WINDHOEK
The Khomas Regional Choir Competition will take place at the National Theatre of Namibia (NTN) on Saturday.
The Directorate of Arts in the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture has managed to rejuvenate choir music at school level with their newly introduced Regional Choir Competition.
The choir competition has infused much enthusiasm into this fledgling art form at school level, hoping to get school learners to give it the same interest as sport is getting.
The grand finale of the Regional Choir Competition is scheduled for September 12, 2015 in Windhoek and will see the Youth and Community Choirs Category battling for the status of Best Youth Choir.
All winners of the youth choir category will travel to Windhoek for the big ceremony to find out who won the main prizes, which include N$30,000, N$20,000 and N$10,000.
The competition has categories for primary, secondary and youth choirs, with cash prizes of N$10,000, N$5,000 and N$3,000 for the top three winners in each of the categories.
The Directorate of Arts is making this investment in an effort to revitalise the passion for choral music and to restore its place of priority amongst young singers, as it is a key feature of Namibian tradition.
The competition has already delivered its first winners in the Otjozondjupa, Omaheke, Zambezi, Kavango, Erongo and Oshana regions. The Omaheke Region can be singled out as the region showing the most interest and the highest turnout, with an excited audience competing for seats to enjoy what the region’s best choirs had to offer.
With the competition soon to reach its conclusion the Oshikoto, Omusati and Ohangwena regions were in line to stage their competitions over the weekend of July 17, 18, with the Karas and Hardap regions waiting eagerly in tow for their turn on July 25.
Schools in the remaining regions can still register for competitions in their respective regions, to stake their claim in the pot of prize monies.
More information about the rules and prescribed songs can be obtained by sending an email to eunaeb84@gmail.com or ivanscheffers@gmail.com.