Chinese New Year Concert 2008

Helping out in the CNY concert as a backstage crew practically juiced out every ounce of energy I had in me. So exhausting it was, when I laid down to rest for a while, I totally dozed off without even knowing!

I suppose all of the backstage crew members including those committee members involved in the concert must have been exhausted as well! 3 concerts in 2 days plus every other preparation before the show commences. On the first night, I caught the whole concert live from the back. It was a great experience of having the opportunity to watch the live performance.

Imagine having slept very little the entire night, and having to revise for the upcoming papers upon reaching home, I almost dropped dead at home. Needing to be extremely focus and enthusiastic running the backstage wasn't a simple task, and thankfully everything was fine and nothing went wrong though my mind was partially malfunctioning due to the lack of sleep.

So then the first night started off well and everything went very smoothly. The whole performance was fantastic, we had stars from HK, Taiwan, China, Malaysia and even the States...!
Speaking of the performance, the first item was presented by our very own Pastor Ling, he went off with a new style show casing some dance moves in combination with the song he wrote. People were off their seats as the groove and tempo of the beat rocks the whole indoor stadium, for I can say it was a blast. Ervine and me were trying to inmitate some of the moves having saw the dancers rehearsing couple of times. Moving on to the next item, he continued with a song specially written for chinese new year named "xing de yi nian". Love that piece of music as well, was humming that some even after it was played.

Emcees of the night were Moses Lim and Huang Shu Fang, thought they really did a great job in hosting, with their jokes on stage, getting everyone's attention for the next few items coming up.
It was Huntley Brown the pianist next, that moment was special. It was wonderful, sweet music in the air got everyone into deep thoughts, it was the best time to some reflection and thanksgiving. I prayed and teared, having encounter so many upsets and problems along the way, and to overcome it time and time again wasn't easy.
Followed by Zorina London bringing some of the oldies, songs by Deng Li Jun got everyone involvement as they sang along.
Xiao Dong Shan and stars like Cheng Song Ling and Wang Zhen Lei sang some of their own songs as well.

Tian Yun He Chang Tuan was one of the highlight of that night. Sang some of the Christian songs they composed, pretty similar to Stream Of Praise, but felt that they were much better. Included one of my favourite songs into this blog - you can hear it if you turn on your volume, named "Xian Shang Zhu Fu".

The climax came when they sang the Hokkien song and yes, the introduction of Sun Yue also certainly brought its atmosphere to its highest.
Well, the concert ended in a solemn way as many non-believers accepted Christ.

But I was happy that I've made a couple of friends, as well as enjoyed some photo taking with some of the stars and some autograph signing. It definitely has been the most memorable experience I ever had.
Uploaded it here already, enjoyed viewing! 


>>Huntley Brown the Pianist and backstage crew


>>Xiao Zong Shan the Saxophonist and backstage crew


>>Singer Zorina and backstage crew


>>Doris the Founder of Tian Yun and backstage crew


>>Tian Yun Guys and backstage crew


>>Tian Yun Ladies and backstage crew


>>Pastor Ling Yu Zhong and backstage crew


>>HK Superstar Chen Song Ling and backstage crew


>>Backstage crew