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Competition “We prefer it to be held online. By that, Jackson Yeoh: I would say that my video
Committee Interview we could avoid unexpected situations editing skills improved after being in charge
that might occur during the face-to-face of compiling the participants’ recordings
competition. Moreover, the contestants and the emcees’ announcements into one
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Festival Cultural Week. One of the most Lunar New Year atmosphere is still
anticipated activities, which was the “We were recommended by our teacher maintained.” Ooi Qian Qian: While preparing for the
Singing Competition, was held on 12th to organize this event. We just followed event, I mostly learnt about the importance
3. What difficulties did you face during the of effective communication skills between
of February via Zoom video platform. the template given by our teacher in the 3. W h a t diffic u l t ies did y o u face d ur in g t h e
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We were honored to interview the preparation of the singing competition. preparation of the event? the teachers and my partner in order to
two committee members of the event, The contestants were required to wear red arrange an event successfully.
Ooi Qian Qian and Jackson Yeoh. The shirts and sing new year songs to ring in the “Since the contest was publicized later than
following are the contents of the interview: new year. We took one month to prepare the other Chinese Lunar New Year events, 6. What are your thoughts on the event?6. What are your thoughts on the event?
for this event.” we faced issues advertising the competition
as no one was aware of a new programme. “We’re really grateful for the people who
Thus, having enough participants became turned up at the event and participated
a concern for the two of us. Fortunately it in voting for the Popularity Award. We
was solved as we managed to invite friends encourage other students to also contribute
to participate or to watch the competition to the event from behind the scenes next
and spread the words through them.” year in order to present a bigger, better
programme, and for future participants
4. Did the event meet your expectations?
4. Did t h e e v en t m e et y o ur exp e c t a t io n s? to get creative and come up with new
ideas and interesting performances for
“Absolutely! We were pleasantly surprised the next Chinese Lunar New Year Singing
by the number of attendees once the event Competition.”
came to show, as we were expecting only a
small amount of guests. The competition’s
popularity had exceeded our expectations Jointly reported by:
Tan Qi Xuan Sr1A
when there were more than 30 applications Grace Low Shing Wei Sr2ScA
submitted, and we were ultimately
astounded to see a whopping 300 audiences
Group photo of reporters and interviewees in the Zoom meeting room when the finale
rolled around.”
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