Take the City Walk

I was so busy, I haven’t spoken about our novel time at the “Take the City Walk” on 28 July.

This walkathon is a fund-raising event to support programmes for the needy and disadvantaged under the care of TOUCH Community Services. Where Project SMILE graduands came in was the carnival at the finishing line of the Walk.

The students were tasked to perform magic at the carnival as a part of the programme. The carnival had the right atmosphere to test the skills and creativity of this batch of Project SMILE students. It was noisy, there were a hundred things going on, and our 'street magicians' had to compete with a balloon castle, a free popcorn queue and game stalls offering attractive prizes.

But were they intimidated? No way! They carried themselves like professional street magicians (although I knew quite a few of them were nervous!) They mesmerized the crowd with their pocket card and rope tricks. Pretty soon, they were swallowed by a huddle of brand new fans, who clamoured for more. After tantalizing them with promises of more magic treats, they rallied the carnival participants to watch the stage magic show by yours truly.

With such a tough opening act in their magic career, I would certainly say that this batch of Project SMILE students graduated with flying colours. Don’t you agree?