Dagupan kids choir wins int’l song fest in Malaysia

DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan — The BalonDagupan Children’s Choir (BDCC) won the Malaysia International Children Choral Festival 2016, besting 15 other contenders from different countries in a competition held last Saturday at the Shah Alam Theatre in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.

BDCC received the Gold A Grade Award, the highest recognition being given to a choral group for outstanding performance; the Shah Alam Mayor Award for being the overall champion; and the Most Promising Choir (Overseas) Award, in their rendition of the “O Sanctissima” and “Orde E”, their two winning pieces in the competition.

With the theme “Binding Culture through Music”, 15 choral groups from the countries of Vietnam, India, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, represented by BDCC, joined the international choral festival.

        Dagupeños immediately extended their congratulations to the BDCC while billboards announcing the choir’s success in the international song fest have been put up in the city.

Mayor Belen Fernandez, who organized the choir, thanked Professor Adolfo Mendoza and his wife, Virginia Llamas-Mendoza, for their patience, love and dedication in teaching the children. – JojoRinoza