Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, January 11 2010:
A Choir competition of the Singhat Sub-Division was organized by 30 Assam Rifles under the aegis HQ 57 Mountain Division yesterday.
The event was a complete riot of colour and the strength and the level of participation from across the length and breadth of the area added great pomp to the festivities.
The competition started with a prayer at the Community Hall and was followed by good cheer and some spellbinding performances by the local community church choirs and also by solo arties from the youth organizations, said a press release of the PRO PIB (Defence) .
In all, 10 choirs and 12 solo performers took part in the competition which included representatives from Manipur Evangelical Lutheran Church(MELC), Singhat, Presbyterian Youth Fellowship (PYF), Tangpijol, ZOU Presbyterian Church Synod (ZPCS), S Vengnuom and Seventh Day Adventist (SDA), New Lainjang to name a few.
The 30 Assam Rifles Jazz band provided the background scores for the groups and the solo artists.
Finally, months of preparation came to be glitzy end with prizes being distributed in all disciplines which included electric and Spanish guitars for the groups and individual prizes as well, continued the release.