The 2012 Tokiwagi 1st Year Skit Festival!

Hi there good people of Internetland and fans of TGH international everywhere. It seems like this is awards season- where rich and famous people give each other gold statues, pat each other on the back and tell each other how awesome they are. Well, we here in the TGH English faculty didn't want to be left out of any silly traditions so we've designed the TGH 1st year skit festival to coincide with this, the schmarmiest (that's not really a word), shmoosiest (that sort of is) time of year. So without further ado, lets check out the SkitFest!

The competing groups in the first row, going over their lines one more time.

The hushed crowd behind them, warming up their eyes, ears and brains for the onslaught of English language that is about to befall them.

Our 3 MCs from the International course- Narumi, Mana & Maple. Thanks for volunteering girls!... after I strongly suggested you do. Narumi & Mana just passed the Eiken step test, and I'd like to think some of the Skitfest English on display was absorbed and utilized during their interviews.

Our first skit was from the International course. It wasn't in competition for the top prize since all three of the participants won't be in Japan this summer when the winning group goes on to represent TGH at the All-Miyagi High School Skit Contest. Sumire and Mizuki will be homestaying in the U.S. and Marine will return to France (C`est La Vie). Anyways, Mizuki did win the Individual Best Actress award for her performance as a jilted apparition and they also grabbed the group prize for Best Action Sequence. The skit's title was `Ghost Bad Romance`.

The next skit was from 1-4 class and it was titled `Yaah!` Two girls sang a silly song which gave instructions to two more girls that did a silly dance and then exclaimed something afterwards, such as "I want a big bust!". It was a big hit and is currently skyrocketing up the charts. Nene Sato took home the individual award for Loudest and they claimed the group award for Funniest skit.

Next came the SBC class girls, who really put a lot of work into it by perfecting the timing, choreography, lighting and a bunch of other dramatic details that I don't know much about. The story was also deep and meaningful, which is why they claimed the prize for Best Message. Yunna Ara was the main director and put her blood, sweat and tears into the performance, which is why she walked away with the Most Impressive Effort Individual award. The Title of their skit was `The World Is Money.`

Next came some lovely young ladies from 1-3 class with a skit called `Deserted Pets`; a sad story about a couple of... rabbits/bears/cats? that get thrown away. The story was poignant and touching but really everybody just remarked about how cute they were and that was hard to disagree with so we gave them the gongs for Best Costumes and Risa Ozawa & Nami Kikuchi shared the individual award for Most Glamorous. 

`An Idol's 365 days` was the title of 1-5's entry. They took home the Best Stage Props award and Natsuki Watanabe totally rolled over the competition for the Individual Most Enthusiastic award- remember that name as I'm sure superstardom is just around the corner waiting for her.

Next up was a crowd favorite from 1-1 class. The title was `Cafe` and the place went crazy when a straightlaced volleyball club girl came out dolled-up in a maid's costume. Kyoka Oyama won the award for Most Charismatic Aura and the girls took home the team prize of Cutest Skit.

Next came our Inter-1 entry from Rurika, Haruka and Minami. The title was `School Rules`- a morality tale about a bad girl and a good girl and where their attitudes lead them. Rurika Akagaki did a very good job in her role and won the individual prize for Best Pronunciation. Unfortunately they were plagued by giggle attacks and there were some wardrobe (and hair) malfunctions so the top prize elluded their grasp, but they did recieve the award for Easiest Skit To Understand.

Finally we come to the 1-2 class performance, with the title `Where Is The Thing That I Lost?`; a story about a strange creature that takes your valuables. It was the best all-round skit, with a little bit of everything, which is why we decided to give it 1st PLACE! Congratulations also go out to Rito Yagi, who claimed the Best Memorized Line Delivery Individual prize. Good Luck in the All-Miyagi Competition this summer girls! TGH will be cheering for you!