From what I've gotten to learn, there are festivals that take place in each of the zones (geographic areas that divide up SVG). At each zonal fest, people compete in a variety of categories such as solo, duet, and group singing, musical instrument performance, drama, and dance. Every performance is judged and given certificates of participation. Those that score well on their performance are given medals--based only by their own performance and not competing with other groups. Top performers will be gathered at the end of the month for a Gospel Fest rally in Victoria Park (one of the sports stadiums) in Kingstown.
We had our zonal festival last night and I got to tag along with a youth church group--Super Kids--and several other supporters from Spring Village. We gathered at the Chateau Primary School and joined up with many other churches. Of course, things started on 'West Indies time' and lasted later than expected. Instead of 1030, we clocked out after midnight.
Many of the performances were rather good and since I don't normally attend recitals or other social gatherings like this--for me it was as if somebody spliced American Idol with a church revival service. Either way, I had a good time and I think those that know me from the village where happy to have me along. I saw a couple people with cameras, but not many--so I also willingly offered to be the group photographer. I think they'll like having copies of their pictures. I took a few videos of the performances from Spring Village people--but sadly my video quality capabilities are not very good on my camera.
Here are clips from what I took and the videos:
(full photo album on facebook Part 1 and Part 2)
Hum....3 judge panel setup look familiar? Well there were certainly no Simon's that night.
Miss Simone, who is also one of our reading tutors.
Teacher Pat, another of our reading tutors--waiting for her song to start, a duet with Simone
Some of the Super Kids
lol, not sure why....but I think the pic above turned out cool. I might crop it a bit later to remove the extra face.
The crowd swells
The Super Kids Choir, as led by Mrs. Campbell--who is also the 6th grade teacher at our local primary school.
Ok, so I had to be in 1 photo...lol, boy am I shiny--can't even tell I'm tan.
Super Kids Dancing
Nini got a silver for her performance
Simone and Teacher Pat got silvers for their performances
The Super Kids got a gold for their choir song. Teacher Pats daughter accepted the award.
The Super Kids got a gold for their dance performance as well--blitzing the stage and going NUTS!
And here are the videos I took...could be better, but not bad.
Keep in mind this is for Gospel Fest, so you're prepped for the genre.
Nini belts out the praise
Simone's solo performance
Teacher Pat and Simone's Silver Duet
Super Kids Choir Performance
Ok, so while this kid is not from Spring Village--I actually don't know who he is at all--did a dramatic (gold winning) performance of a preacher in sermon. AND HE WAS AMAZING! The spitting image of many that I've seen here and back home. Although this clip is not quite 4 1/2 minutes, it is only a part of what he did...must have been around 10 minutes, which is LOTS for a little guy.
The final performance of the night was the dance show from the Super Kids and it was really well done! They worked hard and earned that gold! Kudos to them.
So while that was a really good time, I think my 4gb flash drive with all sort of PC docs and paperwork fell out of my pocket last night....I can't seem to find it today and it is driving me NUTS. >.< boo. Life in balance.
Stay well and happy
ciao tutti
~your local wannabe jedi
~Shawn
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