Monday, July 04, 2011

Fritz @ Mandarin Orchard: Ministry of Transport Farewell Dinner for Mr and Mrs Raymond Lim

10th June 2011

The Ministry of Transport once again invited Fritz to Mandarin Orchard's ballroom for the farewell dinner of Mr Raymond Lim, previous transport minister. We at Fritz are honoured to have the privilege of multiple partnerships with Singapore's ministries.


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We arrived at the ballroom pleasantly surprised to note that we were not the only performers, but that there were special items to be presented by the ministry's own employees as well.

Coincidentally, some of the items we prepared were the same songs as those that were being sung in the special items, and this had not been communicated to us prior. Nobody had anything to worry about, though, Fritz is always flexible and prepared to pull out more music and customise a repertoire to suit the occasion!

From our stage we could feel the sincerity in the parting words and gifts that many had put into song for the previous minister. We of course had to match up to it by putting our best efforts into our music!



Ballroom scene




(left to right): Lenard, Lim Hui, Beatrice






Speaking with the event organisers and receiving great positive feedback from the previous MoT organisers was definitely one of the high points of the evening!


Fritz @ SMU University lounge: Welcome dinner for Executive Master of Business and Administration

25th April 2011



Fritz was invited to the stage at SMU lounge to provide music for their dinner function.



Business attire, wine glasses in hand, the guests who showed up were obviously not students. We later found out that these were SMU's big-shots, and Fritz had the honour of kicking off the event!






Setting up, Lim Hui and YC



As veterans in the scene of dinner functions, Fritz has been to the backstage and holding areas of every hotel and ballrooms in Singapore. However, our backstage this time was a surprise which we met with raised eyebrows!


View from 'backstage'


Nice view, definitely, and we thought it was conducive for delivering punishment for any wrong notes played in the performance...


Saturday, July 02, 2011

Fritz @ Fullerton Hotel: Ministry of Transport Family Thank You Dinner for Board Members

5th April 2011

It was a pleasure for Fritz to have once again been invited by one of Singapore's public ministries - the Ministry of Transport to perform on the dinner stage, for their thanksgiving dinner for board members!


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I'm sure I am speaking for most of the quartet, but Fullerton Hotel is a personal favourite venue! The general atmosphere of maturity complemented any regal event, and the ministry's representatives certainly chose a good spot to host this happy yet proper event!



Dessert plate

Our hosts very kindly set aside for each of us a portion of the dinner spread. Unfortunately, as with all properly organised events, everything on the timetable ran like clockwork, so much of the food saved for us had to be consumed visually as we stole glances from the stage.

This also meant we hardly had the time to take photographs to do the venue and event justice. Max tried to remedy the situation as we were leaving but alas, all he could catch in his camera was a snap of two unaware Fritzies.


Lenard and Yaw Chang


Fritz @ UOB Penthouse: UOB Appreciation 2011

18th April 2011

Fritz was invited to the UOB building's penthouse for a dinner stint! Excellent memories from this performance, with several exciting bits to touch things up!

When we arrived we were all awed by the decor of the place. The interior design suited the relaxed atmosphere and we all wished we were able to just sprawl over the couches to sip wine!


Main area



Grand entryway






View from glass windows (ceiling to floor!)



Yezhi refusing to leave her quiet meditation by the window




The half hour we had while a presentation was going on upstairs for the guest - sitting back in luxury



The evening was not all about the venue, the friendly and warm reception Fritz received from the listeners there was extremely encouraging. We thank a few guests who stayed especially long through several songs for helping us to end each piece beautifully with heartfelt applause!






(From left to right): Yezhi, Yaw Chang, Lenard


Definitely, the hospitality of the organisers in both welcoming us and seeing us off with good food was one of the highlights!