Karoo Festival of Choirs

Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinetโ€™s inaugural ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€, held on Thursday evening, 8 May, was a truly wonderful affair that filled the hearts of all who attended with joy and pride.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† the exceptional voices of choirs from the Union Schools, the Cradock Schools, Thembalisizwe Primary, Gill College and Primary School and Spandau Secondary School, each delivering performances that left the audience spellbound.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

A heartfelt ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ goes out to the dedicated choirs who participated, the supporters who cheered them on and the many individuals who gave of their time and energy to ensure the eventโ€™s resounding success.

A special word of thanks must be extended to Mrs Katie Kotzรฉ, whose tireless efforts played a key role in making the evening a reality. We are also immensely grateful to the eventโ€™s main sponsor, Montego Pet Nutrition, for their generous support.

As the final note echoed into the Karoo night, one thing was clear: this was only the beginning.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ!