A Glimpse Of Team Temasek
Our Dikir Barat Men’s Team came in 1st Runner-up at last Saturday’s (5 Jun 10) Inter-Polytechnic Competition – Piala Suara Serumpun 3!
From an arts group that was nearly disbanded 2 months ago to what they have achieved just 3 days ago, it was pure hard work of committed and intensive training over 6 weeks. To know that 80% of the 20 participating members only joined from late April’s CCA Recruitment Drive and most of them have never competed before.
Except for RP which does not have a Men’s Team, all Polytechnics sent in both their Men and Women’s teams to compete in this event – 9 teams in total. Along with the top 3 team awards, the competition gave out awards for Best Lyricist, Best Juara (lead vocalist), Best Karut (secondary vocalist), Best Awok Awok (group of singers with synchronized movements), and Best Percussion Team. TP clinched 3 out of the 5 awards (highlighted above), leaving the other 2 to NYP.
Our Women’s Team performed well and showed team spirit with their loud cheers whenever TP went up to receive the awards. Knowing that they were not going to walk down the hall for any prizes did not stop them for celebrating the win of their male counterparts.
I couldn’t be more proud last Saturday, sitting through the near 3-hour competition, enjoying the energy of all the competing performances even though I didn’t understand a single word they were singing about. On hindsight, I believe this is the best experience I’ve had with both teams after taking them for so many years. In the past, both groups were separate subgroups under Malay Arts Group. Now, they are like family. What I see is that they have attained more than just the recognition and the trophies.
I see Team Temasek…in the arts! A dream come true!
Siti Wan Kembang (Hur hur hur)
From an arts group that was nearly disbanded 2 months ago to what they have achieved just 3 days ago, it was pure hard work of committed and intensive training over 6 weeks. To know that 80% of the 20 participating members only joined from late April’s CCA Recruitment Drive and most of them have never competed before.
Except for RP which does not have a Men’s Team, all Polytechnics sent in both their Men and Women’s teams to compete in this event – 9 teams in total. Along with the top 3 team awards, the competition gave out awards for Best Lyricist, Best Juara (lead vocalist), Best Karut (secondary vocalist), Best Awok Awok (group of singers with synchronized movements), and Best Percussion Team. TP clinched 3 out of the 5 awards (highlighted above), leaving the other 2 to NYP.
Our Women’s Team performed well and showed team spirit with their loud cheers whenever TP went up to receive the awards. Knowing that they were not going to walk down the hall for any prizes did not stop them for celebrating the win of their male counterparts.
I couldn’t be more proud last Saturday, sitting through the near 3-hour competition, enjoying the energy of all the competing performances even though I didn’t understand a single word they were singing about. On hindsight, I believe this is the best experience I’ve had with both teams after taking them for so many years. In the past, both groups were separate subgroups under Malay Arts Group. Now, they are like family. What I see is that they have attained more than just the recognition and the trophies.
I see Team Temasek…in the arts! A dream come true!
Siti Wan Kembang (Hur hur hur)
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