SINGAPORE: As night fell, softening the day’s heat, a change came over the audience at the Padang while they settled in to await the show segment of the National Day Parade (NDP).
They had been feted by giant balloon mascots in the pre-parade show, witnessed the marching contingents and Total Defence show, and oohed and aahed at the aerial displays, including the popular Red Lions parachutists descending on the Padang.
