Music Hour

Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinetโ€™s annual ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—– ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ took place at the John Rupert Theatre this evening, bringing together the school’s choir, musicians and their parents for an enjoyable evening of music.

๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ, beginning with the choir before moving on to piano, guitar, recorder and drum performances.

Solos and duets featured throughout, with pieces ranging from ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด and ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜บ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ ๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ and ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜Œ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ.

One of the nicest things about our annual Music Hour is the opportunity it gives young musicians, at different stages of their musical journeys, to perform in front of an audience. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€, plenty of concentration and some lovely performances – all reflecting the time and effort these learners have put into their music during the year.

The evening was guided by young MCs ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ and ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป, with ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜€ and ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐˜€ introducing the groups of performers along the way.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ our music teachers for the time and encouragement they continue to invest in these young musicians and to the parents who support their childrenโ€™s musical pursuits.

๐—” ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€ also goes to the John Rupert Theatre team for once again providing such a fitting setting for the evening.

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.