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IHC Week 2 – The Action Continues

Reading Time: 9 minutes

By Lea Tan (14S06B), Tan Jun Xiang (14S06C) and Feng Zhuo (14S03S)

Photos taken by Matthew Yeo and Georges Ip of the Raffles Photographic Society

IHC continued last week with a flurry of matches as the various houses competed in a last ditch effort to claw their way up the inter-house rankings. Which houses succeeded and which houses failed? Read on to find out more! Continue reading “IHC Week 2 – The Action Continues”

Raffles Voices, Raffles Chorale and Raffles Singers present: Vocal Exploits XXIII

Reading Time: 6 minutes

By Daniella Low (14A01B)

Photos by Carol Yuen

Rumour had it that the concert was half-sold out before tickets were even released to the school population. Much of the ticket sales went to family and friends of the performers, making Vocal Exploits XXIII as much of an intimate sharing of music, as it was a showcase of the choirs’ vocal mastery and musicianship. It was thus with great anticipation that the audience waited for the concert to begin. Continue reading “Raffles Voices, Raffles Chorale and Raffles Singers present: Vocal Exploits XXIII”

IHC Sports: Week 1

Reading Time: 6 minutes

By Aaron Gan (14S05A), Lea Tan (14S06B), Tan Jun Xiang (14S06C)

Photos by the Photographic Society

This week marked the opening of the annual Inter-House Sports Competitions, with no shortage of exciting matches and intense competition. The event saw members from all five houses duking it out in a bevy of matches to win points for their houses. Wondering how your house fared? Raffles Press provides a summary of this week’s matches here! Continue reading “IHC Sports: Week 1”

Raffles Reviews: The Phantom of the Opera

Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Kylie Wong (14A01B) and Lim Shaomin (14S03K)

*Spoilers alert

Yards of scarlet curtain, a chorus of golden angels, a precariously hanging chandelier- the Opera Garnier is the majestic setting of the strange events that occurred in the 1880s
Yards of scarlet curtain, a chorus of golden angels, a precariously hanging chandelier- the Opera Garnier is the majestic setting of the strange events that occurred in the 1880s

Settle in your seats, ladies and gentlemen! The Phantom of the Opera is back in Singapore, and with the Marina Bay Sands theatre as the lush setting of its two month run, one can expect nothing less than to be dazzled and swept away by the masterpiece of well- known impresario Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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