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Senior citizens showed off their singing talent at the Life Mattersexhibition organised by Singapore Press Holdings' CATS Classified. They were taking part in the semi-finals of the "Golden Voices"singing contest for those aged 50 years and above. The oldest semi-finalist was 74 years old and the youngest was 53. Performers sang either in English or in Mandarin. Among them was Abdul Rahman Ghani, 61, who sang "Quando QuandoQuando", that moved judge Rahimah Rahim to say: "You sing likeMichael Buble. I like the way you entertain. I like the way youdance." Rahimah Rahim and fellow celebrity-judge Huang Qingyuan wereimpressed by the 20 semi-finalists, who were selected from the 160participants who auditioned. Eight contestants were eventually selected to go through totomorrow's final, where the winner will walk away with $2,000 cashand a trophy. "They were good! I want to give special credit to the Chinesesingers, because they really dressed up to perform and worked atpresenting themselves well. I really enjoyed that, and found itnice to watch", remarked Ms Rahimah on the quality of thesemi-finalists. "The entertainment value was good, and it certainly attracted thecrowd at this event", added Mr Huang. Both celebrity judges will also perform on stage tomorrow (May 6,Sunday) after the Golden Voices final, which starts from 2pm. Other happenings on the first day of Life Matters included the"Fill This Space" coffin-art competition, where 23 shortlistedcontestants created art for coffins on the spot, based on thedesigns they had submitted to CATS Classified earlier. The top three designs will be announced at the event tomorrow, andthe top three winners will receive cash prizes of $2,000, $1,000and $800. The three winning designs will be scanned, enlarged and laminatedonto coffins provided by Singapore Casket at a later date. The coffins will then be donated to hospices affiliated withSingapore Casket. The youngest contestant was 10-year-old Melissa Mak (pictured below) , who used crayons to design her coffin art. Visitors were also treated to various activities including amorning exercise session conducted by the Health Promotion Board,and K Pop (pictured below) and line dance performances by the People's Association InterestGroup. Visitors also visited the 39 booths at the Life Matters exhibition,which offered all kinds of useful products and services for activeagers, such as will-writing, and hearing aids. The exhibition also included a section where visitors could speakto funeral directors and representatives from a columbarium. Visitors who spend at least $40 at the exhibition can enter abuyers' draw for a chance to win an "11-day Turkey Rendezvous for2" Chan's World Holidays package worth $5,000, and redeem a CATSClassified flask worth $19.90. Visitors can also take part in hourly visitors' draws from 12pm to7pm, and redeem various goodies and freebies. Life Matters is sponsored by Nirvana Memorial Garden, the HealthPromotion Board and Singapore Casket. The last day of the event is tomorrow. For more information, please visit .sg/LifeMatters Opening hours: 10am to 8pm. Venue: Suntec Convention Hall 402.Admission is free. spanaech@sph.com.sg. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Inflatables Water Sports Manufacturer , Inflatable Pool Slide for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Inflatable Bumper Ball.
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