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What NDP means to participants: Soaked, but show must go on
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Ms Lee Toh Ling (left) with fellow NDP 2010 participants. She was first involved as a performer in 1995 and 2000, and subsequently as a trainer. Her last NDP was in 2015.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF LEE TOH LING
They are known for their colourful mass dance displays at National Day Parades, but for one Singapore Soka Association member, it is a rain-drenched rehearsal that leaps to mind.
Parade veteran Lee Toh Ling, who has been involved in 10 NDPs for the Buddhist group, says that in 2009 participants were caught in a heavy downpour during a rehearsal a month before the show.
