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๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ 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.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ.
A heartfelt ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ 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 eventโs 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 eventโs 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.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ!