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A Choral Flame

• Started in the context of Flanders as host of the World Choir Games 2020 • cfr. Olympic flame • Travels between big and small choral events • Journey through Flanders, also Brussels & Wallonia • 50 events were selected • Official ‘lighting’ of the flame by minister Zual Demir


Meaning of the Choral Flame

• Focus on projects/events that (re)connect people through music • Projects reaching out to : • children and/or elderly people • vulnerable target groups • people in need of a way to (re-)connect with their environment

• Message = Singing together connects people => Sing Together Share Happiness


Purpose of the Choral Flame

• Get to know more social singing projects • Build more personal connection with these projects • Show appreciation • Help them find more attention for their project • Inspire people with good practices both within and outside the choral network • Connect individual project enthusiasts with each other


Flame was designed by local


How did it work?

• Koorvlam logo for posters, flyer, facebook,… • Each event connects strongly to previous one and following one: • Flame is physically handed over from event to event • Who brings the flame, can bring something to present own event (movie, pictures, song) • Organizers are stimulated to work something out together


• ‘Flame ceremony’ @ each selected event • Flame is brought in on the music of an Official Song • Official Song connects all participants of all events


Schoo ls


Children’s hospital care homes, …


Cooperations between choirs


Open singing events


Generating good local press attention


The ones that got cancelled‌ Choir in prison Children’s choir in refugee center

Choir in facility for people with disability

Choir for people in poverty

Inclusive choirs, for people with e.g. ASD

And


Choral Flame delayed • Due to corona only 13 events could take place • Choral Flame will restart its journey later in 2021 • Possibilities to extend the reach of the project


Contact & presentation:

Lieselotte Goessens Projectmedewerker Koor&Stem Cultural Involvement Director World Choir Games lieselotte.goessens@koorenstem.be


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