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Friday November 6, 2009

Kindergarten kids pay tribute to Michael Jackson

By SHAMALA VELU


YOU can be sure of some excitement and delightful entertainment when young children come together to stage a performance. In fact, the colourful costumes and impromptu antics never fail to elicit attention and cheer from audiences.

Close to 220 children from the Villamaria Good Shepherd Kindergarten and Nursery performed their annual concert, called “The Musical” at the school’s premises in Medan Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, recently.

The opening act from the playgroup children warmed the hearts of the audience with their song, aptly called Salam (Hello).

Songbirds: Children singing ‘Any Dream Will Do’.

Dressed colourfully in various national costumes, the tots came out to welcome parents and guests in native languages in Malay, Chinese, Tamil, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Danish and Hawaiian. Although there were some fumbles and hesitation at times, the young children exuded confidence, calm and composure.

The nursery children performed the next item, “Disney World”.

It was wonderful to see little ones celebrating old-time cartoons favourites and dancing to the tunes of Heigh-Ho (Snow White) and The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book). The five-year-old children in KG Blue, Red and Green performed Chim Chim Ee Ree (Mary Poppins), Do-re-mi (Sound of Music) and Shall We Dance (The King and I). They charmed the crowds with their vigorous dance style and movement.

“The concert is a reflection of how we nurture the children. We want them to be confident and be themselves,” said Pusat Kebajikan Good Shepherd executive director and Supervisor for the Villamaria Good Shepherd Kindergarten and Nursery Theresa Symons.

Songs from the movie Blockbusters by the Pre One classes grabbed the most attention as they performed fast moves from the movie Grease. (Grease Lightning and You’re The One That I Want) and Saturday Night Fever (Night Fever). The boys donned dark glasses, jeans and leather jackets to reflect the fashionable 60s.

Thrilling show: Older students from Villamaria Good Shepherd and Kindergarten and Nursery paying tribute to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson.

Next up was Jai Ho from the movie Slumdog Millionaire.

However, the highlight of the show was the “Tribute to Michael Jackson”.

The crowd roared and cheered in delight as students from Pre One Blue leaped on stage dressed in signature Michael Jackson style with white gloves and socks, black hat and white shirt.

The crowd was enthralled watching the children trying their best to portray the legendary pop star as they danced to Jackson’s hit song Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough. It was a crowd-puller, melting the hearts of the audience with their charming smiles and delightful singing.

A big appreciation went to music teacher Shirley Wingrove and Principal Diana Eng for organising the show.

The school also managed to raise RM8,815 through the sale of food and donations for survivors of the earthquake in Padang, Indonesia earlier this month.

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