Singapore National Day Parade Rehearsal on 29th June 2019

Yesterday I attended Singapore 54th National Day Parade rehearsal at the Padang. We arrived at the Padang at about 4.30pm. After going through security check, we went to get our funpack filled with snacks, Tiger balm ointment, Singapore flag.  

This year theme "Our Singapore" commemorates Singapore bicentennial from the day Stanford Raffles arrived in Singapore which heralded the start of prosperous trading city.  

If you like fireworks, you can wait near Esplanade theatre the following Saturday at around 8 pm before 9 August 2019. There will be National Day education show for the Primary 5 students and National Day preview shows from next Saturday till 3 August 2019. 

For more information, visit National Day Parade 2019 website at https://www.ndp.org.sg/index.html 

Wave the flag!

The finale ended with fireworks as usual.

There were only 22000 people in yesterday rehearsal. Next week there will be about 27000 people. The participants have been practising the performances since March this year.

Majulah Singapura means Onward Singapore in Malay. The building shown is National Gallery of Singapore.

 I was wondering who were at the rooftop at the National Gallery of Singapore, so I used my 16x zoom camera to take a look. Think they must be from the media with their powerful cameras.

 Various acts by students. 

 Since this is rehearsal, the actual guests like Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) were not here. They will only attend on the actual day celebration on 9 August.

 This 'fake' Prime Minister also wear pink shirt.

 POSB is my spending account. I don't save money with POSB. 

 The Singapore flag fly past.

 We sat at the yellow section

 Fun pack also came with potato chips.

 Bamboo straws of various sizes are in the funpack too.