In Pictures: Singapore Youth Festival celebrations

The Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay became a giant stage for youth on July 2, as they celebrated half a century of the Singapore Youth Festival with song and dance, from hip hop to the traditional. Here are pictures from the festival - past and present.

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Jul 04, 2016, 06:58 AM

West Spring Display Band from West Spring secondary school performing at Parade of Bands held in Orchard Road on July 2. ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN

West Spring Display Band from West Spring secondary school performing at Parade of Bands held in Orchard Road on July 2. ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN

West Spring Display Band from West Spring secondary school performing at Parade of Bands held in Orchard Road on July 2. ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN

West Spring Display Band from West Spring secondary school performing at Parade of Bands held in Orchard Road on July 2. ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN

West Spring Display Band from West Spring secondary school performing at Parade of Bands held in Orchard Road on July 2. ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN

West Spring Display Band from West Spring secondary school performing at Parade of Bands held in Orchard Road on July 2. ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN

Hip hop sibling-pair Dewi Sandra Bte Norman (right) and Andi Putra Bin Norman (left) from Northbrooks secondary school. PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

Hip hop sibling-pair Dewi Sandra Bte Norman (front) and Andi Putra Bin Norman (back) from Northbrooks secondary school. PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

Hip hop sibling-pair Dewi Sandra Bte Norman (left) and Andi Putra Bin Norman (right) from Northbrooks secondary school. PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

Visitors penning their wishes on the art installation Reaching for the Stars. PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

Ms E'zzati Said, 25, pens her wishes on a plastic sheet as part of an art installation named Reaching for the Stars. PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

Volunteer Chris Chai shows (from left) brothers Barri Peh and Baron Peh and their mother Cecilia Koh the image from the silkscreen printing. PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

Opera Estate primary school student Zhou Jie Lin performing Chinese dance. PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

Opera Estate primary school student Zhou Jie Lin performing Chinese dance. PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

Opera Estate primary school student Zhou Jie Lin playing the Chinese instrument Pipa. PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

Malay dance performers from First Toa Payoh primary school making their way from *SCAPE to Ion Orchard for the finals of Youth Got Talent!. PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

Malay dance performers from First Toa Payoh primary school making their way from *SCAPE to Ion Orchard for the finals of Youth Got Talent!. PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

Meridian Junior College performing at the Singapore Youth Festival in 2015. PHOTO: MOE

Rivervale primary school performing at the Singapore Youth Festival in 2014. PHOTO: MOE

Drama performance put up by students from Bukit Batok secondary school at Singapore Youth Festival in 2013. PHOTO: MOE

A band performance at Singapore Youth Festival in 2006. PHOTO: MOE

An all boys hip hop dance performance at Singapore Youth Festival celebrations in 2006. PHOTO: MOE

Drum majors and band majors from Junyuan secondary school after their Singapore Youth Festival performance in 2003. PHOTO: ST FILE

River Valley High School band performing at the Singapore Youth Festival in 1997. PHOTO: MOE

Serangoon Garden South secondary school students performing Sailors on the Ship at Work at the Singapore Youth Festival in 1976. PHOTO: MOE

A Malay dance performance Singapore Youth Festival in 1973. PHOTO: MOE

A dance performance at the opening night of the Music and Dance Presentation at the National Theatre in 1970. PHOTO: MOE

A school choir performing at the Singapore Youth Festival in the 70s. PHOTO: MOE

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