“You strike a woman, you strike a rock”
A powerful, moving performance by St Mary’s scores them gold!
Listen as students from St Mary's DSG and their Choir Master chat about their win in the 10th World Choir Games with Jane Linley -Thomas or read below:
KwaZulu-Natal schools were among the top performers at the 10th World Choir Games that were being held in Pretoria, and St Mary's DSG were amongst some of the big winners.
Read: Kearsney College Choir serenades the breakfast team ahead of the World Choir Games
The 10th World Choir Games were hosted in Africa for the first time. In total, 16,000 singers in 300 amateur choirs from 60 countries took part in the Games from 4 – 14 July in Tshwane, South Africa. The World Choir Games event invites all non-professional choirs of the world to participate.
St Mary’s DSG High School Choir won the World Champions in the Scenic Folklore category at the 2018 World Choir Games in Tshwane on Saturday. The choir also achieved a silver medal in the Scenic Pop category, and I get to meet these talented young girls today.
The repertoire chosen for the Scenic Folklore programme were traditional reinterpreted songs. The programme tells a story about a girl who is lured into human trafficking and slavery through a trusted friend or boyfriend where trying to escape is often impossible. The audience were then taken through a journey showing the pain of the deception, the separation from loved ones and imprisonment. The journey ends with hope for freedom and justice. The programme is emotive and powerful.
Listen as the choir from St Mary's DSG give a moving, memorable performance on East Coast Radio: