Scenic Rim Regional Council’s 2021 concert program will begin on a high note next month with a performance by Women in Harmony, a multicultural, multilingual choir.
Against the backdrop of International Women’s Day celebrations, Women in Harmony’s performance on Friday March 12 at the Vonda Youngman Community Centre Tamborine Mountain will tell the story of 2020 – The Year We Stayed Connected.
This hour-long interactive story-concert from 11am will shine the spotlight on the funny, sad, and unexpected aspects of a shared journey through the COVID-19 pandemic and one of the toughest years the world has seen, with songs, dialogue and audience participation.
Formed in Toowoomba in late 2005 with a seeding grant from the Department of Multicultural Affairs, Women in Harmony Inc has grown to become a self-funded, incorporated, multicultural choir for women and girls from more than 60 cultures whose collective experience is of resilience and recovery from trauma.
Dedicated to promoting harmony, understanding, acceptance and friendship through singing, the histories of the choir members are shared, mainly in song but with some stories and dance.
Cultures and languages represented in the choir include: Italian, Filipino, Scottish and Scottish Gaelic, Indigenous Australian, Sudanese, Korean, Polynesian, French, Irish and Irish Gaelic, Russian, Finnish, Tahitian, Japanese, Kenyan, Maori, early American, Brazilian Portuguese, Hawaiian, Hebredean, Indian, Mandarin Chinese, Danish, Hungarian, Swedish, German, Arabic, Australian folk, Cook Islander, Sicilian dialect, Canadian French, Czech, Hindi, Spanish, Hiligaynon, Tagalog, Bantu, Latin, Fijian, English and African.
All of this translates into an outpouring of joy wherever Women in Harmony performs, recognising the heritage not only of its members but also those in the audience who have come from other places.
The choir’s cultural ties are represented by items which feature in the show including a 50-year-old wolfskin cap, shoes that graced the feet of Polish migrants who came to seek a better life after World War Two, and a pink dressing gown and fluffy slippers once worn by an astrophysicist.
Tickets to Women in Harmony are just $16 or $12.50 per person for groups of 10 or more.
Bookings can be made online at www.liveatthecentre.com.au or by phoning 5540 5050. For group bookings at this COVID-safe event, please register all attendees when booking tickets to help with seat allocation.
