Ocean Park Hotel Rehearsals December 1963

Ocean Park Hotel Dinner & Dance Venue was held at an open concept hall where the sea breeze, cool evening and great entertainment made it a memorable night for many patrons, guests and performers.

It was situated at Upper East Coast Road near the present St. Patrick's School and Jackie's Bowl, one of the first few bowling alleys in the 60s. Andy Young is seen singing to Susan during rehearsal a for an end of year dinner and dance at the hotel. It was held on 21 December, 1963.

Called the Queen of Queens Grand Finale, the other guest artistes included Siri Perera, The Checkmates, David Baskaran, Cyclones, Eunice Sim, Henry Suriya and Percy Leceister. It was organised by Hitachi and a fashion house. The night was hauntingly frightful because a pontianak and vampire were roaming around the nightclub, disturbing the young ladies...

Remember it was late 1963 and the bands and singers were just booming!
Image/original article: Andy Lim Collection.