The Year-End Concert

It is the highlight of every pre-schooler's calendar. Or at least, certainly the highlight for their parents!

I am talking about the year-end concert of course.

Noey's had his last Saturday and the whole family was looking forward to it. The two sessions were going to put up a play each, with Noey's session attempting the more challenging play in Chinese. It was a nativity story and for weeks we were listening to him attempt to sing at least 3 songs in Chinese, including "Hark the Hearld Angels Sing" which he was going to be dancing to. It was a testament to the incredible memory that young children have and the patient teaching of the teachers that Noey was able to progress from just humming the tune to singing all the songs in their entirety. His lyrics were a bit suspect at points though!

The concert itself was cuteness overload. Noey pulled off his steps as a little dancing angel during his class' segment. But when it came to the finale, he seemed overawed by the audience and was distracted by the kids around him, and stoned out for a bit. He was even caught on camera giving a huge yawn in the middle of the song. Haha. The early hours he had to keep for the concert rehearsals had taken their toll.

The little angel looking a bit out of it. He was too busy looking around to sing for a bit!

He recovered after a while to finish off singing with gusto. Hah.

Another milestone under the belt.

Our little performer with Ah Gong, who flew in the day before and just made it to his concert. Pity he had changed out of his costume. After hearing scary stories about the amounts that parents have had to fork out for costumes and concert tickets, I was very glad that all I had to pay was a $10 costume laundry fee, and the entry to the concert was free for all. Besides Ah Gong, his Yiyi and Uncle Francis were there to support him too. Lucky boy!