User:Lemongirl942/Singapore National Day Parade, 2006

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National Day Parade 2006
Organiser
My Island Home (Kaira Gong
)

The Singapore National Day Parade, 2006 (NDP) was a national ceremony held on 9 August 2006 at the

fireworks
, other entertainment programmes were organised during the National Day period.

The event was the last parade that was held at the old stadium,

The Float at Marina Bay. In 2016, the parade returned to the new stadium at the Singapore Sports Hub
.

Venue

National Day Parade has been held at the National Stadium since 1976, but has been at Padang, once in every three years, before 1995 and five after 1995. The event will be held at the stadium for the last time before its due for being torn down. The parade will be held at the new stadium when it is completed.

The parade's logo for the 2006 celebrations embraces the theme "Our Global City, Our Home". The logo depicts a

multi-racial and multi-religious society. The brushstrokes are supposed to give the logo an Asian feel and while Singapore is becoming a global city, the people must not forget their history and Asian values. The black
font is meant to show the state's boldness and that Singapore is looking forward in shaping the future of the nation.

Pre-parade segment

Live bands such as

skydiving performance by the "Red Lions", Deyi Secondary School Band and a martial arts
display.

Emcees

The

emcees
this year are:

Motivators

400 motivators from Singapore Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic and Institute of Technical Education (ITE) will hype the spectators up for the celebrations. They will be leading the spectators in a series of cheers, songs and also getting them acquainted with their funpacks. They will give away goodies too!

Combined Schools Choir

The choir at the National Day Parade this year consists of over 800 students from 16 secondary schools. They will sing and dance to a medly of songs like "Absolutely Everybody" and "Free" during the pre parade segment and “小人物的心声” (Xiao Ren Wu De Xin Sheng), "Singapur Entru", "Semogia Bahagia" and the theme song "My Island Home".

The conductor was Sharon Cheong, while the movements were choreographed by Sylvia McCully.

Martial Arts Display

The martial arts display is entitled "Youth In Action", choreographed by

Rulang Primary School, soldiers from the Singapore Armed Forces
as well as the choreographer himself.

Parade and Ceremony

The parade and ceremony segment consists of the following:

Parade Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Neil Alan Dyason

Reserve Parade Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel (NS) See Tow Pak Onn

Parade Sergeant Major: Master Warrant Officer Tamalingam M Muthu

Reserve Parade Sergeant Major: Master Warrant Officer Eric Chong Chee Yee

Guard-of-Honour Contingents: Army (1st Commando Battalion), RSN (Naval Diving Unit), RSAF (Combined Field Defence Squadrons), Police Force (Combined Police Units)

Band-in-Attendance: Singapore Armed Forces Central Band and Singapore Police Force Band

Non Military Organisations

Uniform Groups

Aerial display

The

F-16
fighter jets performed a low pass above the main parade and stadium.

Show segment

These are the names of the performances (from first to last) during the show segments:

Our City of Colours: Performed by 970 performers from the People's Association and various other organisations, including Tanglin Secondary School

Our Island Of Opportunities: Performed by 1350 performers from

SAF Military Police Command, Singapore Civil Defence Force and the Singapore Police Force
.

Our Nation Of Hopes And Dreams: Performed by 930 performers from Nan Hua High School and a team of professional tap dancers.

Grand Finale-Our Global City, Our Home

Songs

The official

Suria
's Anugerah 2005.

Fireworks

Unlike other National Day Parades, this year's parade will feature

fireworks at the start, the middle and the end of the parade. The show will start with fireworks and will go as high as 80m into the sky for about a minute. The stadium will transform into a giant birthday cake with forty-one candles, signifying the nation's 41st birthday. The last few rows at the stadium will be cordoned off for safety reasons. In the middle of the parade, colourful fireworks will be launched from the middle of the stadium during the Provost display. The finale will be the grandest part of the display, spanning three minutes of fireworks display and a traditional item at all National Day Parades. They are expected to rise to a height of 250 metres into the sky, allowing people not in the vicinity to view the fireworks. The fireworks are launched 200 metres away from the stadium, where Nicoll Highway and Mountbatten Road
will be closed during the fireworks ceremony.

To launch the fireworks, it takes around eight men launch a crate and each of them is unique, packed with individualised fireworks. The fireworks cues are coded into a digital code and it is overlaid onto the music that is being played during the parade. If the digital system fails, there is a manual voice back-up to ensure the volunteers can still control the fireworks.[2]

Flags

The

Citycab, Comfort Taxi and SBS Transit) have been selected to fly a mini version of the nation's flag on it.[3] Private vehicles are also allowed to fly mini flags or put stickers
featuring the nation's flag on their vehicles.

Security

The National Day Parade is most unlikely to be attacked by

knives and scissors will not be allowed into the stadium and will be confiscated. For security reasons, X-ray
scanners and metal detectors have been put in place at the stadium.

Other celebrations

See also

References

  1. ^ Channelnewsasia.com
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ Channelnewsasia.com

External links


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