Saturday, September 26, 2009

Talentime

Interactors in formal attire gathered at the HICT Auditorium on the morning of Saturday, the 26th of September 2009, either as part of the event’s entertainment, or just to witness the participants share their unique and special talents on stage. Talentime was organised as a tribute to the late Yasmin Ahmad, who was a critically-acclaimed multi-award winning film director, writer, and script writer from Malaysia.

The talent competition was named after one of her recent movies. It started at about 9.00a.m. after all the guests had registered upon arrival and took their seats. Soon after the introductions and speeches at the beginning of the event, the performances commenced, either individually or in groups. Several talented performers from their respective schools courageously took turns to shine on stage in the auditorium with an array of impressive performances which included singing, dancing, magic tricks and what not.

Each fine display of talent was being judged by a panel of three who were brought in to narrow it down to five finalists. They were incredibly experienced in the arts, particularly dancing. The crowd of spectators which filled the spacious auditorium was not much of a large one that day.

Nevertheless, the audience was required to take part in deciding who deserved to be the winner of the talent competition by voting for one of the five finalists as soon as they were revealed. Interactors marked their choice on the piece of paper given before the show and inserted them in the provided ballot box before going for break and refreshments.

It was not long until the official counting of the votes was finished and the interactors were called back into the auditorium where the positions of the five finalists were announced. The five finalists were given cash and consolation prizes depending on the number of votes each of them acquired from the audience.

Next, souvenirs were too presented to each of the three judges for their assistance in the competition. Talentime came to an end after the winning group gave an encore performance. Fellow interactors and Rotarians, who undoubtedly enjoyed the wonderful show, left the auditorium accordingly knowing that attending the event was indeed well worth their time.

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