Choirs to render Clap-and-Tap music
Tuesday, August 02, 2016
Lighthouse Theatre Director, Mashumba. PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
The festival will assemble two local choirs, Maatla Gospel Choir and Ditsala Moreneng. In order to add more spice to the Clap-and-Tap festival, Lejwe La Motheo Gospel Choir from South Africa will also be part of the festival.
Clap-and-Tap music has similarities of both traditional gospel music and choral music, but Clap-and-Tap has no instruments and it combines vocals with clapping hands in a way that creates a fine tune and tempo.
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