National Day Celebrations

Hi,

On 9 August every year, we celebrate our Independence Day or we call it our National Day.

My Americans friends just celebrated theirs on the 4th of July, I believe.

Here are some photos of the recent dress rehearsal to give you an idea of how we celebrate our National Day, as some of you have actually asked me about it.

Schools are inivted to participate in the National Day Parade celebrations (NDP) and during the dress rehearsal, school kids are sent to the stadium to witness it. So in theory, every schooling kid like my son in Primary 5 a few years ago, got to see the NDP at least once in his lifetime. The Public needs to ballot for free tickets each year.

We have events leading to the actual day itself; refer to the website at http://www.ndp.org.sg/celebrations/calendar/calendar.php

















Students from the various schools are invited to attend the dress rehearsal.

Students and uniformed groups are also invited to particiapate in some of the events.

This is a very good photo of the stage built on some sort of floating platform at the marina bay. We have the helicopters carrying our national flag in the air.

The performances continue into the evening.

Beautiful fireworks will finish the day's celebration, as always.....



This whole NDP celebration is also broadcast 'live' on TV and to-date, my family and I have not missed it.

Please visit this website for more information http://www.ndp.org.sg/index.php