If you’ve been a follower of Ate Lace, one of her posts on early 2011 was about the Dramafest. The Drama Festival is a tradition in our school wherein the seniors present a play. Each section is assigned a play to present and they are given a month or two to prepare for the said day. The time given is allotted for both research on the play, practice and props making. No senior in our high school can graduate without participating in this activity.

The line-up for both of Ate Lace’s and our dramafest was musicals. The musicals the English teachers chose were Grease, The West Side Story, Ella Enchanted, Anna and the King, The Fiddler on the Roof, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, and Miss Saigon. My section was to perform The West Side Story while Patrice’s had the chance to portray Cats.

Greatel

The beautiful girl on my right is our leading lady, Vivienne! She makes a lovely Maria and I can say that she definitely got the role right.

Each section had a wonderful performance. Most of the time, everyone was screaming or gasped while plays were going on. I had a few surprised attacks back there- some of my quiet batch mates were assigned to lead roles! It was such a nice shock to know that they took the chance to shine in this event.

By the end of the performances, the students had to clean up the auditorium by stacking the chairs to the side. Most of the students had already changed or were goofing around. In the photo above, our music director playfully threw a  balloon Naruto-style to our beloved director (photo below).

Patrice’s class won a total of five awards from the festival. They won Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Production, Best Choreography and Execution, and Best Visual Effects. They emerged as Best Play.

When the trophy was awarded to them, everyone started running around to get the trophy. Talk about team spirit! Congratulations to Cats, Miss Saigon, The Phantom of the Opera and to everyone who presented! We all worked hard and we presented beautiful plays in just fifteen minutes. Congrats!