THE BIG SING 2009

About THE BIG SING
THE BIG SING is a dynamic group-singing competition for secondary school students. In 2008, 246 schools, comprising some 7,000 singers, entered the regional competitions held in Northland, Auckland, Waikato/Bay of Plenty, East Coast, Manawatu/Wanganui, Taranaki, Wellington, Marlborough/ Nelson / West Coast, Canterbury/Westcoast, Otago and Southland. This makes THE BIG SING one of the largest competititive events in New Zealand.

Download a full list of dates and venues for THE BIG SING 2009 here.
Entry form for 2009 will be available from 7 December 2008.

THE BIG SING 2008

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THE BIG SING FINALE
Three adjudicators selected the top award winners at THE BIG SING National Finale Gala Concert on Saturday 23 August 2008 in the Wellington Town Hall. Nineteen choirs competed for the five special awards and several grades of overall performance awards during the three days of adjudicated recital sessions.

The awards were announced to a packed Town Hall with 630 excited students and their directors and supporters - and an enthusiastic audience, after the twenty-one choirs had performed their Gala Concert items.

The Finale adjudicators were guest adjudicator Debra Shearer-Dirié (from Australia), John Rosser and Peter de Blois (both from Auckland) and Mere Boynton of Wellington.

Gareth Farr presented the awards to the choirs and the ceremony was followed by the combined choirs singing an African/Reggae item, led by Julian Raphael.