MERDEKA

* Happy Independence Day *

        "Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!" Each year the shouts of independence echo from every nook and corner of the country on August 31 mark "Merdeka Day" or Independence Day. Merdeka Celebration have been held for 58 years, since 1957. Celebrations include parades involving uniformed personnel, corporate players, school children and Malaysians from all walks of life.

       The 'Merdeka Celebration' which drew great participant from all student in SMK Bukit Bandaraya. It was held succesfully weekend. Activities held during the day were talks, marching band, exhibition, community work, singing of patriotic songs and others.

       The colourful of joyous one-hour parade marching past the road start at about 8am. The participants comprising of school band, students, and teachers. The parade sstarted with marching band echoing the drum beats of patriotic melody. The spectators applauded when the group of students and teachers began march past. The students and teachers were dressed completely in "Baju Melayu" and "Baju Kurung". The Malaysian's national cloth.

      All students and teachers were assembled on the school field. The principal give a speech and officially inaugurated the ceremony. The head prefect the raised the "Jalur Gemilang" flag. The national anthem "Negaraku" was then played and the Merdeka celebration theme song "Malaysiaku Gemilang".

      Then, the students were asked to go to the school hall as the assembly ended. The hall presentation comprising 500 performers, a choir, culture shows and others. The culture shows were from many race like Malay,Chinese, and Indian. The students were really fascinated by the magnificent shows. The pupils gave good attention to the amazing singing and the traditional dances.

      The shows continued by the rhytmic gymstics presented by the well-trained students. The purpose of this show to give some patriotic spirit on celebrating the National Day to the students. The music was played during the performance. The performance look even more interesting and colourful when the gymnast rolled the ribbons and the hoops and tossed the balls to the others. It was 12 in the afternoon. Then, the principal gave some speech of hope and wished that the celebration would be occured again in the next year and the forthcoming year. The teachers and the students departed the hall, symbolically ended the ceremony.

                                                                                                                 Written by,
                                                                                                         Muhd Afiq B. Nasir