National Day Parade, 2005
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| National Day Parade 2005 | |
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| Organiser | 3rd Division Chairperson: BG Loh Wai Keong |
| Venue | Padang |
| Theme | 40 Years of Nation Building |
| Event Chronology | |
| NE Show 1 | 9 July 2005 |
| NE Show 2 | 16 July 2005 |
| Preview | 30 July 2005 |
| Actual | 9 August 2005 |
| Parade | |
| Music | |
| Theme song | Reach Out For The Skies (Taufik Batisah, Rui En) |
The National Day Parade, 2005 (NDP) was a national ceremony in Singapore on August 9, 2005 to commemorate Singapore's 40 years of independence.
In addition to the military-style parade, other celebrative events, such as the Mobile Column, fireworks and community carnivals were also organised during the period.
The theme for NDP 2005 was "40 Years of Nation Building".
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[edit] Venue
The main parade was held in Padang, the same place where the first National Day Parade was held in 1966.
[edit] Pre-parade Segment
Before the main parade, there was an hour long entertainment at the Padang including performances from the combined schools choir and the combined schools band. Other events included a mass precision drill and a skydiving display by the "Red Lions" team from the SAF.
Three NDP community songs were designated for the pre-parade segment entertainment
- We Can
- Sing Our Wishes
- Uniquely You
The music composer and director was Elaine Chan.
[edit] Emcees
Six local celebrities were assigned as emcees:
- Gurmit Singh
- Sharon Au
- Adrian Pang
- Kym Ng
- Khiruddin Saharom
- Vernetta Lopez
[edit] Motivators
In addition, 300 students from Institute of Technical Education served as "NDP 2005 Motivators" as they interacted with the audiences and performed a special dance called the "Dance Number 40".
[edit] Combined schools choir
It was a 400 strong choir comprising students from 15 different schools.
- Bendemeer Secondary School
- Crescent Girls' School
- Damai Secondary School
- Geylang Methodist Secondary School
- Henderson Secondary School
- Hua Yi Secondary School
- Jurongville Secondary School
- Kent Ridge Secondary School
- Marsiling Secondary School
- Ngee Ann Secondary School
- North Vista Secondary School
- Orchid Park Secondary School
- Peirce Secondary School
- Westwood Secondary School
- Yusof Ishak secondary School
The choreographer was Andrew Ng.
[edit] Combined schools band
The 256 strong combined schools band comprised students from 4 different schools.
- Bowen Secondary School
- Pingyi Secondary School
- Springfield Secondary School
- Yishun Town Secondary School
The choreographer was Lawrence Siao.
[edit] Mass Precision Drill
The Mass Precision Drill comprised members from
- the Singapore Armed Forces Provost Unit
- the National Cadet Corps (NCC)
- the Singapore Police Force Women Pipes and Drums
- members of various Boys' Brigade bagpipe bands, collectively termed the "Singapore Boys' Brigade Bagpipers".
The precision drill display included participation by female NCC Cadets. The choreographer and trainer for the performance was 2WO Rosman Bin Atan.
[edit] Parade
The parade was military-styled, diplaying precision and discipline.
[edit] Parade Sequence
- Fifes and drums
- Parade march-in
- Arrival of the President
- National anthem, fly-past of state flag
- Presidential inspection and presidential 21-gun salute
- Feu de joie (Fire of Joy)
- Guards-of-honour march-past
- Parade finale transformation
[edit] Guard of Honour
The Guard of Honour comprised four contingents:
- Singapore Army, represented by 1st Commando Battalion
- Republic of Singapore Navy, represented by Naval Diving Unit
- Republic of Singapore Air Force, represented by Combined Field Squadron
- Singapore Police Force, represented by Singapore Police Training Command
[edit] Supporting contingents
- Singapore Army - Singapore Guards
- Republic of Singapore Navy - HQ Fleet, NALCOM, COSCOM and TRACOM
- Republic of Singapore Air Force - Paya Lebar Air Base, Sembawang Air base, Tengah Air Base
- Singapore Civil Defence Force
- Singapore Police Force - Key Installation Unit
- People's Action Party
- National Trade Union Congress
- Ministry of Health
- Modern Montessori International
- National Cadet Corps
- National Police Cadet Corps
- Singapore Scout Association
- Girl Guides Singapore
- The Boys Brigade of Singapore
- The Girls Brigade of Singapore
- St John Ambulance
- Singapore Red Cross Society
[edit] Aerial Display
The parade featured aerial display involving a total of 44 RSAF aircraft, of 8 different aircraft types including the refueling tanker KC-135 Stratotanker which was making its maiden appearance at NDP. The F-16 Fighting Falcons led the aerial display, and at one time flied very low at 500 metres above ground, at about half the speed of sound. [1]
The aerial display was divided into 3 flypast windows:
- State flag flypast
- Bomb-burst during the Presidential salute
- Final flypast
[edit] Final flypast
The final flypast involved 3 CH-47 Super D Chinooks and 2 AS332 Super Puma helicopters followed by a C-130 Hercules,a Fokker F50 and a Grumman E-2C Hawkeye and behind it was a KC-135R escorted by 4 F-5S/T Tiger II and the last few planes was 5 F-16D Block 52+ Fighting Falcons from 145 squadron performing stunts.
[edit] Mobile column
The Mobile Column was a featured event in National Day Parade, 2005
The Mobile Column was the parade of vehicles and other hardwares from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), Singapore Police Force and Singapore Civil Defence Force.
The first Mobile Column was organised in 1969 which displayed the then newly acquired armour vehicles of the SAF. In 1990, after an absence of 20 years, the Mobile Column made a come back as Singapore celebrated its 25th years of independence. Since then, it has been a special feature during National Day Parade for every 5 years.
[edit] Show segment
Act 1 - The Beginning
Participants from
- Chua Chu Kang Secondary School
- Catholic Junior College
- 3rd Signal Battalion (SAF)
Act 2 - 40 Years of Nation Building
Participants from
Act 3 - Soaring to Greater Heights
Participants from
Grand Finale - The Future is Ours To Make
[edit] Community celebration
Besides the national events, local celebration events (named as Celebration@Heartlands) were also being organized in major residential regions throughout the country, including Tampines, Yishun and Jurong East. There was also a 9-day carnival at Marina South (named as Carnival@Marina) featuring fun-fair, concerts and fireworks.
[edit] Floats
The events included a parade of 12 floats with decorations reflecting the history of Singapore, including themes related to Sang Nila Utama, Sir Stamford Raffles and Samsui woman.
[edit] Songs
- Paduuvoom Vaaruungal
- Geylang Sipaku Geylang
- Chan Mali Chan
- Di Tanjong Katong
- Jia, 家 (Home)
- One United People
- One People, One Nation, One Singapore
- Home
- We are Singapore
- We Can
- Sing Our Wishes
- Dance No 40 (Dance Version)
- Uniquely You
- Reach Out For The Skies (English)
- Reach Out For The Skies (Chinese) 勇敢向前飞
Media files of these songs are available at the www.singsingapore.org.sg[2].
[edit] Other celebrations
- Channel NewsAsia organised a video contest called "The Singapore, I Want". [3]
- A special collection of minted stamps, named "Proudly Singapore" was issued to commemorate the history of Singapore. [4]
- There was a National Day Relay with over 600 runners. The relay started from the three heartland locations, Tampines, Jurong East and Yishun and there was 8 to 10 change-over points with each relay leg covering a distance of 2-3km. The runners, carrying flags representing various participating organisations, will make their entry into the Padang as part of the pre-Parade segment. [5]
- 110,000 NDP funpacks was given out to spectators and participants at the NDP, previews, and heartland venues. Each funpack contains a commemorative CD, tambourine, whistle, flags, tourch-light and NDP stickers. [6]
[edit] See also
| Singapore in 2005 edit | |
| Events | |
| Others | |
[edit] External links
- NDP 2008 official website
- Media files of NDP songs are available at the singsingapore site
- The Red Lions free fall team
