Nursing Community Cooks Up their Own Version of Showtime

By: Diannesa April F. Golosinda

Thomasian nurses from different levels showcased their talents and brought entertainment to the crowd in the University of Santo Tomas College of Nursing’s (UST CON) own version of the popular noontime program, Showtime, last February 14 at the Medicine Auditorium.

Similar with the original program, the entire audience were given score cards bearing numbers 1, 5 and 10 to be used in judging the performances. In addition, some trivia regarding the history of the UST CON were also imparted to the whole crowd as the college celebrated its 65th year foundation.

The program started with performances from the Nursing Chorale, Nursing Dance Troupe (NDT), Nursing Pep Squad and the surprise guests PoinTen, a Filipino-Korean girl group. This girl group rendered four tracks from their debut album which they promoted after the performances.

Four groups coming from different levels showed what they got on stage. The panel of judges was composed of the following: Ms. Therese Saldana, reigning Ms. Ideal Thomasian Nursing Personality, Ms. Artadi and Mr. Elmer Hibek, UST-CoN faculty members, Mr. Mervyn Tan, Editor-in-Chief of the Nursing Journal and Mr. Joseph Gaerlan (IV-5). The group Dagtang Lason, composed of level IV students, won the event and received a cash prize of 3,000 pesos after delighting the audience with their funny and enthusiastic dance number. Mr. Gaerlan even gave them a perfect score, exclaiming, “Binuhay niyo ang katawang lupa ko!”
The list of scores given by the panel of judges was as follows: Boys Night Out – 38/50; IV-3 Rockers –46/50; B-Boys – 40/50 and Dagtang Lason – 50/50.