Oct 2008 - Methodist Girls' School

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Dr Anne Tan Kendrick, President’s Scholar 1982, was the Guest of Honour. Truly a woman ofexcellence, Dr Kendrick has left indelible footsteps in medicine and other fi elds here in Singaporeand throughout the world, where her expertise, knowledge and perspective are highly valued. Inher address to the graduating class, Dr Kendrick urged the girls to challenge themselves andcultivate excellence wherever possible.17
The LifeMore AbundantArt, we are told, is the means to a life more abundant. Through the ages, great philosophers and artists in every fi eld have extolled the enduringbeauty of the arts. R Tagore saw the arts as the “response of man’s creative soul to the call of the Real”; to E M Forster the arts were the “lighthousewhich cannot be hidden... the best evidence we can have of our dignity”.Research studies show that in school the arts are inextricably linked to an increase in the student’s critical and creative thinking skills and herunderstanding of self, the community, the world. Active participation in the arts strengthens the self-esteem, and nurtures a willingness to takerisks and the capacity to work with others.At the start of the second semester, MGS launched Xpressivo!, its Festival of Arts 2008 as an opportunity for students and teachers toenjoy and celebrate the creative arts; it was a timely showcase of talents in dance, drama, visual arts, music, poetry and media, andacknowledgement of the contribution that the arts make in the life of the school.Dance Night 2008 took place on Saturday 5 July at the ME Lau Hall. The Guest-of-Honour was Ms Priscilla Shaw, Chairman of theAsian Civilization Museum. Dancers from both the Primary school and the Secondary school performed in a variety of dances, thehighlight of which was Bliss, the dance which was awarded Gold with Honours in the Singapore Youth Festival 2007. Dance Night alsofeatured a guest item by the NUS Dance Ensemble and another by the MGS Dance Alumnae.The Gift of Music, a concert staged on Sunday 6 July in the MGS Auditorium, showcased the many talents among theSecondary 3 students in the Music Elective Programme (MEP). The girls performed solo, in duet or as a quartet; othersperformed in string and guitar ensembles and song items.Daisy Pulls It Off, a three-hour production on the school life of a girlon scholarship at Grangewood, an elite school, was presented by twodifferent casts on Friday 11 July and Saturday 12 July in the MGSAuditorium. The performance on Saturday included a special item fromMount Carmel School, Delhi, a twinning school of MGS.18
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