National Choir award for Education student #R2bP

16/10/2019

Reasons to be Proud - #R2bP: Damon Banks, a 4th year BEd student and teacher at Dr Viljoen Primary School in Port Elizabeth, recently received national acclaim with his school’s choir. Damon is the pianist for the choir who competed in the television choir competition, Sing in Harmonie on DSTV KykNet and won first place in the Micro School category.

They also won the viewer’s choice award of R30 000 and a recording contract for a music video.

In addition, the choir has been invited to appear on a KykNet Christmas show.

The episode featuring the Dr Viljoen choir will be aired on KykNet in a month or two.

Damon (middle right) with the Dr Viljoen Primary School Choir

Contact information

Ms Elma de Koker
Internal Communication Practitioner
Tel: 041-504 2160
elma.dekoker@mandela.ac.za