Creative Arts & Performance Society

BEACH BASH - THE ALBUM

2009-06-15T03:24:00.006+08:00

REPORTING FROM, BEACH BASH 2009

2009-06-15T03:15:00.003+08:00

June 5, 2009 - Once again, something is about to happen at the foyer of KDU College. Coconut husks, torches, Tiki masks and bamboo stakes of various sizes were brought in to make over the foyer for the latest event promoted by Creative Arts & Performance Society. The night was entitled ‘CAPS Beach Bash 2009’. Headed by the club’s President, Erica Choong Mei Ling, the night is aimed at fostering creativity, confidence, performance and artistic qualities. It is also an event purposefully create to offer a platform to students where they may showcase their talents and exercise their soft skills and channeling it to a cause.

Preparations were undertow the day before and crew members were buzzing around college the day itself, right up to minutes before the event. Booths were set up, the stage was brought in and replicas of coconut trees and Tiki masks were shaped. The deco team was headed by our in-house design student, Azlin and helped by many other members of the club.

By 7p.m., the venue was nicely decorated and capturing a never seen before beach-like-atmosphere in KDU College Penang. Soon after that, guests were seen entering the premise and started to mingle around right away. Performers were getting ready for the show and booth attendances were occupied with the early birds. Guests were allowed to curb their appetites by purchasing food from the food kiosk, and fruity beverages from the ‘Tiki Bar’. Many camera clicks were heard and pictures taken at the venue. They were displayed and for-sale at the event’s ‘Photo Booth’. The ‘Body Art’ booth was a crowd pleaser that night, with many tribal arts drawn on guests by our own members.

Let the show begin! - Emcees, Bill Reitberger and Yugendran Sivakumaran started off the night at 8p.m. by welcoming the guests and promising a fun night! ‘Dawgmatics’ was the first to woe the crowd and they did just that with their opening number, ‘Check Yes Juliet’. The band is made up of vocalist, Christopher Huang, drummer, Benjamin Sigh, bassist, Ariff Rahimi and Jay Lim, Kevin Khoo and Tee Yew Shen were on the guitars. Two more numbers were played after that, ‘Home’ and ‘The Man Who Can’t be Moved’. The microphone was then conceded to Fern with the punk rock ‘Complicated’ and then followed by Benignus singing ‘Time After Time’. Rachel Fong entertained the crowd with her rendition of ‘Love Story’ with the accompaniment of the band.

The night went on with a stage magic performance by a fellow Korean student, Swan. His fast and skillful magic tricks mesmerised many and left the rest wondering what else is up his sleeves? The crowd was then entertained with a ‘Beat Box’ performance by our very own emcees and Benjamin, the drummer. A ‘Hip-Hop’ performance was presented to the crowd courteous of the Miracle Creator Dance Crew. Styles ranging from pop-and-lock to break dance were performed. A game of ‘Limbo’ then succeeded the dance performance. Six guests were invited to the stage and by the end of that, Chrystina Fong proved to be the ‘Queen of Limbo’. Though there were no losers, because all of the volunteers walked away with reload coupons for participation. The event then took a break at 9.30 p.m.

Thirty minutes later, the act resumed with the Afro-Brazilian dance of Capoeira. It was enthusiastically demonstrated by Capoeira Senzala Penang of YMCA. The crowd was pleasantly surprised after the performance as many were new to the art form and has never seen it up close. ‘Dawgmatics’ took centre stage again, with ‘Dare You to Move’, ‘This Love’ and ‘Won’t Go Home With Out You’. Jennifer Henson wowed the crowd with her vocals of ‘Love Song’ and Cindy Leow belted ‘That’s What You Get’ by The Paramore. Maya Hanum gave the crowd something to talk about with ‘Long Train Running’.

The crowd was anxiously awaiting this next number and everyone understood why as soon as Azlin, Maytheni and Jennifer Khoo stepped on stage with their shimmers and studded ‘Belly Dancing’ outfits. The girls gave an unforgettable performance of the Middle Eastern dance. Jia Wei, Bill Reitberger and Sean Khoo joined the girls on stage before being “kicked” off candidly by the girls. Two couples, Brenda/Jared and Elaine/Ken then gave an outstanding performance of a renowned Latin dance, the ‘Cha-Cha’ which then transitioned into a ‘Hip-Hop’ dance. The night was hyped-up with a teamed up performance of the Miracle Creator Dance Crew and beat boxers. The night drew to an end and closing act of the night was an upbeat ‘Dance, Dance’ by Bill and the band.

Extensions of thank you-s, goodbyes, good show, congratulations, good job and other warm wishes of that sort were heard uttered around the venue as the show ended at 11.30p.m. The crowd dwindled down to only the production crew and restoration efforts began. Cleaning-up finished at approximately 1a.m. and together with the help of most members and performers, the foyer looked like what it usually is on a normal day of college.

Evidently, college is not all about the academics. A big part of it is also about how we learn from the environment and others. We CAPS, believe that by organising an event as such, can achieve a lot more and compliment what students have learned in classrooms. We have paved the road for other clubs in KDU and other colleges to do the same. We call out to fellow peers to heed the challenge and encourage showmanship of college students. We hope to see more student/youth based activities in the near future.

BEACH BASH ITINERARY

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ARRIVAL - 7 PM

Band (5 songs)
Magician
Beat Box
Dance
Game

BREAK - 9 PM

Band (6 songs)
Capoeira
Belly Dancing
Cha-Cha, Hip-Hop, Jive

END - 11 PM

Duty List.

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Backstage: Maya, Haneesha, Mohan, Maleni, Farah, Azry

Runners:
Booths – Sue + Cat
Tickets - Shanmugan
Car Park Entrance - Adrian, ChunTat, Chun Ting
Tunnel Entrance - Wei Lun, Daniel, Seng Cheong

Photography: Tim, Elyas, Sarah

Booths:
Tickets – Su Quin, Thessa, Yuva
Food – Thriya, Nora, Nora, Jovin
Tribal Face Painting – Cat, Rachel, Guan Lip
Tiki Bar – May

Message:
• Please be sure to have your tags on at all times for easy recognition during the event.

• Members who wish to help, which are NOT performing and NOT mentioned on the duty list, are automatically runners. (reply to this mail so I know who you are)

• All members are required to be present for set up on 5th June, starting from 12pm onwards. Please collect your crew passes from Erica. Report to Erica/ Azlin.

• If you have to leave the event premise at anytime, you may but kindly report back by 5p.m.

• All members are required to stay back after the event until 12am for clean up.

Important Dates!

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ALL MEMBERS: Fri, 29th May (2pm, Drama Room) - Return unsold tickets and bring ticket sales money

ON-DUTY MEMBERS: Tues, 2nd June (1pm, Drama Room) - Duty meeting

PERFORMERS & BACKSTAGE CREW: Sat, 30th May (2pm, Drama Room) - Rehearsal

PERFORMERS & BACKSTAGE CREW: Thurs, 4th June (5pm, Foyer) - Full dressed rehearsal

ALL MEMBERS: Fri, 5th June (Foyer) - Setup starts at 12pm, Backstage check and Sound check at 4.30pm, Guest arrival 7pm, Showtime 7.30pm

Important Dates!

2009-05-06T02:00:00.004+08:00

Full routine checks:

13.05.09, Wednesday - Belly Dancing, Drama Room (1PM)

23.05.09, Saturday - Beat Boxer, Cha-Cha, Hip-Hop and Break Dance, Drama Room (2PM)

26.05.09, Tuesday - Magician, Singers and Band, Drama Room (12.30PM)

Rehearsals:

30.05.09, Saturday - Full Rehearsal, Drama Room (2PM)

4.06.09, Thursday - Full Dressed Rehearsal, Foyer (5PM)

5.06.09, Friday - Last Rehearsal, Foyer (5PM)

Performers are reminded to be present at the venue by 5pm on the date of the event.

CAPS BEACH BASH POSTER!

2009-05-06T01:50:00.004+08:00

Tickets are available now! Contact Erica (012-5837699) or Sue (016-4458393) for more details.

Updates...

2009-05-05T01:39:00.001+08:00

Decorative activities for the 'Beach Bash' will be in progress starting 5th May. Please come in to lend a hand regardless whether you are from the dance, drama or deco team. These are the time slots:

Monday, 4 - 6 (Wet Studio, 4th Floor)
Tuesday, 1 - 2 (Drama Room, 4th Floor)
Thursday, 2 - 5 (Wet Studio, 4th Floor)
Friday, 12 – 5 (Wet Studio, 4th Floor)

Attendance and punctuality are much appreciated. Please inform other members which has not yet been notified.

Join the CAPS Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=101480&id=704119993&ref=nf#/pages/Penang-Malaysia/Creative-Arts-Performance-Society/80865457552 for instant and easy updates.

Thank you.

Regards,
Erica Choong
CAPS President.

PRACTICE SCHEDULE.

2009-04-19T14:29:00.006+08:00

The following is the schedule for the next 8 weeks
(subjected to changes):

Venue: 6th Floor

Belly Dancing: (Starts 12th, April)
Monday, 12 - 2
Wednesday, 11 -1
Thursday, 10 - 12

Ballroom Dance & Hip Hop: (Starts 17th, April)
Tuesday, 5 - 7
Friday, 1 - 4

Drama: (Starts 21st, April)
Tues, 1 - 2

Deco: (Starts 21st, April)
Monday, 4 - 6
Tuesday, 1 - 2 (Drama Room)
Thursday, 2 - 5
Friday, 12 - 5

**** Future meetings held on Tuesdays from 1 - 2pm at the Drama Room will be for updating purposes. Members may sit in during the meetings, however it is compulsory for group leaders and committee members to attend.

A NEW TERM, A NEW LOOK.

2009-04-13T02:05:00.004+08:00

The new CAPS T-shirt will be making its first appearance on Tuesday, 14th April 2009!

CAPS' members can get it at RM13 and non-members at RM15 per shirt.

Get them while stocks last!

For purchases, contact Erica (012 5837699)

or

Drop by the Drama Room on Tuesdays from 1 - 2pm.

A New Look !!!!!!!!

2009-04-11T22:30:00.002+08:00

.......... Coming Soon ..........

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THE FIRST MEETING HAS ADJOURNED!

2009-04-10T00:17:00.014+08:00

This post is to update members that missed the meeting. *waves a finger back and forth - You better have a good explanation!* Well, the turn out was still great and it was fun getting to know the new members and meeting the old ones back! To those that attended, thank you all for attending the first semester meeting!

So folks, lets get down to business... What went on during the meeting? A new event has been proposed! "Caribbean Night" (event name may still change)

If you still haven't guessed it...Yup! It's a beach themed event!

Date: 5th June 2009, Friday
Time: 7pm-11pm
Venue: KDU Foyer
Tickets: RM 15

Activities:

A Play
Live Band
Singing
Fire Flayer
Flarring Bartenders
Capoiera (Brazilian martial art)
Belly Dancing
Hip-Hop Dance
Salsa/ Cha Cha Performance
Games
Open Dance
Tiki Bar, Taco booth, Tribal Face Painting, Merchandise booth

If you are interested to participate in any of the activities, please contact the following person:

Dance: Maytheni (012 4082004)
Play: Maya (012 5198897)
Deco: Azlin (017 4433210) / Elyas (014 3011481)
Bar or Booth duty / Other performances eg. singing/ band:
Erica (012 5837699)
Tickets: Thessa (012 4818713)/ Su Quin (012 4805534)
Food preparation: Thriya (016 4010259)

NEXT MEETING: 14th April 2009, Tuesday, 1-2pm, Drama Room (4th Floor)

Hope to see you then!

WELCOME, NEWBIES!

2009-04-01T00:48:00.000+08:00

CAPS has 40 new members!

Thank You all for signing up with CAPS!
We welcome all of you to the family!

Just a few reminders to get you started:

1. Check the blog and Facebook for event updates. Comments are always welcomed at both sites.

2. Check your mail, college's notice boards (between the front elevators) and the CAPS' notice board (next to the Principal's Office) every week for meetings or events.

See you soon!

CAPS on FACEBOOK!

2009-03-30T19:45:00.000+08:00

CAPS is now on Facebook!

Join as a fan and spread the word!

link to page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Penang-Malaysia/Creative-Arts-Performance-Society/80865457552

RECRUITMENT DAY!

2009-03-18T19:26:00.000+08:00

It's our March semester Recruitment Day!

If you have interest in singing, dancing, acting, instrument playing, designing or even managing and planning events come join CAPS to live the art.

Join the society and immerse yourself into a fun and active college experience. The change starts here with CAPS.

Venue : KDU College Penang Foyer (CAPS booth)

Date: 31st March 2009

Time: 12.30PM-2.30PM

Art is what you say it is.

CAPS CHARITY DAY

2009-03-16T13:07:00.000+08:00

CAPS Charity Day – giving back to society

March, 3rd - The hard effort of butter churning, flour mixing and the occasional burning of fingers, were all for an event that was to be executed at the foyer later that afternoon. ‘CAPS Charity Day – giving back to society’, was what ten CAPS’ members was busy preparing for in the college kitchen. Mr. Darren, of the Chef school was kind enough to permit the use of the college culinary facilities, and works undergone since eight in the morning.

The aim of the event was to raise as much money for ‘Women’s Centre for Change’ (WCC), an organisation that is dedicated to the promotion of women’s equality and elimination of violence against women and children in Malaysia. CAPS believes in what they stand for and feels very privileged to be able to contribute to their cause.

By 12p.m., cookies and cupcakes fresh from the oven were presented on a simple setting of two tables, chairs and a portable sound system. Cookies were sold at RM5 per packet and cupcakes for a reasonable price of RM2. To boost the volume of profit, henna and face painting services for RM5 each were also offered alongside the scrumptious baked goods.

The afternoon’s effort was also accompanied by the Penang branch’s WCC volunteers. They took the opportunity to promote their upcoming event the ‘International Women’s Day’ celebration that will be held in Disted College on the 21^st of March 2009.

After two hours, thirty songs rotation and countless sales pitch, all baked goods were sold off and what were left were the tired, but grinning faces of ten very happy CAPS’ members.

HALLOWEEN BASH 2008

2009-03-16T12:43:00.000+08:00

Halloween Bash 2008 – Sneak or Freak

October, 30th - Halloween Bash 2008 with the theme Sneak or Freak started off at 7.30pm with the arrival of guests, all ready to indulge in the evening’s event. Our second big event of the year was headed by Erica Choong, Secretary of CAPS, under the advisory of Mr. Sean Khoo and many participative CAPS’ members. The event was also made possible with the collaborative effort of the Mass Communicative Club (MCC) chaired by Maya Hanum and the Cheerleading Club chaired by Sandra.

The itinerary of the night is as follows:

7.30 PM	Arrival of Guests
8.00 PM	‘Thiller’ Dance
8.15 PM	Modeling Event
8.30 PM	Games
9.00 PM	Break
10.00 PM	Singing Performance
10.15 PM	Kit’s Dance
10.30 PM	Announce Best Dressed
11.00 PM	End

Our MC for the night was Mr. Sean Khoo, the advisor of CAPS. The evening started with a spectacular number by MC with his version of the famous ‘Thiller’ Dance. Trailing the dance was a modeling affair by the girls and guys of the Cheerleading Club. A total of 8 outfits were strutted down the runway that evening. Then the event proceeded with a carefully planned out ‘Sherlock Holmesque’ mystery game that involved all guests. It took the teams approximately 30 minutes to solve the mystery and it was the “Vampires” that had their “Sherlock Holmes” hats on that night.

A break from the performances was then in motion, and the highlight of the night started: a visit to the ‘Ghost Tower’. A queue was starting to form at the entrance of the ‘Ghost Tower’ and was there for a good one and a half hour. During the break, guests spent their time visiting our Tarot Card booth, Face Painting booth and Gift Shop that sold Halloween related items.

At 10pm, the night resumed with Fern gracing us with 3 songs, and she ended her act with an upbeat rendition of Mamma Mia! from the 80’S pop group ABBA. Following that performance was Kit’s impressive dance act. His cool dance moves to One Republic’s ‘Apologize’ seized the crowd’s attention till the end and left us wanting more.

The night then ended with announcements of the ‘Best Dressed Couple’ and ‘Best Dressed Individual’. The titles went to a couple dressed as a Japanese warrior and Geisha and a well portrayed back-from-the-dead ‘Old Man’ respectively. Prizes were also given out to the “Vampires” for their effort in the ‘Crime-Solving’ game earlier.

The event wrapped up at 11pm as scheduled. All in all, it was a successful event. Guests left with encouraging feedback.

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