福岡女学院大学短期大学部英語科Today

English Loungeで発行している月刊誌「Lounge Times」7月号より，カラオケ大会についての記事を紹介します。

There was a karaoke contest held at the English Lounge five years ago. Many participants sang their favorite songs, and the room was filled with excitement. Since then, however, the contest had not been conducted.

On June 25 that legendary event came back. "The Revival of KARAOKE Battle" was held at the English Lounge. We were delighted that many students and teachers joined this event. Ten students and four teachers entered the contest.

All of them sang beautifully. Of all, Ms. Nakashima's performance was the most impressive. She gave us three presents:

1. The song "You've Got a Friend" (by Carol King) for us. 
   
2. The cue card with the song words. (Thanks to it, we could sing together.)
   
3. Delicious sweets in bribes for the judges. (It was her joke!)
   

After all, she gave us much happiness.

The champion of the contest was the pair of Naomi and Marina. They were very good at singing and excited the audience at the event. They got a pair of tickets for the New York Symphonic Ensemble's concert. They looked happy.

We're sorry that we had some trouble with the karaoke machine. But we thought that everyone enjoyed this event. We thank all of the students and teachers who joined us.

(Reported by Misato)