XYZ Table Tenis Challenge 2009

XYZ TAble Tenis Challenge is back again since 2006... And its just round the corner...

Date: 26 Sep 2009
Time: 2 - 6 p m
Categories: Male, Female, Mixed Dubles
Age: 11 - 21
Registration Fees: $4

Every participant will be entitled to a goodie bag and XYZ membership stamps...
(Membership stamps accumulated till a certain amount will grant u official membership to XYZ Inc.)

Prizes:
Champion - Medal + XYZ T-shirt + Sports Band
2nd - Medal + 15 stamps + Ankle socks
3rd - Medal + 10 stamps

For any enquiries pls feel free to contact our staff at XYZ Inc....

Hope to see u there!!!

Kovan Sperstar 2009

After 3 months of exciting competition, KSS09 finally draws to a conclusion, witnessed by thousands of audience in Heartland Mall on 25 July 2009...

Starting off with the autograph session....







And the sales of KSS09 Theme Song Single CD...


















Event kicks off with our KSS08 finalists' performance of last year's theme song...

By Neo, Wayne, Eunice, Tissany, Mavis, Cindy & Fiona...






The First Category... Selected Category (R&B, Rock Or Retro)





Alton Keh with his R&B song 我爱你 by 卢广仲...


















Kenneth Shih with his Rock song I love rock and roll by Joan Jett...
















Karen Lin with her Retro song 卡门 by 葛兰...
















Germaine Ng with her retro song 大眼睛 by 瘐澄庆






















Cerlyn Chan with her Rock Song Leave Me Alone by 孙燕姿...

















Bernice Lee with her Retro Song Chain of Fools by Athena Franklin...












The Second Category... Duet Category


Juliana Lee & Zuo En with the song 你的微笑 by FIR...












































Ambrose Goh & Willis Loye with the song 爱是怀疑 by 陈奕迅...


















The 3rd Category... Free Category









Sheryl Choo with her song 知道 by 张惠妹...






















Aisyah Salim with her song Rock Star by Hanna Montena...















Here are our Winners....












Kovan Superstar 2009 Winner....Karen Lin !!!





















1st Runner-up... Willis Loye!!

























2nd Runner-up Sheryl Choo...

Kovan Superstar 2009 Finals

Join us at our KSS09 Finals in Heartland Mall Lv 1 25 July 2009, Saturday at 2 pm !!


1030: Rehearsals & Sound Check for Finalists 2009

Autograph Sessions (Get your friends to drop u some comments...)


1200: Rehearsals & Sound Check for KSS 08 finalists & Guest Performers

Finalists 2009 gather for a short briefing

1315: Finalists & Audience be seated

1330: End of Autograph Session

1345: Start of Introduction

1400: Event starts

Kovan Superstar 2009 Photoshoot for Finals

Finalists will have to go through 2 photoshoot sessions as part of their preparation for the Finals... Please bring along 2 sets of clothings to change...

1) Studio Shoot @ Music Mocha
- Mainly for production of CD cover and album...
- For publicity purposes
- Dress code: No bright colours, presentable and nice for performance

2) Outdoor Shoot @ XYZ Inc.
- To feature KSS09 finalists as the Icon for XYZ Inc. in future publicity of the centre...
- For future publicity purposes
- Dress Code: No colour restrictions, something casual and sporty...

Date: 4 July 2009, Saturday
Time: 9am - 3pm
Venue: Music Mocha & Xtreme Youth Zone Inc.

Basic make-up will be provided by our make-up artist.

Dressing and hair-styling should be done by finalist individually.

PHOTOSHOOTING GROUP X
(Report at 9 am for make-up and photoshoot)

AISYAH SALIM

CERLYN CHAN XINYI

SHERYL CHOO SIEW PING

AMBROSE GOH MAO LIANG

PHOTOSHOOTING GROUP Y
(Report at 9.30 am for make-up and photoshoot)

JULIANA LEE SE HUI

ALTON KEH GUAN QING

KENNETH SHIH

BERNICE LEE KAI LING


PHOTOSHOOTING GROUP Z
(Report at 10 am for make-up and photoshoot)

WILLIS LOYE HWEE HOONG

KAREN LIN KAILUN

GERMAINE NG XIN YI

TEO ZUO EN

* Note that the group allocated above is only for photoshooting purposes. There will be no groupings for the Finals. Sequence of singing or contestant no. will be drawn during the photoshooting session.

Schedule of photoshoot

9am: Group X finalists to report at Music Mocha

9:05am: Each finalist will take turn to go through make-up, individual shots, then interview.

9:30am: Group Y finalists to report at Music Mocha

9:35am: Each finalist will take turn to go through make-up, individual shots, then interview.

10am: Group Z finalists to report at Music Mocha

10:05am: Each finalist will take turn to go through make-up, individual shots, then interview.

11am: Group shots

1115am: Drawing of contestant numbers for Finals and selected genre of song to be sang on Finals and determination of Duet partners

1130am: Proceed to XYZ Inc. for Lunch.

12 noon: Lunch provided at XYZ Inc. (Each participant limited to bringing only 1 guest)

1245pm: Introduction of organiser, XYZ Inc.

1 pm: Photoshoot session at XYZ Inc. starting from Group X.
(Once u finish your shoot, u can leave)

3 pm: End of session

Xtreme Youth Zone Inc.

Address: 207 Hougang St 21 -Just beside Paya Lebar Kovan CC -From Kovan MRT, walk through Heartland Mall towards the hawker centre and continue forward till MacDonalds. Cross the road and You'll see Paya Lebar Kovan CC.








Music Mocha
Add: 998A Upper Serangoon Rd

-less than 5 mins walk from Kovan MRT station

Kovan Superstar 2009 Online Poll For Finals

Kovan Superstar 2009 Online Poll For Finals

Kovan Superstar 2009 Online Poll For Finals

Kovan Superstar 2009 Semi-Finals

Kovan Superstar 2009 Semi-Finals
27 June 2009
Saturday
12 - 6.30 pm
@Heartland Mall Lv 1

Finalised Groupings and Reporting Time will be announced on this blog by
18 June 2009 (Thursday).

Groupings and timings are drawn and arranged randomly. Please make time for the semi-finals according to the time allocated. No change of groupings or timings are allowed.

Guest Judges

Nick Shen
Mediacorp Artiste & Winner of 1999 All-Asian Star Search

Jeremy Kwan, Nathaniel Tan, Jeffrey Teay
Project Superstar 2 Finalists

Laverne Ong
Director, Music Mocha


Semi-Finals Format
Each contestant will perform a full song not exceeding 4.5 mins with music minus one.

Selection Process
12 Finalists will be selected based on the scores given by our judges.

Judging Criteria
1) Diction (咬字）：Articulation & accuracy of the lyrics 10%

2) Rhythm (节奏感）: Sense of rhythm & tempo 20%

3) Pitching （音准）: Accuracy of sining to desired pitch 20%

4) Voice Quality (音质）：Clarity & comfort of listening to the voice 10%

5) Stage Presence (舞台魅力）：Charisma on stage that attracts and impacted the audience. 20%

6) Song Management (歌曲演绎）：Expression of the song and the conveying of msg through the song. 20%

Submission Dateline

Confirm and submit your song and MMO by 23 June 2009 (Tuesday)
Contestants who fails to submit their songs and MMO by the above dates are liable to be disqualified from the Semi-finals.

Submit your MMO music files in MP3 or WMA format to pcs.xyz.inc@gmail.com
OR
Submit your MMO CD or Karaoke VCD to Xtreme Youth Zone Inc.
(Beside Paya Lebar Kovan CC)

Pls obey strictly to the 4.5mins restriction for song selection...

Announcement of the 12 finalists will be on the day of the Semi-finals itself.

Some Changes Made and SomeUpdates... Pls take note...

Previous postings on Audition details had been edited and updated...

The Changes...

Selection Process is changed to better meet the objectives set by the organiser.
1) Selection Process
Flashing of Green or Orange cards by each Judge
Majority Green cards: Proceed directly into Semi-Finals
(If there are no more than 2 out of 4 Green cards, wait for further announcement)

2) Reporting Venue
Inside Heartland Mall instead of the long walkway outside Heartland Mall...

The Updates...

1) Registration Instructions
No early rgistration is allowed in order for us to have better control of the crowd. Registration will only open to each group at its allocated reporting time. Announcements will be made at each time of reporting when registration opens.

2) Audition Judges
Confirmed number of judges for auditions will be 4 as shown below.
2 Volunteers from Xtreme Youth Zone Inc.
2 Music Teachers from Music Mocha

Kovan Superstar 2009 Auditions Info

Kovan Superstar 2009 Public Auditions

12 & 13 June 2009
Friday & Saturday
12 - 6 pm
@Heartland Mall Lv 1

Finalised Audition Schedule and Reporting Time will be announced on this blog on the 4 June 2009 (Thursday).

Audition Judges
2 Volunteers from Xtreme Youth Zone Inc.
2 Music Teachers from Music Mocha

Audition Format
"Sing Till The Bell Rings" format
(Judges will decide when to stop the singing by ringing the bell)

Selection Process
Flashing of Green or Orange cards by each Judge
Majority Green cards: Proceed directly into Semi-Finals
(If there are no more than 2 out of 4 Green cards, wait for further announcement)

Judging Criteria
1) Diction (咬字）：Articulation & accuracy of the lyrics 20%
2) Rhythm (节奏感）: Sense of rhythm & tempo 30%
3) Pitching （音准）: Accuracy of sining to desired pitch 30%
4) Voice Quality (音质）：Clarity & comfort of listening to the voice 20%

Announcement of Semi-finalists will be posted here within 1 week from the last audition date.

Kovan Superstar 2009 Dateline is Drawing Near!!!

As the dateline 3 June 2009 draws near, more & more registrations are coming in...

XYZ's KSS09 registration booth will be opened 1 more day tm Sunday 31 May 2009 from 1-6pm to collect more entries and CD/MMO submission...

Submission of MMOs By 4 June

For submission of Karaoke CD/VCD/DVD for audition from 1 - 4 June 2009, pls do so at:

1) Heartland Mall Customer Service Counter (lv3)

2) Xtreme Youth Zone Inc. Office (In Paya Lebar Kovan CC)

For MMO files in MP3 or WMA format, u can send ur music files to www.pcs.xyz.inc@gmail.com

On all MMO or Karaoke CD/VCD/DVD, Pls clearly indicate ur name, song and track number...

Dateline is near...If u have not signed up yet, Hurry!!

Give yourselves a chance to gain great experience & exposure...

Confirmation of Songs & Music Accompaniment

4 JUNE 2009 (THU)

Dear participants,

Pls confirm the songs for audition and decide any music accompaniment before the above date.

Pls label ur MMOs disc with your Name, Song Name, Original Singer's Name...

For MMOs accompaniment, pls submit ur MMOs before the above date too. Submission of MMOs and change of songs after the above dates will not be entertained.

For Guitar accompaniment, guitar will not be provided. U have to bring ur own guitar.

Contact Us, XYZ Inc.
1) At our KSS09 Booth in Heartland Mall every Tue to Thu & Sat 1200 - 1800 hrs.

2) Email us at pcs.xyz.inc@gmail.com
3) Visit our office at 207 Hougang St 21 (Beside Paya Lebar Kovan CC)
4) Call us at 62838097

Kovan Superstar 2009 Registration....

Registration has kicked off...

For those who had registered, Pls let us know ur preferred audition time slots (Better to choose more than 1 slot if u can) by:

a) Visiting us, Xtreme Youth Zone Inc. (XYZ Inc.) at 207 Hougang Street 21 (Beside Paya Lebar Kovan CC)

b) Visiting our publicity booth in Heartland Mall

c) Call us, Xtreme Youth Zone Inc. (XYZ Inc.) at 62838097

For those who have not registered, a new registration form is downloadable here in our blog (in previous posting)...with audition time slots added in...

We regret that we will not be able to guarantee that every participant will be able to get their preferred slots... We'll try to if not first come first serve...

Furthermore, for Sat slots, priority will be given to participants who are working and serving NS... All students will be allocated a weekday slots whenever possible...

Auditions Slots:

Mon - Fri (8 - 12 June) 12 - 2 pm, 2 - 4 pm, 4 - 6 pm

Sat (13 June) 12 - 2 pm, 2 - 4 pm, 4 - 6 pm

Log on regularly to our blog for further news and postings of Kovan Superstar 2009!!!

Kovan Superstar 2009 Registration Begins!!!

XYZ's biggest event of the year is back!!

Want a chance to sing on stage?

Want a chance to record your singing?

Want a chance to compete against others in singing?

Kovan Superstar 2009 , the 2nd year that XYZ organises this event aims to unleash the singing talents and passion of the youths through healthy competition...

Kovan Superstar 2009 (KSS 09) targets at youths from 13 to 26 years old... Singing English or Chinese songs...

Winners will stand to win attractive prizes...

Last year's Kovan Superstar 2008 Finals was held at Kovan Hub...


11 Finalists were choosen out of 50 over participants....


Campus Superstar 3 Finalist Mavis Li， 李李美子 was our winner of Kovan Superstar 2008...


Who will be the winner this year??

This year's KSS 09 Finals will be held in a larger scale in Heartland Mall with surrounding audience on 3 levels...
Total more than $5000 worth of cash and vouchers to be won...
Unleash your talent NOW!!!

Public Audition:
8 - 13 June 2009
@ Heartland Mall

Semi-Finals:
27 June 2009
@ Heartland Mall
(12.30 - 5.30 pm)

Finals:
25 July 2009
@ Heartland Mall
(2 - 6 pm)

(More details will be updated on this blog)

Registration Fees: $15

*Early-bird Special: $ 10
(Register before 10 May 2009)

*Shoppers' Special: $10
(Min. $30 spent at Heartland Mall & show your receipt upon registration)

*Eco-promotional Special: $10
(Save our planet! Recycle the paper. Simply return our flyers upon registration)

*Special fees are mutually exclusive.

How to Register?
1)Visit our publicity booths in Heartland Mall on 9, 16, 23 & 30 May 2009 from 12 - 6 pm.
2) Collect, Submit your registration forms & make your payment at:

a) Xtreme Youth Zone Inc. (XYZ Inc.)
207 Hougang St 21, Beside Paya Lebar Kovan CC

or

b) Heartland Mall Customer Service Counter
Blk 205 Houang St 21 Lv 3, Beside Kovan MRT Station

or

c) Music Mocha
998A Upper Serangoon Road

Download and print out the Registration form (Revised) below:



Hotline for enquiries:

62838097
(11 am - 7 pm)
Xtreme Youth Zone Inc. (XYZ Inc.)

Kovan Superstar 2009 !!!

XYZ's biggest event of the year is here again!!!


With more cash and prizes waiting to be won!!!

Want a chance to perform in public on stage??

Want a chance to record an album??

Want a chance to compete and test ur singing talents against others??

LOOK OUT for the details... COMING SOON...

XYZ Movie Hour 4 Apr 09

Movie Hour is here again.... Here is the most voted movie for April's Movie Hour!!!

Join us this Sat 4 April 2009, 2 pm for an afternoon of Entertainment @ XYZ Inc....

See U There!!!

Life Issue - A Life of Dj-ing & partying, fighting adventure (7 March 09)

XYZ 1st talk of Year 2009... We're glad to have Mr. Roy Soeigarto to share with us his experience.

Having gone through rebellious teenage days and bankruptcy, he shares on important aspects of our life in terms of body and mind...

Mr. Roy, owner of a local Media company brought along and taught our youths some basics about sound techniques and system...

Movie Hour - 28 Feb 09

The results of our Movie Hour poll for this Feb is out!! We've received a total of 34 votes and here are the results...

The Day After Tommorrow ..... 6 votes

Evan Almighty ..... 16 votes

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown ..... 3 votes

The Last Samurai ..... 9 votes


Hence, We'll be watching Evan Almighty this coming sat at 3 pm at XYZ inc. See u there...

XYZ Christmas Charity Dinner 2008

A very big thank you to all donors, supporters and friends of XYZ Inc. to make the Christmas Charity Dinner on 21 Dec 08 a success...






We're honoured to have Mr. Michael Tan, Chairman of CCMC to be our special guest for the night.



And Thanks to all our performers of the night... You have put up a good show...A night of singing...


Marcus and Eunice, our volunteers....


Yu Hong, Our youth from XYZ....








Mavis Li, Winner of Kovan Superstar 2008...




Caroling Team from Grace Jubilee Centre...



A night of stars....




Mr Starry of the night....




Miss Starry of the night...





Finally all our volunteers and helpers of the night...Thank you...

A Short recap of the event...

XYZ Movie Hour 28 Feb 09

U MAKE THE CHOICE!!

XYZ Movie Hours in 2009 allows our youths to vote among selected movies that they would like to watch starting from this Feb Movie Hour!! All u have to do is to drop your vote in the box allocated by XYZ Staff in our centre.

SO CAST YOUR VOTES NOW!!!


HERE ARE THE NOMINEES...

1) THE DAY AFTER TOMMORROW
Cast: Ian Holm, Dennis Quaid, Glenn Plummer, Jay Sanders, Jake Gyllenhaal
Duration: 124 mins
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller
Plot:
What if we are on the brink of a new Ice Age? This is the question that haunts climatologist Jack Hall. Halls research indicates that global warming could trigger an abrupt and catastrophic shift in the planets climate. While Jack warns the White House of the impending climate shift, his 17 year-old son Sam finds himself trapped in New York City where he and some friends have been competing in a high school academic competition. He must now cope with the severe flooding and plummeting temperatures in Manhattan. Having taken refuge inside the Manhattan Public Library, Sam manages to reach his father by phone. Jack only has time for one warning: stay inside at all costs. As full-scale, massive evacuations to the south begin, Jack heads north to New York City to save Sam. But not even Jack is prepared for what is about to happen--to him, to his son, and to his planet.

2) Evan Almighty
Cast: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, John Goodman, Wanda Sykes
Duration: 97 mins
Genre: Comedy
Plot:
Newly-elected to Congress, Evan leaves the city of Buffalo and herds his family to suburban northern Virginia. Once there, his life turns upside-down when God appears and commands him to build an ark. However, his befuddled family just cannot decide whether Evan is having an extraordinary mid-life crisis or is truly onto something of Biblical proportions.

3) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
Cast: Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Queen Latifah, Ray Romano
Duration: 105 mins
Genre: Animated Comedy
Plot:
Manny, Sid and Diego return in another incredible adventure. The Ice Age is coming to an end, and the animals are delighting in their new world: a melting paradise of water parks, geysers and tar pits. But when Manny, Sid and Diego discover that the miles of melted ice will flood their valley, they must warn everyone and somehow figure out a way to escape the coming deluge.

4) The Last Samurai
Cast: Tom Cruise, Scott Wilson, Tony Goldwyn, Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly, Ken Watanabe
Duration: 154 mins
Genre: Action Drama
Plot:
Captain Nathan Algren is a man adrift. The battles he once fought now seem distant and futile. Once he risked his life for honor and country, but, in the years since the Civil War, the world has changed. Pragmatism has replaced courage, self-interest has taken the place of sacrifice and honor is nowhere to be found--especially out West where his role in the Indian Campaigns ended in disillusionment and sorrow. Somewhere on the unforgiving plains near the banks of the Washita River, Algren lost his soul. A universe away, another soldier sees his way of life about to disintegrate. He is Katsumoto, the last leader of an ancient line of warriors, the venerated Samurai, who dedicated their lives to serving emperor and country. Just as the modern way encroached upon the American West, cornering and condemning the Native American, it also engulfed traditional Japan. The telegraph lines and railroads that brought progress now threaten those values and codes by which the Samurai have lived and died for centuries. But Katsumoto will not go without a fight. The paths of these two warriors converge when the young Emperor of Japan, wooed by American interests who covet the growing Japanese market, hires Algren to train Japan's first modern, conscript army. But as the Emperor's advisors attempt to eradicate the Samurai in preparation for a more Westernized and trade-friendly government, Algren finds himself unexpectedly impressed and influenced by his encounters with the Samurai. Their powerful convictions remind him of the man he once was. Thrust now into harsh and unfamiliar territory, with his life and perhaps more important, his soul, in the balance, the troubled American soldier finds himself at the center of a violent and epic struggle between two eras and two worlds, with only his sense of honor to guide him.

Voting will close on 21 Feb 09 and the results will be announced on 23 Feb 09 on our blog and on the centre's noticeboard...