Teacher's Day Concert , 31st August 2009

EPPS Sunset Boulevard, calm before the storm.

Walk of Fame. Stars handmade by PSG members bearing all EPPS teachers' names.

Star Wars opening act. Faris 3L

Mrs. Wong's opening speech.

Stage decked with golden and lighted stars in line with the movies theme.

Han Shi Jia gave a lovely performance on the theme song from the Chinese movie, Tung Ho.

Mrs. Yvonne Chin, the concert MC announcing the next performance.

Jeric Teng 6C sang a soulful " You found me".

Students from 6 Kindness gave a rousing performance on the theme song from the Chinese movie, Wong Fei Hong.

Waiting patiently for their turn to shine!

Our adorable Superheroes! John Licuanan, 2U as Superman, Dinesh Manoharan, 1C as Batman and Freddy Chua, 2U as Spiderman.

Disney Princesses, Cinderella, Belle, Snow White, Rapunzel, Jasmine, Pocahontas performed by Sharah, Putri, Celine, Grace, Sharmaine, Rachel and Grace.

Starry Mah,3D and Valerie Wee, 4D performing Hanna Montana's " Nobody's Perfect. "

P3 & P4 students performing " The new girl in town" from the movie, Hairspray starring John Travolta.

The P1 & P2 students performing the exuberant " I like to move it, move it!" the theme song from the movie , Madagascar.

Our very own suave 007 Secret Agent, James Bond aka Jordan Tan, 3P.

Theme from Mission Impossible performed by Jortan Tan 3P, Azryn 3P, Sean Chan 4R, Hadi 4R, Darren Ong 4R, Nasharil 4L and Hamzah

Supercool PSG mums retro performing the theme from the Malay Movie, Labu Labi 1962, " Bila larut malam". Rohani Matnawi, Grace Choo, Phyllis Wong, Lani Choo, Ling

PSG members, Steven Tan and Susan Koh performing the theme from Grease, " You're the one that I want" from 1978.

Mr. Hakim got into the Saturday Night Fever action too!

PSG members performing ABBA's Dancing Queen, theme from the movie, " Mamma Mia " 2009 starring Pierce Bronsnan & Meryl Streep.

Mr. Wan doing his Saturday Night Fever moves! Point! Point!

Wow! Our teachers can dance!

Mr. Hakim doing Saturday Night Fever dance moves.

Another finale shot

That's a great performance!An appreciative Mrs Wong applauded.

Teachers performing the ABBA Dancing Queen with PSG members, Grace Choo & Lani Choo

Star Wars Jedi defending the Republic.

Sway, a chacha number from the movie "Shall we dance? " 2004 starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez performed by Isabelle Tan, Peyton Choo, Ethan Choo and Eng Hong

Audience in full force, AM session.

Excited audience

The finale, Jai Ho , the Movie theme song from Slumdog Millionaire.

Picture speaks a thousand words. This year's Teacher's Day Concert was a great success judging from the encouraging and positive feedback we get from teachers and students alike.

The theme from the movies was conceived all the way back in 2008, the PSG members got together and brainstormed on concepts right after last year's concert. Many PSG members were very enthusiastic and looking forward to the next concert. Given the talent base in the group, it wasn't too difficult to start assigning roles and responsibilities.

There were delays due to H1N1 and 3 weeks before the show, we started to get the show plans to work. It was an incredible 3 weeks to be exact with the first week down with auditions. By the 2nd and 3rd week, practises and rehearsals were a daily affair.

30 PSG members on task full force to get costumes, stage, practise, rehearsals, props, invites, etc etc ready. PSG members worked tirelessly to get everything in place and on time.

We were pleasantly surprised by the number of students coming forward to be auditioned. It was not what we expected at all. We ended up with 17 items for the show just to accomodate the number of student performers.

PSG Members contribution

Chief & Host : Yvonne Chin

Main Project Manager : Susan Koh

Main Choreographer : Rohani Matnawi

Walk of fame : Nancy Lim & Eleanor Licuanan

AV : Lilian Koh, Maple Tan, Eleanor Licuanan

Group A Manager : Juriana Jaffar

Group B Manager : Michelle Wee

Photography and Video : Arthur Lim and Nancy Lim

Stage Build up : Chiang Meng Lee, Steven Tan. Phyllis Wong, Susan Koh

Invitation card design: Yvonne Chin

Make up and dressing : Lani Choo, Grace Choo, Felica Eng, Jasmine Yip, Susan Koh, Rahimah Asmore, Juriana Jaffar, Phyllis Wong, Karen Ann, Chiang Meng Lee, Angela Ang

Refreshments : Jenny Mak, Nuraini, Shanti

Group Dance leads

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PSG performance & Starwars : Rohani Matnawi

Sway : Grace Choo

HairSpray : Rahimah Asmore

Mission Impossible, James Bond, Disney Princesses : Susan Koh

Hannah Montana : Phyllis Wong

Madagascar : Nurdiana (EPPS)

Superheroes : Shanti

PSG Performers

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Rohani Matnawi, Phyllis Wong, Susan Koh, Ling, Grace Choo, Lani Choo, Steven Tan

The students surprised us with their dedication, commitment, zeal and energy.. it was enough to keep us going. Considering that we only had 2 weeks to actual concert date, everyone was doing an excellent job and it was a lesson for one and all. The old saying, " where there's a will, there's a way" is no fallacy.

We are very proud of our team and all the student performers. They put up a stellar performance despite all the time constraints and obstacles. They worked hard to show their appreciation for their beloved teachers. The teacher and students had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed the concert. It was worth all that effort.

HAPPY TEACHER'S DAY!