EMRS teams 2 and 3 were involved in a large scale annual
charity concert known as ChildAid. The theme for ChildAid this year is “The
Electric Edition”. The concert, which is already in its eighth year running, is
organised by The Straits Times & The Business Times. It showcases
Singapore’s young performing talents to raise funds for The Straits Times
School Pocket Money Fund and The Business Times Budding Artists Fund.
Shi Jia and Jia Yi of Team 3 were the Overall I/Cs for this
event. Their responsibility includes allocating chaperones to performing
groups, tabulating and monitoring working hours, conducting briefings for
chaperones, and many more. EMRS has to work together with Singapore Press
Holdings (SPH) and Orangedot Productions for this event.
Pre-event preparation (beginning 17 November 2012)
Most DBM students were paired to be chaperones with DBI students,
who only joined EMRS from 26 November 2012 onwards. The various duties we were
assigned to were Front of House (ushers) and Back of House (chaperones).
Rehearsals for ChildAid were held at SPH Media Centre located at Genting Lane.
Our duties as a chaperone include gathering our performing group at Aljunied
MRT before pooling a cab to the rehearsal venue and reimburse cab fares from
Freddy of Orangedot Productions. On various occasions, Freddy will charter
buses from Aljunied MRT to SPH Media Centre depending on the size of the group.
Some of us also went to Pavane recording studio with the vocalists for
recording sessions.
One of our responsibilities during rehearsals was to ensure
punctuality amongst our assigned group and to be aware of any food allergies
which our performers may have.
From 5 December onwards, the whole production crew went to the
theatre at Marina Bay Sands.
The vocalists at Pavane recording studio!
Event days (7-8 December 2012, 7.30pm to 10.00pm)
Grand Theater @ MBS
Guest of honour for the first night: President Tony Tan
Guest of honour for the second night GOH: Mr Lawrence Wong
During the event days, our roles as chaperones were also to
ensure punctuality amongst our groups and to gather our respective performers
at a meeting location before they proceed to the backstage at the Grand Theatre
@ MBS. We had to ensure performers safety and also lead them for their hair and
makeup. We also had a chance to accompany our performers to the backstage for
standby before they head for their live performance on stage. These were the
tasks of the chaperones. Hence we were able to experience how an event
production took place and the series of events that take place backstage.
For the ushers, they basically had to lead guests and
audience to their assigned seats.
The roles for the Logistics team was to place templates,
brochures, light sticks at the seats.
Chaperones in action during rehearsals at SPH media centre and Marina Bay Sands theatre.
Performers rehearsing at SPH media centre and at Marina Bay Sands Theatre
Conclusion
Overall, the ChildAid charity concert was a successful
event. We managed to gain experience from a large scale event. It gave us
knowledge about the processes behind a concert and It has also fostered
friendship and bond between us and the performers.
