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Proof: What the Players Have to Say
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Catherine Zou (17A01B)

Photos by Erika Poh (17S03P)

I am a Player.

This has meant many things: fact-checking reviews of Players productions, being informed that I have a “theatrical quality”, and most importantly, being part of the yearly rush towards production. At this point of the year, conversations with fellow Players often revolve around the subject of ticket sales and publicity plans. With one week to go before production, our schedules orbit around rehearsals, publicity efforts, and set-building.

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One Last Shot: Bowling ‘A’ Division Championship 2017
Reading Time: 3 minutes

By Jeslyn Tan (18S06R) and Carman Chew (17A01D)

Photos by Regine Chan (18S03D), Matilda Yeong (18S03H) and Francis Fermandez (18S03L)

 ‘WHAT TEAM?’ The loud cry of successful bowlers echoed through the bowling alley, fists pumping the air in victory every time they scored a strike. The answering cheer was a resounding ‘RAFFLES!’

Surrounded by friends, family, teachers and fellow students, Raffles Bowling took to the lanes once again and came back with phenomenal results.

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The Centre Is Not the Centre – Writer’s Guild Anthology Launch 2017
Reading Time: 6 minutes

By Angus Yip (18A01A), Elizabeth Leong (18S06G), Zhu Xiuhua (18S06A)

Last Friday, Writer’s Guild held an escape room to mark the launch of the CCA’s latest anthology, The Centre Is Not The Centre. Members of Raffles Press participated in the escape room, perplexed and curious about this unorthodox setup for an anthology launch.

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Ombré 2017: A Burst Of Colour
Reading Time: 4 minutes

By Nerissa Loe (17A13A), Tapasya Singh (17S03C), Sabariesh Ilankathir (17A13A), and Lakshminarayanan Kaushik Rangaraj (17S06P)
Photos by Christabelle Farand Effendy (18S06M) and Ang Jo Li Jolie (18S06R) of Raffles Photographic Society

Street Dance: the first image that comes to mind is that of casually-dressed dancers performing energetic hip-hop moves and incredible stunts. However, it is so much more than just one genre. On the 20th and 21st of April, Raffles Street Dance showcased five different genres of dance through Ombré — consisting of Urban, Hip Hop, Street Jazz, Girls Hip Hop and Contemporary — in a thrilling twenty-minute long performance. Most astoundingly, four of these were even choreographed by members of the CCA.

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Hodge Lodge Debate Series: Race Based Affirmative Action
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Angus Yip (18A01A), Zara Karimi (18A01A)

While multiracialism is a core tenet of the Singaporean identity, our society is one that continues to be drawn along racial lines. This almost paradoxical relationship manifests itself in different ways: citizens and permanent residents have their race stated on official documents, the housing development board allocates flats with quotas based on race, and, most notably, the Singapore government has declared that the next elected president will be Malay.

These incidents have all sparked their own debates on race and representation in Singapore. Given the starkly different, and often diametric viewpoints, objective, open conversations are absolutely necessary. This was what Raffles Debaters set out to do with the focus of the recent Hodge Lodge Debate Series event – race-based affirmative action. The motion for the night was “This House supports race-based affirmative action policies.”

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