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A Look Into the Mirror: RProject 2016
Reading Time: 7 minutes

By Heather I’anson-Holton (16A01E), Gao Yanxin Esther (16S03N) and Marilyn Kang (17A01B) Photographs by Esther Chin (17S06D) and Megan Gwee (16S07C)

Beyond the glitz and glamour, 14 May marked the culmination of months of preparation and hard work. It put on full display outfits that began conception in the Nov-Dec holidays and stood the test of quality checks every few weeks.  After months of sweat, tears, and countless pin pricks, Mirrors was the final result. Anticipation for the show was thick in the air, as audience members dressed to the nines waited on white wooden chairs, and a thumping beat courtesy of self-taught DJ Akmal “AK” Hidhir (16S07D),  filled the theatre. The hall boasted a stage and central aisle, flanked by two screens that were soon to project live close-ups of each garment.

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Tentalisingly Good: A Ten O’Clock Date with the Piano Ensemble
Reading Time: 8 minutes

By Alex Tan (16S03B)

Photos by Lim Neng Du and Wallace Oh

*Coincidentally, this happens to be the writer’s tenth article! Symbolisms abound.

“Why Ten O’Clock?” I ventured to ask my friend Kellerine Quah (16S03B), who conveniently happened to be the Chairperson of the Piano Ensemble.

“Because it’s our tenth anniversary!” she jubilantly responded by way of explanation. Not wanting to spoil the surprise for myself by probing any further, I accepted this easily at face value, not knowing its essential significance, greater than what I had imputed to it. For if one idea can contain the remarkable spectacle that was the Raffles Institution Piano Ensemble’s concert, it would be that of time. Time, that abstracted, humanly-constructed entity by which we unthinkingly measure out all our days and ends, of which the movements on the clock are but an arbitrary, inadequate sign; time was powerfully celebrated and called to the audience’s consciousness in this show.

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Fight in the Sun, Fight in the Rain: A Div Soccer Girls Finals
Reading Time: 3 minutes

By Bryan Ling (17S06C)

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A not so dark but stormy evening.

A combination of rain, lightning, and a close 3rd/4th placing match going on to penalty shootouts between Saint Andrews and Meridian Junior College led to the game being delayed for more than an hour.  So by the time the girls finally took to the field, the entire crowd was all pumped up.

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Vivacious Vibrations: Raffles Jazz 2016
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Yeo Jun Wei (17S03B) and Ada Lim (17S03B)

Additional Reporting: Elyn Tzen (17S03B)

Photos by Chiow Hui Min and Liu Yanru of Raffles Photographic Society

Viva – a promise to embrace life, a reminder to rejoice in victories, an opportunity to delight in simple pleasures. Such was the invitation warmly extended by Raffles Jazz on the evening of 6 May 2016. And it certainly surpassed all expectations, allowing the audience to experience a myriad of human emotions that we have long taken for granted.

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