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Francis
14
Victorian
VSPB
ARROW sCOUT
Aut. Viam. Inveniam. Aut. Faciam
"Either I shall find a way, or I shall make one" - Hannibal
For Grading: Chingay Practice Session.
Today, I went for the Chingay Practice Session at the People's Association building at Kallang. Now if you're asking what's Chingay all about, basically it's like a festival with float processions held somewhere during new year. Originally it was only for foreigners but in recent years they have opened it up to the general public.
Now my role was to be situated at the grandstand and give out gifts and goodie bags to the guests seated directly above the VIPs. Now, you may be thinking "Wow cool you get to be near the president, ministers and all the other important people!"Well, the bad news is, you have to sing some S club 7 song(Reach for the sky) while you're at it! Not so enviable now, right?
Before I jump the gun any further, let me take this opportunity to just start from the beginning. Now, a minimum of two volunteers were supposed to attend the briefing, but due to unforseen circumstances I ended up going alone. So sad.
Some photos of us looking stunned. There were some administrative problems so we ended up waiting there for what felt like over an hour before things started.
This is the inside of the auditorium. In the auditorium, we were supposed to practice the abovementioned themesong and also we were briefed on what it was all about. In brief, the Victorians were part of the Heart contingent and we were supposed to give out gifts. The song practice session was really funny because we were made to do funny vocal exercises and the lyrics sounded like they were written by a six year old. The lyrics were really puerile and they went like:
"And when that rainbow's shining over you That's when your dreams will all come true"
Amazing. They also got the cub scouts to sing and dance, and some of them in particular looked very enthusiastic and indefatigable.
So after our briefing dinner was provided. It was actually quite okay with a variety of "dishes " such as wonton, some fish fillet, satay chicken and vegetables. Although some people were saying it was worse than army food...which to me isn't really saying a lot because army food is supposed to be of a rather acceptable standard now anyway.
Eventually we started to sort of rehearse our roles, so the float naturally floated(pun intended) past us, and we had to sing the cheesy theme song while the people tailgating the float had to dance along to High School Musical.
Just some photos of our amazing float. Here's a video to prove exactly what I mean. It's actually quite colorful and all, and it's actually quite intimidating.
Oh and by the way, did you guys ever see a float reversing before? It's really kind of interesting because it's hard to imagine such a gargantuan thing actually being able to go backwards. It was going backwards because we ran though the procedure twice so it was like rewinding a video several times. Bet you guys have never seen this before!
So all in all, it was a rather interesting rehearsal, but it was boring at the start because I don't think you would really enjoy singing lyrics like those. Also, we went home at 8.30pm, but it could have been a lot later without the intervention of Mr Tan who was there actually... I mean 2 hours of just singing that song can really numb your senses. But it is a good experience, and I don't regret coming for the practice even though no one from the class did. We formed a sort of MRT gang and we just sort of clicked, bound together by our one true purpose. To get home unscathed, to emerge alive through the hustle and bustle of the streets of Geylang.
Today, I went for the Chingay Practice Session at the People's Association building at Kallang. Now if you're asking what's Chingay all about, basically it's like a festival with float processions held somewhere during new year. Originally it was only for foreigners but in recent years they have opened it up to the general public.
Now my role was to be situated at the grandstand and give out gifts and goodie bags to the guests seated directly above the VIPs. Now, you may be thinking "Wow cool you get to be near the president, ministers and all the other important people!"Well, the bad news is, you have to sing some S club 7 song(Reach for the sky) while you're at it! Not so enviable now, right?
Before I jump the gun any further, let me take this opportunity to just start from the beginning. Now, a minimum of two volunteers were supposed to attend the briefing, but due to unforseen circumstances I ended up going alone. So sad.
Some photos of us looking stunned. There were some administrative problems so we ended up waiting there for what felt like over an hour before things started.
This is the inside of the auditorium. In the auditorium, we were supposed to practice the abovementioned themesong and also we were briefed on what it was all about. In brief, the Victorians were part of the Heart contingent and we were supposed to give out gifts. The song practice session was really funny because we were made to do funny vocal exercises and the lyrics sounded like they were written by a six year old. The lyrics were really puerile and they went like:
"And when that rainbow's shining over you That's when your dreams will all come true"
Amazing. They also got the cub scouts to sing and dance, and some of them in particular looked very enthusiastic and indefatigable.
So after our briefing dinner was provided. It was actually quite okay with a variety of "dishes " such as wonton, some fish fillet, satay chicken and vegetables. Although some people were saying it was worse than army food...which to me isn't really saying a lot because army food is supposed to be of a rather acceptable standard now anyway.
Eventually we started to sort of rehearse our roles, so the float naturally floated(pun intended) past us, and we had to sing the cheesy theme song while the people tailgating the float had to dance along to High School Musical.
Just some photos of our amazing float. Here's a video to prove exactly what I mean. It's actually quite colorful and all, and it's actually quite intimidating.
Oh and by the way, did you guys ever see a float reversing before? It's really kind of interesting because it's hard to imagine such a gargantuan thing actually being able to go backwards. It was going backwards because we ran though the procedure twice so it was like rewinding a video several times. Bet you guys have never seen this before!
So all in all, it was a rather interesting rehearsal, but it was boring at the start because I don't think you would really enjoy singing lyrics like those. Also, we went home at 8.30pm, but it could have been a lot later without the intervention of Mr Tan who was there actually... I mean 2 hours of just singing that song can really numb your senses. But it is a good experience, and I don't regret coming for the practice even though no one from the class did. We formed a sort of MRT gang and we just sort of clicked, bound together by our one true purpose. To get home unscathed, to emerge alive through the hustle and bustle of the streets of Geylang.
Francis
14
Victorian :D
Arrow Scout :)
VSPB
TGS-ian Xp
Aut Viam Inveniam Aut Faciam - Hannibal.
WISHES
Improve chinese. [ ]
Lose the fats. [ ]
Maintain level position. [ ]
Maintain a good study-life balance.[ ]
Be less vulgar.(How did I become vulgar in the first place) [ ]
2.4km <14 [X]
