Drama Festival - Malay Legends

A whole month of practice, and now it all comes down to this day... March 31st 2010. The drama crew arrived at the Dungun UITM at around 0730 hours. We were the first crew to get there... So we got our seats and then got up on stage to revise our play.  Not long after, other participating schools arrived.

1. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sultan Omar.
2. Sekolah Menengah Sains Dungun.
3. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tengku Intan Zaharah.
4. Sekolah Menengah Teknik Dungun.

And soon the show began. Each school sent 1 person to draw a vote to determine which play will go first... So I went as my crew's brave hero and drew out the third order... Back when I was in South Africa, the kids usually said:
Zero The Hero,
First The Worst,
Second The Best,
And Third The  Golden Bird...

Ha! I Got a feeling that things are about to get awesome over here...

So the plays went in this following order:

1. SMKTIZ- The Legend of Hang Tuah.
2. SMTD- The Legend of Merong Mahawangsa.
3. SMK(A)K- The Legend of Mahsuri.
4. SMKSO- The Legend of Puteri Gunung Ledang.
5. SMSD- The Legend of Si Tanggang.

Well, I was really concerned of SMSD, SMKTIZ and SMTD... These three schools have been my school's rivals since like, ever! But never fear! We had a plan...

 We brought along a massive number of supporters. These guys fill up to one quarter of the hall.

But as our turn draw nearer... I started getting flashbacks... All the times at training...

The tree where mahsuri was killed...

The night we stayed up until 0300 hours...
These guys really pissed me off that time...

Our times at the rehearsal...

And it all comes down to this moment...
MAHSURI

The Intro... Mahsuri is the one in front,  that one at the back is Woman 1- no specific name for her.

Deramang and Mahsuri, one of the best scenes I planned as an experienced (just a bit, but more than the others...) performer. This scene got a great applause from the audience... here, Deramang was trying to comfort the lonely in gorgeous Mahsuri.

Woman 1 and Woman 2 (left and centre) talking Mahura (supposed to be my wife in this story...) into accusing Mahsuri of committing adultery with Deramang...

All went well throughout our performance until the part where Mahsuri gets stabbed- NO BLOOD!!! The plastic bag containing "blood" didn't burst!!
but the show must go on...
Just let it be ...

After every competing schools have done their performance, the judges decided...

"Ladies and gentlemen, we now announce the results of the judges..."

WHOA!!! WE WON!!!
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As my crew was announced the champions... The co-director (Fatin Syahirah) and I went up on stage to receive the trophy... Little did I know that there were cameramen recording us for the national news... (I just found out about when my teacher told me that I got in the news...= I WAS ON TV!!)
It was so awesome...
Always... I'll remember this day....

Mahsuri and Mat Deris...