Velvet poses with me with colleagues Romeo (sometime RTM DJ – my co-MC for the night), Tim and Edi

The dinner itself went on relatively smoothly. There’s a newsreport on it in Daily Express on 24th October, a copy of which is posted on JPKN’s website (I can’t guarantee it’ll be a permalink).

There’s an encouraging message from my director, who said that the VVIP for the night mentioned that this was the most well-organised function he ever attended. Thanks YB Datuk! That almost rivals the time when our SUKMA 2002 website was declared better than the SEA Games website by the Federal Minister of Youth and Sports!

I was the deputy chairman of the dinner’s organising committee, and was the chairman of the subcommittee in charge for entertainment, meaning I was responsible in dealing with Maestro to garner the services of Akademi Fantasia 4 artiste Velvet and Lembaga Kebudayaan Sabah, who provided more than 20 of their staff to handle the live band, PA system, lightning and 3 traditional dances. In addition, I was the formal MC for the night, and later took over as one of the Floor Managers when Romeo took to the mike.

I had been MC and Floor Manager for various high-pressure functions in the past, including events involving the Chief Minister, but I have never dealt with a high profile, national-level entertainment company like Maestro, so it was interesting challenge: I learnt a lot of things – will talk about that in another post.

The official video would be released by the pros later, but in the meantime here’s a short amateur video of her during the soundcheck in the afternoon covering Hain Jasli’s 2003 classic “Nobolou Nangku Tupusku”:

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