Youths have all the energy and talent to shine! But I didn't know that there were platforms for them to showcase their talents and expend their energy. With a catchy phrase like "Enough Talk,Just Do!" definitely hypes up all the excitement in anticipation for the upcoming Youth Day on 4 July 2011! I can definitely say I am proud to be a youth, with all the events lined up for the Shine Youth Festival on 2 July 2011, what more could one ask?
There was a beatboxing workshop, DJ Koflow Turntable workshop.Blonco Singapura performing...Did someone say pillow fight?? I,myself, decided to take part in the "Once Upon A Milkshake" eating competition, made it to the semi-final by gulping down 3 scoops of vanilla ice-cream, only to drop out in the finals of eating a brownie and 2 scoops of vanilla ice-cream. It was indeed a fun
-filled experience and I swore not to eat an ice-cream for at least a week.
A little background on Shine Youth Festival if you didn't know...it's in it 7th year and it featured a wide array of events such as a mega mascot parade, dance master classes, community service projects and a night concert with local and regional acts.
It was launched at *SCAPE in Orchard(and I am so glad that I was part of it) 4 levels at *SCAPE was transformed to hold 13 activities throughout the building which included a 1000 strong mascot parade from *SCAPE to Orchard Central, a launch concert at Playspace, the Singapore Street Festival's 10th Anniversary and an official chill-out corner by Kit Kat.
Youths was treated to a star-studded show filled with successful local acts like Derrick Hoh, Tay Kewei, JuzB and Jack & Rai.
It was definitely bigger and bolder and there was also COSMO Youth Mascot Parade 2011 whereby cosplayers of every genre from gaming, anime, manga, TV, movies will parade down Orchard Road to showcase their passion as well as raise funds for selected charities. The fantastic thing was that you can also try out more than 400 cosplay costumes to satisfy your fantasy.
Do check out www.shine.nyc.sg
for more upcoming events as the whole month of July is dedicated to youths!!
