RHON­DOR DOWLAT

Se­nior Re­porter

rhon­dor.dowlat@guardian.co.tt

Mon­trose Gov­ern­ment Pri­ma­ry School de­liv­ered an en­chant­i­ng evening filled with fes­tive cheer on Sat­ur­day night at Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege, Ch­agua­nas, dur­ing a Christ­mas con­cert themed The Great­est Gift.

The con­cert show­cased the ex­tra­or­di­nary tal­ents of its stu­dents, blend­ing mu­sic, dance and heart­warm­ing per­for­mances.

The pro­gramme be­gan with a touch­ing po­em by the in­fants, set­ting the stage for the night’s spir­it of love and joy. The au­di­ence was treat­ed to cap­ti­vat­ing so­los, in­clud­ing O Holy Night by Stan­dard Two stu­dent Si­en­na Gob­in and a stun­ning vi­o­lin ren­di­tion of Silent Night by Stan­dard 3’s Sa­har Kaur Gill. Maya Seale, a Stan­dard 4 pupil, charmed every­one with San­ta Tell Me.

Maya Seale, a bright and con­fi­dent 10-year-old Stan­dard 4 pupil, had a mes­sage to the chil­dren of Trinidad and To­ba­go.

“Don’t let peo­ple tell you who you are. You go af­ter your dreams,” she said.

An­oth­er stand­out was Stan­dard 4’s Adam Ng Tang, who sang a heart­felt Christ­mas song.

Shar­ing his thoughts, he said, “Christ­mas means that the whole idea of Christ­mas is the birth of Je­sus Christ, and it’s a time of gath­er­ing and giv­ing. My mes­sage to kids around my age is that while we of­ten fo­cus on get­ting, we should al­so fo­cus on giv­ing. What­ev­er you may re­ceive, be thank­ful for it be­cause there’s al­ways some­body less for­tu­nate than you.”

Guest artiste Nishard “Nishard M” Mayhroo de­liv­ered an in­spir­ing mes­sage to the stu­dents.

“You all have the great­est gift—your life ahead of you. With ded­i­ca­tion and sup­port from your par­ents and school, you can achieve great­ness. Promise me tonight you’ll make them proud and grow up to be suc­cess­ful lead­ers.”

So­ca artiste Col­lege Boy Jesse al­so re­mind­ed every­one of the true essence of Christ­mas.

“It’s a time for fam­i­ly, love and giv­ing. Christ’s ex­am­ple teach­es us to treat oth­ers with kind­ness and com­pas­sion. That’s the foun­da­tion of the sea­son.”

Prin­ci­pal Ria Ma­hadeo-Son­ny said the con­cert wasn’t just a show­case of tal­ent, it was a cel­e­bra­tion of com­mu­ni­ty, love and the spir­it of giv­ing that de­fines the hol­i­day sea­son.

“This is the sea­son to re­flect on the bless­ings we have and share them with oth­ers. Our stu­dents are our great­est gift, and tonight, they have made us all proud,” she said.