Three groups into Clash of the Carolers finals!
The competition was put on by the Social Development Department (SDD) with the objective of touching lives through music especially during the Christmas season and has been designed to cater for four stages leading up to the finals.
The Carolers that made it through to the finals are the Great Britain Unity Band, Mount Carmel Church Chorale and the Carrot Bay Serenaders.
The Great Britain Unity Band was the first on stage in the competition with a medley of songs that took one back into times past. Following their singing, some time was spent giving a brief history of the group which is now some 90 years old.
Next up was the Mount Carmel Church Chorale. The lights were turned off to allow the group to make their entrance with the song ‘Silent Night’ being sung in the traditional slow tempo but as they got onto the stage they ignited the building with the more upbeat rhythmic tempo of ‘Silent Night’. Their medley of songs for the remainder of their performance included, Go Tell It on the Mountain, Hark the Herald Angels Sing and Jesus, the Light of the World.
The final group in the first stage of the competition was the Carrot Bay Serenaders, all clad in their red flowered shirts depicting the flavour of the Caribbean. Their group featured Soul of the Virgin Islands, the fungi band.
The remainder of the night featured special performances from the Daniel Cline Carolers group, the Western Harmony which was a combination of students of the Ivan Dawson, Isabella Morris and the Leonara Delville Primary Schools. The Foggy Mountain Boys also entertained the sizable audience.
The three groups were led into a sing off by the hosts for the night, Mrs Donna Cline and Mr David Archer. This added another stage of fun and excitement for the audience as they capped off competition for the night.
According to one of the organizers, the SDD was happy to have been able to pull off the competition this year despite many challenges especially as many groups were of the opinion that it should not have been a competition.
The first stage saw the coming together of carolers from the western area of Tortola; the second stage will feature clashes among groups from the central area of Tortola; the third will bring together those from the East End/Long Look communities while the fourth will feature groups from the Valley and North Sound areas of Virgin Gorda. Groups from Jost Van Dyke and Anegada will gain automatic entry into the finals.
Clash two is scheduled for the Breezeway at the Central Administration Complex; stage three at the East End/Long Look community centre and clash four will be at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College Breezeway, Enid Pickering Building, Virgin Gorda.
The Grand Clash of the Carolers is scheduled for Saturday, December 7, 2013 at the Sir Olva Georges Plaza, Road Town.
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