UTAR EARTH HOUR 2015: SAVE THE EARTH FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
28 MARCH 2015
BY JACINTA LEONG MEI TING
KAMPAR: In conjunction with Earth Hour 2015, the
Community Service Society of UTAR joined over 153 countries around the world to
celebrate this meaningful event.
The event was held globally with the participation
of more than 450 students on 28 March 2015 (Saturday), from 8.30pm to 9.30pm at
Heritage Hall, UTAR Perak campus. The main purpose of the event was to raise
the public awareness on the current environmental issue of global climate
change.
Each year, more than 1200 cities and landmarks
around the world join the participation of this event to show their concern and
commitment towards the global climate change.
The vice president of UTAR Student Development and
Alumni Relations, Dr. Teh Chee Seng was invited to officiate the opening
ceremony of the event. During his speech, he pledged that it is our
responsibility to protect and save the planet from global warming so that we
can live in harmony with nature.
As the lights were going to be turned off at 8.30pm,
all the committees and participants were excited to count down for the “lights off”
session. The audiences were instructed to turn off their LED light sticks once
the electricity was switched off.
After that, the event was kick started with a
variety of interesting performances. During the night, the audiences were
inspired with the 24 Festive Drum performance by UTAR 24 Festive Drum Team of
Wushu Club.
Besides, there was a musical instrument performance
by UTAR’s Chinese Orchestra Club and a big applause was given for their amazing
performance. The night was full of joy and laughter with the humor of the
emcees, Aravinden Sundararajoo and Tham Le Xuan, who are currently studying
Public Relations.
Next, another exciting performance was the band
performance by the Virgin Boys. The audience was fascinated by their acoustic performance
of famous pop-hit songs such as Uptown Funk and Sugar.
The atmosphere of the event became exhilarated by
the collaborative dance performance of the Virgin Boys and the Danceholic. The
audiences cheered to their funky dance moves and waved their light sticks
together to show their supports.
The biggest highlight of the event was the fire
performance by 'Outbac Broga'. It was held outside the Heritage Hall. The event finally came to an end around
11.30pm. It was a great event to participate in as it unites and connects
people across the world to promote an eco-friendly environment and to fight
against the climate change.
Some of the artwork done and can be seen during that day.
Performance of the 24 drums
Spiderman with the mascot of the day.
The audiences
The guest of honor and the VIPs.
Emcee of the day Ara and Lemon.
Singing performances by Virgin Boys.
Crew of the event.
Fire performances by Outbac Broga
