Singapore National Day Parade, 2013

National Day Parade 2013
Created by Lieutenant-Colonel Sng Meng Wah (Parade Commander)
Brigadier-General Perry Lim (Chairperson)
Based on Many Stories One Singapore
Developed by 3rd Division
Opening theme "One Singapore" by Sing A Nation
Country of origin Singapore
Original language(s) English (Channel 5/HD5, okto, Channel NewsAsia and Business and Financial 9.38FM)
Chinese (Channel 8, Channel U and Capital 95.8FM)
Malay (Suria and Warna 94.2FM)
Tamil (Vasantham and Oli 96.8FM)
Production
Location(s) The Float at Marina Bay
Running time 2-hour 50-minutes (17:45 until 20:35 SST)
Distributor MediaCorp TV (Channel 5/HD5, Channel 8 and Channel U)
MediaCorp News (Channel NewsAsia)
MediaCorp TV12 (okto, Vasantham and Suria)
MediaCorp Radio (Business and Financial 9.38FM, Capital 95.8FM, Warna 94.2FM and Oli 96.8FM)
Release
Original network MediaCorp
Picture format SDTV (480i 4:3)
PAL (576i 4:3)
DVB-T (Digital UHF)
HDTV (1080i 16:9)
DVB-T2/HDTV (1080i50 16:9 H.264)
Audio format Dolby Digital 5.1
Datasat Digital 5.1
Sony Digital 5.1
First shown in National Event Show 1 Date:
13 July 2013
National Event Show 2 Date:
20 July 2013
National Event Show 3 Date:
27 July 2013
Preview Date:
3 August 2013
Actual Date:
9 August 2013
Parade Date:
9 August 2013
Original release National Event Show 1 Date:
13 July 2013
National Event Show 2 Date:
20 July 2013
National Event Show 3 Date:
27 July 2013
Preview Date:
3 August 2013
Actual Date:
9 August 2013
Parade Date:
9 August 2013
External links
Website

The Singapore National Day Parade 2013, also known as NDP 2013, was a national parade and ceremony held on 9 August 2013 in Singapore in commemoration of Singapore's 48th year of independence. It was also the sixth and 2nd last time that the parade was held at The Float at Marina Bay.

Theme

“Many Stories… One Singapore” is the theme for NDP 2013. The theme gets Singaporeans to recall and share their stories as a realisation of their identity as a Singaporean as well to unite all Singaporeans to celebrate what makes them Singapore.[1]

Logo

The colourful and stylish logo of NDP 2013 represents the theme “Many Stories… One Singapore”. It comprises circles of different sizes and colours that symbolise various stories by Singaporeans that have created a collection of Singapore's memoirs. It also represents the encounters the nation have gone through together as a country as well as the morals and ambition that makes a Singaporean.

The logo also includes a red heart at the centre, a graphic symbol of love and passion for Singapore.[2]

Theme song

Titled as “One Singapore”, the NDP 2013 theme song was written with "Sing A Nation". It is composed by NDP 2013’s Music Director Elaine Chan and lyrics written by Creative Director Selena Tan.[3] Despite having an upbeat tempo, it has drawn with many negative reviews and criticism from the citizens of Singapore.[4][5]

"Sing A Nation"

A nationwide contest called "Sing A Nation" is organised to search vocal talents in Singapore, for the first time in NDP history. Ten singing groups will be chosen from the auditions that will eventually forms a 68-member choir called "Sing A Nation". Over four weeks, one group will emerge as the winner, the group in the NDP that will lead off the NDP Combined Choir. The nine remaining groups will join the choir, singing the theme song at the parade.[6][7]

NDP 2013 Funpack

The NDP 2013 Funpack is a simple and functional design that can be easily converted into a backpack from a sling bag. It is designed by a group of 10 students from Nanyang Polytechnic that incorporates with selected ideas submitted by some 200 students. The funpack features the Singapore lion-head logo and a "Since 1965" tagline in white paint. The sail-shaped funpack also includes a collapsible light stick that that can be extended to a 75 cm light sabre.[8]

Dynamic Defence Display

The Dynamic Defence Display (D3) will returned to the parade with new assets and personnel from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and the Singapore Police Force (SPF). It will also include some 200 students from Yishun Primary School that participate in NDP 2013 in the attire of the various uniformed services as “future defenders” during the grand finale of the Dynamic Defence Display of military vehicles.[9]

D3 will unfold in seven segments:[10]

Parade and Ceremony

The Parade and Ceremony (P&C) segment for the parade will consists of a total of 31 contingents, comprising Guard-of-Honour contingents, the SAF Colours Party, the Combined Band, five contingents from the SAF and Home Team, ten uniformed groups, five social organisations and five companies will be on NDP 2013.[11]

Key highlights include:

Full order

Guard-of-Honour Contingent Commanders

Also listed are each contingents' respective contingent commanders

Show

For the first time in NDP, a variety show will be presented. The variety show will feature nine segments (as well as the Pre-Parade segment of NDP 2013) that showcase the diversity and uniqueness of Singaporeans and entertaining segments filled with music, movement and humour.[12]

The show will feature the following segments:

Broadcast

The 'Live' television broadcast of the parade was in standard and high definition and 5.1 Surround Sound on Channel 5/HD5 and Okto.

Television

Live

As a national event the parade was broadcast live from 5:45pm until 8:35pm SST by the MediaCorp TV except for Channel NewsAsia is a 7-national flagship free-to-air terrestrial television channels include: Channel 5/HD5, Channel 8, Channel U, Channel NewsAsia(International), Suria, Vasantham and okto. The English commentary, National Day Parade 2013, is found at Channels 5, okto and Channel NewsAsia (International). The Mandarin commentary, 国庆庆典2013, is found at Channels 8 and U. The Malay commentary, Perbarisan Hari Kebangsaan 2013, is found at Suria. The Tamil commentary, Dhaesiya Dhina Anivaguppu 2013, is found at Vasantham.

Rerun

Channel Date Start broadcast End broadcast Commentators
English
okto Saturday, 10 August 18:00 SST 21:00 SST
Channel 5/HD5 Sunday, 18 August 14:30 SST 17:30 SST
Chinese
Channel 8 Sunday, 11 August 13:30 SST 16:30 SST
Malay
Suria Sunday, 11 August 14:00 SST 16:30 SST
Tamil
Vasantham Tuesday, 13 August 16:30 SST 19:00 SST

National Day Message

The National Day Message was delivered the day before National Day by Channel 5/HD5 and okto there was a special 'National Day Message 2014' segment from 17:30 until 17:45 SST, Channel 8 and Channel U there is a special 国慶獻詞2013 segment from 12:45 until 13:00 SST on Channel 8 and 12:00 until 12:15 SST on Channel U, Suria there is a special 'Amanat Hari Kebangsaan 2014' segment from 10:00 until 10:15 SST and Vasantham there is a special 'Dhaesiya Dhina Arppanippu 2013' segment from 13:00 until 13:15 SST. The message was 15-minutes long and is subtitled for the deaf.

Channel Date Start broadcast End broadcast
English
Channel 5/HD5 Friday, 9 August 17:30 SST 17:45 SST
okto
Chinese
Channel 8 Friday, 9 August 12:45 SST 13:00 SST
Channel U 12:00 SST 12:15 SST
Malay
Suria Friday, 9 August 10:00 SST 10:15 SST
Tamil
Vasantham Friday, 9 August 13:00 SST 13:15 SST

Radio

4-radio stations will also simulcast the programme with the 6-television channels from 17:45 to 20:35 SST by MediaCorp Radio is a radio channel covered the parade commentaries 'Live' over Business and Financial 9.38FM in English there is a special 'National Day Parade 2013', Capital 95.8FM in Chinese there is a spesial '國慶慶典2013', Warna 94.2FM in Malay there is a spesial 'Perbarisan Hari Kebangsaan 2013' and Oli 96.8FM in Tamil there is a spesial 'Dhaesiya Dhina Anivaguppu 2013' from 18:00 until 20:00 SST. Viewers can also listen to the live commentaries on MediaCorp Radio.

Online

Live webcast was also be available on the official NDP website and xinmsn NDP webpage. Viewers can also watch the programme on Toggle Live and Channel 8 Primetime on Toggle.

Outdoor Digital Media

Live screenings of the parade were available on the outdoor digital screens managed by MediaCorp at ION Orchard and Orchard Central malls. Digital media screens managed by SPH MediaBoxOffice in 313@Somerset and HDB Hub also screened the parade Live from 17:00 until 20:30 SST.

Others

Live telecast of the parade and celebrations were also available at selected SAFRA Club Houses and Resorts World Sentosa.

Live screenings of the parade was available on the outdoor digital screens which is managed by MediaCorp at ION Orchard, Orchard Central and JCube.

See also

External links

References

  1. "NDP 2013: Theme for this year's parade 'Many Stories... One Singapore'". Channel NewsAsia. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  2. "Logo". NDP 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  3. "National Day Parade song, One Singapore, reflects diversity of dreams, backgrounds". The Straits Times. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  4. "National Day 2013 song One Singapore receives online brickbats - and some bouquets". The Straits Times. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  5. "Netizens slam NDP 2013 song". AsiaOne. 20 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  6. "Sing A Nation". NDP 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  7. "Sing A Nation". Channel 5 xinMSN. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  8. "NDP 2013 funpack unveiled". Channel NewsAsia. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  9. "Young defenders to light up NDP display". TODAYonline. 26 June. Retrieved 19 July 2013. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. "Seven segments in NDP 2013". NDP 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  11. "Parade and Ceremony". NDP 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  12. "Variety show to take centre stage at NDP 2013". TODAYonline. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
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