Harvest Tabernacle wins Clash of Hub Choirs contest Harvest Tabernacle Choir
Harvest Tabernacle Choir

Harvest Tabernacle Choir

Simbarashe Mutizwa Showbiz Reporter
BULAWAYO choir – Harvest Tabernacle Choir – were on Sunday evening adjudged the best choir at the Clash of Hub Choirs contest held at the Trade Fair Hall 4.
The inaugural contest, which was hosted by Harvest House International Church, saw Harvest Tabernacle walking away $10,000 richer. The choir beat nine other choirs drawn from the church’s branches in different provinces.
Harvest House Aflame Community Choir settled for second position and pocketed $5,000 while Masvingo Choir took third place and was awarded $2,500.
Harvest House International Church public relations and marketing officer Philip Phiri said the winning choirs had been given significant prizes so as to develop their music careers as choir groups.

“The clash of choirs’ competition is meant to promote talent within the church choirs. The prize money is likely to go up next year as we want to make this competition bigger year after year,” he said.

According to the judges, the choirs were judged according to their creativity, presentation, size and their interaction with the crowd.
Speaking after the clash, South Africa’s Joyous Celebration co-founder and director Lindelani Mkhize, who was part of the judging panel, said he was overwhelmed by the amount of talent he had witnessed during the contest.

He said Bulawayo was crammed with talent that only required a few touch ups.
“The amount of talent I saw today was authentic and had substance. What needs to be done is to empower these artistes through a collaborative dialogue involving us as Joyous Celebration and the choirs themselves.

“There are only a few things that need to be mastered, the composition of their music, their tempos and the way they engage their audience during performance.
“I’m assured if we help each other through these things the choirs will be on point,” he said.

Quality entertainment was provided by gospel musician Takesure “Zamar” Ncube and Worship Addicts who offered melodic interludes.
The contest, which also turned out to be a fashion affair, saw the choirs exhibiting different stylish uniforms ranging from leopard printed outfits, African attires to blazers.

 

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