1st KL BB & GB Awards Galore and Diamond Jubilee Launch

Written by YL Joey Yin

Awards day is held every year to celebrate the achievement of our boys and girls throughout the year. Badges, certificates and promotions will be given to reward any deserving boy and girl for their hard work and effort during their time here with us.

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This year’s awards day fell on the 15th of March 2014. We started our program 15 minutes earlier than the usual 2:15pm meeting with a prayer at 2:00pm. After that we went for Roll Call. I as the Squad Leader of Squad Seek, took my squad members’ attendance and checked their uniform. After finishing roll call, the girls were instructed by Leong Yen Qi and Iris Budiman to line up. The both of them were to bring the girls to the Main Hall and make sure that the younger girls sit down quietly. As for me, I was to be stationed at Level 3 with YL Leong Yen May to usher the guests into the Main Hall. We greeted the guests and ushered them to their seats which is basically the middle row of the Main Hall.

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Next, at around 3.05pm, the Worship session started. It was led by Corporal Au and YL Sarah Cheong. The co-leaders were Shane Teh and YL Aileen Cheong.

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After finishing the worship session it was time for our 60th Anniversary Logo to launch in conjunction with our Diamond Anniversary.

Collages1The emcee of the event, Mr. Yow, invited 6 representatives from different generations in the Boys’ and Girls’ Brigade to swipe the plasma screen television and lastly for Mr. Gary, our church leader to reveal the logo. The 50’s was revealed by Mr. Eddie and the 60’s was by our Advisor, Ms Eunice. Meanwhile, the 70’s was revealed by BB’s honorary captain, Mr Cheong and the 80’s was by Mr. Terence Yap. Not forgetting the 90’s which was revealed by Captain Yee from the BB side and the millennium by Captain Felicia from the GB side. Mr Gary then signed on the plasma screen television for making it official. There was a cake-cutting ceremony to kick off the event too. By 3.40pm, the logo was introduced and the 60th anniversary activities were revealed.

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The next part of the program which is the Awards Presentation is where everyone felt nervous and anxious, wondering if they managed to achieve any awards or gain any promotion from last year. I was one of the girls hoping for a promotion to a Young Leader.

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The presentation ceremony started with presentation of awards to the Junior Section for both BB and GB followed by the BB’s Pre-Junior’s and then the GB’s Cadets. There was then a video presentation which consists of a collage of pictures going back to the 50’s and 60’s in 1st KL. It was then followed by the Senior and Pioneer Section awards for GB. I managed to get my blue core award, sports girl elective, and the education elective. Next, it was time for the seniors from BB to receive their awards.

After finishing that, there were special awards to be given out. The special awards that were given out by BB were, Best Attendance Senior which was won by Private Ong Chun Heng. Next, the Best Attendance Junior was won by Private Benedict Chan. On GB’s side, there were braids given to YL Sarah Cheong and YL Aileen Cheong as they had completed the conditions to receive the Red and Yellow braid which was from the YLRALT Camp. As for myself, the thought of not getting promoted ran in my mind. I felt upset but tried not to think about it.

Then it was the presentation for those who did well during the GB Month Card collection. 3rd place was won by Junior Celeste Chew, 2nd place by Junior Wong Chai Li and last but not least, first place went to YL Sarah Cheong! The emcee then announced the winners of the Bible Quiz Competitio1900106_668313009894399_1198474873_nn which was won by my Squad, which is Squad Seek.

The next award was the cinematography award, which was won by Squad Follow. Knowing that, either my squad, Squad Seek or Squad Follow will win, I was very nervous for my entire squad. The emcee then announced that the Best Squad Award of 2013 goes to….. SQUAD SEEK! I literally jumped and shouted “YES!” happily. I was so happy for my squad and we were hoping to keep our legacy going on as we had won the Best Squad Award for quite a number of years straight!

After that, I assumed that BB’s Promotion would come next, but I was wrong as it started with the GB promotions. I got a surprised as they announced that I, Joey Yin Joe Yee will be promoted to become a Young Leader. I was so happy and surprised at the same time. The feeling of getting promoted is ecstatic! Being a Young Leader isn’t really all fun and games as there are more responsibilities, so I’m hoping to do my best! The awards presentation was ended with the promotion ceremony for BB. There were quite a number of boys who got promoted this year.

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To close the ceremony, we gave thanks and grace to God. It was led by Rev Tan. We then took a group photo with all the GB and BB members in one single family picture of 1st KL. Next, there were refreshments for the parents which was located at the Cafeteria. Me, Yu Shaine, Yen Qi and YL Sarah were asked to help Madam Wendy to serve the parents using our hospitality skills which is basically smile and greet. Meanwhile the girls and boys were at Level 2 for their own refreshments as well.

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Lastly, there was Dismissal which was held in front of the cafeteria. The prayer was led by BB’s Honorary Captain, Mr Cheong. To cap off the day, the girl’s sang the GB Vesper followed by the boy’s singing the BB vesper. Then we were all dismissed.

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With that, the Awards Day and the 60th Anniversary Kick Off event ended. As the Squad Leader of Squad Seek, I am indeed proud of my squad members.

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Getting promoted to a YL actually scares me a little as I’m afraid that I don’t have what it takes to become a leader but I believe that everything will go well with the guidance from the other YL’s, Officers and God.

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