MIRIAM COLLEGE BAGS GOLD, SILVER MEDALS AT WORLD CHOIR GAMES IN SOUTH AFRICA

The Miriam College High School Glee Club added another feather to its cap after bagging two medals at the 10th World Choir Games (WCG), considered the Olympics of choir.

The 45-member group, led by conductor Nancy Roman and accompanied by moderator Sunshine Bio, won Gold for the Youth Choirs of Equal Voices and Silver for the Folklore Acapella.

They competed against a total of 24 choirs under the Champions Category. This year’s competition was held in Tshwane, South Africa last July 5-7.

Before the competition, the group made a courtesy visit to the Philippine Embassy in Pretoria where they were welcomed by Philippine Ambassador to South Africa Joseph Gerard Angeles. The group also wowed the airport crowd in Pretoria when they did an impromptu rendition of the wellloved Filipino folk song "Pen Pen De Sarapen" to the delight of the travelers.

This is the fourth time that the multi-awarded group has competed at the WCG. They first joined in 2010 in Shiaoxing, China where they bagged two Silver Diplomas in the Youth Choirs of Equal Voices and Sacred Music categories. Their China experience helped them set a new benchmark as they competed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2012 where they bested 30 choirs all over the world and came home with two Gold Diplomas in the Sacred Music and Youth Choirs of Equal Voices categories. In 2014, they flew to Riga, Latvia and brought home a Gold Diploma in the Sacred Music with Accompaniment Open Category and a Gold Medal in the Youth Choirs of Equal Voices Champions Category.