Re: Saridan
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2023 9:25 pm
During the Ministry of Education, Culture and the Arts (MOKK) tour around the Saridan, government officials visited Ijkpieland and its capital city Woolloowilli, as a part of a new MOKK strategy to invest in regions and further improve the country's tourism and its image in the world. While there, the MOKK minister announced the first edition of the newly-founded music festival in Saridan, Seridjanse Sangfees (Saridani Song Festival) created to promote the local Saridani musical scene, export its music and popularize Saridan abroad. In addition to that, MOKK hopes that as the festival grows and gets bigger with each next edition, Sangfees will make host cities around the country grow together with it, bringing investments and more interest in local development.
The first edition which will be hosted in Woolloowilli's local Groot Teater, expects to host around 4000 people live in the theatre's hall. Saridani public broadcaster Seridjanse Radio- en Televisieomroep (SRT) will also broadcast all four nights of the festival live on its stations: SRT1 and Radio 1. According to the proposed format, there will be 24 entries, competing in four nights: the first two will be 12 artists each presenting their song for the first time live with an orchestra, and the third night is a night of nostalgia when artists sing songs of the past, be it international or Saridani hits, and final fourth night, when all 24 artists sing their songs yet again. To ensure fairness of results, Sangfees will include three types of votes: provincial juries, national televote and the press, with televote having the biggest impact on the results.
MOKK hopes Sangfees will be a big success and will be able to exist without even partial state funding, but even if not, the ministry is ready to support the festival, as long as there is popular support for it and the ministry itself sees a point in its existence.