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The Voice of Concordian 2020
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s is tradition, Concordian International School’s PY section organized The Voice of Concordian Chinese Singing Contest to celebrate the Chinese New Year 2020. This year is already the 4th season running and this spectacular event continued to amaze our school community. The theme of the Voice was carefully chosen to be the Peking Opera Mask/Make-up, not only because it was a world-renowned symbol of Chinese culture, but also because the combination of unique facial expressions and strong color contrast allowed everyone to connect to it. The three primary colors: red, yellow and blue were selected to represent the originality andauthenticity of our students’ voices. Our Grade 1 to Grade 5 took agency in being part of the creation of the beautiful stage decoration. After auditions, sixteen performances were selected to compete in the Voice Finale on the 23th of January 2020. On stage, all the finalists confidently proved their Chinese ability and singing talents. Their beautiful voices, genuine emotions, singing techniques and individual styles in conjunction with stage presence won the hearts of our judges and the enthusiastic crowd. We would like to express our appreciation to our judges: Mr. Yuri, Ms. Sally, student judge Ken G12, and last but not least, our guest judge Ms. Zhao Yiping. Ms. Zhao is a professional singer, vocal trainer and owner of a music school in Bangkok. She has been actively involved in many cultural exchange events between China and Thailand. We were very lucky and thankful to have her in our judge panel this year.
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Congratulations to the following students who won the Best Voice Awards: Terter G1C, Nita G1C, A-Chi G1C, Mona G1C, Alice G1S, Prim G3D, Ivy G3C, Sureen G3I, Jasmin G3I, Chloe G5I, Candy G5I, Pao Pao G5S and Hana G5C. Congratulations to the following students who won the Good Voice Awards: Tun Tun G1S, Mira G1C, Bambi G1C, Neala G1C, Kin G2C, Bay G2C, Ken L G3S, Tatar G3S, Mungbean G3C, Ken J G3D, Annabel G4S, I proudly present the team behind the scenes: our wonderful PY Chinese department. All the Chinese teachers, teacher assistants and support teachers spent long days over many weeks to ensure the success of the event. They did everything from creating stage decorations to monitoring the sound & lighting system, to screen designing! This would not happen without their dedication to the event. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank our school, parents and students for your continuous support to the Chinese program and events. The hearts of learning Chinese language and culture continue to grow stronger and stronger in our students. We look forward to the Voice of Concordian Season Five in the near future! Ms. Ariel PYP Vice Principal of Learning & Teaching
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