After months of planning, rounds of casting, packing, printing, bitching, rehearsing, complains and what's not, the show started at 9.55pm and ended within 45minutes. It wasn't the best of shows ever but I had an absolute ball of a time.
The day started early at Zouk, buying packs of BlueTack and sticking up posters of Kimura all over Zouk. By then, the talents and performers started trickling in to go through the program. The rehearsals weren't perfect as cues were missed, steps forgotten and there was a rather lacklustre atmosphere though the music was loud and pumping.
(L-R: Corridor leading into Zouk; Kimura was here in spirit)
Things gotten much better after lunch - guess food really helped. Anyway, prepared all the stuffs - reception tables, gifts, coupons, stickers and many more. By evening, the buzz inside Zouk grew, with stylists and make-up artists rushing to do up the various talents and performers.
(L/R: Final rehearsals)
The rest of the team came in from office and were prepped with their individual tasks, while I scooped away for a quick shower at FF@OGS. Had a quick bite before getting the Bluetooth service setup, the macaroons from Bakerzin neatly laid out, and moving out to the entrance to setup the reception table.
(L-R: Queue outside Zouk; The crowd inside)
Boy was I surprised. At 8pm, a long queue of people holding onto our invites was snaking from the entrance to the carpark at the far end, plus hordes of our VIPs waiting outside the reception area. Overwhelmed was quite an understatement. We had to constantly push people back who were eager to get into Zouk.
(L/R: Our opening act; Hosts for the evening - Utt & Sherry)
When we finally got to open the doors, the crowd flowed into Zouk. Within an hour, we had exhausted our 800 free public invites (apologies to the poor soul who was stopped right at the door when the invites were all given out) together with around 300plus of our VIPs.
Initially I was suppose to be inside Zouk, to oversee the show together with M. But we were short-handed outside and I became a part-time bouncer. Being the organiser has its privilege, I was able to waved in two groups of my friends from my ex agency while the rest of the public waited in the queue. Although there were plenty of people trying to cut-queue, the crowd was pretty much organised and there weren't any trouble makers.
(L/R: Jeric & Team; Doing the hair)
While we were still getting people in, the show started with the famous tune of the TVC being beamed on the big screen, with the long hair Kimura doing his hair twirls. After that the dancers were out, decked in matching black suits.
After the opening act, our hosts Utt & Sherry introduced Jeric See from Reds plus his pals to demo some styling with the various waxes followed by a DIY competition from 6 members of the public we had pre-selected. When that was over, the performance started.
(L/R: Kumar & the boys; The B-Boyz)
We were fortunate to get Kumar to join us amidst her tight schedule, who was as drama queen as she usually is on stage. We also had a bunch of breakdancers, basketballers, dancers plus a goth looking rock guitarist from the band Queen (they play at Dragonfly @ St James) to represent the different waxes.
(L/R: deehellsix from Queens Band; Gatsby Girls)
The show ended after forty-five minutes again with Kumar rounding off with her hunks surrounding her. By then, we had just finished closing our reception table, and handling the crowd control back to Zouk. But the job's not over - had to collect all the posters, videos and cleaning up all our stuff back to the car.
(L/R: Kumar again; The crowd; The girls)
By the time I had everything packed and done, it was past midnight, and only then was I able to go find my future-house-mate and our friends who were there to support me!
(L/R: Yokie & Yann; Joker & Dawn)
As I was out at the reception area, I only seen the whole show after we got the recording back. Although there were portions which weren't good, all in all, I think we did a pretty nice party for our client and those who turned up. What I loved most was the glorious set which we got it build for the event. We turned the Zouk dance floor totally white to look almost like the Moving Rubber TVC! Now I can't wait for my next big kick-ass event...it'll definitely by much bigger and tons more fun!
Speaking of that TVC, it was no surprise to see a series of spoofs done by fans of the Kimura TVC. Looking through Youtube, here's a few that caught my eye... 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 (don't puke) | 5 (nsfw - moops and mipples) | 6 (Pirates?) | 7 | 8 (Another headache inducing attempt) | 9 (Chalet + Alcohol + Mobile phone = disaster) | 10 (Chalet + Alcohol + Mobile phone = more disaster)
(Photos - Inkque, myself & Yannisms)
