I am attending the National Day Parade Live for the first time today. It is held at The Float @ Marina Bay. This is supposed to be a temporary stadium from 2007 for 5 years. There are 35,000 among the audience today. I am sitting at the dark blue section, which is to the extreme right hand side of the gallery. From this section, I can have a good view of all the audience till the Singapore Flyer at the other end.
The parade start at 5.30pm and we have dance from the performers. A hot air balloon also came in to entertain the audience momentarily.
Next we have the Red Lions coming in from their parachutes.
At around 6pm, the special guests (members of parliament) start coming in. It climax with the arrive of our ex-prime ministers Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong. The crowd went wild and cheer loudly when the 2 great leaders arrived. We have the parade colors and contingent all getting ready for the guard of honour inspection.
During the guard of honour, we have the Singapore Artillery firing away in the background from the floating boats (below).
Thereafter, it is flag raising time and everyone stand to sing the National Anthem. At the same time, we have the chinook copters flying in with our Singapore flag.
Thereafter we have aerobatic performance from our F16 fighter planes.
One of the special focus of this year's NDP is to our NSmen. There are salutes from the army and special drill by our navy (below).
And also more aerobatic from our Air Force.
The first part of the parade is over with the contingents marching back to the stadium and some marching into audience.
Next we start the performance proper. The focus of the first play is on Singapore's multi-racial, multi-cultural society. We have representations from the Chinese, Malay, Indian and Others (Eurasians, etc).
Below we have Indian drummer adding to the beat.
The finale of the performance has songs, dance and everyone joining in.
There is also enthusiastic audiences. They are all singing and waving their torches.
The National Day Parade can never be complete without fireworks.
It is truly magnificent.
The parade comes to an end around 8.15pm and we have everyone making their way back down.
The parade start at 5.30pm and we have dance from the performers. A hot air balloon also came in to entertain the audience momentarily.
Next we have the Red Lions coming in from their parachutes.
At around 6pm, the special guests (members of parliament) start coming in. It climax with the arrive of our ex-prime ministers Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong. The crowd went wild and cheer loudly when the 2 great leaders arrived. We have the parade colors and contingent all getting ready for the guard of honour inspection.
During the guard of honour, we have the Singapore Artillery firing away in the background from the floating boats (below).
Thereafter, it is flag raising time and everyone stand to sing the National Anthem. At the same time, we have the chinook copters flying in with our Singapore flag.
Thereafter we have aerobatic performance from our F16 fighter planes.
One of the special focus of this year's NDP is to our NSmen. There are salutes from the army and special drill by our navy (below).
And also more aerobatic from our Air Force.
The first part of the parade is over with the contingents marching back to the stadium and some marching into audience.
Next we start the performance proper. The focus of the first play is on Singapore's multi-racial, multi-cultural society. We have representations from the Chinese, Malay, Indian and Others (Eurasians, etc).
Below we have Indian drummer adding to the beat.
The finale of the performance has songs, dance and everyone joining in.
There is also enthusiastic audiences. They are all singing and waving their torches.
The National Day Parade can never be complete without fireworks.
It is truly magnificent.
The parade comes to an end around 8.15pm and we have everyone making their way back down.
