If music is food for the soul, then we certainly served up a feast on Monday evening, 23 March, at Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinetโs second annual ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ถ๐ฟ๐.
Set against a cool, overcast Karoo evening, the event brought together choirs from a number of schools across the region for a very special celebration of music.
The evening featured choirs from the Union Schools, Cradock, Gill, Graaff-Reinet Primary, Spandau, Thembalisizwe, Pearson High School and Vuyani. ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ.
A particular highlight was the opportunity to hear Hoรซrskool Pearson High Schoolโs choir perform live. Considered the countryโs no.1 school choir, it was a real privilege to welcome them to Graaff-Reinet, especially as part of their centenary celebrations. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ.
Union is grateful to Montego Pet Nutrition for their contribution towards the event and to organiser Mrs Katie Kotze for the time, effort and care she put into making the festival possible.
