ssc_marcomms posted on May 02, 2010 01:13
Flashmobbers strutting their stuff at the launch of Cheer Singapore. (Photo: Dennis Saw)
With less than four months to go before the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games, Singaporeans have been urged to rally behind Team Singapore and make themselves heard at the various Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games competition venues across the nation through a new cheer song unveiled by the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) as part of its Cheer Singapore initiative.
Titled ‘You Are The One Singapore’, the song was specially composed and performed by local artiste JJ Lin for Cheer Singapore.
‘You Are The One Singapore’ is the first out of a series of three cheer songs that will be part of the Cheer Singapore initiative. The SSC aims to have these cheers reverberate at all competition venues across Singapore immediately at all sports events and competitions involving Singapore athletes, like the various upcoming test events leading up to the YOG, as Singapore gears up for the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games.
Part of the SSC’s Let’s Play movement, Cheer Singapore aims to use cheering as a way to get more Singaporeans to use their voices and back our athletes as they blaze the trail towards the first-ever Youth Olympic Games to be held in Singapore from 14 to 26 August and at all sporting events and competitions where Singaporean athletes will be in action.
The SSC hopes that through Cheer Singapore, a vibrant cheering culture will be developed in Singapore over time, in which a nation will spontaneously rally together and show their support for local athletes by cheering at events across all sporting arenas. The Cheer Singapore initiative was first launched by Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan on 20 March 2010 at the 1st National Cheerleading Championships held at the Singapore Expo.