On Tuesday, 19 August 1930 twelve railway workers gathered in the boardroom of the head office of the ZA Railways in Cape Town. That same evening the Afrikaanse Taal- en Kultuurvereniging (ATKV) was founded.
At first the Association was treated with suspicion with cutting remarks and discrediting from mainly English newspapers. Railway workers in senior positions, being afraid of losing their jobs, distanced themselves from the ATKV.
Despite the adverse climate, a few enthusiastic individuals opened a branch office in Johannesburg on 03 October 1930.
Monthly meetings were held during which music, poetry and the arts were discussed. |
Since 1930 the ATKV has grown from strength to strength to where today, 82 years later, this vast organisation wishes to share its diverse cultural expertise with the world.
The primary aim of the ATKV-Animato Choir Competition is to promote choral singing. Choirs can take part under the following categories:
1.Children's choirs
2.Youth choirs: Mixed/Girls/Boys
3.University choirs
4.Adult Chamber choirs: Mixed/Male/Female
(12 - 24 singers)
5.Adult choirs: Mixed/Male/Female
(Minimum 25 singers) |
A. FIRST ROUNDS
1. First rounds will take place the day preceding the competition.
2. A benefit of the first round is that the judges will give a written criteria, which gives a choir the opportunity to attend to any item that requires attention, before the final.
3. Each choir receives a performance certificate:
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Animato-ATKV Cum Laude (90% and higher)
Animato-ATKV Gold (80% - 89%)
Animato-ATKV Silver (70% - 79%)
Animato-ATKV Bronze (60% - 69%) |
4. A gold rating (or higher) is not necessarily required to qualify for the final competition.
B. FINAL
1. The choirs that qualify for the final competition will be notified immediately after completion of the first rounds. |
2. Choirs must perform their first round program (without any changes) in the final competition. If the program was too short or too long the judges may alter it.
3. Each choir receives a performance certificate.
4. The following awards will be presented at the finals:
A) Trophies for:
- Best performance in each category
- The best overall performing choir
- Most promising choir (general)
B) Certificates (general) for:
- Best performance of a prescribed work in each category
- Best performance of a classical work from the Romantic era in each category
- Best performance of a traditional folk song performed in each category
- Best performance of a contemporary classical work in each category
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