COMMENT: A strange, subdued and necessary NDP in a time of COVID-19

All the old favourites were present and accounted for at National Day Parade 2020, from the Red Lions to the mobile column in the heartlands to a military parade at the Padang, albeit scaled down and spread out across different venues, in light of the ongoing pandemic. Overarching the Padang event was the comforting bass tones of veteran deejay William Xavier, who has been the parade announcer multiple times.