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Sing! for the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games
Posted: 15 January 2010 1509 hrs

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SINGAPORE: The upcoming Youth Olympic Games is an event that showcases the best young athletes, but come August, it may also be an opportunity for young musicians to show off their artistic flair.

The Sing! Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games committee is making the final call to all musicians to submit compositions for the Sing! Singapore project as the deadline draws closer.

The project aims to encourage celebration of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games through music and creative expression, provide more opportunities for community participation, involvement and ownership of the Games among Singaporeans and to promote the Olympic values.

Songwriters will have to base their song compositions on the Games' theme – celebrate youth, Olympism and the Olympic values of Excellence, Friendship and Respect, and submit them by 15 January 2010, 2359 hours.

This competition is open to everyone regardless of age and nationality, individuals and/or teams, and song writers are invited to submit their song lyrics and the final product.

Members of the public, who will be able to listen to the entries, can vote for their favourite songs at www.singapore2010.nyc.sg.

Celebrity judge Ken Lim, Singapore Idol Taufik Batisah and Hong Junyang from Project Superstar will be the guest judges for the semi-finals and finals at the Community Life Arts Programme (CLAP!) on February 5 and March 5 at Far East Plaza to determine the winner.

A prize of S$1,000 and a trophy awaits the winner of the competition, while the first and second runners-up will stand to win S$800 and S$500 respectively. Both will also receive a trophy.

There is also a possibility that the winning composition could be used as the theme song for the Games.

Currently, the original theme song for Singapore 2010 is being developed by an appointed Executive Producer, but in the event that there is a far better song from this project or other sources, the committee would consider replacing the original version.

According to the committee, they will also be working with the organizers to explore opportunities to feature songs submitted through this project and short-listed songs may be played at Singapore 2010 related events where appropriate.

This must be music to the ears for those who have been looking for the chance to perform. - CNA/fa