Friday, August 31, 2007

Getai Craze

After watching 881, i really felt thaht i should go take a look at a getai performance. a few days ago, i was in yishun and there was a getai set up at the carpark. so i decided to go take a look to see if the performers were as entertaining as the papaya and durian sisters.There's this guy from taiwan, and he could sing a duet by himself, and he alternates between the male and the female voice. his costume was interesting too, when he first appeared, he was wearing this funny gold colour cap that looked like an oversised cook's cap(is there a term for the headdress?), and he had a cape, all in gold like some sort of a superhero. immediately i thought to myself, if he can go on stage to perform, i'm sure zt can do so too, with a mum being able to teach him singing techniques, he just needs to get some costume and go on stage. i'm sure cruz is more than willing to help him get a slot from his getai manager friend.

A malaysian singer.. claimed to be the lizhi of malaysia

After staying around for a while, i felt that it was not even half as entertaining as that we see in 881, or are there famous getais that actually have better performances, anyone knows about it?

Another scene you see quite often if the getai it set up in the car park. you get makeshift box seats!!

And not forgetting the lighting man.. without him, the performers' glittery costume will not be shimmering in the dark.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi JX,

Just being curious ... did u on ur flash when u took those getai pix?

BTW, so happened to see that ur blog is 1 yr old ... no 'celebration'? ^_*

jx said...

no flash needed for the stage shots.. but i used the flash from the last 2 shots.. it was really dark there .. and the flash did attract some attention.

when i realised that it was 1 yr old, the actual day was already over, so didn't bother about it . haha