An international-award-winning performance by the BC Girls Choir is back in the running for the top Children鈥檚 Choir of the World through the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod.
Having gone and unexpectedly claimed the top prize in 2018, artistic director Fiona Blackburn was hoping that the choir could do it again this year 鈥� but COVID-19 put a physical stop to that opportunity.
Instead, Llangollen 鈥� the 75-year-old competition, which takes place in a small Welsh town 鈥� uploaded all of the winning performances since 1994 onto their website and is asking audiences to cast their votes for the 2020 winner.
A win aided by 91原创 choir member Holly Ten Haaf, Blackburn said the initial win was significant because only two Canadian choirs have been named for the past quarter-century (Newfoundland being the other).
鈥淭he competition has been cancelled this year, but people from all around the world are encouraged to 鈥榮it in the judges鈥� chairs鈥� and vote for their favourite performance,鈥� she said, a tad disapointed about not getting to return to the community.
鈥淭he charm of that particular place鈥� I will never ever forget it,鈥� Blackburn assured.
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The artistic director lived in Maple Ridge for several decades until she made the move to Vancouver Island several years ago.
鈥淲e get together on Saturdays with girls age six to seven, all the way up to teenagers,鈥� she said, adding that she happily makes the trip each week from the island for that practise.
鈥淲e use Coquitlam as a base. There are members from Bowen Island to Mission鈥� White Rock, 91原创, Maple Ridge, and Pitt Meadows,鈥� she explained.
While performance prospects such as the International Choral Kathaumixw and been cancelled and their next international tour is planned for 2021, Blackburn is encouraging people to visit the Llangollen website and have a listen to the choir.
The BC Girls Choir performance is of 鈥楤an, Ban, Caliban鈥�, which describes the ogre in Shakespeare鈥檚 The Tempest.
People can visit and cast their vote.
More information on the BC Girls Choir is available at .
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