Seniors prove age is no barrier to having fun at three-day festival

The Talent Quest finalists and judges pose with Amazing Seniors after a successful three days of activities for seniors. Photo: The Star/Art Chen

Science teacher Subash Abdullah admits that he joined Talent Quest, the first ever talent competition for seniors, because of a challenge thrown at him by a student.

“I caught him vaping and he told me that he’d stop if I took part (in the competition). He didn’t realise that I can actually dance and sing, and so I accepted the challenge and now, the rest is history. He’ll have to say ‘bye bye’ to his vape, thank goodness,” says Subash, 53, who walked away as the champion of the competition with his performance piece, a combination of theatre with traditional Indian and modern dance moves.