Kit rocks Singer Kit Chan came home in her first solo gig on Saturday night, charming fans with her sterling voice, explosive dance moves and casual repartee By Tommy Wee POP THAT'S KIT 2001 CONCERT Singapore Indoor Stadium Last Saturday ONE question Kit Chan asked her audience of 7,000 at her first solo gig last Saturday night revealed much about her intimate relationship with fans here. PHOTO/Delivering an aural and visual feast was homegrown singer Kit Chan. 'Do you think I'm fat?' she asked the fans and friends gathered at her party at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Even before the question's echoes subsided, excited screams of 'No! You're not!' filled the stadium. Appreciative applause - and there was plenty of it throughout the 2 1/2-hour concert - acknowledged Chan's toned body. Sweating it out at the gym for months in preparation for the concert had paid off. Such was the magnetism of the bona fide Singaporean singing sensation. The friendly banter continued: 'I know I'm not Stefanie, or Mavis, but thank goodness for people like Tanya. I know Tanya is slimmer than me, but at least when I stand next to her, I don't feel like a drag queen.' Tanya Chua, seated front row, responded knees-up, with laughter. More than a concert, it was a homecoming party of sorts. After eight years in the music business, Singaporean fans were finally treated to a Kit Chan extravaganza. This was a homegrown star made good in places as far as Taiwan and Hongkong, and a concert staged at home had been a long time coming. And, right from the start, Chan, 28, made sure it was a performance people would be talking about for a long time to come. As soon as she appeared, rising from a hole at the centre of the rectangular-shaped stage, the response was immediate, rapturous and decidedly proud. Sporting a dramatic hairstyle that can only be described as 'punk-revivalist-meets-Gaultier', she wore a flaming-red PVC skirt and slinky sequins. She held theatrical court against a backdrop of huge, diamond-shaped lightboxes hung high above the stage. Her songcraft was an eclectic aural feast of Indian vibes (Zouk's tabla-drumming resident Maniam lent his services) and other ethnic-influences, complete with a romantic Spanish dance segment. Special guest William So, who performed a duet, Love At The Right Time, with her, praised her for being 'the first singer to allow people in Hongkong, Taiwan and China to realise the power of S ingapore music'. He also teased her about her mysterious new beau, seated somewhere in the audience. Hongkong television star Bowie Lam was also present to offer his congratulations. With more than 12 nimble-footed dancers backing her, Chan's show - a mix of Mandarin, Cantonese and English songs - was as powerful as it was thrilling. The backing band, made up of international and homegrown sessionists, too, was a energetic driving force, and played with an amazing sense of funk and gusto. Chan showed that a concert does not have to be straight-up song and dance. She chatted with the audience like an old friend, and went around the stage shaking hands. She thanked everyone, including the 'faceless and silent' fans who have been supporting her all along. In a theatrical musical which satisfied with madcap dancers, glitzy costume changes and even fake 'snow', she played energetic entertainer, sultry songbird and homecoming queen all at once. --

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