The celebration of SUIS Qingpu’s 5th Intercontinental Carnival finally arrived at the gates of our amazing campus! This is the year in which the first cycle of understanding, researching, and enjoying the cultures of each of the five big continents ends. Starting with Asia, continuing with Europe, Africa, and the Americas, we now shift to the final stage, the splendid region of Oceania!
with lofty plains and wild ridges
There are droughts and waves
We love her vast horizons and jeweled oceans
Her softness, her deterrence
Let us go deep into the knowledge of this vast and beloved land！
The Bilingual Team began the group performances with the song “Where You Are”. The group represented the story of Moana with many of the leading musical characters, including the grandmother and Moana, as a child and teenager. In a spirited presentation, the large team of teachers represented the beginnings of the creation of the island and the seas by recreating the movement of the waves with the use of blue fabric. Subsequently, while acting out the life of Moana and her parents in their childhood and adult lives, the other teachers acted out the life of the villagers on the island with some dancing and others actively playing with coconuts. All sang with the song while performing a well-coordinated dance!
The parent representatives performed the song “More”. In active circles and with some parents performing as soloists, the team sang and danced, inviting the audience to think of the things that are more than what our eyes can see. They recorded this song in a professional music studio! The dedication showed by our parent committee was most inspiring!
The Chinese Language team performed the song “How Far I’ll Go.” The purpose of this song and this beautiful choreography was to remind students and teachers that in times of confusion, we still need to believe in and find ourselves – to not give up but to keep striving to achieve our dreams.
Following the message from the Chinese Language team, the Maths team performed the song, “We Know the Way”, by preparing a dance that encouraged everyone to be brave enough to be themselves and to recognize their own worth in the world.
The Longman English team, comprised of Chinese English language teachers, sang and danced to “Logo Te Pate.” With this dance, they depicted how a group of courageous and driven individuals lived on a remote island. The performance displayed how one of them went out to sea to restore order!
During the host’s solo performance of Moana, the musical came to its climactic end. She encountered Te Fiti and gave her heart back to her. Te Fiti, becoming herself again as mother nature, invited all teachers and parents to the stage to dance to the last song of the event. With Maui as the soloist, the teachers and parents performed “We Know The Way” as a finale.
