Nam Dan and Con Cuong districts won first prize in the 'Folk song singing in schools' contest

On the evening of May 29, the Provincial People's Committee held the closing ceremony and awarded prizes to the "Singing" Contest.Folk songsin schools" Nghe An province, 5th time - 2023.

Delegates attended the closing ceremony of the Folk Song Singing Contest in Schools. Also attending were comrade Vo Van Dung - Member of the Party Executive Committee - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department and leaders of a number of relevant departments and branches. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

According to the Organizing Committee's assessment, after 3 days of implementation, the "Folk song singing in schools" contest has achieved its goals in terms of both time progress and professional quality, in accordance with the requirements and regulations set out.

The contest is a useful playground, a place where teachers and students can exchange and learn, continue to maintain the movement of learning and singing folk songs in schools, discover and nurture folk singing talents for the homeland and the country. From there, it helps each student love their homeland more, passionately love the folk songs of Nghe Tinh.

People's Artist Trinh Thi Hong Luu - Acting Director of the Center for Traditional Arts - Deputy of the Organizing Committee - Head of the Contest Jury spoke at the closing ceremony. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

The impression of this year's contest is that in addition to the performances praising the homeland, the country, the enthusiastic working atmosphere, praising the merits of parents, teachers, and schools, there are 4 performances that mentioned hot, current issues of education, such as school concerns about electronic cigarette smoking (Thanh Chuong district), about drowning prevention (Hung Nguyen and Do Luong districts), about building a green, clean, and beautiful environment (Nam Dan district)...

"The Road Uncle Ho Walked" - a performance by students from Vinh city. This performance won third prize in this year's competition. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

Besides, through songs and lively scenes, the teams recreated the image of the hard work and sacrifice of teachers, especially teachers teaching in highland and mountainous schools of the Quy Chau team; or the image of poor fishing families working day and night to support their children in going to school of the Dien Chau team...

Speaking at the closing ceremony, People's Artist Trinh Thi Hong Luu - Acting Director of the Center for Traditional Arts - Deputy of the Organizing Committee - Head of the Contest Jury also affirmed that this year's contest "recorded a spectacular change: rich in topics, diverse in staging".

Performance by Quy Hop team. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

Among them, there are many programs that are invested in writing and staging elaborately, with consistent themes; the continuity of the performances is not cumbersome or interrupted; especially the absorption of ethnic music (carefully harmonized and arranged); the coordination between ethnic minority folk songs and Vi and Giam folk songs is very smooth.

However, according to the organizers, in addition to the advantages of the contest, there are also limitations. That is, some units do not stick to the theme of the contest proposed by the Education sector "folk songs in schools"; there is no investment in the program; there is no creativity, still assembling available, old performances...

Performance by Nam Dan district. The unit won the A prize in this year's competition. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

Regarding music, although there has been progress, there are still some units that do not invest in harmony and arrangement, the mixing is messy, modern music dominates so the actors' singing is unclear.

AboutUniforms, although trained, but there are still a few units with headscarves, sequined and colorful costumes... not suitable for the age of students and current life context.

The organizers awarded prizes to promising faces. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

In addition, there are still some units that cannot distinguish between adapted and developed melodies and developed songs, so using songs in competitions... does not promote the members' abilities.

Based on the results achieved, the Organizing Committee also recommends that after this contest, the Departments of Education and Training, High Schools, Continuing Education Centers, and Vocational Education Centers need to strengthen the direction of educational institutions at all levels to continue bringing folk songs into schools in terms of both scale and quality.

The organizing committee awarded prizes to the A prize winning performances. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

At the same time, organize many diverse activities such as teaching folk songs, exchanging folk songs, bringing folk songs into folk games, clubs, inviting artists to give talks on folk songs... to make the folk song movement in schools develop more and more.

At the end of the competition, the Organizing Committee awarded two First Prizes to two units from Con Cuong district and Nam Dan district.

Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department Vo Van Dung and Standing Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Department Nguyen Manh Khoi awarded the First Prize to Nam Dan district and Con Cuong district. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

In addition, 3 second prizes were awarded to the following units: Vinh city, Thanh Chuong, Yen Thanh. Third prizes went to 6 units: Dien Chau, Hoang Mai town, Hung Nguyen, Quy Chau, Tan Ky, Quy Hop.

The organizing committee also awarded 10 first prizes, 15 second prizes, and 20 third prizes to outstanding performances, and 15 promising students.

Ranking of teams at the Folk Song Singing Contest in Schools. Photo: My Ha

List of individuals with promising awards. Photo: My Ha