PRESS RELEASE

Dear Editor,

CHEER-O-MANIA 2011

 

They poke, instant message and tweet. But have Singaporean youths lost the art of a good old-fashion face-to-face “Hello”?

            Cheer-O-Mania 2011 adopted the theme of ‘Greetings’ to try to get youths to realise the positive impact of greetings. Through this cheer-dance competition, some 300 student participants had to demonstrate how greetings are an extension of the values of kindness and graciousness. The Finals was held at United Square Shopping Mall B1 Atrium on 6 Aug.

            Whether you say ‘What’s up?’, ‘How are you?’ or a simple ‘Hihi’, greetings are the first step you take when making new friends. Proper greetings like 'Good morning' are also a means to show respect to teachers or parents. In multi-lingual Singapore, different languages can be used to convey greetings, and hand gestures such as a wave or a high-five are non-verbal means to communicate greetings.

Organised by the Singapore Kindness Movement (SKM), this exciting cheer-dance competition is one way to show to children and youths that kindness can be fun. Through the competition, SKM also hopes that participants will feel the powerful effects of kindness and graciousness.

            The competition was divided into two categories – Primary and Secondary. A total of 10 teams from Primary schools, and seven teams from Secondary schools competed for top three award placing in each category.

The results were:

 

Primary Category:

Award Team Name School Gold Si Ling Superstars Si Ling Primary School Silver D-Force St Stephen’s School Bronze AWESOME CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School, Primary Merit CPS Airline Corporation Primary School FRIENDZ First Toa Payoh Primary School Kranji Kougars Kranji Primary School Kindness Wanna Bees Pei Tong Primary School Cheer Force Airlite) Rivervale Primary School Eagles Fly Concord Primary School Shine On Me BPPS! Bukit Panjang Primary School

Secondary Category:

Award Team Name School Gold D’Zest Dunearn Secondary School  Silver UPBEATS Westwood Secondary School Bronze Avengerz Ang Mo Kio Secondary School Merit Greendale Stars Greendale Secondary School Greendale Champions Greendale Secondary School WDWR Bedok South Secondary School United Dance Crew Yuying Secondary School

            A panel of three judges scored the teams based on their creativity, technical executions and how well they integrated the theme of ‘greetings’ into their performances. Top teams in each category were awarded trophies and medals along with cash prizes.

 

            A ‘Most Gracious Team’ award was also given to St Stephen’s School. This award was determined by votes from fellow participants and spectators.

 

SINGAPORE KINDNESS MOVEMENT SECRETARIAT

           

For more information, please contact:

Singapore Kindness Movement

Mr Felix Siew

Senior Manager

DID: 6837 9683

Email: kindness@kindness.sg