The Tygerberg Childrens Choir and Stellenbosch University Choir have been named World Champions at the World Choir Games in China.
The Tygerberg Childrens Choir, conducted by Hennie Loock, was crowned World Champion and obtained two gold medals in two categories at the 6th World Choir Games in Shaoxing, China for Music of the Religions and Folklore. They came 4th with 81, 6% and earned another gold medal in the Childrens Choirs division.
Stellenbosch University Choir with its leader Andre van der Merwe obtained World Champion and gold medals in two categories: Mixed Choirs (95,2%) and Musica Contemporanea (92%). This means that these shining export products of the Western Cape obtained a whopping four first places with gold medals plus one more gold for the Tygerberg Childrens Choir. The university choir competed in 2 categories and the childrens choir in 3.
The 6th World Choir Games opened on Thursday, 15 July 2010 in the southern Chinese city of Shaoxing. The organisers from the German Interkulter Foundation and the Chinese city of Shaoxing were delighted that 472 choirs from 83 nations with more than 20 000 participants came to these unique choir games, the world’s biggest choral competition, which is held in the spirit of the Olympic ideal.
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