I saw it. Then I write about it.: MCC IHM Holds A Great Gatsby Party

The MCC Institute of Hospitality Management (IHM), in cooperation with the IHM Student Council, Hotel and Restaurant Management Society and League of Tourism Students of the Philippines, held the IHM Freshman Solidarity Night on July 26, 2015 at the Garden of Petals and Petals, Mabiga, Mabalacat City, Pampanga. The party started at 5 PM.

Partying with a theme of The Great Gatsby Party, IHM freshmen put aside, for the moment, their College uniforms and donned themselves in fabulous 1920s gowns, with feathered head pieces and bouffant coiffure or suits and bow ties. It was, indeed, a night of glamour.

Atty. Robert John I. Donesa, MCC’s Vice President for Administration, opened the event with a challenge: that each Freshman present must make a vow to hold on through College and that after four years, we will all meet again in a party called Senior’s Night. Statistics show that only one of every three freshmen made it through College.

The MCC administration, faculty and guests during the Great Gatsby Party.

Mr. Jaymart B. Lorenzo, an alumnus of the Institute with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management, Magna Cum Laude, is the night’s guest speaker. He urged the students to be proud of their College – the Mabalacat City College. He reminded the freshmen to be determined and work hard to realize their dreams.

IHM Dean Diana G. Varona commended the organizers and their advisers for a fabulous party. The MCC Performing Arts threw in exhilarating dance numbers. Each freshman class also presented surprising acts. Different awards were given to those who shine that night. Mr. John Murphy Bernardo and Ms. Joanna Joy Limpin were adjudged as Mr. and Ms. Gatsby. The party ended with a disco.

Congratulations to all the faculty organizers, especially Mr. Lloyd D. Feliciano and Ms. Maricar S. Besa, for a successful party. Oh what a party, it was just awesome!