December last year, our Filipino teacher already informed us before hand that the seniors was going to have the drama fest. He already advised us to start early so that we won't have a hard time completing the activity. But then the seniors were busy during that time because of the research and for some other things that we have to deal with in other subjects. But I guess that was not only the reason. The seniors were known to be stubborn and crammers so we just did not bother to start. We just agreed that Bryan (the writer of the batch) will write the script that will be used for the drama fest presentation.
Weeks have passed and still no one bothered; not even one from both sections initiated the start of the drama fest preparations. But then when the month of January came, everybody were asked whether to proceed with the drama fest plans. At first, I was doubtful if we will be able to make it on the target date and even I convinced myself not to go on with the activity because it will only make our schedule tighter and will not enable us to catch up with other activities we have.
But in the end we decided to proceed in the activity. Right after we agreed to continue with the said activity, Gonzalez already faced a big problem: the lights. The lights was an important asset in the drama fest because it is a factor that will affect the whole production. Sadly, the Gonzalez was not able to look for people whom we could borrow the lights from. Because of this, Gonzalez and Tan even had a conflict. Kim, the lights committee chairperson, even cried because of the conflict. And so to prevent any misunderstandings from growing further, we just decided that we'll buy the lights from our own sinking fund. We all know it will involve a lot of money but we just thought that its for the betterment of the drama fest so we just continued with the plan.
We planned everything we had to do, practiced everything we have to practice, memorized what we to memorize and initiated actions so as to make our drama fest successful. Weeks passed and everybody can really see the improvement in every committee, most especially the improvement of the actors. Classes were even interrupted for the practices. We even go home late because of the constant practices. The practices had to be made in the evening so that the lights will also take effect. But though, we still proved that we can do it and did well during the practices. After every practice, we always have a meeting and we always promise to ourselves to do better each and every practice we made.
The critiques' night came and we were all nervous because we do not know what the critiques will say about our production and we also don't know if they will like it or not. The critiques' night proved to be a very crucial but helpful activity for us because we already know our productions' strengths and weaknesses. This helped us a lot because every weakness pointed out during the critiques' night were all taken as constructive criticisms and helped us a lot of improve our production. We practiced even more and focused more so that we can give our audience a good show.
Then, the day of the final performance came. We already finalized everything that we had to do and assigned to every person the props which we have to carry so that there will be no chaos in the stage for the performance night. There was a program before the drama fest started. There were so many people in the open court who were about to witness our fruits of labor. I was so glad to see this people because I was able to realize that many people supported our production most especially the parents and the lower years.
Section Tan performed first. There were several technical difficulties so they performed again. During their second performance, all did well and we even cheered for them. For me, the drama fest was not really a competition but just an activity to prove and test the closeness of our batch. When we already performed, everything went well and everybody behind the production was glad. The actors also did a great job and even got the audience involved with the emotions of the characters. After our part, everyone was happy that we all shouted with joy. We immediately said, "Hay salamat! Mana jud tawn..".
The seniors then had their pictures taken right after the presentation. It only showed that even with the conflicts we had during the preparations, we still managed to present a nice presentation to the students, the parents and the faculty. We also showed that both sections were happy for each other and we did not think about the awards we will get but just the experience and the moments both sections have shared.
Drama fest was not easy to make and accomplish but it was a time where we showed the real meaning of bonding and friendship. Despite the differences in us, we still managed to keep up and learn together the values of life. The drama fest is an activity that I will always treasure forever.
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