B-Dazzled 2016

from 2012 to 2015, i was involved in B-Dazzled as the teacher in-charge. 

this year, i am involved as a member of the audience. honestly i do feel a sense of emptiness. during this time of the year, i will always be fully occupied with the preparations, attending countless rehearsals, motivating the students, working with the instructors to bring out the best in the students. this year there was none of that. 

b-dazzled has really moved a long way. in 2012 when it first started, the festival was held at an auditorium in ACS(I). in 2013 and 2014, it was at ucc hall. in 2015 it was at star theatre. this year, it was at Resorts World Sentosa! much credit must be given to the directors of Singapore Show Choir Academy, John Khoo and Deniece, for making the festival bigger and bigger each year, and organising the festival at such prestigious performance venues. i only get to perform at ucc hall during my undergraduate days, and my kids already perform there at the age of 13. 

presenting to you, mr john khoo! if you find him familiar, he is the one who proposed to his wife at changi airport two years ago, in the form of a flash mob, and the flash mob director is none other than deniece. the wedding proposal video gathered a million likes on all kinds of social media, and the proposal was even featured on straits times as well as local magazines. that aside, he is a really dedicated and passionate instructor, and my TPSS show choir kids had the honour to learn from him on a few occasions. he taught them vocals for a short duration in 2012. in 2013 tampines polyclinic finished its renovation and there was an official opening, and they engaged us to put up a performance, and the GOH is the minister of health, mr gan kim yong. john did the vocals arrangement for the performance, and the kids put up a great performance. in 2015, john came down to TPSS again to give a vocals lesson before the SYF. 

i also caught up with mr dayan, who was our vocals instructor during the first half of 2012, when we first converted from traditional choir to a show choir. mr dayan is now a English and Geography teacher at a school in the west. i also saw ms safy, our dance instructor. she was telling me she felt very sad that TPSS did not participate in b-dazzled this year. 

did not manage to see deniece because she was in the control room doing the lightings for all the performers. r

arshad took part in b-dazzled solo this year and got into top 5! we are all so proud of him. arshad graduated from TPSS in 2014, and he was one of my core performers. he sings very well and can beatbox too!

and the OCA winners gather together again. ms chua (the one in the middle) has now gone to SST and has become one of the teachers in-charge for SST Show Choir. honestly i dun have a liking for SST Show Choir because of their teacher overall in-charge. she made a nasty remark about me on facebook without getting her facts right and i was really upset about it and i told deniece. deniece clarified with that teacher and the teacher apologised for her mistake. i shall be magnanimous about it and let it go. 

this year there were 15 schools participating. peirce secondary school has improved ALOT. regent as usual, did not disappoint. most of the schools need to improve much more so that the whole show choir scene in singapore can move higher to the next level and get recognised by Arts Education Branch. 

i can't help it but i really miss my TPSS show choir students... :'(