On the 7th, the 12th Yeongcheon Arirang National Singing Competition and Festival was held at Yeongcheon Citizens’ Hall, hosted by the Yeongcheon Arirang Research and Preservation Society (Chairman Jeon Eun-seok).
Yeongcheon Arirang, which was sung while missing one’s hometown in a foreign land during the Japanese colonial period, is being passed down and preserved by citizens who love Yeongcheon Arirang, and the Yeongcheon Arirang National Singing Contest is held every year to inherit Yeongcheon’s proud traditional culture that embodies the soul and spirit of Yeongcheon.
Applicants from all over the country, including Jeollabuk-do and Gyeonggi-do, gathered from the early morning of the day to register for the competition, and many participants, including 8 singers in the master division, 20 general divisions, and 10 teams (55 people) in the group division, competed fiercely all day long. In particular, the student division (video review) was divided into elementary school division (7 teams, 35 people), middle school division (4 teams, 23 people), and high school division (4 teams, 131 people) from this year to ensure fair competition, and it was a good opportunity to widely publicize Yeongcheon Arirang to future leaders.
Also, the Arirang Grand Festival held in the evening proceeded as a second part congratulatory performance following the first part award ceremony of the Yeongcheon Arirang Competition. It started with a performance by the Yeongcheon Arirang Research and Preservation Society, which reinterpreted Yeongcheon Arirang in various rhythms, followed by the Jeongseon Arirang by Kim Gil-ja, the first holder of Gangwon Intangible Cultural Property, the Daegu Arirang stage by Oh Eun-bi and Shin Su-jin (Yeongnam Folk Song Arirang Preservation Society), and the wonderful congratulatory performance by singers Kang Min and Yang Ji-eun, receiving enthusiastic cheers from the audience.
On this day, the Yeongcheon Arirang Festival came to a grand close with the exciting Yeongcheon Arirang choir performed by Yeongcheon Mayor Choi Gi-moon and the entire cast.
Meanwhile, in the 12th Yeongcheon Arirang National Singing Competition, Kim Jin-sun (Jeongseon) from the master singer division took the grand prize, Park Eun-kyung (Yeongcheon) from the master singer division, Lee Ha-hyeon (Jangsu) from the general division, and Seo Geum-ok and 5 others (Chuncheon) from the group division took gold prizes, and in the student group division, Lee Seo-young from Yeongcheon Girls’ High School and 21 others from the high school division, Kim Min-gyu from Cheongtong Middle School and 7 others from the middle school division, and Park Jae-in and 4 others from the elementary school division took home gold prizes.
Choi Jin-wook, the chairman of the Yeongcheon Arirang National Singing Contest, said, “I would like to thank everyone who helped hold the Yeongcheon Arirang Singing Contest despite the difficult circumstances this year, and we will work harder to promote Yeongcheon Arirang.” Choi Gi-moon, the mayor of Yeongcheon, said in his congratulatory remarks, “I hope that the Yeongcheon Arirang National Singing Contest will prosper as long as the long history of Yeongcheon Arirang, and I will work hard for the development of Yeongcheon Arirang and local traditional arts.”
Economy Queen Reporter Kim Hong-mi / Photo Yeongcheon City
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2024-09-10 18:55:30