Who Slays the Dragon?

Jethro Lee

On the 15^th of April, seniors, staff and sophomores, and obviously juniors and seniors, were invited to the Junior Senior Banquet to enjoy the evening. JSB is a tradition of the Dalat international school, where juniors work hard to prepare a banquet for seniors to honor them.

Junior Senior Banquet started at 5 pm at the chapel with juniors officially inviting seniors to the banquet and leading them to the bus. JSB was held at The Wembley-St Giles hotel in Georgetown, Penang. After juniors, sophomores, and staff entered first, seniors were called by the host to enter with great applause.

The theme of this year's JSB was 'Dragon Slayer,' which involved 5 different clans arguing with each other about who actually slayed the dragon. Juniors served the appetizers first to the guests, and they performed short plays to introduce the theme and story of the banquet. After that, they had a time to tribute each senior with sincere love and thankfulness. A few interesting games were played with every class, including staffs, to keep entertaining the guests. Since the juniors worked hard to decorate the place, both students and staff were able to take pictures with magnificent backgrounds. The banquet ended with short plays so that each clan’s leader understood each other's power and strength.

For seniors, it was a great night in which all class members were able to be honored by juniors. Alwyn Tan, one of the senior at Dalat, said, "The foods, decorations and the performances were great, but the most impressive thing was their effort in showing their gratitude."

For juniors, that night was the fruit of their huge effort of preparation. All their hard work, of about six months, shined throughout night, and it was good enough to impress all the guests.

Last but not least, for sophomores, it was a great chance to see how the current juniors prepared the night, and to get an idea of how to prepare next year's JSB to honor the seniors.