69th Kiwanis Music Festival Held To Welcome Creativity
Began in 1949, Kiwanis Music Festival once again held its annual event for this year. This 69th annual event hosted by Kiwanis Club of Pembroke aims to provide a venue for Pembroke residents and young people to expose their talents. Their performance is then directed feedback from well-known adjudicators.
Proven its advantages from previous years, this event is able to attract many applicants for this time around. Co-chair Vijay Raghavan said more than 500 participants will be on stage to show their talents. This event is a great opportunity to present art and cultural performances.
Vijay considers this event provides a big contribution in improving children's attention for arts and culture. He said, it can increase interest in arts and culture and at the same time it can be a valuable avenue to find gifted and talented children. The Daily Observer said providing a forum to show children creation can help children in determining their prospect for their future plan as he said.
The 69th Kiwanis Music Festival is held on Feb 23 until March 23. Dividing the competition into four categories, i.e. dance, piano, vocals and strings and instrumental, this event is hosted within different time session. It is outset with dance competition from various categories, ranging from tap dance to ballet.
Dance competition which takes place on Feb. 23-24 is commented upon by grand dancer Graeme Goodhall. This is followed by piano competition on Feb. 27 to March 2 and overseen by acclaimed piano teacher Davin Greenslade.
On March 6-9, it is held vocal competition under the supervision of experienced soloist Caroleve Thompson-Fonseka. The latter, strings and instrumental competition is presented on March 21-23 and is granted feedback by passionate music educator Mark Thompson.
A chance to show an encore performance is given to the performers who attract adjudicators at the end of the event. They opt to appear in Festival of Stars at Festival Hall which is put up on the evening of March 30. Organized a large-scale event, Kiwanis Music Festival accepts all spectators without any charges.
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