Unforgettable Journey - Part 2

Chapter 2: Concert

1st night for 1st session of children..

2nd night for 2nd session of children..

2.5hrs before the arrival of children:
Teachers arrived in school to ensure for the final time that everything needed are ready. As for me will be things like graduation gown, mortar hat, hair clips, gel, their certificate and their present. 

2hrs before the arrival of children:
Teachers gathered up in the main auditorium for worship and prayers where we also walked around the hall to lay hands on seats, for the people who be coming to witness this joyous event.

1hr before the arrival of children:
Teachers grabbed their dinner and get ready. 
  
6pm - the arrival of children, busyness starts
We put on the graduation gown and mortar hat on the graduands … comb, gel and pin their hair to make sure they are at their best.
We then went ahead to the first few order of the concert - Graduation ceremony and Graduation songs. 

The massive turnover took place as in the fastest speed and shortest time to change the graduands into their dancing costume and that includes to style the boys’ hair and put on accessories for the girls

Thereafter were Grand finale, Class dance, Grand finale and K2 Special item. Everything went on pretty smoothly for both nights, no big hiccups/”mistakes”. 

Personal “challenges” I faced for my class were mainly on the first night…
Child E arrived in school in tears and fear, fear of going up the stage. After some struggle at the door, I managed to calm her down and coax her to put on her graduation gown. Along the way to graduation ceremony, I had to constantly talked and ensured her.
Thank God she went through the graduation ceremony but was in tears and trembling. Likewise for graduation songs but that was only for a while before she stood near me.

Surprisingly, very surprisingly… she kind of like a changed-person straight after we came down for the change. She was back to her usual self, happy and excited again for the rest of the concert.

Child S - was having fever the day before and still running slight fever just before the concert. But as Child S very much wanted to join in and mum also very much wanted Child S to participate, being the last year of kindergarten and that the entire family came.
So the “tense” moments came when I got to settle crying Child E and be there when Principal spoke to Child S and mother who was later in tears when talking to me.

Second night was more or less ok, just that Child S from the first session was well to request to join in and Principal approved for graduation ceremony, graduation songs and finale thus I have to be sharp and watchful during the segments to know where to place her, as not to affect the 2nd session children’s formation.