SUSS Alumni and Seniors Rock SG60 Celebrations!
Date: 2 Aug 2025
News Type:Event Highlights
School/Department: S R Nathan School of Human Development
Alumni and seniors from the SUSS Drums-Up for Active Ageing programme, cheering for Singapore alongside East Coast GRC Advisors: MP Kiat How Tan, Minister Edwin Tong, and Madam Hazlina Abdul Halim.
On 2 August 2025, the SUSS Alumni Relations team turned up the energy at Heartbeat@Bedok with an unforgettable performance at the Kampong Chai Chee SG60 celebration.
Led by the Drums-Up for Active Ageing programme, 60 seniors from various Active Ageing Centres and SUSS alumni from the Age Well Alumni Network (AWAN) took over levels One and Two to fill the space with rhythm, unity, and celebration.
Performers at Heartbeat@Bedok, synchronised in beat and spirit.
Performers at the second floor, giving their loudest cheers for the show.
Grooving to familiar favourites like APT, Stand Up for Singapore, and Not Alone, the performers (the oldest being 88 years young) brought joy and inspiration to the crowd. Collectively, their ages added up to 4,024, a meaningful tribute to SG60, celebrating the intergenerational spirit that marks our nation’s 60th birthday.
Alumni and seniors ending the performance with a drumming bang!
Founded in 2023, the Drums-Up for Active Ageing programme blends rhythm, movement, and fun to promote physical agility, cognitive capacities, and social bonding among seniors. Backed by research from SUSS SR Nathan School of Human Development’s Minor in Applied Ageing Studies, SUSS-Nunchi Marine Age Well Program and National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan) (SUSS-NCKU drumming), the initiative now reaches 38 Active Ageing Centres island-wide and is continuing to grow.
As SUSS champions lifelong learning and social good, we would like to invite more community clubs and partners to bring this meaningful programme to their neighbourhoods.
60 performers from the SUSS Drums-Up for Active Ageing programme.
Want to join the movement?
Reach out to us at [email protected] to explore how you can introduce Drums-Up for Active Ageing at your centre.