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TEACHER LIYANA

The colourful and joyous one-hour parade marching past the road kicked
off at about 8am. The participants comprising of school band, students,
and teachers. The parade started with marching band echoing the drum
beats of patriotic melody. The spectators applauded when the group of
students and teachers began to march past. The students and teachers
were dressed completely in “Baju Melayu” and “Baju Kurung”, the Ma-
laysian’s national clothes.

All students and teachers were assembled on the school field. The princi-
pal pronounced a speech and officially inaugurated the ceremony. The
head prefect then raised the “Jalur Gemilang” flag. The national anthem
"Negaraku" was then played. The students then gave spirited renditions of
patriotic songs such as "Jalur Gemilang", "Cemerlang, Gemilang, Ter-
bilang" and the Merdeka celebration theme song "Malaysiaku Gemilang".

Then, the students were asked to go to the school hall as the assembly
ended. The hall turned into a kaleidoscope of colours as the hall presenta-
tion comprising 500 performers, a choir, cultural shows and the other per-
formances got underway. The cultural shows were from many race like
Malay, Chinese, and Indian. The students were really fascinated by the
magnificent shows. The pupils gave a good attention to the amazing sing-
ing and the eye-catching traditional dances.

The shows continued by the rhythmic gymnastics presented by the well-
trained students. The purpose of this show is to give some patriotic spirit
on celebrating the National Day to the students. The music was played
during the performance. The picturesque performances look even more
interesting and colourful when the gymnast rolled the ribbons and the
hoops and tossed the balls to the others.

The time carried on creeping and it was 12 in the afternoon. Then, the
principal gave some speech of hope and wished that the celebration would
be occurred again in the next year and the forthcoming year. The teachers
and the students departed the hall, symbolically ended the ceremony.

Reported by,

MONA LISA DA VINCI

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