Blasted from the Past!!

Someone posted this photo in my primary school batch FB group just recently. 1984, when I was in std 4 at SRK Kampung Tunku I was involved in "tarian".. the school tradsitional dance team. We made it quite big, really, was selected by the panel of judges who came to our school to perform at Dewan Sivik PJ (now known as the Dewan MBPJ - tempat AF concert dulu). So sebelum budak2 AF tu perform kat situ, I have already stamped my mark on that stage ages ago.. lol!

The tarian group selection process started when I was in Std 3. I still remember gawking at the Std 5 and Std 6 girls dancing to "Hey Mickey" during their practice breaks :) And how I was assisted by Chinese seniors who taught me how to work on my Malay tarian steps. It was soo 1Malaysia then :)

I still have the certificate of participation at the Pesta Muzik Selangor in 1984 where that photo was taken. I would have never thought of seeing this photo ever in my life since I don't have any, and have not known anyone who had taken the photos then... my parents were not there to see me dance, so when this photo came up, it was really a pleasant surprise.. hehe

I'm the smallest in the photo. I also remember that I was kidnapped by either the Sri Aman or the Assunta school's dance team to take a photo with them... so if anyone who knows anyone from these school who had photos of the Pesta Muzik Selangor 1984 with a tiny cute kid, let me know lol!

There was quite a drama put up by my dad when we were in the final stages of preparation for the Pesta Muzik Selangor. As soon that he got to know I was involved in it, he went straight to the headmistress asking her to drop me from the team. Hjh Jessimah, the HM actually consulted the dance teacher and had actually came back to my dad saying it was almost impossible to drop me from the team. Aku ni terror kot... hahaha probably because it was too late to find a replacement for my spot (actually I remember they had 2 standbys to replace anyone of us).

The tarian activity was put to a halt when we were in Std 5, and somehow revived again when we were in Std 6, but I had by then lost interest in it. It's a pity 'coz that was the year when the dance team made it to the "Selamat Hari Raya" morning program where tons of people watch as they come back from the sembahyang raya and enjoying their ketupat and rendang breakfast. The new dance teacher went all the way to convince me to join them, but ntah.. dah tak minat... and obviously with no support from my parents to send and pick me up from after school practices, the interest died.

The dance we did was Wau Bulan. Great response from the audience as soon as we finished our routine. Great memories.