29 Jul 2024

Maun Ministers Fraternal chairperson, Prophet Thato Elias has hailed Maun based Eloyi Christian Church’s Salvation Choir for making the North West District proud by clinching position three at the recent National Arts Festival.

The choir, which competed under the newly introduced Clap and Tap category won the regional competition to book a spot at the national stage where it walked away with P38 000 prize money.

Prophet Elias commended the choir during a ceremony to celebrate its victory at Sedie Junior Secondary School hall over the weekend.

The ceremony, combined with the choir’s concert, was graced by various clap and tap choirs including a guest choir, Maun Choral.

Prophet Elias, who is also the leader of Saving Grace Church called on the business community and members of the public to support local choirs so that they could contribute towards inclusive and sustainable development of the communities.

While he appreciated that local choirs provided an opportunity for young people to learn and develop their musical talent, he also acknowledged that through the music concert, funds were raised for development projects in their respective churches.

Prophet Elias thanked the choirs for demonstrating unity and supporting each other. 

“I have been supporting clap and tap concerts since 2018 and I am impressed that the choirs consistently mesmerised audience, showcasing their dedication to the craft and their ability to evoke emotion throughout their musical appearances,” he added.

North West Deputy District Commissioner, Ramogaupi Gaborokwe also commended Salvation choir for the big achievement, saying he had confidence that next year they would do better and emerge the champions at the national stage.

He appreciated that the choir had embraced change and saw music as a tool that they could benefit from and eventually contribute to the country’s economic development.

Noting, government’s goal of  attaining an upper economy status,  he said embracing mindset change could help to achieve that and make an impact.

Eloyi Christian Church pastor, Bishop Moagi Ntukununu thanked audience for supporting and celebrating Salvation choir’s achievement.

He said the choir had been playing an instrumental role in generating money for development projects within the church. Currently, he said they were undertaking a P1.5 million project of a construction of the church building which he said had been pending for six years. The choir, he said started raising funds through concerts but was disrupted by COVID-19 pandemic.

 “We are proud to announce that there is a lot of progress as the project is now at roofing level and we believe that before the end of the year, we will be able to complete roofing. I thank all stakeholders and other clap and tap choirs for their invaluable support towards the project,” he added. Ends