Children’s Day play starts tomorrow

PHUKET: Tomorrow Thais across the country will be celebrating the annual Children’s Day festivities. In Phuket Town, the Phuket Provincial Administrative Organization (OrBorJor) will be staging its activities at the Provincial Hall (map here) from 8am to 4pm.

Among the activities, 83 bicycles will be given away as prizes, a “Children’s Playland” will be set up and gifts, games, prizes, free food and drink will be all available.

Thai celebrity actor and singer Saran Siriluksana, better known as “Porshe Saran”, will perform a mini-concert, joined on stage by “Grandma Waew”, the famed singer and comedienne from Channel 3’s popular prime time variety show At Ten (“Tee Sip” in Thai).

The schedule of events at Provincial Hall is as follows:

8am. Event opens

9am Opening ceremony and mass balloon release by Phuket Governor Maitri Inthusut and OrBorJor President Paiboon Upatising

9:10am Governor Maitri and President Paiboon hand certificates to 100 children selected by the Phuket Provincial Culture Office and hand over certificates with bicycles to 23 children selected by the Business and Professional Women’s Association in Phuket

9:40am Governor Maitri and President Paiboon stage lucky draw for five bicycles

10am Governor Maitri and Mr Paiboon open their offices for children to visit and to sit in the two “Big Chairs” of the province

10:10am Ram Thai classic Thai dance by OrBorJor Sathit Ruampattana School

10:20am “Follow in the Father’s footsteps” musical performance by Ban Nabon School

10:30 am “Living Sufficiently” performance by Ban Maireab School

10:40am Dance performance by Ban Talad Nua School

10:50am “Medley Lookthung” Thai country music performance by Muang Phuket School

11am Lucky draw for bicycles

11:30am “Gangnam Style” mascot dance show, and lucky draw for bicycles

Midday Bozo magic show

12:20pm Game time, bicycle lucky draw

12:40pm Game time, bicycle lucky draw

1pm Grandma Waew At Ten stage performance, bicycle lucky draw

2pm Game time, bicycle lucky draw

2:30pm Porshe Saran mini- concert

3:30pm Lucky draw for bicycles

4pm Mr Paiboon chairs closing ceremony

Patong
Patong Municipality Children’s Day activities at Loma Park (map here), on the Patong beachfront, from 8:30am to 3pm, with fun games and free food and drink for children and families

Srisoonthorn
Srisoonthorn Municipality Children’s Day activities at Srisoonthorn Municipality Office (map here), on Thepkrasattri Road, from 8:30am to 4pm, with special stage performances, fun games, prizes and free food and drink for children and families

Rawai
Rawai Municipality Children’s Day activities will be held at several locations starting in the morning and continuing into the night, with games, stage performances, prizes as well as free food and drink for children and families

8am to midday, Fun games, knowledge exhibition booth at Wat Sawang-arom School (map here) on Wiset Road

7pm to 10pm Stage performances, lottery draws with prizes at the sea gypsy village on the Rawai beachfront (map here)

7pm to 10pm Stage performances, lottery draws with prizes in Soi Saliga

7pm to 10pm Stage performances, lottery draws with prizes and games at Baan Bang Kanatee Stadium, (turn right into Soi Masyid Nurudee Neeyah, about 1.3km south of Chalong Circle).

Karon
Karon Municipality Children’s Day activities at Karon Circle (map here) from 8am to midday with many games, special prizes as well as free food and drink for kids and families

8am Event opens

8:30am Stage performance by Wat Kittisankaram School

9am Opening ceremony

9:20am Handing over of educational scholarships to children from poor families

9:50am Lucky draw for 10 bicycles

10:20am Magic show

11:30am Lucky draw for 15 “tablet computers”

Midday Closing ceremony

Cherng Talay
Cherng Talay Municipality Children’s Day activities at Cherng Talay Municipality Stadium (map here), located behind the Tunthee Anusorn School, opposite the Cherng Talay Municipality offices on Srisoonthorn Road, from 8am to 8pm, with games, children’s play zone, prizes, educational exhibition booths, kids sports competitions, stage performances, mini-concerts and food and drink for kids and families

— Irfarn Jamdukor