ANGKLUNG PERFORMANCE FOR A DINNER FUNCTION OF UTM'S FACULTY OF COMPUTING - PART TWO

[CONTINUATION OF PART ONE]

23rd MAY 2017 ~ The venue of the performance was actually not that spacious. There was no stage so we just secured a spot in front of the counter right at the entrance gate of the restaurant. There was like a passage for visitors to walk by into the restaurant between us and the audience. Basically people just walked by while we were playing songs on our angklung and that made us feel like we were live buskers on the street.

the emcees of the evening

There were international guests in the crowd including people from Indonesia, Thailand, India and Japan. I always wonder what the audience reaction would be like every time when we are performing. I do not face the people when I am conducting so I can only just rate their excitement based on the applause at the end of the show. This time I was told the crowd got more curious as they left the dinner tables to watch us play.

the Dean of the faculty

another performer: a solo singer

We left the place at about 9:45 p.m., feeling happy that we could perform for the event.

Nevertheless, I had a feeling that we also had entertained all the other restaurant visitors who were there not for this function, as well as the restaurant staff.

I have to thank Prof. Dr. Abd. Samad, the Dean of the Faculty of Computing, UTM, for personally inviting us to entertain the participants and guests of the conference. Hopefully we can come again for other similar event in the future.

ANGKLUNG PERFORMANCE FOR A DINNER FUNCTION OF UTM'S FACULTY OF COMPUTING - PART ONE

23rd MAY 2017 ~ The Angklung Group of SMK Taman Universiti was invited to perform during a dinner function organized by the Faculty of Computing, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). The event was in conjunction with ICT International Project Conference and was held at a restaurant named Malay Village in town. The arrangement was made in just about a week but the boys were lucky as they did not have any exam the following day because the school was having its Teacher's Day celebration. I was glad all the 15 of them could make it so we just needed a short practice session before the real performance.

the simple pleasure in life: to be able to travel in the same bus
in a group and
to sit at the back of the bus

Here's the short report of the activities that happened before the performance, in chronological order:

4:00 p.m. - angklung players assembled in school and had a short practice

5:45 p.m. - boarded the UTM bus and left school

6:15 p.m. - arrived at Malay Village Restaurant

6.20 p.m. - familiarized ourselves with the place and had another short practice

6:45 p.m. - dinner was served [yeay]

7:10 p.m. - went to the nearby mosque for Maghrib prayer

7:50 p.m. - we were almost ready to shake the angklung

TO BE CONTINUED IN PART TWO ...