Everyone is a shining "civilian star", singing loudly in Xuhui
"Passionate Singing · Building Dreams for the Future" - Exhibition and Performance of the "Dream Chorus" Citizen Chorus Competition at the 2023 Shanghai Citizen Culture Festival in Xuhui District
"Passionate Singing · Building Dreams for the Future" - The 2023 Shanghai Citizen Culture Festival "Dream Chorus" Citizen Chorus Competition Xuhui District Exhibition Evaluation Exhibition was held on August 31 at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Opera House. This competition brings together 20 choir teams of all ages, including 16 participating teams and 4 performing guest teams. For the first time, the competition adopts a new competition system of "professional judges scoring+public judges voting+guest team assistance scoring". More than 700 on-site viewers act as public judges to vote in real-time, choosing their own brightest "star" in their hearts.
"Passionate Singing · Building Dreams for the Future" - Exhibition and Performance of the "Dream Chorus" Citizen Chorus Competition at the 2023 Shanghai Citizen Culture Festival in Xuhui District
In recent years, Xuhui District has been committed to building the "Hui Music" cultural brand, popularizing music art, cultivating music teams, and nourishing cultural life. Among them, choir art, as a music category with a long tradition, has laid a broad public foundation for the construction of the "Hui Music" cultural brand. This choir competition is guided by the Shanghai Citizen Culture Festival Guidance Committee, hosted by the Xuhui District Culture and Tourism Bureau, and jointly participated by 13 streets and towns in Xuhui District. The Shangyin Opera House Opera House was chosen as the venue for the competition, providing a professional stage for citizen teams to showcase their talents and help ordinary people achieve their music dreams.
"Many people may have walked into such a professional stage for the first time and seen the specially designed lighting, sound effects, and stage beauty, and such memories may be unforgettable for a lifetime." Jiang Yan, Deputy Director of the Xuhui District Culture and Tourism Bureau, introduced that the organizers took professional image photos for each participating team, and set up a "Minxing" check-in interactive device at the entrance, allowing music enthusiasts to enjoy the shining and colorful "Minxing" stage.
"Passionate Singing · Building Dreams for the Future" - Exhibition and Performance of the "Dream Chorus" Citizen Chorus Competition at the 2023 Shanghai Citizen Culture Festival in Xuhui District
It is worth mentioning that the competition format has also been innovated. The entire performance is divided into two major sections: the "Top Three Competition" and the "Peak vs. Finals". In addition to professional judges, the on-site audience also has the right to vote, and everyone can give their favorite team popularity points and heart rate.
This competition attracted more than a thousand participants, with the youngest contestant being 11 years old and the oldest contestant being 80 years old. He said, "Singing with everyone makes me feel young. I love singing and the atmosphere. I participate in every rehearsal and performance on time and never fail.".
"Passionate Singing · Building Dreams for the Future" - Exhibition and Performance of the "Dream Chorus" Citizen Chorus Competition at the 2023 Shanghai Citizen Culture Festival in Xuhui District
Since the first Shanghai Citizen Culture Festival was held in 2013, after ten years of cultivation, Xuhui's choir team has continuously emerged. This competition also specially invited four guest teams, namely the Shanghai Market Supervision Administration Law Enforcement Team Chorus composed of in-service cadres from the former Inspection Team of the Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce and other units; Xuhui District Retired Cadre Chorus composed of retired comrades; The Xuhui District Government Chorus, composed of in-service cadres from district level government agencies; And the "Jingyin Huicui" Xuhui Police Officer Chorus, composed of various police officers and auxiliary police officers from Xuhui Public Security Bureau. These choir enthusiasts from different industries and ages not only showcase on stage with the Citizen Choir, but also participate in peak competition voting, providing support points for the participating teams.
After fierce competition, the Xuhui District Cultural Center Choir, Enchant Indoor Choir, and Sfuture Choir each won the championship in three categories. The three champion teams will represent Xuhui to advance to the city level final of the Citizen Choir Competition. Five individual awards were also born on site, and the Xietu Haiyun Choir won the Most Charming Award; The Huajing Town Choir Team won the Best Typhoon Award; Hunan Street Love Art Choir won the Most Popular Award; The Tianlin Community Red Maple Choir won the Most Promising Award; The Shanghai Sun Choir won the Most Vitality Award.