June is always seen
as the month to celebrate youth in South Africa. On June 18, Durban Girls’
College will host what promises to be an concert that showcases talented
musical youth.
Entitled Shining Stars, the concert will feature
the world renowned Drakensberg Boys’ choir and the Durban Girls’ College High
School choir and orchestra. The Umhlanga College choir will make a guest
appearance with two choral items and the KZN Youth Orchestra will also perform
some popular orchestral works. In the second half they will team up and
accompany soloists from DGC and the Drakensberg Boys’ choir. The evening will
end with two massed choir and orchestral items.
The KZN Youth
Orchestra recently performed with the Drakensberg Boys’ Choir at their Music in
the Mountains Festival at the end of April and their concert was a resounding
success, being the first one to be sold out at the festival and ended with a
standing ovation.
The first half of
the concert on June 18, will feature marimbas from DGC conducted by Calvin
Human and the three choirs - Umhlanga College Choir conducted by Heidi
Huizinga, Durban Girls’ College choir conducted by Ronel Perks and there will
be some fascinating choral pieces rendered by the Drakensberg Boys' choir under
the directorship of Bernard Kruger and Charlotte Botha. The second half will
feature the KZNYO under the batons of Lyk Temmingh and Cathy Peacock,
performing such favourites as Brahms’ “Hungarian Dance no. 5”, Tchaikovsky’s March Slav and the ever-popular Radetsky
March.
Some of the lighter
music will feature soloists from DGC and the Drakensberg Boys’ Choir and there
will be popular songs such as Sway, New
York New York and Over the Rainbow.
Part of the
proceeds of the concert will go to The CANSA Mkhuhla Care Home .This first
opened its doors in 1975 to cancer patients and has since made it possible for
more than 12,000 people with cancer to access life-saving treatment in Durban.
The Home provides full accommodation including all meals and transport to and
from the treatment centres. 24-hour care and support is provided in a holistic,
therapeutic environment. It is the only facility of its kind in KwaZulu-Natal.
It is financed by CANSA’s own fundraising and by donation from the public. It
receives no governmental assistance or has any stable source of finance.
The Shining Stars concert will take place at
Durban Girls’ College Hall in Musgrave Road on June 18 at 18h30. Tickets R100 (R80
pensioners and scholars). Booking is essential through Tania Borman on email tborman@dgc.co.za
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