about any plays that she will be in.
Anyway, congrats and good luck to Veinnill. All her efforts are finally bearing fruit. Let’s hope she goes a long way.
Myinthten was in Ipoh Parade on the 21st of December for the national level taekwon-do tournament. Since Perak was the host this year, Myinthten’s group was required to perform a demonstration. They choreographed certain patterns and later, took turns to break planks using different techniques. The crowd cheered on again as the whole group reunited for one last demo which was the climax of the event.
