Fritz Quartet @ Land Transport Excellence Awards Presentation Ceremony 2008

18 March

Having just performed at the Chihuly Room on the 8th of March, we were reunited with Ritz Carlton Hotel for tonight's event.

It was indeed a pleasure to finally meet Kelvin Kang, Events Director of Superstar Special Events, after months of email and phone exchanges.

We were situated outside the ballroom for the cocktail reception, before shifting into the ballroom for the dinner.

It was a rather huge event judging from the massive crowd gathered outside the ballroom waiting for the event to start!

The ballroom was quite a sight to behold, and it truly lived up to the description given on their website :

“California elegance combined with contemporary accents are the hallmarks for our largest event room. The Ritz-Carlton Ballroom features majestic Bohemian crystal chandeliers, exquisite muted aqua blue wall coverings with a modern floral design in platinum accented with antique white decorative wood moldings. The walls are complimented by warm chocolate floor coverings with a coco background, aqua boarder and a pale sand sea fern pattern.”

Mic-ed up and ready to perform, we began our 2nd set for the evening in the ballroom, while pausing occasionally for the speeches and award presentations.

The Guest-of-Honour for tonight's event was Mr Raymond Lim, Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs.

With dinner being served, the marvellous aroma was making us hungry! Luckily, we managed to scramble off for a quick bite at Marina Square during our break before resuming our third set for the night.

The LTA Award Plaque

The guests mingling around at the end of the event

At the end of the event, Kelvin came over to thank us and complimented us on a job well done. He also expressed his interest in engaging us for future events. Thanks Kelvin! It was great working with you too!

An interesting titbit:
When quizzed on why he had engaged the quartet for such a high-profile event, despite it being the first time working with us, Kelvin commented that Tze Chuan’s "honest face" made him feel that he could trust us. Tze Chuan was of course, over the moon, while the rest of us rolled on the floor in laughter by the "honest face" comment.


Tze Chuan and Bing Ling