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Chacha hoping to retain caroling and float titles
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- Kagman Elementary School students sang Christmas carols in different languages with ukuleles as accompaniment. (Jon Perez)
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- A crazy costume contest is still ongoing at Saturday’s Christmas in the Marianas at the Paseo de Marianas. (Jon Perez)
Chacha’s presentation this year was inspired by the fictional children’s book character, the Grinch, of Dr. Seuss.
Rose Jones, a seventh and eighth grade teacher at Chacha, said she and Nadia Murphy helped conceptualized the student’s performance.
“We decided to go with the Grinch theme this year where we teach him why we celebrate Christmas and the values it brings,” said Jones.
“This is new to us and it’s our first time for us to organize the kids. We’re the defending champions, so hopefully we win again, including the float,” Jones added.
Performers of elementary, middle, and high school teams livened up the night with Christmas carols and dances that brought cheer to the hundreds that gathered to watch the contest.
Kagman Elementary School students sang Christmas carols in different languages with ukuleles as accompaniment.
The Northern Marianas International School’s middle schoolers’ presentation was a medley of lively Christmas carols highlighted by Britney Spears’ My Only Wish (This Year), with Christian Aldan working the crowd with a spirited performance.
Kagman High School’s skit showed how the Ayuyus and the rest of the Marianas party during the holiday season.
Other schools that fielded carolers were Green Meadow School, William S. Reyes Elementary, Koblerville Elementary, Hopwood Middle School, San Vicente Elementary, and Kagman High.
Schools that failed to perform last Saturday would still perform their respective skits on Dec. 19 while the announcement of all winners, where a total of $31,000 in cash and prizes are at stake, will be on Dec. 26.
A crazy costume contest is still ongoing, with Cheyann Concepcion and Frankileain Kapileo as the entries of Green Meadow School and Chacha Oceanview, respectively.
A new event this year is the teachers’ karaoke singing contest every week where they battle up to the finals. The singing contest offers a $1,000 cash prize. Perpetual trophies—also a new feature this year—for elementary, middle and high schools in the float and caroling competitions will be given to the winners.
The caroling contest has a total of $6,800 in prize money, the float contest holds $4,000, while the Christmas costume has $ 1,250 in prizes.
