Drakensberg Boys Choir Mesmerise

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Drakensberg Boys Choir on Saturday night left the audience mesmerised by the amount of talent they displayed at the Sir Seretse Khama Barracks.

Not only did they pull a crowd but the youthful singers, some as young as seven left the audience lost for words by the clarity of their sound and the technical precision they showed during their performance.The two-part performance of the boys led by choir conductor Johanne Van Der Sandet was humbling to listen to and watch, which saw the boys in the first round dishing out songs written and composed by different artists from all corners of the world as far as Russia, Japan, Haiti and Slovakia.

Despite the language barrier one could see the audience was enjoying the choir's clear sound, excellent discipline and musical abilities indeed making the musical a universal language that is understood by all regardless.The Afrikaans speaking audience and those who understand the language were also treated to some Afrikaans music.Some of the songs as explained by the choir master were nothing but fun with one written and composed by a Russian song writer talking about the beauty of snow as it falls and the boys did justice to the song as they displayed an animation of kids playing with snow in between the song performance.

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