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Issue 00498 |
December 8 - 14, 2007 |
issn 0856 - 9135 |
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Two groups picked to represent Arusha in national music festival by Mosses Kilyinga. Perfect Youth Group and Maalumando Jumbo Scud are the winners of the Music Crossroads Arusha local festival 2007 held on Sunday, November 25. They will represent Arusha in the Music Crossroads National festival which will be held in Dar es Salaam from the 1 to 3 of February next year. The concert competition which took place at Via Via kicked off with a one- day workshop on Saturday 24. About 30 groups participated in the event. Music Crossroads is carrying out a nationwide tour of a series of workshops and live music competitions. The tour began on October 20 this year in the Coastal Region (Bagamoyo) and covered Tanga , Morogoro , Mwanza and Arusha. Before its climax in February the tour will have covered also Dodoma , Iringa and Zanzibar. Speaking with reporters about the Arusha festival, the Country Project Director, Edward Luwassa said: “The event went well all and participants are happy with the result. We thank all the people who come to support us.” He congratulated perfect youth group and Maalumundo Scud who will represent Arusha in the national festival. Music Crossroad is a youth empowerment initiative through music program. It was initiated by Jeunesses Musicales International (JMI), the world’s largest youth and music network, in 1995. With generous support from SIDA, Africalia Belgium, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign affairs and UNESCO, MCSA has developed into one of the largest African cultural projects and also the most important youth empowerment project on the African continent.
Music Crossroads also uses the
opportunity bring HIV awareness amongst youth,
by providing both musical and
social educational opportunities through their Instrument
training workshops and relationship workshops about HIV/AIDS. Music
Crossroads gathers about 100 young participants at each festival under
the age of 25, who are an important target group for HIV/AIDS
information, and also gives them access for a forum to discuss sexuality
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