Party, Evolved!

Good enough it didn’t take long for me to compensate for lost sleep from Friday night’s event; it was our school’s annual acquaintance party and induction of officers.

Days prior the event, my co-officers in the Student Council and I had been stressed from preparations including sending out letters, negotiating for lights, sounds, catering and other services, ticket production and distribution, and most stressful of which was taking instructions from both the real concerned and the self-appointed-concerned people. The programme underwent major revisions. Due to some unavoidable circumstances, I had to function as a one-man committee for the invitation and certificates which I had completed and released only the night before the party.

As expected in such events, work does not end in the preparations. There were a lot of matters needing attention that popped up. Being the emcees, it was our job to keep the program interesting as possible especially that its early part has those messages and oath taking ceremonies which really are not what the students are after. We were also like staffs in a department store's information desk paging wanted fellows and making announcements for lost belongings. The tough thing is that we had to be so upbeat yet we had to make sure that we do not rob the serious parts of its solemnity.

I really can’t understand why the school always gets me to emcee. Maybe because they get my services for free *sigh*. Honestly, I’m getting tired of being the host although I get to work with a different partner each time.

Good enough our 1,000+ audience that night are cooperative enough to clap and laugh on our antics or else I’ll be quitting that very moment!

On the other hand, I have to tell about the interesting highlight of the event which was the Dance Evolution Competition. Students of our colleges grooved to the beats of the eras. Some took off with Philippine folk dances while others started from the 70’s. They were to choose their songs as long as the whole presentation does not exceed 8 minutes. The impressive thing I must say is that despite the short time to practice (prelim exams were just the week before), the presentations turned out spectacular! I even have this impression that since all are equally great dancers, judging might have just been on mastery, and props and costumes.

Of eight competing groups, the Engineering dancers dominated the floor reclaiming the championship from the Hotel and Restaurant Management group which came in second this year. I’m trying to find someone with a video and have it uploaded in YouTube.

Despite the exhausting preparations and annoying incidents, the party still turned out successful. Although quite less organized than last year’s, I find it more fun this time especially the disco party with great lights and music spun by local jock Cyber Bugs who by the way complimented my hosting and said that with very minimal training, I’ll be ready to be on-air should I consider being a radio jockey. Ahem! *wink*

Oh well, I’m looking forward for another fun-packed and eventually better party next year – with me as an audience hopefully.

At the Convention Center's lobby with last year's party host, the fabulous Judy