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Chonburi comes out top in To Be Number One regional heats
Vimolrat Singnikorn
The To Be Number One Teen Aerobics and Dancercise Thailand Championship 2007
got underway for the Eastern region on December 16 at Central Festival
Center, with Chonburi beating other provinces to emerge as victors.
Organized by the Department of Mental Health at the Ministry of Public
Health in cooperation with A I Event Co Ltd, the competition is now in its
third year and has become recognized for allowing young people to develop
exercise skills allied to hip hop, jazz, rock and pop music.
For the Eastern region heats, held over the period 16 and 17 December, 38
teams took part from the provinces of Chonburi, Ratchaburi, Nakorn Nayok,
and Kanchanaburi. The teams were divided into two groups, juniors aged eight
to 12 years and teenagers aged 13 to 22.
 “T Five” from Ratchaburi province show a lot of
athletic skill in achieving the runners-up trophy.
Dr Somchai Chakrabhand, director general of the
Department of Mental Health, presented awards to the winning teams.
In the junior category, the winning team was That’s Perfect from Chonburi
Province, and Chonburi also supplied the winning team in the teenage
category, Born To Be Cheered. In addition to honorary plaques each team won
scholarships worth 20,000 baht.
This round was held for representatives at provincial level to select
regional champions, who will then go on to the national level contest, to be
held over the period February 3 and 4 at the Central Festival Shopping
Center in Bangkok.
The winning team at the national level will receive an honorary cup from Her
Royal Highness Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya, who is chairperson of the To
Be Number One Project, along with scholarships valued at over 100,000 baht.
In the junior category, the winning team was
“That’s Perfect” from Chonburi Province.
“That’s Perfect” from Chonburi Province dance their way
to victory.
The show is as much fun for the competitors as it is for
those watching it.
“Born To Be Cheered” from Chonburi province, the winning
team in the teenage category, hold up one finger to confirm that they are not
using narcotics and are following the To be Number One ideals.
Exhibition shows pupils facing demands of modern life
Vimolrat Singnikorn
An exhibition organized by Pattaya School No 9 was opened on December 25
by Deputy Mayor Wutisak Rermkitkarn, with Deputy Mayor Wattana
Chantanawaranon also attending.
Deputy Mayor Wutisak Rermkitkarn hits the gong
3 times to open the exhibition.
The theme of the exhibition was the way in which students are preparing
to meet the changing world, while keeping their roots deeply in Thai
culture.
After Wutisak banged the gong for the opening, students performed a
dance in traditional dress, to the delight of the assembled parents,
guests and educators.
The exhibition itself included a mathematics games competition, a
science project, soap, vegetable and fruit carving, a Thai boxing
demonstration, and a painting competition.
Naklua Post Office Community also participated by bringing a large
recycling tank along for display, and the Women’s Development Group from
Takhiantia Sub-district and Banna Sub-district opened booths of their
own to demonstrate the cooking of local food and the preparation of Thai
desserts.
Students from Pattaya School #9 perform a dance
in traditional dress, to the delight of the assembled parents, guests
and educators.
Pattaya School #9 kindergarten students in
yellow shirts dance a special show at the exhibition.
Deputy Mayors Wutisak Rermkitkarn and Wattana
Chantanawaranon, along with Pattaya administrators taste the delicious
Thai cake.
Oxford Junior School holds annual party for parents
Narisa Nitikarn
On December 20 at the Town in Town Hotel in Central Pattaya, Kamonporn
Saetae, director of Oxford Junior School in Pattaya held a party for the
parents of the school’s pupils.
Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh and Kamonporn Saetae,
director of Oxford Junior School in Pattaya, welcome the children’s parents
and give the official opening speech.
Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh presided
over the opening, and over a hundred parents took part.
Kamonporn said it was the fifth year the party has been held, and that the
event has always proved an ideal setting for parents to meet each other and
celebrate Christmas and New Year together.
Oxford Junior School is for kindergarten classes 1 to 3, and teaches
English. The school has proved popular with Pattaya families.
Pupils performed a show on stage for the gathering, and souvenir photographs
were taken.
Oh boy, look at my gift.
The fun of putting on a show for their parents shows
on the children’s faces.
The children put on a lovely Christmas show.
Future stars perform for their parents.
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