Thursday, July 5, 2007

SGM Participates in the 50th Merdeka Celebrations!

Malaysia commemorates 50 years of nationhood this August 31. Soka Gakkai Malaysia (SGM) is honoured to be invited by the Ministry of Arts, Culture and Heritage to be part of this historic celebration.

SGM will be performing at the Merdeka Celebration on Friday, August 31, 2007 at Merdeka Stadium, the historic venue where our nation's first Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman first called out "Merdeka!". A total of 1,500 SGM youth members will be performing a series of formations and calisthenics movements in this colourful celebration. Besides the 1,500 performers, another 400 volunteers from SGM will be working behind the scenes to support the event including meal preparation, medical aid, ushers and security.

Preparations are in full swing for the big show on August 31. Since June, the SGM choreography team have been working non-stop 24/7 to finalise the formations and movements. The secretariat and main committee have been organising the recruitment and setting up the operations for the event. After the two-week recruitment drive in June, practice sessions have started at SGM culture centres in Cheras and Klang on July 1.

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