ChildAid 2018 most exuberant edition yet

Singapore

BRIGHT and splashy, ChildAid 2018 is set to be the most effervescent edition of the 14-year-old children's charity event.

Organised by The Business Times and The Straits Times, the Dick Lee-directed concert will take audiences on a whirlwind tour of pop music history from the 1960s to the present. Songs from almost every major pop act, from the Beach Boys to the Black Eyed Peas, from Nancy Sinatra to Selena Gomez, will be performed by children from as young as six to as old as 19.

At the full-dress rehearsal at SPH Media Centre on Sunday, the auditorium was awash with period costumes stitched by well-known designer Frederick Lee. Mondrian dresses from the 1960s shared the limelight with K-pop suits from the 2000s. Bright retro bell bottoms and cool black hip-hop jackets were equally w…