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attended by distinguished guests, Council members, alumni,
students, current and former teachers and parents.
While the Centenary Gala Dinner was funded by the School
Council, the SPCC Alumni Association was very honoured
to be tasked with the organising of this important event.
Planning for this mega dinner began 20 months ago in
mid-2014 with the Alumni Association appointing Class
Coordinators to help reach out to our alumni. Since we
would want as many alumni as possible to attend, we
decided that all the dinner bookings were not made on a
first-come-first-served basis, but rather placed through each
graduation year’s Class Coordinators.
The support and response from alumni were so overwhelming
that, to avoid disappointment, the Gala Dinner Organising
Committee decided to hire a second banquet hall at the
HKCEC in early 2015. With great networking effort from
the Class Coordinators, we had alumni tables from 1951
to 2015, spanning 65 years. We felt so blessed that many
overseas alumni specially made the trip back to attend the
Centenary Concert and Centenary Gala Dinner.
The Dinner seating plan for alumni was arranged according
to seniority. Those in the Convention Hall (old wing) were
from Class 1951 to 1978, while those in the new wing Grand
Hall were from Class 1979 to 2015. Both halls were hosted
by School Council members.
During the reception, which began at 6:00 pm, the SPCC
Chamber Ensemble welcomed all the guests with their lively
musical performance in the Convention Foyer. Soon, the
reception was crowded with guests, many queuing at various
photo booths, browsing the centenary souvenirs or mingling
and reminiscing with classmates, teachers and friends. The
most popular booths were those with backdrops of the
secondary school campus.
