All About Pre-school Graduation Concerts

[penglee]

buds:

Heyya penglee, where's the venue of your child's graduation ceremony?

Biopolis ..
Not Victoria, or Esplanade or Indoor stadium
:stupid:

[ttlkbs]

penglee:

ttlkbs:

wow, thot mine is expensive as i paid $176. But she's performing 4 items + delivering graduation speech + christmas present + DVD + graduation photo package, free admission to view concert, so still worth, right? anyway, is only once a lifetime, so still got to pay though heartache! :moneyflies:

My own K2- i only got one photo showing square hat, and it is already a big deal back than (80s). At most, $10, got something to eat, shake prncipal hand, then bye bye ..short and sweet

i din even got chance to wear that square hat! may be to compensate myself, i m willing to pay for my children, this is alrdy my 2nd kid. not only K2, they perform every year since N1. the next one wud be my no. 3.

[penglee]

ZacK:

Ours just over... We spent:

- $105 for 3 adult tics
- $40 for one photo of DS receiving cert and one DVD of the event
- $52 for a cowboy hat and vest
- we bought a long sleeve checked shirt and belt that DS used for his concert, but these may be reused for normal occasions.

So for us, the cost came up to $197.

Your school also not cheap :lol:

[ZacK]

penglee:

ZacK:

Ours just over... We spent:

- $105 for 3 adult tics
- $40 for one photo of DS receiving cert and one DVD of the event
- $52 for a cowboy hat and vest
- we bought a long sleeve checked shirt and belt that DS used for his concert, but these may be reused for normal occasions.

So for us, the cost came up to $197.

Your school also not cheap :lol:

Beginning of concert was ok... But after a while it got kinda draggy... The owner of the school gave a loooong speech and then there were performances from nursery, K1 and K2 classes, each of them performing about 3 items ... The whole concert plus certificate presentation took over 3 hrs :faint:

[tamarind]

That is really expensive !


For my girl, we paid $0 for her PCF K2 concert. She used her dance costume($35) from last year, and admission is free. We took our own videos

[KopiYing]

Personally feel it should be optional. If only can still still use baby bonus…heheheheh.

[acforfamily]

I also feel that the cost of the K2 concert is ridiculous. I had to pay $70 for his costume which can only be worn once, pay $25 per tickets for each person. I refused to buy the video....just got some stills.


The kindergarten got all the centres together and made it into 1 long concert lasting over 2 hours. Don't understand why they can't just have it for their own centre in the school hall and save all the fuss and hassle. We even had to go separately for a full dress rehearsal...

Frankly, I think all of us are only keen to watch our own kids perform. Why make us sit through 20 items of kids performing? Most of whom we have never seen before because they are from other centres.

I wish I could group some parents together to protest about it then.

Thought about not letting son join in but he will feel very left out because they spent a bit part of the 2nd half of the year practising it in class.

[schellen]

Luckily, my DD1 in BASC this year so the sch supplied the T-shirt and she only performed one item plus emcee job. Her bottoms are jeans (self-owned) and white socks and shoes (standard sch attire anyway). We only paid for 4 tix at about $35 each.


For her past year K2 grad, we paid for the rental of 2 costumes and the purchase of one that we could re-use, and the tix. I think professional photos and the DVD were optional.

Although concert was stated to last about 2 hours, it ended before the 2 hours were up cos everything started punctually and went smoothly. The children themselves even made souvenirs for the guests to bring home FOC.

[titank]

penglee:

My LV boy will be graduating soon.


- $100 costume (worn only once for graduation)
- $30 ticket per parent, total $60 (no complimentary ticket)
- $30 full ticket for child above 3 years old
- $25 Dvd
- $215 for full package
:shock:
Do K2 children really need to spend so much for graduation?
Granted, it is a milestone for our children, and we should celebrate, but modestly.

We highlighted to management that money which we can saved, can buy kiddos more nutrition and enrichment products !!

For parents whose child will be participating in K2 concerts soon, better check the market $rate
:whut:

Care to share which Kindergarten? For my kid kindergarten, it seem every year they do have concert! Maybe I should do my sums & see how much concert I had incur. :!:

[kiasu_pig]

my kid in toddler class (not even N1) was involved in a skit for the K2 Graduation Ceremony.


Costumes - $60
Ticket - $20 each (we bought 4)
Photos / DVD - optional (dared not ask price now)

Franky, on the DVD part, I do agreed that practically I’m only interested in that less than 5mins skit by my boy; so i am considering whether to buy the DVD or not … We took time off recently to accompany son to (one of) the rehearsal.