25.09.13
The Intercultural Club “Night of Memories” started with good food and ended with dancing and hugs – a success, by any means.
The “Night of Memories” is an Intercultural Club tradition. This year was special as it was the 20th annual event, but this year was also a transitional period, with Ms Mouquet leaving the club, her pride and joy.
Held in Hillary House, and lasting one and a half hours, it was an intense night of remembrance and succession.
A shared lunch was the first call of duty for the Club’s members, who chose from multitudes of plates of the unhealthiest food ever. There was a dispute between who could go first. Those with authority, the teachers, exclaimed that they should be first and proceeded to dig in – with just a hint of a smug look on their faces. After this, a scramble for the remaining food was exacerbated by a 15 minute window – not nearly enough time for hungry young people to eat.
Riki Fujii, the outgoing President, made a speech. She talked about her pleasure at being the club leader for the year and went on to say that she couldn’t have achieved anything this year without the help of her dedicated executive team and the hard work of the club members.
Following this, Excellence badges were awarded to club members for participation and effort.
Riki then read out a farewell statement from Ms Mouquet. Executive members received more tokens of appreciation and then announced those who would acquire leadership positions for the following year.
The announced Intercultural Club Executive for 2013:
| President | Andrew Wang | Mansfield |
| Vice-President | Pari Tarapore | Upham |
| Treasurer | Brandon Lin | Upham |
| Events Co-ordinator | Andrea Stiglingh | Mansfield |
| Secretary | Jennifer Zhan | Mansfield |
| Associates Leader | Dianna Gui | Rutherford |
Due to Pari Tarapore leaving for university, the final Intercultural Club Executive for 2013 became:
| President | Andrew Wang | Mansfield |
| Vice-President | Andrea Stiglingh | Mansfield |
| Treasurer | Vivian Hwang | Te Kanawa |
| Events Co-ordinator | Brandon Lin | Upham |
| Secretary | Jennifer Zhan | Mansfield |
| Associates Leader | Dianna Gui | Rutherford |
The Intercultural Excellence badges were awarded to the following club members:
| African | Keon Visser, Alison Price |
| Anime | Joe Wei, Wendy Fan, Minnie Zhou |
| Arts & Crafts | Jasdeep Singh, Deborah Yi |
| Ballroom | Andrea Stiglingh, Ada Song |
| Chinese | Kendra Solomon, Wendy Fan |
| Chinese Chess | Kathy Hu, William Li |
| Chinese Flag Dance | Lucille Liu, Sylvia Tseng |
| Chinese Girl’s Dance | Vivi Wang, Angela Zhang |
| Filipino | Alyssa Adia, Jeanne Atiwag |
| French | Elva Lin, Maathannge Sivakumaru |
| Fundraising | Eliza Chen, Jaemin |
| German | Jacob Beal |
| Indian Dance | Sweksha Misra, Jessica Wong |
| Indian & Sri Lankan | Wanying Liang |
| Intercultural Choir | Erica Anacan, Justine Tacang |
| Japanese | Kooshan Aryana, Eric Pan |
| Kia Ora | Yilin Huang, Jeffery Pian |
| Korean | Hayley Cho, Ji Won Choi |
| Korean Dance | Sunny Chan |
| Korean Drums | Christina Ro, Jane Lee |
| Lion Dance | Bronson Lum, Michael Wu |
| Malaysian & Sing. | Muhammad Jamal, Wei Jun Teo |
| Media Affairs | Wendy Li, Ben Crossley |
| Model UN | Shivon Kiew, Jake Wang |
| Taiwanese | Cindy Chang, Cliff Chen |
Article by Chris Yang. Photos by Andrew Wang and Drew Cannon.
