Night of The Star

On the 23^rd of September 2016, Kolej Sakura organized “Night of the Stars”, an event held to showcase the talents of the student residents of the college. This event took place at the lecture hall of Centre of Teaching Facilities 1 (CTF1). Registration began at 8 p.m.

The event kick-started at 8.30 p.m. with the arrival of Cik Ain, the college’s principal. The MC cheerfully began the night by introducing the participants of the showcase. She also joked that the residents of the college are very talented because she would hear singing every night. She then proceeded to explain that marks are given based on the audience applause.

The line-up of the performances are as followed:

·         - A contemporary dance to Maroon 5’s Payphone by a group called “The Stars”.

·         - A beautiful rendition of Adele’s All I Ask by Nurul Yasmin.

·         - An-Nur’s nasyid performance.

·         - Amira’s emotional poetry about mothers.

·         - “Satu Malaysia” choir team’s rendition of “Satu Malaysia.”

·         - A duo,who dubbed themselves as “Dandelion”, cover of Nana Sheeme’s Hantu or Buaya.

·         - Amira Najihah’s cover of Bruno Mars’ When I was Your Man.

·         -Three song mashups performances by Melody, Joy, as well as Sisterhood, who competed the previous year.

·         - Nur Sabrina’s beautiful poetry recitation.

·         - Silky Girl’s cover of Secret Love Song by Little Mix feat Jason Derulo.

·         - A graceful traditional Sarawakian dance performance.

·         - An amazing Chinese poetry recitation by Malissa Kamaruddin.

·         - A duet by “The Alphabet”.

·         - Stephanie’s solo performance.

·         - Dorashin’s musical about being good to your parents.

The audience thoroughly enjoyed every performance and gave endless support to everyone who was on stage. Before the event ended, Cik Ain was presented with an appreciation souvenir for attending the showcase. The night came to a close at 10.30 p.m.

The event was then continued for the next day. On the 24^th of September, the event, Night of The Star came to the end. The event started at 8.30 pm with UNIMAS Gemilang and Tekad Sakura song. Sang along by all the college residents present.

College principal, Cik Ain continued the event with some speech. She congratulated all 17 participants who have shown their talent in the night before. She was so proud that Sakura ladies were very brave and talented to show up to the audiences.  

Every event will be incomplete without a montage from Sakura Editorial Board. After the montage presentation, the events continued with traditional dance performance from Anak Seni Sakura. Next, college felo, Cik Farida with the event manager given away the prizes for the Individual Category. The winner for the category was Amirah Najihah.

After that, all the audiences were presented with the more performances from Anak Seni Sakura which includes modern dance and acoustic performances. Next, Cik Ain with the event manager given away the prizes for Group Category. The winner of the category was Melody. Congratulations to all the winners!

Prepared by,

Imelia Kyra binti Mohamad Iskandar & Marjana Darus