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The Eastern Cape junior Children’s Choir (ECjCC) is a non-racial, multi-cultural, regional  choir, based in the coastal city of Port Elizabeth, in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. It is the only regional JUNIOR choir in the country.

Choristers    Approximately 65 choristers between the ages of 6 and 10 years (Grade 1 - 4), representing schools from the entire Nelson Mandela Metropole and surrounding towns, make up the choir.

BAMBA FESTIVAL 2012

Guest choirs invited to perform with the ECjCC are

Despatch Primary; Sydenham Primary; Clarendon Primary;

St Dominic's Priory; Mount Pleasant Primary

Development Project    The choir currently runs a development project providing 6 to 10 underprivileged choristers per year free membership of the choir. External sponsorships will enable the choir to extend the programme.

Music    Under the leadership of conductor, Hanlie Young, the choristers’ love for music and singing is encouraged and nurtured while they receive expert music tuition. The young choristers learn valuable choir singing habits and skills which will be useful when singing in other prestigious choirs in the future.  

Music is sung in familiar as well as foreign languages. Even though the choristers are young, they are introduced to the singing of multi-part music. 

Life skills    Within the choir environment they learn to value team work, cooperation, discipline, responsibility and other life skills. The choir is well known for its high standard of singing.

Choir fees  are kept to a minimum in order to allow membership to children from all walks of life.

Becoming a member     A successful audition is required for choristers to enter the choir. Auditions are held annually in November. 

Performances    The ECjCC performs regularly at choir festivals, private functions, with the Eastern Cape Children’s and Youth Choirs. In March 2009 they shared the stage with the Estonian TV Children’s Choir. The choir regularly performs at community centres for the elderly, sick or handicapped.

Bamba Festival    The Eastern Cape junior Children’s Choir annually hosts the popular and fun-filled Bamba Festival with a teddy bear theme. The main goal of this choir festival is to provide an opportunity for very young choristers, (approximately Grades 1 – 4) singing in junior school choirs, to perform.

The 2012 Bamba Festival will be held on 2 June at Summerwood Primary School in Summerstrand.

Since its founding, the choir has proved to be successful. Its popularity  to perform at various functions is ever growing.