Held earlier this week, and forming part of
the 2012 National Creative Arts Youth Festival currently running at the Elizabeth
Sneddon Theatre, was the annual Drum for
Joy Steel Drum Competition.
The event features schools from around KZN
and is always filled with high energy and a continually improving standard of
steel drum music.
Run by the indefatigable Bryan Clarke who
has been involved in the competition since its inception, this year’s judge was
Caroline Smart who has also been judging the competition for 18 years.
In the Primary School section, the Drum for Joy Trophy went to Durban
Primary in first position with Kokstad Junior Grade 6 winning the Troubadour
Productions Trophy in second place and Brown School Grade 5 in third place.
Steel Drum Foundation Trophies were won by
Hilda Makhanya for the Most Outstanding Single Performance by a Band for their
presentation of I Will Survive and Warner
Beach won the Most Improved Junior School Band.
In the High School section, Inanda Field
Band won the Elizabeth Sneddon Trophy for first place with Sparks Estate
winning the Troubadour Trophy for second place.
The Dobri Paliev Trophy for Best High
School Individual Piece was won by Hillcrest for Hawaii 5-O and Gordon Road won the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra
Spirit Trophy.
The artSMart Rising Star Trophy for an
outstanding performance by an individual band member was won by Qudaysiya Khan
from Kokstad Junior Grade 5.
This trophy is presented to someone who
presents an efficient and professional attitude in their work. The other nominees
were:
PRIMARY SCHOOL SECTION: Scherrin Zubek
(Brown School Grade 4); Zama Xaba (Gordon Road); Londiwe Mnyandu (Hilda
Makhanya); Megan Daniel (Brown School Grade 5); Scott Strachan (St Patricks
School Grade 5); Athandiwe Mbangatha (Kokstad Junior Grade 6); Max Bishop (St
Patricks Grade 6); Thando Mnthambo (Durban Primary); Thanda Ngwane (Warner
Beach)
HIGH SCHOOL SECTION: Yandisa Nene (Inanda
Seminary Grade 9N); Snehlanhla Mabaso (Sparks Estate); Nontobeko Ngwazi (Inanda
Field Band); and Cindy Nzama (Hillcrest)
For more information on the National Creative
Arts Youth Festival, contact 031 210 9312 or email: ncayf@iafrica.com
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