KUCHING: Sarikei Community College emerged champion at the CC All Starz (Musical Drama) Competition held at Pustaka Negeri Sarawak here, yesterday.
With the staging of ‘Puteri Santubong Sejinjang’, the college also managed to win other categories such as Best Performance, Best Costume, and Best Audio.
In second place was Miri Community College with the staging of ‘Cinta Tanpa Sempadan’. The college also secured the Best Script category while its students; Mohd Syazwan Izzat Azmi, who played Sazali, won the Best Actor Award and Suli Bunsu (as Suli) grabbed the Best Supporting Actress Award.
Meanwhile, Santubong Community College finished in third place with its production ‘Mentera Zaman’. The event also witnessed the Best Actress Award went to the college’s student Patricia Benny Dana who played Puteri Santubong and the Best Supporting Actor Award to Syahmirul Yusup (as Cheti Nurhalizam).
In fourth and fifth places were Kuching Community College with ‘Igat Oh Igat’ and Mas Gading Community College with ‘Setanah’, respectively.
Kuching Polytechnic Head of Department for Sports, Co-Curriculum and Culture (JSKK) Abdul Rashid Hassan presented the prizes to the winners as well as officiated at the closing ceremony of the event.
In his speech, he mentioned that such event can nurture the spirit of unity, identify acting talent among the students and building the students’ confidence to perform in public. This will also encourage the ability of multi-tasking among the students in balancing between skills requirements and soft skills.
“Musical drama is a combination of singing, dance, and movement arts. It emphasises those elements based on the dialogue the actors bring. The presentation is not based only on the actor’s physical expressivity but also the coordination of the dialogue with the music’s
melody, emotion and dance moves.
“This is not an easy task. The training, energy, time and commitment shown by the students and staff of the Sarawak State Community College should be commended,” he said.
He added that co-curricular activities in higher learning institutions help students to produce a generation that is not only excelling in academics but also covering other aspects holistically upon graduation.
Organised by College Community and Polytechnic Education Department in collaboration with Santubong Community College and Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, the participating community colleges (CC) were Santubong CC, Kuching CC, Mas Gading CC, Miri CC and Sarikei CC. Also present at the event was Santubong CC director cum organising chairman Abdullah Latep Mustapha.
