Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Special Schools Arts Festival - First Ever - June 8 @ St Giles Special School!!!!
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StGiles Special School is a lit candle. The Special School will tap and
put into motion the ability of the arts and culture to lubricate
social cohesion and development on the 8th of June (a Friday) with the
first ever Special Schools Arts Festival. Set to present and sell an
improved image of disability and create an awareness of issues
factored in the lives of children with disabilities. The festival will
run on a special theme focusing on the rights of children with
disabilities, our duty to Protect, Respect, Promote and Fulfill their
Aspirations. The theme will be communicated and acted out in the
various music performances, poetry, traditional dance, drawings,
crafts and other entertaining activities planned by the invited
schools from around Zimbabwe. The main attraction being the acclaimed
Stitches Mbira Band (remember how they played Jah Prayzer’s gochi
gochi live on Mbira during Women’s Month). Stiches have graced
numerous art platforms including HIFA, Zimbabwe Youth Festival and
currently the band has one self-titled album. Remember Munyaradzi
Munodawafa, the tremendous keys player who launched his first album at
only 10 years? Yes, he will be there singing his hit songs including
Shandisa Chipo Chako. Invited Schools include the Jairos Jiri Schools
from Harare and Kadoma, ZIMCARE Trust School, Murewa High School
Resource Unit for the Blind, Bulawayo based Liyana Band plus many
other established musicians namely Victor Kunonga, Soulborn invited to
support the young kids.
Said Ticha Muzavazi, the Music Teacher at St Giles Special School,
“This initiative comes ahead of this year’s commemorations of the
International Day of the African Child and we expect the festival to
facilitate and promote the recognition of African children with
disabilities through the various arts activities among other various
possible achievements like sporting and academic prowess events”.
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