HDB Orchid Spring @ Yishun Welcome Party

Event: HDB Orchid Spring @ Yishun Welcome Party
Venue: Orchid Spring @ Yishun

This morning I am excited to be hosting the welcome party for the residents of Orchid Spring. In addition to the excitement with the lineup of games, performance and activities, we have another welcome party concurrently taking place for our neighbour precinct Vista Spring. It is going to be lots of fun for all the residents in this area!




Youth Corps Singapore Leaders Inaugural Commencement Ceremony

Event: Youth Corps Singapore Leaders Inaugural Commencement Ceremony
Venue: Gardens By The Bay

Youth Corps Singapore is a national institution that supports youths who are keen to serve the community. As the catalyst for youth volunteers, it harnesses the energy and passion of youths to ignite positive change in society through community developmental projects.

Following Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's announcement of the setting up of a volunteer youth corps during the National Day Rally 2013, the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) and the National Youth Council (NYC) piloted the first intake of youth volunteers known as Aspirants in June 2014.

Today we are here to celebrate their successful completion of this one year programme. Well done Leaders!






HDB Anchorvale Horizon Welcome Party

Event: HDB Anchorvale Horizon Welcome Party
Venue: Blk 326A-D and Blk 327A-C Anchorvale Horizon

This event was jointly organised by the Sengkang West Zone ‘K’ Residents' Committee (RC) and HDB. Grassroots leaders and fellow residents came together to get to know one another better! Grassroots Adviser Dr Lam Pin Min also joined us at the event.

Singapore emcee Richard Style brought about lots of fun and entertainment with the residents and their families. There were aplenty of activities, stage games and contests within the 3-hour event!



Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore Steptember Launch 2015

Event: Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore Steptember Launch 2015
Venue: Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore (CPAS)

The Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore (CPAS), was established in 1957 to provide persons with Cerebral Palsy and multiple disabilities with early intervention, special education, rehabilitation services, day activity centre programmes, vocational training and gainful employment in Singapore.

We are here at CPAS to launch the Steptember initiative to encourage more people to achieve 10,000 steps! Run by Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore, the Steptember charity project challenges people to take 10,000 steps a day for 28 days straight in, yes, you guessed it, the month of September. Unlike many other charity challenges, Steptember is done in your own time. Just take 10,000 steps a day whenever you like, wherever you like, and log your steps online. Check out www.steptember.sg now!

And today we have the pleasure of Emcee Ainsley Chong joining us in the launch of this charitable event together with 4 MediaCorp artistes - Ben Yeo, Jayley Woo, Jeffrey Xu and Nick Teo and Singapore's football star Fandi Ahmad!

With MediaCorp artiste Ben Yeo

Singapore's football legend Fandi Ahmad

With the Kpop X Fitness crew!




HDB Lake Vista @ Yuan Ching Welcome Party

Event: HDB Lake Vista @ Yuan Ching Welcome Party
Venue: Blk 139 Yuan Ching Road

Selamat Hari Raya kepada masyarakat melayu kami!!

Singapore's multilingual Emcee Richard is here at Yuan Ching today to welcome all the residents living in Lake Vista @ Taman Jurong! So much fun, activities and a huge  turnout of the residents added to the events success. Our Deputy Prime Minister Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam and his wife are here to join us too!


Beautifully built homes for the residents

Nice landscaping

Getting to know your HDB Jurong West Branch

Stage Performance - CJ The Bubble Girl

Residents enjoying the show!

3M Step-up Charity Golf 2015

Event: 3M Step-up Charity Golf 2015
Venue: Singapore Island Country Club

Today's charity event is the 2nd year running for 3M. They have kindly invited customers, suppliers and business partners to join in this worthy cause as they successfully raised 1,898 3M Health and Safety Packs for the elderly in Southeast Community Development Council district. Apart from this act of love and care for the society, 3M is also organising the Step-up challenge for the 3rd year, with a target of 6,000,000 steps pledged by people from all walks of life in the community and various organisations.

Well done 3M. The spirit of giving and caring is truly commendable!!

With the event model and organiser

Let's step up and do our part for charity

Golfers enjoying the evening after the afternoon game


NUS Economics Graduation Night 2015

Event: NUS Economics Graduation Night 2015
Venue: Suntec City NUSS Guild House

We have graduated!!

Congratulations to all NUS Economics graduates. Your hard work have paid off and it is time to follow your dreams. The sky is the limit!

The ladies looking gorgeous and the gentlemen looking suave tonight. It's your night to party and time to have some great fun and lots of photos!








Adecco Dinner and Dance 2015

Event: Adecco Dinner and Dance 2015
Venue: Grand Hyatt Singapore

Tonight's a good night, a good good night!!

The staff of Adecco are truly a great crowd of energy and fun and talents!! We had the opening dance by the management, musical and songs by many other talented staff. It's truly an extravaganza of teamwork and synergy!!

Apart from that, we had a grooving good time of dancing on the LED dance floor. Check out the dance floor below!!

Thank you for having me Adecco. You guys rock!!

Great musical and song performances!

Wow!! LED Dance Floor

Look at the support from their colleagues!!

It's D.I.S.C.O time!

Passion Fest 2015 Is Here! Join Us At Bugis+ Shopping Mall!

Event: Passion Fest 2015
Venue: Bugis+ Shopping Mall
Date: 4 - 5 July 2015
Time: 11am - 9pm

Did you hear that? Did you miss it last year? This is your chance right now! Passion Fest is back this year again and this time more excitement awaits everyone!

Lots of activities await you and your friends, families, children and grandparents too! Find out all about it at www.greatpassiontreat.sg.






My beautiful and talented co-host
Emcee Shandy

Successful Partnership Breeds Successful Events


This is the 6th instalment of my "So You Want To Be A Professional Emcee in Singapore" guide. You may refer to the links below for all articles or click on 'Emcee Resource' tag on the lower right side of this blog.

In this article, I will be sharing what PARTNERSHIP is all about. People tend to think that the success of any event lies in the emcee. While it is possible for the emcee to make or break the event, we should never forget to give due credit to the unsung heroes - events organisers and planners, show producers, audio visual lighting team, deejays, photographers, videographers, stage hands, performers, venue providers, etc. While we as emcees are doing our routine on stage, these unsung heroes are working equally hard if not harder to make us look good up there.

1. Understand Your Events Stakeholders

It is very important to be familiar and acquainted with the various stakeholders and their roles at the event.


A. Show Producer / Events Manager

B. Audio Visual Lighting (AVL) team

C. Photographers / Videographers
D. Deejays
E. Stage hands
F. Venue staff
G. Performers


As an emcee, you may ask, shouldn't the show producer or events manager be undertaking this coordination arrangements? The simple answer is yes, but if you know their roles and responsibilities, you will not only have an easier time for you and also for everyone working together during the event itself. Everyone loves to work with great teams and great people. Get to know everyone and ask them how as an emcee you can help make their work better or easier.

2. Successful Partnership Breeds Successful Events

As the emcee for the evening, you may have to

- help the photographer with group photo taking by being his voice to arrange the audience

- help stage hands usher VIPs into their positions on the stage

- help the deejay to understand what music you want and when to play the music by visually or verbally communicating with them (don't expect them to read your mind!)

- help AVL crew to make sure audience can have a better time enjoying the event if lights are too dim or volume is too loud.

- help events manager or show producer to buy time for a last minute delay

- help organisers make announcements for some arrangements

- help performers get audience to participate or introduce them before their show

There's many more things we as emcees can offer up to make the event a great success apart from focusing on our role in stage.

So, the next time when you are the emcee for any event, always check in with the team and see how you can make the work experience a fantastic one for all stakeholders. Each event will have a different set of stakeholders, thus it will be great to know them and the next time you work with them, it will be a breeze and more enjoyable too!


If you would like me to discuss a specific area or topic about being an emcee in Singapore, feel free to drop me a comment on the Contact page or email me at style.emcee.sg@gmail.com.

For all articles on emceeing, please refer to my link 'Emcee Resource' on the lower right side of my blog.
 
Stay tuned for my next post on Making Emceeing Your Career. Are You Ready?
Till then, have a great weekend!


Stelux Holdings International Ltd 51st Annual Dinner

Event: Stelux Holdings International Ltd 51st Annual Dinner
Venue: M Hotel Singapore

Tonight I am honoured to be hosting the 51st Annual Dinner for Stelux International Ltd. Many if not most of us will be familiar with the retail stores City Chain and Optical 88 that we see across our little sunny Singapore island.

We were delighted to have the presence of our VIPs from Hong Kong as well as the opportunity to have all colleagues getting together for a great time.




GIC Family Day 2015

Event: GIC Family Day 2015
Venue: Gardens By The Bay


(Extracted from Wikipedia)
GIC Private Limited, formerly known as Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, is a sovereign wealth fund established by the Government of Singapore in 1981 to manage Singapore's foreign reserves. Its mission is to preserve and enhance the international purchasing power of the reserves, with the aim to achieve good long-term returns above global inflation over the investment time horizon of 20 years. With a network of nine offices in key financial capitals around the world, GIC invests internationally in equities, fixed income, money-market instruments, real estate and special investments. In addition to GIC, the Government of Singapore owns another sovereign wealth fund, Temasek Holdings.

I'm happy to announce today's family day event marks the 5th consecutive family day events for the month of June. I guess soon I can call myself the most tanned Singapore Family Day Emcee! My family members were asking me, what did you do this month? You looked darker!

Today's family day event at Gardens By The Bay brings lots of fun for the staff and their family members. They can roam freely in the Flower Dome to enjoy the beautiful flowers and plants, join us in the beautiful ballroom with lots of activities, games and food stalls. Check out the photos below!








The Epitome Of A Great Emcee Lies In His Showmanship

This is the 5th instalment of my "So You Want To Be A Professional Emcee in Singapore" guide. You may refer to the links below for all articles or click on 'Emcee Resource' tag on the lower right side of this blog.

In this article, I will be sharing what SHOWMANSHIP is all about. Why are some emcees so captivating, charming and totally enjoyable watching them on stage? It may be the voice, the looks, the disposition, but I guess it would be more surreal to say it is the X-factor in the Emcee.

1. Do I Have The X-factor?
I have the honour of meeting and interacting with some of Singapore's finest emcees, both female and male emcees, and the question of whether one has the X-factor or not, doesn't apply in ultimately becoming a great Emcee. Each of them is different, has different personality, background, style and flair. So if you are wondering if there's a particular personality to be an emcee, the answer is NO. And neither are emcees born, don't let anyone fool you into that.

2. How Can I Polish Up My Showmanship?
The best way to polish up your showmanship skills is to first find out where your gaps are. It is not sufficient to say practice makes perfect. You may have many hosting opportunities, but without an experienced emcee highlighting where your gaps are, it will be difficult to improve. My suggestion is to video record your hosting and work with an experienced emcee to review. The best is to have an experienced emcee at your event as sometimes video recording may not be as effective.

If you are starting out, watch as many YouTube videos of successful emcees and follow some of them to their events to watch and learn if they allow you to. Sometimes it is easier to learn on the spot than over videos. Note down your observations and discuss with the emcee after the event.

In the course of my emceeing career, I found mental visualisation to be very be helpful. I will visualise the style and persona on stage, the way I am going to connect with the audience and how my movements, facial expressions, voice variety will add highlight to me on stage. Sometimes I will practice and rehearse in my mind or if time permits, an actual rehearsal in front of the mirror.

Some helpful advice here: It doesn't matter what is your personality in general, because on the stage you can be anyone you want. The best emcees' showmanship are not inborn, it is a result of continuous practice, tweaking what is wrong and improving what is correct.

Lastly, I want to conclude by encouraging you to define your Zone and strive towards it at every show. The Zone is a mental state of mind that makes you relax and be completely excellent at what you do. All sportsmen and performers know that they will be giving their best once they are in their Zone. For me, I know I am in my Zone when I have a great emcee opening introduction and managed to establish the connection with the audience. What's yours?

If you would like me to discuss a specific area or topic about being an emcee in Singapore, feel free to drop me a comment on the Contact page or email me at style.emcee.sg@gmail.com.

For all articles on emceeing, please refer to my link 'Emcee Resource' on the lower right side of my blog.



Stay tuned for my next post describing the Partnership - Events Organiser and Emcee. As important as the emcee is towards the success of an event, equally important is the partnership between the organiser and the emcee.