The grand finals of the the Holiday Hymns, the Araneta Center’s Choral Competition was held December 23, 2012. A big crowd watched the event as 11 finalist battle for the grand prize of Php 150,000 pesos. The crowd was entertained and amazed with the angelic voices of the choirs that participated.
I was hired to be the official photographer of the event. I was excited as well because I love choir competitions especially it’s about Holiday Hymns.
Here are the photos and videos of the event:
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| The Panel of Judges and the crowd |
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| Fireworks Display Intermission at 7 p.m. |
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| Singer Miss Ganda entertaining the crowd during the breather |
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| Winner of the “Crowd’s Favorite” award: Himig ni Juan group |
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| Best Costume Award went to Gloria Patri group |
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| 3rd Prize Winner: Gloria Patri |
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| 3rd Prize Winner: Gloria Patri |
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| 2nd Prize Winner: PNU Chorale |
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| Grand Prize Winner: Koro Ilustrado |
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| The Grand Prize: Php 150,000 |
Opening Number
2nd Number
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| The event host |
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| The Judges and the Araneta Center Team |
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| The panel of Judges |
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| Araneta Team |
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| Himig ni Juan group while waiting for their turn |
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| The Judges |
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| Yours truly, Ted Claudio with Ms. Ganda |
I had a good time listening to the Christmas songs. It really gave the crowd (me included) the holiday spirit. Kudos to Araneta Center for bringing this type of entertainment to the crowd while showcasing the talents of the different choirs. I look forward to next year’s competition!
Note: More photos and videos to be posted.
Credits: All photographs were taken by me, Ted Claudio. The Holiday Hymn poster was from Araneta Center’s Facebook page.
Bat iba po yung sa 3rd prize?
Opps sorry, na double. Corrected na.
Nothing spells Christmas sweeter than a choir doing their Christmas Hymns. All the winners are deserving.
Congratulations to all the winners. Excellent work.
An event na talagang love kong mapanood at mapakinggan. I simply adore choral singing. Congrats sa mga winners.
Congrats sa mga winners! Sayang hindi ko naabutan yung event 🙁 Merry Christmas!
congratulations for being hired as their photographr!! all the photos lookd so good! nice fireworks and great vidz too! xx
by just looking at their costumes, they really prepared for the event…they have great voices too..I wish i was one of the audiences who were able to witness the event. Yahweh bless.
I’m sure everyone did great and the winners will sure have a merrier Christmas 🙂
swerte naman ng nanalo! i used to join at choirs in school but to compete in taht intense crowd, waley ako diyan. hahaha
Ang laki ng premyo. Lucky are the winners ,they deserve a huge amount of prize money for the time and effort they spent practicing.
That is great! You’re the official photographer of this huge event! Galing naman.
Laki ng prize. 150K pesos is huge!
I miss listening to choir competitions. 🙂 Lovely photos!
Congrats to the winners, the secret of every choir is blending of voices, if it blends then its good
Thanks Mary Jane
Thanks Mary Anne!
Great! We enjoyed the competition! sasali ulit kami next year. Joining this competition is more than winning. IT IS AN EXPERIENCE. from:HIMIG NI JUAN CHORALE
We are one of the finalists. we are the HIMIG NI JUAN CNHORALE
ang sarap siguro manood ng choir competition in person heheh di ko pa kasi naexperience eh 😀
Yes, exciting talaga Jan!
Congrats Himig ni Juan for being the Crowd’s Favorite!
Thanks everyone for visiting and commenting. It was a great competition. Kudos to all the finalist!