{"id":101727,"date":"2015-10-08T08:05:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/101727\/melting-pot-national-choral-festival-around-the-corner\/"},"modified":"2015-10-08T08:41:54","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T06:41:54","slug":"melting-pot-national-choral-festival-around-the-corner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/10\/08\/melting-pot-national-choral-festival-around-the-corner\/","title":{"rendered":"Melting Pot National Choral Festival around the corner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The third annual Ekurhuleni Melting Pot National Choral Festival, will be held from October 31 till November 1 at Carnival City.<\/p>\n<p>The competition, a yearly tribute to the late OR Tambo, was launched at the Germiston Civic Centre on September 26 and promises to be a stellar festival of choral bliss.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>October is OR Tambo Month in the metro and as an art and culturally astute freedom fighter, composer and former school choir conductor, the metro believes that the Melting Pot National Choral Festival is a fitting tribute to Tambo.<\/p>\n<p>Choirs from across SA will battle it out for the R500 000 grand prize and one of the most sought after choral titles in the country.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cChoral music is food for the soul because it plays an important role in developing a sound fibre of the community,\u201d said Executive Mayor, Mondli Gungubele at the launch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe discipline required to execute a collective mandate is a pivotal skill to learn and extends beyond the choral space, but also to life and the work place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The following choirs have qualified:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0His Majesty Choir (Swaziland)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Zwelitsha Adult Choir<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Gauteng Choristers<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0SA Singers<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Voice Of The Nation<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0African Chorus<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Heavenly Voices<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Bagale (Lesotho)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Serumula<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Transnet Port Terminal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Musicians Zakes Bantwini, Sibongile Khumalo, Black Coffee, Solly Mahlangu, Sally Silver, Njabulo Madlala and Nathi will also perform at the event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous year&#8217;s events:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/70640\/top-southern-african-choirs-compete-choral-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\">Top southern African choirs to compete in choral festival (2014)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/46745\/ekurhuleni-melting-pot-choral-festival-winners-orbreath-taking-clermont-community-choristers-take-home-top-prize\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ekurhuleni melting pot choral festival winners (2013)<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item 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