NDP 2010 – Parade and Theme Song

This year’s National Day show at the Padang promises to be really exciting!

As one of the bloggers selected to cover this year’s National Day Parade, I had the opportunity to attend a media event this week. (Read Previous Media Events here and here). And this was the best NDP media event that I have attended!

It was really impressive as the organisers transformed a Normal Room into a Multimedia Stage equipped with a Catwalk for the performers to walk down. It was like watching Fashion Runway, and the whole media team was treated to an outstanding performance.

Entitled Red, White and Wow, this year’s parade draws its creative inspiration from the Singapore Flag, and it presents a festive celebration with a strong WOW factor.

I must say the whole Media Presentation was very engaging, as music, lights and sound were used to bring the performance to life! It was like being there in the actual Parade.

Winner of the Cultural Medallion- Dick Lee, not only hosted the Media Team but he is also the creative director of the actual show.

Dick last produced the National Day Parade in 2002, and he is currently best known as the Singapore Idol Judge and song composer and playwright in local theatre productions.

The whole NDP performance comprises of 4 Acts and a Grand Finale, and the 1st 3 acts are inspired by the values and ideals found in our National Flag.

 

 

My favourite costume of the day was the one involving the “Soldiers of the Future”. I thought the guys looked really cool in their lightweight Robocop Uniform…and they certainly looked like a force to be reckoned with! 🙂

To coincide with the media launch of the 2010 National Day parade, this year’s NDP 2010 theme song “Song for Singapore” was also launched. This new national song is composed by Singaporean Singer-songwriter Corinne May. If you have not seen or heard the new theme song yet, you can check it out in the Youtube video.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This song will be the opening act of the show and the song will be performed by our Singaporean Idol Finalist Sezairi Sezali and Sylvia Ratonel who will sing a duet version.

The whole cast was really impressive in this preview and I am looking forward to see them in action on the actual day.