Safe-distanced Singapore National Day Parade 2020 to feature thousands-strong virtual choir, short films
The NDP 2020 evening show will feature inspiring stories of 31 everyday Singaporeans through a series of films and performances. — Picture by NDP2020 Exco via TODAY
Instead of the dazzling displays and crowds that have been the mainstay of past parade shows, Singapore’s 55th birthday celebration held amid the Covid-19 crisis will feature several new arrangements, including scaled-down performances and much smaller audiences. It will also feature younger performers such as violinist Jaz Low, 22, who rose to fame earlier in the year for her rendition of former National Day theme song Home on the balcony of the hotel where she was serving her stay-home notice.
Around 150 “representatives of society” will attend the show, down from the tens of thousands members of the public in previous years.
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