The Greatest Show

By Joshua Emmanuel

On November 23, 2022, Dalat had its first concert of the year, where all the parents, elementary choir, Concert Choir, and Show Choir gathered in Harbor Hall.

To start the night, the elementary choir sang "Silent Night," "Go Tell It On The Mountain," and "Feliz Navidad." All three of these songs and the concert choir were all conducted by the choir teacher Ms. Joyce Goh. 

The concert choir sang "Rev 19," which is a song based on Revelations chapter 19, the next song was "Sing Your Song," followed by "HUXI," which had a solo by Christal Teoh, and finally, they sang "All I Want For Christmas." 

The Greatest Showman was the last piece performed by the show choir. Adam Lim, who portrayed the greatest showman, did an amazing hat flip at the beginning of the performance, followed by a solo. Mr. Hans Kanagaraj (teacher and creator of the magic that was witnessed during the greatest show performance), who helped with the lights, said, "The show overall was a great show, true to its name." The greatest show had a few solos sung by Lauren Worten (12) and Adam Lim (12). There was also a duet sung by DJ Yost (11) and Kyuhwi Han (12). 

Some of the people who attended the concert said that is was, "extravagant and an eye-opening experience and changed my whole world view" (Aaron Andrews, 9). 

Natalie Khor (12) said, "It was really cool when the whole stage turned red, and the spotlight showed on Adam. It was really dramatic and helped add to the song they were singing."

The choir performance was the highlight of the week. They were also the perfect way to end the short week of school. Thursday and Friday were holidays for the Dalat community as they celebrated Thanksgiving. 

Over the weekend, news came that Monday would be a public holiday as the governing party won the elections. To the joy of some and the dismay of others, the whole community enjoyed a very long weekend. After what seemed like a short weekend, everyone returned to school on Tuesday, slowly wrapping things up as the semester comes close to an end.