\u201cI love the way they danced and sang,\u201d Keyaan declares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd the costumes and the props!\u201d volunteers Jiyann.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The siblings quickly reached a consensus: they wanted to audition for the next pantomime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They prepared songs (Somewhere Over The Rainbow<\/em> for Keyaan and Bruno Mars\u2019 Count On Me<\/em> for Jiyann), learnt some choreography on the spot\u2026 and the rest is history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s clear that both brother and sister are thrilled to be performing in their first musical. Even several weeks of long, gruelling rehearsals couldn\u2019t get them down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In fact, Keyaan and Jiyann would practise their choreography at home too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey break into song and dance anywhere and everywhere actually,\u201d says Ana Ismail-Ow, their mother. \u201cAnd they\u2019re always arguing about what the correct dance steps are!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Getting to work (and play!) with the other kids in the cast is something they both really enjoy as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s so fun that we get to see them every day when we come for rehearsals,\u201d explains Keyaan. \u201cOr else we would be alone at home \u2013 just sitting down on the sofa and reading books and watching TV.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In A $ingapore Carol<\/em>, Keyaan has a speaking role. In a scene set in the past, he plays the youngest version of our main character, S K Loo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For him, it\u2019s his favourite \u2013 but also most nerve-wracking \u2013 thing about the show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe hardest part is remembering my lines and the singing and the dance steps when they all come together!\u201d confesses Keyaan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unlike his sister, Keyaan doesn\u2019t have any formal training \u2013 which means he\u2019s learning it all as he goes along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His main takeaway from his entire experience on the show thus far?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEven though it\u2019s hard, you still have to do it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the other hand, singing and dancing and learning choreography comes more naturally for Jiyann.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After all, she\u2019s a competitive dancer who has already performed in Victoria Theatre. 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