Closing ceremony of the class teaching Vi and Giam folk songs in the community in Thanh Chuong

Attending the closing ceremony were Ms. Quach Thi Cuong - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture - Sports, leaders of Thanh Chuong district, representatives of district-level departments and branches, lecturers, students and parents.

Thanh Chuong district is considered the cradle of Vi and Giam folk songs, a locality with a long tradition and a vibrant cultural and artistic movement. Some Vi and Giam folk song clubs such as Ngoc Son commune folk song club; Thanh Linh commune folk song club; Dai Dong commune folk song club are very active and effective in preserving and promoting local cultural heritage. This is also the hometown of many generations of famous and successful Vi and Giam folk song artists.

The 2024 class to teach folk singing talent in Thanh Chuong district community has 34 students studying at primary and secondary schools in the district.

The class is considered to be of fairly even quality, some students have outstanding talent in voice and performance.

Many of the children have participated in the activities of the local folk song club, so they have more or less memorized and know how to sing the tunes. On this occasion, the teachers have helped them improve their breathing skills, rhythmic pauses, and pronunciation; they have experienced activities in creating scenes, skits, and short plays, as well as practiced their approach skills and performance techniques to master the stage.

During 12 days (July 8-19), the children were introduced by experienced artists who are knowledgeable about Vi and Giam folk songs about the characteristics and nature of ancient folk songs, adapted melodies and practiced singing melodies such as Vi Do Dua Song La, Vi Do Dua Song Lam, Giam Ve, Giam Noi, Giam Xam; Hat Khuyen, Tu Hoa, Xam Thuong (Xam Thap An), works with new lyrics, duet songs, tableaus, stage plays, etc., in order to spread the passion for Nghe An culture and find a source of new actors.

At the Closing Ceremony, the students performed an art program reporting their learning results with performances, skits, skits, excerpts from plays, and medleys of folk songs such as: "Flavors of Homeland Love", "Ban Hat Gheo", "Mai Thuc Loan", "Loi Me Hat", "Ho Tren Song", "Ho Keo Go", "Ho De Die", and "Khuc Ca Xa Ban".

At the closing ceremony, the Organizing Committee awarded prizes to 10 students who excelled in their studies and performances, and also issued certificates of completion to the students.

This is the 6th gifted class (after classes in Nam Dan, Dien Chau, Do Luong, Yen Thanh, Vinh, Hung Nguyen) organized by the Provincial Traditional Arts Center, to contribute to the implementation of the project "Preserving and promoting the value of Nghe Tinh folk song heritage in the period 2021 - 2025"./.