[StraitsTimes]Kit rocks
Kit rocks
Singer Kit Chan came home in her first solo gig on Saturday
night, charming fans with her sterling voice, explosive dance
moves and casual repartee
By Tommy Wee
POP
THAT'S KIT
2001 CONCERT
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Last Saturday
ONE question Kit Chan asked her audience of 7,000 at her first
solo gig last Saturday night revealed much about her intimate
relationship with fans here.
PHOTO/Delivering an aural and visual feast was homegrown singer Kit Chan.
'Do you think I'm fat?' she asked the fans and friends gathered
at her party at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Even before the question's echoes subsided, excited screams of
'No! You're not!' filled the stadium.
Appreciative applause - and there was plenty of it throughout the
2 1/2-hour concert - acknowledged Chan's toned body. Sweating it
out at the gym for months in preparation for the concert had paid off.
Such was the magnetism of the bona fide Singaporean singing
sensation.
The friendly banter continued: 'I know I'm not Stefanie, or Mavis,
but thank goodness for people like Tanya. I know Tanya is slimmer
than me, but at least when I stand next to her, I don't feel like
a drag queen.' Tanya Chua, seated front row, responded knees-up,
with laughter.
More than a concert, it was a homecoming party of sorts. After
eight years in the music business, Singaporean fans were finally
treated to a Kit Chan extravaganza. This was a homegrown star made
good in places as far as Taiwan and Hongkong, and a concert staged
at home had been a long time coming.
And, right from the start, Chan, 28, made sure it was a performance
people would be talking about for a long time to come. As soon as
she appeared, rising from a hole at the centre of the rectangular-shaped
stage, the response was immediate, rapturous and decidedly proud.
Sporting a dramatic hairstyle that can only be described as
'punk-revivalist-meets-Gaultier', she wore a flaming-red PVC
skirt and slinky sequins. She held theatrical court against a
backdrop of huge, diamond-shaped lightboxes hung high above
the stage.
Her songcraft was an eclectic aural feast of Indian vibes (Zouk's
tabla-drumming resident Maniam lent his services) and other
ethnic-influences, complete with a romantic Spanish dance segment.
Special guest William So, who performed a duet, Love At The Right
Time, with her, praised her for being 'the first singer to allow
people in Hongkong, Taiwan and China to realise the power of S
ingapore music'.
He also teased her about her mysterious new beau, seated somewhere
in the audience. Hongkong television star Bowie Lam was also present
to offer his congratulations.
With more than 12 nimble-footed dancers backing her, Chan's show -
a mix of Mandarin, Cantonese and English songs - was as powerful
as it was thrilling.
The backing band, made up of international and homegrown sessionists,
too, was a energetic driving force, and played with an amazing sense
of funk and gusto.
Chan showed that a concert does not have to be straight-up song and
dance.
She chatted with the audience like an old friend, and went around
the stage shaking hands.
She thanked everyone, including the 'faceless and silent' fans who
have been supporting her all along.
In a theatrical musical which satisfied with madcap dancers, glitzy
costume changes and even fake 'snow', she played energetic entertainer,
sultry songbird and homecoming queen all at once.
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