That night, Papier Mache opened Pertisa’s (Local Artistes’ Association of Sabah) inaugural awards night with gritty versions of Nung Olingan Oku Dia and Stream.

Their show’s intro was dubbed “Dream Theatre”, as James Sami who stood in for Ebert (he’s away in Indonesia) and Nond engaged in a guitar duel before Dennis Umin (who stood in for Ben Francis) hit the skins and Kuak emerged, greeting the audience.

The following amateur video would never do justice to the performance, still it’s hoped you get the idea:

Papier Mache‘s song Nung Olingan Oku Dia was nominated in the Most Popular Song category.

In the end, the category was deservedly won by Kimin Mudin’s Sayang Kinabalu.

Still, being asked to open the evening’s show was a great honour, and needless to say a great promotion opportunity.

They were the only live band who performed that night.

The show was at KDCA Hall, Penampang in front of a crowd of several thousand; the VIPs in the audience included Datuk Masidi Manjun, Minister of Tourism, Culture & Environment.

Having said that, perhaps an even greater honour was the opportunity to perform in front of their peers, the who’s who of Sabah’s music industry (artistes and producers), including:

- Abdul Hassan Angkee (one time lead vocalist of legendary Sabahan band Atomic Power, he did an amazingly powerful vocal performance later)
- Asmin Mudin (probably the greatest Kadus songwriter who ever lived)
- Atama
- Abu Bakar Ellah
- Evaristus Gungkit (the greatest Kadus vocalist ever)
- Hain Jasli
- Fhillix Don
- Opok (Bili Bili Do)
- Ateng
- Kimin Mudin
- Clarice J Matha
- Ivye Alexandra
- Lydia Kalidin
- Benn S Bukag
- Danny Malinggi
- many others

The 2 songs performed are available in their debut album released September 2008 and slated to be officially launched 17th December 2008.

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