In Singapore Guitar Festival 2001, d'Easton Ritmo has won the 1st prize for the Guitar and Vocal category and
3rd prize for the Ensemble category.

The Singapore Guitar Festival was organised by Yamaha Music School and was held on 21 July 2001 at Le Meridien Orhcard.

from the organiser: The Singapore Guitar Festival has grown both in scale and quality since its advent in 1974. The event aims to enhance the standard of guitar playing in Singapore, encourage and promote young budding talents.

with the Rojaks from GENUS before the show. They went on to clinch the 1st prize for the ensemble.BRAVO!	ensemble category, playing gipsy flame from the new age flamenco guitarist Armik,	guitar & vocal category, medley of quien sera, girl from ipanema, pom pom pero. yep we were the entertainers for the night with this performance!
with el maestro, Mr Ernest	thank you (fm left) Fami, mystery pretty lady (in blue) Azam (in orange), Apat (in white), Bahar (in black), Hani (Mrs Bahar) Von (standing in checks), my wife with Norman	what will I do without my family ;-)
special thanks to Anuar & his fiance, (5th & 3rd fm left) for helping me to handle the camera & that's Roslan's fiance beside him	what an honour to get a shot with 2 maestro Mr Omar and Mr Ernest	I want to say a BIG THANK YOU to all our supporters who have spent the evening with us - Bahar & family / Anuar & fiance / Von / Roslan's fiance / Bibik & Sofyan / Steven & family / Francis / Aimran / Rina & my son Norman. And also to those who supportted us morally but couldn't be present - my parents / my paman Sofwan / Munir / my mum-in-law / Jeannie / Philip / Hillary /Imran / Yazid / Shamsuri / Hezri and all our friends . And of course my classical teacher - Ernest. And and Thank you, Steve, for handling the camcorder even tho' the battery chose to go flat just when we we were performing our winner ;-) and thank you Anuar / Francis / Aimran for the photos. And of course, thank you Lili (yamaha's guitar teacher) for your lovely compliments and the delicious snack you bought for Norman, he loves it! THANK YOU to all of you for believing in us!