{"id":16998,"date":"2018-06-28T08:38:14","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T12:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=16998"},"modified":"2018-06-28T08:38:14","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T12:38:14","slug":"antigua-and-barbuda-choir-wows-commonwealth-audience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-choir-wows-commonwealth-audience\/","title":{"rendered":"Antigua and Barbuda choir wows Commonwealth audience"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Antigua and Barbuda National Youth Choir dazzled staff at the Commonwealth headquarters in London this week with its powerful voices, mesmerising music and heart-wrenching poetry.<\/p>

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Demonstrating the vibrancy and beauty of the Caribbean in colourful cultural outfits, the choir kicked off their performance with a steel pan rendition of\u00a0I did it my way<\/em>. This was followed by a poignant poem and song about Hurricane Irma, which displaced the entire population of Barbuda last year.<\/p>\n

Dominican born Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, whose father was from Antigua and Barbuda, described the performance as \u201cworld-class\u201d.<\/p>

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She said, \u201cThe raw emotion skilfully expressed through music and poetry today really touched my heart. I was in Antigua and Barbuda after the hurricanes last year. I witnessed first-hand what the wrath of monstrous Hurricane Irma did to the place that these young people call home.<\/p>

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\u201cThrough their performance we experienced their agony and their fears, but we also saw shining brightly the resilience of our Commonwealth. Despite the immensity of their challenges they lifted our spirits with the addictive rhythm of Caribbean-defining calypso. And the people who work tirelessly behind the scenes at our headquarters to help deliver the mandate of governments got a taste of an authentic Caribbean-flavoured Commonwealth.\u201d<\/p>\n

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