petronas mlng choral speaking mc script

Prepared by Madam Jessie U.Uchat/SMK Kidurong/Petronas MLNG Choral Speaking 2015

2015

PETRONAS MLNG

BINTULU REGIONAL LEVEL

CHORAL SPEAKING COMPETITION FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS

[Emcee’s Preparation]

TENTATIVE MC SCRIPT

7.45 Am

This competition is going to start any minute from now. All contestants and guests are invited to come inside the hall and take your seats. Thank you.

A very good morning to all of you.

On behalf of the organising committee we are pleased to welcome you to the 2015 Petronas MLNG Bintulu Regional Choral Speaking Competition for Primary and Secondary .

Ladies and gentlemen, as you know, all the schools, teachers and students in Bintulu are quite busy with various activities and competitions in these few weeks. So, this is the least that we could do as preparation for this competition. We would like to apologize in advance for any shortcomings and inconveniences encountered during this competition.

For your information this competition is sponsored by PETRONAS MLNG Bintulu. Thank you very much to MLNG Bintulu.

This competition is a joint effort between the Curricullum Unit of Bintulu District Education Department and SMK Kidurong, Bintulu. As such teachers from other schools in Bintulu as well as staffs from MLNG Bintulu are also helping out in this event. So, on behalf of the organising committee, we would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to MLNG for sponsoring this event and also to all the teachers and the MLNG staffs for helping out in this competition.

Ladies and gentlemen, for your information, altogether, there are 29 schools taking part in this competition, 20 of these are primary schools while 9 are secondary schools. The following primary schools are taking part in this year’s competition :

SEKOLAH KEBANGSAAN KAMPUNG BARU

SEKOLAH ST ANTHONY

SJK SEBIEW CHINESE

SK KAMPUNG NYALAU

SK KAMPUNG JEPAK

SK DESA LAVANG

SJK SIONG BOON

SK SG TISANG

SK ORANG KAYA MOHAMMAD

SK TG BATU

SK SG KEM BATU 18

SK KIDURONG

SJK CHUNG HUA BINTULU 2

SK KELAWIT

SK KIDURONG 2

SK BINTULU

SK ASYAKIRIN

SK AGAMA MAJLIS ISLAM SARAWAK BINTULU

SK TATAU o and

SJKC CHUNG HUA

The secondary schools are:

SMK KIDURONG

SMK BINTULU

SMK KEMENA

SMK BANDAR

SMK BARU

SMK ASYAKIRIN


SMK SEBAUH

SMK TATAU

And

SMK BAKUN

Please give a round of applause to all the schools.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Without wasting any more time, now, I would like to invite the honourable judges and the time keeper to take their seats. (allow 3 minutes for movement).

Allow me to introduce to all of you the 8 judges for today’s competition. I would like to apologize in advance if I happen to pronounce your names wrongly.

The Chief Judge for this competition is Mr Adam Prakash Abdullah.

The second judge is ______________________________________________

The next judge is ________________________________________________

The fourth judge is ______________________________________________

The fifth judge is ________________________________________________

Judge number 6 is ______________________________________________

Judge number 7 is ______________________________________________

Last but not least is judge number 8 who is ________________________

All the judges’ decision are final and individual marks will not be disclosed.

The timekeeper for this competition is ______________________________

To make sure that this competition will flow smoothly allow me to read to you the competition rules:

This competition is divided into 2 categories which are primary school and secondary school.

This competition is open to pupils of government-aided schools from Year 4 to Year 6 only.

Year 3 students are allowed to participate if they are from under-enrolled schools.

Each choral speaking team comprises of members from the same school.

For primary school category, each team is given a presentation time limit of 5 to 8 minutes. Marks will be deducted thereafter.

For the secondary school category, each team is given a presentation time limit of 8 to 10 minutes. Marks will be deducted thereafter.

Each team should comprise 30 to 35 pupils or students. A conductor should be appointed amongst these pupils or students.

Each team should be accompanied by 4 teachers –in-charge.

Selection of texts may be in form of poetry or short prose. Texts should preferably be original and authentic.

Adapted texts including those from previous years should be acknowledged by citing the source.

Participants are not allowed to refer to any notes or printed materials during the presentation.

Materials presented must not touch on sensitive issues, such as race, religion stereotyping, politics and etc.

Copies of choral speaking texts must be submitted to the organisers two weeks prior to the competition.

All participations should be in school uniform when competing.

The conductor may use gloves.

There should be no inclusion of music, drama, costume, props or artificial sound effect.

Any inclusion of singing, skit or physical movement should enhance and not dominate the presentation.

The arrangement of the teams on the stage will be in fixed 3 tiered rows.


This Bintulu Regional Level competition will be judged by 8 judges.

The best conductor should be judged by a separate panel of 3 judges.

The judges are appointed by the Division of Co-Curricullum and Arts , Ministry of Education.

Points will be awarded according to the scoresheet.

Judges will collectively determine the placing by clear majority vote.

The decision of the judges is final.

Individual team marks will not be disclosed.

Plaques and certificates will be awarded to the winning teams.

Certificate of participation will be awarded to all participating teams.

Now, without further ado, let us begin with the first team with their

__________________________ entitle __________________________________

Thank you to the first team for their performance.

Next, I would like to invite the second team with _______________________entitle _________________________________

Thank you to the second team for their performance.

Now, lets welcome the third team with their __________________entitled _____________________________________

Thank you to team number 3 for their wonderful performance.

Now, lets call for the fourth team with their performance entitled

Thank you to team number 4 for their excellent performance.

Now, please welcome Team Number 5 with their performance called ___________________________________.

Thank you Team Number 5 for their excellent performance.

Next, I would like to invite Team Number 6 with _______________________entitle _________________________________

Thank you to Team Number 6 for their performance.

Now, lets welcome the Team Number 7 with their __________________entitled _____________________________________


Now, lets call for Team Number 8 with their performance entitled


The following team is team number 9, with their performance entitled ____________________________.

Thank you Team Number 9 for their amazing performance.



Now , I would like to invite Team 11 with _______________________entitle _________________________________

Thank you to the Team 11 for their performance.

Next , lets welcome the next team, Team 12, with their __________________entitled _____________________________________


Now, lets call for the following team with their performance entitled






The following team is team number 16 with _______________________entitle


_________________________________

Thank you to Team number 16 team for their performance.

Now, lets welcome Team 17 with their __________________entitled _____________________________________


Now, lets call for team number 18 with their performance entitled






The second last team is team number 21 with their performance entitled ______________________.

Thank you for that wonderful performance Team 21.

Last but not least ,lets call for Team Number 22 with their performance called ____________________________.

Thank you for that spectacular performance Team Number 22.

**TEA BREAK Now, let us have our tea break. All the contestants and teachers are required to remain inside this hall. The organising committees will move around and distribute foods and

drinks to everyone. You may have 20 minutes to freshen up but please be back here at _________am.

***CALL TO ORDER AGAIN

For the next nine groups , all contestants , teachers and guests are invited to return to their seats.

Attention to the audience, please lower down your voices. We will resume now with the secondary schools teams.

Alright, without wasting any more time, lets call for Team Number 21 their performance entitled _____________________________________________________

Thank you to the Team 21 for their wonderful performance.

Next, lets call for Team Number 22 with their performance called __________________________________

Thank you Team Number 22 for your amazing performance.

The following team is Team Number 23 with a performance entitled ________________________________

Thank you Team 23 for their excellent performance.

Now, lets invite Team number 24 with a performance entitle _____________________________________________

Thank you Team 24 for that excellent performance.



The following team is Team Number 26 with a performance entitled ________________________________


Now, lets invite Team number 27 with a performance entitle _____________________________________________

Thank you Team 27 for that excellent performance.



The last competing team today is Team Number 29 with a performance entitled ________________________________


LUNCH BREAK/JUDGES DELIBERATION

With that, all teams have delivered their performances.

We are now taking a short break to allow the judges to calculate the marks. The results will be announced shortly.

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We will take a short break now. Contestants and teachers please remain inside the hall. The organising committee will move around and distribute foods and drinks. The judges will calculate the marks during the lunch break and the results will announced during the closing ceremony at 2.30pm later.

OFFICIAL CLOSING CEREMONY

Arrival of Invited Guests

(Event taken over/emceed by Official Closing Ceremony MCs conducted in the official language.

National Anthem

State Anthem

Prayer Recital

Speech by YB Hajah Serina

Speech by PPD

Presentation of Souveniers to

the Judges

Ladies and gentlemen, before we announce the results,

we would like to invite the Bintulu District Education Officer ________________________ to come up to the stage accompanied by the Principal of SMK Kidurong and representatives from the organising committees to hand over the prizes to the winners of today’s competition.

Before that, we would like to acknowledge the important roles played by the judges today. They have adjudicated with much wisdom in order to pick the winners for today’s competition. The organising committee would like to give away some souvenirs to show our appreciation to the honourable judges.

Please give a round of applause to our first judge Mr Adam Prakash Abdullah who acts as the chief judge for today’s competition. Next, I would like to invite ________________________________as the second judge for today. I would also like to invite ________________as the third judge. Now, I would like to invite ____________who acts as the fourth judge for today’s competition. The following judge is _________________who acts as the fifth judge for today’s event. Next, I would like to call for ____________________________ . I would also like to invite ___________________________ and last but not least I would like to invite _____________________. Thank you very much to all the honourable judges. Without their commitment and wise decision we won’t be able to select the winner for today’s competition.

Announcement of Results

Without wasting any more time, I would like to announce the winners for the 2015 PETRONAS MLNG BINTULU REGIONAL CHORAL SPEAKING COMPETITION FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

Starting with the primary school category.

The consolation prizes go to:

Please give a big round of applause to……

The best conductor award goes to:

________________________________

Please give a big round of applause to …..

The second runner up is :

Please give a big round of applause to….

The first runner up is:

_____________________________________________________

Please give a big round of applause to…

Congratulations to all the winners.

Now is the much awaited moment, the moment that we have all been waiting for. Are you guys ready?


The winner for this year PETRONAS MLNG CHORAL SPEAKING COMPETITION FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS goes to ______________________________________________________

Please, please give a big round of applause to ……

Congratulations to Team ……

CLOSING

Once again, we would like to thank the Education Officer Mr….. , the Principal of SMK Kidurong and the representatives of the organising committee for giving away the

souvenirs and the prizes just now.

PARTING SPEECH

On behalf of the organising committee, we hope that this competition will be a memorable learning experience to all the contestants regardless of whether you have won or lost in the competition. To me the most important thing is not just to win any of

the prizes but to learn as much as possible from this competition.

On behalf of the organising committee we would like to apologize if we have done any mistakes throughout the competition period. That’s all for today’s event. We end our

duties as Mcs for today’s event. Until we meet again next time. Thank you.

POST MORTEM

FOR THE MC COMMITTEE

Strengths Weaknesses

Restrictions to Emcees:

1. Do not identify the team by names of schools to avoid bias and prejudice sentiments.