It was raining so hard when our class was
dismissed at CEAC. Though most of us felt cold, I knew in my mind that majority
of us are feeling relaxed due to the unfavorable weather. The staff has set a
Dance Battle competition within the PN Scholars on the latter part of the day
as what is customary on every first Saturday of the month. And talking about
dancing, I’m not really that favorable with that kind of activity. That‘s why I
sort of describe our feeling earlier as relaxed due to the weather.
As what we almost considered as custom
routine during Saturday classes, we had our lunch at the old Tado’s (now
Chickey’s) which is just across the University of San Carlos. Lunch was quick
since most of us are really excited to get home. Suddenly, the rain stopped and
the feeling of shyness seemed to consume me thinking that the Dance Battle will
push through. After a short while, we found ourselves slowly ascending
following the road towards the Family Park Family Park
Just a few minutes after we reached the
center, the weather started to become rough again. We waited for quite a while
until the rain slowed and finally come to a stop.
Then Ate Rosalyn Miñoza, one of PN Philippines’ Education Team, announced that the activity will continue and that we are expecting Mr. Thery Beord, a representative from the French Embassy who will be judging the competition. All scholars hastily prepare for their dance steps.The contest will be done by group which is based on the usual grouping we had from our previous Saturday activities and are composed of first year, second year and third year students mixed up. The categories of the contest are Hip-hop and Swing which means each group will divide its members into two to participate both categories. There are eight groups in all, with group names derived from IT terms combined weirdly such as WiFi Projector, 3D Printer, DVI, 4G, Bluetooth Mouse and more.
Before the contest begins, the scholars
had group pictures together with Ma’am Virginie Lombard, PN Philippines
General Manager. All scholars
seemed to enjoy the activity based on the smiles captured on the camera. Except
for some that seemed to look bewitched for some reason that which I do not know.
The contest started with lots of cheers
and all sort of noises from the audience. Some performers finished their numbers
while others suddenly exit with their music still on the first or second
stanzas. Others have to make a ‘take two’ with ridiculous murmurs from the
audience. You can hear yells and cheering from time to time as if you’re
watching a TV fighting scene, or a comedy and sometimes a little bit of horror.
Not on the face of the audience, but on the performers.
