Calling all Seniors Programme Companies! The Boys’ Brigade in Singapore will again be forming a supporting contingent for National Day Parade 2009. The parade will be held for the third year running at the Marina Bay floating performance platform on 9 August 2009, Sunday.
We would like to invite all Seniors Programme Companies to send in applications for your Boys for participation in the celebration of our nation’s 44th Birthday! Please note the following essential information and conditions:
1. FULL attendance of all training sessions and rehearsals is expected of participants to qualify for both the CCA points and National Event Badge.
2. Participation is for Boys who are in Sec 2 and above who have attained Drill Stage Two Award (Boys should be able to march correctly and in timing). Priority should be given to Sec 3 Boys. The Organisers have reminded us that Non-Singaporean Citizens are not allowed to participate in the parade.
3. In view of the rigorous training and schedule, Boys with any pre-existing medical conditions that would render them unfit to participate fully in the rehearsals and actual parade will NOT be accepted. Boys with back problems should also be advised not to participate.
4. Boys will need to put on spectacles with clear lenses (no coloured or transition lenses), with black frame (no coloured frame is allowed).
5. All interested Companies are to register your Boys via the BB Officers Online Portal at http://officers.bb.org.sg, under Boys’ Course.
6. Please note that withdrawals of Boys after confirmation of places will have to be replaced by other Boys, and this has to be arranged by the Company of the withdrawn Boys.
7. Application opens next Monday, 9 March 2009, at 10 am sharp and closes on Monday, 16 March 2009, at 5 pm sharp. Places will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis by the BB Officers Online Portal.
8. A selection exercise will be conducted on either 19 March or 20 March, 3 – 5 pm, at BB Campus in BB Day Dress (Full Uniform). All applicants need to make it for one of these 2 sessions to make it into the contingent.
9. Boys should be able to attend all the rehearsals, unless they have examinations during the period, in which case they will be exempted with valid letters from their schools. The rehearsal dates, and the in-house (BB) selection and training dates, will be confirmed later, together with the timing for the rehearsals. Boys are asked to keep all Saturdays from mid April to 9 August free from 9 am to 9 pm. In the event of rain, the next day (a Sunday) may be used as a replacement date, at NDP Parade & Ceremonies Committee’s discretion.
10. Captains are strongly reminded to adjust the company programme accordingly to make accommodation for their Boys to attend all the rehearsals. They are to take note that exemption from rehearsals will not be allowed due to company and church (whether sponsoring church or Boys’ own church) events.
11. Approval for exemption from NDP Rehearsals for Boys will only be granted by the assigned BB Officer in-charge, and not from the respective company Captains or officers. This is because the BB Officer-in-charge is the Point of Contact with the NDP Parade & Ceremonies Committee, and is directly accountable to the Committee for absences resulting in an inability to form a full contingent. We seek your understanding on this.
12. BB Officers and Teachers who are not involved in the NDP are not allowed to visit or follow their Boys to any of the NDP dates for security and accountability issues.
