Day 8 Festival 500 Sharing the Voices – Wednesday, July 13

FESTIVAL 500 Sharing the Voices

MEDIA UPDATE  - updated 12:45am, July 11, 2011

Day 8 of Festival 500 Sharing the Voices - Wednesday, July 13

In this update..
  • Wednesday's Grand Finale Concert - sponsored by Scotiabank

Grand Finale Concert - sponsored by Scotiabank

Rajaton Performs ABBA - 8pm - July 13, Mile One Centre

Join in the singing! This speechless extravaganza hosted by Mack Furlong (CBC Weekend Arts Magazine), features a snapshot of all the performing choirs, a massed adult choir, a massed youth choir, over 1000 voices strong accompanied by the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra (NSO) plus a colourful performance by the Indonesian Children and Youth Choir, concluding with Rajaton performing, with the NSO, selections from their hit ABBA show.


Don't miss this performance! It will be an experience you won't soon forget!

Grand Finale Programme

Mack Furlong (CBC Weekend Arts Magazine), Host

Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra - Fanfare And Procession Of Flags

Festival 500 Youth Choir - Kari Ala-Pöllänen, Conductor Kristina Szutor, Accompanist

Indonesian Children And Youth Choir (Indonesia) - Aida Swenson, Conductor

Festival 500 Adult Choir - Fred Sjöberg, Conductor Phillip Roberts, Accompanist

Festival 500 Combined Youth and Adult Choirs - World Premiere Performance - The Seeds of Stars* - BobChilcott, conductor

*Commissioned By Festival 500 Sharing The Voices

Rajaton (Finland) A Cappella Performs ABBA - Marc David, NSO Conductor

  • Dancing Queen
  • Money, Money, Money
  • Chiquitita
  • Mamma Mia
  • Waterloo
  • Fernando
  • Does Your Mother Know
  • Winner Takes It All
  • Thank You For The Music

Ode To Newfoundland

Tickets for the Grand Finale Concert are available only at Mile One Centre Box Office or online http://www.mileonecentre.com/purchase.asp.

 

 

 

For a complete concert schedule visit Festival 500's website at www.festival500.com.

For interviews requests please contact either:

  • Aimee Donahue, Fund Development and Marketing Officer with Festival 500 at 709-738-6029 or via email adonahue@festival500.com or
  • Jeff Collingwood, TOTALGROUP at 691-6548 or via email jeff@totalgroup.ca

2011Participating Choirs

Invited Guest Choir

  • Indonesian Children Youth Cordana Choir, Jakarta, Indonesia

Small Cocal Ensembles

  • AcaBella, Corner Brook, NL, Canada
  • Afterglow, St. John's, NL, Canada
  • Innismara, St. John's, NL, Canada
  • It's Time, Red Deer County, AB, Canada
  • Malagma, ComodoroRivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
  • Six Vocal Ensemble, London, ON, Canada
  • EXTRA, Antigonish, NS, Canada
  • Vocado, Orebro, Sweden
  • Zara, St. John's, NL, Canada

Additional ensembles making an appearance at Festival 500

  • IkusasaLethu, Durban, South Africa
  • ZARI, Toronto, ON, Canada