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Let’s Talk: Performing Arts Deserve Love Too

Reading Time: 3 minutes

By Isaac Chan (25A01B)

Raffles Players takes the stage. Applause is scattered and thin.

The Raffles Players SYF Arts Presentation on 18 April saw nearly no Rafflesians in the audience, save for some Players members, teachers, and two Raffles Press journalists.

This isn’t, however, because Players is unpopular or bad — in fact, their production of More by Haresh Sharma was positively stellar, winning them their first Distinction in eight years — but because it was scheduled at 10.30 am on a Thursday when the rest of the school is slogging away in class.

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A Level Features 2024: Twice the Pain, Twice the Gain––Taking On Two Sports CCAs

Reading Time: 7 minutes

By Chandrasekaran Shreya (24S06A) and Keng Yi, Nicole (25S03S)

Syaza Kurnia Azza Zulikram (23S02B) has the distinct enthusiasm and energy you would expect one would need to take up two sport CCAs––pole vaulting (as part of Track and Field), and Ultimate Frisbee (Ulti). However, more than that, she has the passion: the Raffles Ultimate jersey she wears to the interview belies her unspoken loyalty. Like a child caught between two parents, she juggles both sports on top of her academic workload––and manages to come out of it all relatively unscathed (no small feat).

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