SYE 2011 - 11.11.11

Spotlight Youth Exchange (SYE) 2011 is about building friendships between youths of different nationalities through the three thrusts – Arts + Culture and Leadership + Learning.

It is about connecting all youths from Singapore to around the world whether they are local or non-local.  

SYE started early this year and everyone and anyone who have been involved have been anticipating their climax . 

11.11.11. 

11.11.11 will showcase a range of talented performers performing the night away. 

With Anna Belle Francis as their Creative Director and STS as the Producers, this night is bound to take your breath away. 

The night starts off with an Amazing Race Challenge which is targeted at youths ages 13-35 years old from all schools and youth organizations to participate in Singapore's First National Youth Amazing Race Challenge. The theme for this year's challenge is 'Friendship Without Borders".  

This is ideal for youths to learn and compete in an exciting and engaging environment, this race was conceptualized based on the format of an urban and island wide amazing race, integrated with leadership skills development, social emotional learning and service-learning. Participants will get to complete tasks and activities that require them to use their wits, judgement, collaborative leadership skills and speed. 

After the race, an all night long mind-blowing performances will follow. 

There will be performances by Sheikh Haikel, Comic Strip, Bloco Singapura, Radikal Forze, Freekzy Nutz 

and a special MIXALOGIES item created specially by STS. 

Be sure not to miss this! 

Here is the performance rundown and information for 11.11.11

730pm: Doors Open

Performances by Comic Strip

Comic Strip

Comic Strip is a 9-piece band that amuses audiences with their feel good sound that is a refreshing concoction of ska, reggae, swing, latin and all that is delicious. Formed in 2004, the band has wowed listeners and captivated audiences from all walks of life with their exhilarating and high energy performances.

Performances by Bloco Singapura

Bloco Singapura

Bloco Singapura is Singapore's most spanking social cultural and musical collective that spreads their love of swinging samba and throbbing batucada beats to everyone who crosses their path. Their sheer number of multi-racial performers makes any Bloco Singapura performance a delicious assault to your senses.

Dance showcases from 8pm onwards

Radikal Forze

Featuring Radikal Forze, Freekzy Nutz and a special MIXALOGIES item created by STS.

Sheikh Haikel will also 'Blaze It Up' for a special performance that will lead up to DJ Rattle of Club Rebel taking over the Warehouse with Hip Hop club hits till 1am!!

Sheikh Haikel - Blaze It Up

Aside from all the performances, STS will also be having their 

BIG GIVE AWAYS!!

Come down and stand a chance to win any of these items!

Up for grabs are, 

G-SHOCK Watches

GA-100-1A1DR

&

A Canon Camera

PowerShot SX230HS

Be sure to come down and be a part of SYE 2011 - 11.11.11

SEE YOU THERE!

Writer's Festival 2011 - Success!

Last Friday (28th October) was the annual Writer's Festival held at SMU School of Information Systems. Big Steps. The event was a 3 day event (28th-30th October) and in spite of the humid weather and inconsistent rain, Writer's Festival turned out to be a huge success!! 

So,  all of us from Soul Theory Studios would like to sincerely congratulate and thank everyone involved in making this such an amazing experience. 

Firstly, a BIG CONGRATULATIONS goes out to 

Shigga Shay who emerged as Best MC thanks to his flawless rapping technic and delivery.

 CONGRATULATIONS to

Enero who won Best Lyricist for his deep and highly intellectual lyrical writing skills. 

CONGRATULATIONS to 

Alif who won the overall title for the Lyrical Dance Competition thanks to his fluidity and swag. 

CONGRATULATIONS  also goes out to 

Matin who came in 2nd place in the Lyrical Dance Competition with his wide range of body popping movements and his ability to move to the groove. 

He walked away with a Matt Black G-Shock.

CONGRATULATIONS to 

Al Matin who won the Canon Giveaway challenge and took home a Limited Edition Canon EOS 1100D & SBTG box set with his interesting and amazing answer. 

Lastly, CONGRATULATIONS to 

Mr. Hidden-Talent-Rapper-Professor who won the 'What would you do for $50" tongue twister challenge and broke out with a mind blowing rap of his own on stage. 

Congratulations to everyone else who participated and who took the time to be there with us and showcase what you've got. Do not be disheartened because each and everyone of you are so talented and it only made the judges decisions harder. 

A humungous THANK YOU to all performers who made Writer's Festival just so wonderful to be a part of. 

THANK YOU to Michaela and Alicia for FEMME FATALES, 

Michaela

Alicia

you girls are beautiful, talented and totally out of this world.

THANK YOU to Vanessa Fernandez and Shigga Shay

for the captivating performances

and THANK YOU to all the musicians - Jonathan, Rizal, Jean-Paul and DJ Rattle

for Poetic Justice. 

You guys made the show more amazing than it already was. 

Not forgetting, THANK YOU to DEFIANTO

whom showcased a range of rapping styles and stage presence.

A BIG THANK YOU also goes out to the performers of MIXOLOGIES,

 An amazing display of Wushu

The breakers - Farhan and Boy and their ever so graceful ballerina - Nadiah

The Tarian performance

& the ever so captivating Indian Dance performance.

LASTLY, A VERY BIG THANK YOU to ALL THE JUDGES

Rashida, Vanessa Fernandez, Amy Cheng

Hafeez and

Farhan.

The show and competitions would not have been the same without you. 

Writer's Festival happens annually and if in case you missed this year's event, don't worry we have videos and loads of photos for you guys to check out!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE AND SUCH A SUCCESS. 

We are truly grateful and very proud of what we achieved. 

These are the results of PICK-AN-MC for Lyrical Transaction - Round 3 "WORDS OF THEIRS". 

ShiGGa Shay -> Enero

Nizmatic Jin -> Akeem

Frizzay -> ShiGGa Shay

Enero -> FeeKee D'

FeeKee D' -> Nizmatic Jin

Leon Francis -> El Gecko

Akeem -> Frizzay

El Gecko -> Leon Francis 

Lyrical Transaction 29th Oct- 5-7pm Here's Pick-an-MC!

Lyrical Transaction will be on the 29th of October from 5pm-7pm at the SMU Steps. 

Lyrical Transaction [29th October][5.00-7.00pm]

Lyrical Transaction is an exciting event hosted by the godfather of HIP HOP, Sheikh Haikel and Soul Theory Studios, that showcases fearless rappers who go through 3 rounds of lyrical battling to see who will emerge as the ultimate MC.

How this works is MCs will deliver verses set by Sheikh Haikel and their participants.

The MCs featured are:

ShiGGa Shay

Hafriz Genesis

Nizmatic Jin

Enero

Fee Kee’D

Leon Francis

Akeem

El Gecko

Lyrical Transaction consists of 3 rounds namely,

Round 1 – ‘WORDS FROM THE WISE’, In this round MCs, will draw from a hat a popular verse and deliver it on a given track by DJ Rattle.

Round 2 – ‘WORDS OF MINE’, is where MCs spit their own verse over an instrumental by DJ Rattle.

Round 3 – ‘WORDS OF THEIRS’, In this final round, MCs will draw from a hat verses from other participants and will deliver this verse on the instrumental provided by DJ Rattle.

Be sure to come on down and JOIN US!

Soul Theory Studios Tribute to the Written word for the Writers Festival organized by the NAC

Off the Page: Singers and Songwriters: Femmes Fatales

Fri 28 Oct | 6pm - 9pm | Big Steps, School of Information Systems, Singapore

Management University | Free

Join the ladies who are popular in the "urban music" scene - Alicia Pan and Michaela Therese who will come together to deliver a robust set, with a spotlight on their original compositions. This session will also showcase Timbre Music Academy’s Poetry of Song, singers Dominic Wong and Eugenia Yip.

Take a break from the books and chill at this session.