The Singapore Youth Choir (SYC) was formed in 1964, and was first named the Mixed Colleges Choir. Notably, in 1974, it additionally grew to become the first Singaporean choir to win on the Llangollen Eisteddfod, with a primary-inserting in the Youth Choirs part. This was the previous route of SH 1 through Hamilton, prior to the opening of the Hamilton part of the Waikato Expressway in July 2022. This route is 24 km (15 mi). SH 1K was assigned to the former SH 1N route between Raumati and Peka Peka via Paraparaumu and Waikanae. The unique route was via Major North Highway, Cranford Street, Sherborne Street, Bealey Avenue, Madras and Gasson Streets (north)/Barbadoes Street and Waltham Highway (south), Brougham Street, the Christchurch Southern Arterial Motorway, Curletts Street, Blenheim Street, and Major South Highway. Many travellers select to turn onto SH ninety three at Clinton, as this route shortens the journey between Clinton and Mataura by about 10 km (6.2 mi) and bypasses Gore. The motorway was prolonged northward to Pineacres in December 1970, bypassing Kaiapoi. It then turns into the Transmission Gully Motorway and steeply ascends by way of mountainous terrain to the Wainui Saddle, before descending by means of its namesake to Pāuatahanui and bypassing Porirua to the east earlier than reaching the northern suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand’s capital metropolis.

The Waikato Expressway north of Te Kauwhata has largely been built on the present line of SH 1N, though at Pōkeno the highway was diverted to bypass the city to the east. The Western Belfast Bypass spur opened on 31 October 2017, extending the motorway southwest to The Groynes, allowing SH 1 traffic to bypass Belfast. The concurrency with SH 5 additionally follows part of the bypass. Tan, Corrie (12 December 2014). “Arts Picks: Do not miss Dim Sum Dollies, Group Quilts, Loke Hong Seng and SYC Ensemble Singers”. On four December 2006, the SYC Ensemble Singers, together with the Ateneo Chamber Singers (the Philippines) and the Gaia Philharmonic Choir (Japan), launched the sequence of concert events with the first installation of Three in Singapore. On 14 December 2014, SYC together with Ateneo and Gaia performed “Three: 50th Anniversary Concert” at Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay. Collaborations have taken the form of an energetic commissioning program, workshops and live shows with guest conductors, and joint concert events with other choirs – notably, with the Ateneo Chamber Singers (the Philippines) and the Gaia Philharmonic Choir (Japan) within the “Three” collection of concert events.

The SYC Ensemble Singers’ Inventive Director is Jennifer Tham, a leading choral pedagogue in Singapore. This was followed by “Three Vol. 2 Asian Sound” (2009) held in Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, “Tatlo: A Choral Celebration” (2011) held in Cultural Heart of the Philippines, Manila, and “Three in Sapporo: Songs from the South” (2013) held on the Kitara Live performance Corridor, Sapporo, Japan. The Choir participated in the choral festival Europa Cantat 2012 in Turin, Italy, the place it premiered several festival commissions and participated in ateliers. 1989. In 2004, coinciding with its 40th anniversary, the choir was renamed the SYC Ensemble Singers. The SYC Ensemble Singers celebrated their 60th anniversary with a concert “SYC & Mates: 60 Years Younger” performing Arvo Pärt’s “Te Deum”, Eric Whitacre’s “The Stolen Youngster”, and Cristian Grases’ new setting of “Lux Aeterna” amongst music by Singaporeans Leong Yoon Pin, Joyce Bee Tuan Koh and Diana Soh. Extra just lately, the SYC Ensemble Singers topped the contemporary music class of the 58th Concorso Polifonico Internazionale in Arezzo, Italy, and won high prizes at the seventh Worldwide Choir Festival Mundus Cantat Sopot, in Poland.

In 1972, the SYC was the primary Singaporean choir to take part in an overseas competitors, the Tees-side International Eisteddfod in Middlesbrough, England. In 1997, the SYC was a recipient of the President’s Charity Award (for service to the State and neighborhood). In 2000, the SYC was the recording choir for the re-orchestration of the national anthem, Majulah Singapura, arranged by Phoon Yew Tien. The Choir has labored extensively with choirs, conductors and composers from all over the world. Many ideas have come forth to create a Second Harbour Crossing over Waitematā Harbour to complement the aging Auckland Harbour Bridge. The Christchurch Northern Motorway opened in October 1967 between Tram Street and Belfast, providing a second road crossing of the Waimakariri River. The exceptions are between Kawakawa and Whangārei and south of Mosgiel, where the SH 1 is classified as a regional strategic street, and north of Kawakawa the place SH 1 is labeled as a main collector street. Travelling north on SH 1 by the Rangipo Desert. Turning southwards again, SH 1 leaves Tūrangi and ascends onto the North Island Volcanic Plateau, passing by means of the fringes of the Tongariro National Park and into the Rangipo Desert, passing the volcanoes of Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe and Tongariro.