{"id":50410,"date":"2024-05-28T17:49:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T17:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/?p=50410"},"modified":"2024-05-28T17:10:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T17:10:18","slug":"hmcs-roars-wins-choral-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/hmcs-roars-wins-choral-competition","title":{"rendered":"HMCS ROARS, WINS CHORAL COMPETITION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>His Majesties Correctional Services Choir outsmarted the rest securing a well-deserved win and cementing their place as the Standard Bank choral music champions at Esibayeni Lodge last Sunday (May 26, 2024).<\/b><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth mentioning that this year\u2019s Standard Bank increased its sponsorship of the Choral Music Competition by E30 000. The bank has sponsored the competition to the tune of E330 000. Last year\u2019s sponsorship by the bank was E300 000.<\/p>\n<p>The sponsorship was announced last month by Head of Business and Commercial Banking, Mlamuli Hlatshwayo, who was representing the bank\u2019s Chief Executive\u2019s Mvuselelo Fakudze at the launch of the music competition, which was held at the bank\u2019s headquarters at the Swazi Plaza.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the Standard Bank Choral Competition prize money winners<\/p>\n<p>Standard Section<\/p>\n<p>Choir name Western position African position choice position overall Overall position<\/p>\n<p>Pure voices 83 1 78 2 161 1 (E15 500)<\/p>\n<p>Florence Catholic 76 2 75 3 84 1 151 3 (E10 500)<\/p>\n<p>Sweet Sounds 74 3 79 1 82 2 153 2 (E13 500)<\/p>\n<p>Asihlabelele 80 3<\/p>\n<p>LARGE SECTION<\/p>\n<p>Choir Name Western Position African Position Choice Position Overall Overall Position<\/p>\n<p>HMCS 90 1 85 2 175 1 (E20 000)<\/p>\n<p>REPS 88 2 87 2<\/p>\n<p>Mbabane Methodist 88 1 89 1 170 2 (E18 000)<\/p>\n<p>Manzini Choir 84 3 79 3 85 3 163 3 (E16 000)<\/p>\n<p>Overall Position<\/p>\n<p>A. Standard section<\/p>\n<p>Pure Voices (161) = E15 500<\/p>\n<p>Sweet Sounds (153) = E13 500<\/p>\n<p>Florence Catholic (151) = E10 500<\/p>\n<p>B. Choice Piece<\/p>\n<p>Florence Catholic (84) = E4 000<\/p>\n<p>Sweet Sounds (82) =E 3 000<\/p>\n<p>Asihlabelele (80) = E2 000<\/p>\n<p>Overall Position<\/p>\n<p>Large Section<\/p>\n<p>His Majesty Correctional Service (175) = E20 000<\/p>\n<p>Mbabane Methodist (170) = E18 000<\/p>\n<p>Manzini Choir (163) =E16 000<\/p>\n<p>Choice Piece Large Section<\/p>\n<p>Mbabane Methodist (89) = E4 000<\/p>\n<p>Royal Eswatini Police (87) = E3 000<\/p>\n<p>Manzini Choir (85) = E2 000<\/p>\n<p>Solo Category<\/p>\n<p>Alto<\/p>\n<p>Nothile Mathonsi (75) = E2 000<\/p>\n<p>Thulisile Mndzebele (73) = E1 500<\/p>\n<p>Nontobeko Dlamini (68) = E1 000<\/p>\n<p>Tenor<\/p>\n<p>Sibusiso Dlamini (80) = E2 000<\/p>\n<p>Zweli Msibi (76) = E 1 500<\/p>\n<p>Mandisa Gumedze (73) = E1 000<\/p>\n<p>Soprano<\/p>\n<p>Lungeklwa Shabalala (79) = E2 000<\/p>\n<p>Nkhosingphile Siboza (78) = E1 500<\/p>\n<p>Siphowokuhle Nxumalo (74) = E1 000<\/p>\n<p>Bass<\/p>\n<p>Thando Zwane (90) = E2 000<\/p>\n<p>Njabulo Mahlalela (84) = E1 500<\/p>\n<p>Mhlonishwa Dlamini (80) = E1 000<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\">Eswatini<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. 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