Students sing at the 51st Korean Night Gala

Grace Oh

The trip to the 51st KAAGNY Gala had truly been a memorable experience. We went to the Marriot Hotel to sing the Korean and American national anthems in front of many people. We had seen Mayor Bloomberg and seen Korean dances that represented parts of the Korean culture. Just from being there was a great experience as I’ve got to see new things that I never saw or heard before. I myself am Korean and this event helped me to learn a few more facts on my culture such like the Korean anthem. It was a frightening and thrilling experience that allowed people from different cultures to connect with Korean culture and so made this event very memorable.

Ashley Vincent

I went to a Gala to celebrate the fifty-first anniversary organized by the Korean American Association of Greater New York.  It was lots of fun because the venue was really beautiful. I felt proud to represent my school in front of almost 1,000 Korean-Americans and influential figures in NYC. This was a great opportunity for me and the nine other EWSIS student to publicize our school to the Korean American community.

Jiaxin Santos
 

The experience for singing up on stage was very nerve racking and I had a stomach cramp which was probably caused by me being too nervous.  But when it came to the actual thing, I remembered what my singing teacher told me and I sang as loud as I could.

Kevin Li

When I went to the Gala, I wasn’t nervous at all.  Actually it was fun to be singing to a lot of people.  Even though I didn’t practice that much, I think I was pretty Ok.

Jason Lee

When I went to the singing, I was nervous that I couldn’t sing well because I was like what’s going to happen if I couldn’t sing at all. Then while I was singing, I got used to it and I was not nervous.  When I entered the ball room of Marriot Marquis Hotel Times Square, I saw the stage and I was in shock. And then it went on and I had a good time.