SATMI Cultural Night

On this day August 9 we had for the first time a SATMI cultural night. This night was actually the culmination of the cultural week which began on Tuesday, August 4. Students were given an opportunity to submit their compositions (it could be a song, a poem, an art work, or an essay) to the contest under the theme "Evangelization through Cultures."

The event was held in the seminar house from 8 pm to 10 pm. Almost all SATMI students and professors were there. So we had around 40 audiences that night. The judges for the contest were Fr. Cruz, Fr. Picx, and Fr. Ariel Lubi. The night began with the presentation of Thai songs from our Thai CSsR students. Then the first individual entry was presented. Shawn, featuring Arnel on the drums, performed a song that he composed some time ago in the past. The next presentation was from the Filipino CSsR students. At some point, this show somehow made me feel like I was watching the circus where you could see acrobats putting on a breath taking show. After that we had another individual presentation by RJ with his original composition. The group performance by Malaysian and Singaporean students made me understand that before Terence and John became a Redemptorist they used to be masters of martial arts. The last individual entry was from Joseph who, appeared on the stage with full Vietnamese attire, came to show us what it is to be a real entertainer. Well, Joseph, even though your song did not win the first prize, but you did own the crowd, man. The next group entry was from our CSsR students who came all the way from Indonesia to show their local dancing steps. And the last group entry of the night came from TOR (Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular) students who, through their beautiful songs and a little play, creatively presented to the audience the values of Filipino people. Wait! Actually there was one more special number from Tiburce, our fellow student from Congo who sang for us his own local song. Thanks man for adding to this night another truely cultural flavor.

Before the announcement of the winners, we had a surprised number from our professors led by Fr. Cruz, as shown in the picture above. Then finally we came to the last part of the program, the announcement of the winners and prizes. The presenters of the prizes were Fr. Ben, Fr. Brendan, and Sr. Miriam. And the winner of the individual entry was (music...) Rrrrrrrr...J! A round of applause, please. And the best group entry went to (music agian ...) the TOR students! Another big round of applause. Congratulations to everybody. And see you next year for the next SATMI cultural night.


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