Among the many missions the cast of Qualifications Of Men has undertaken, my favorite has to be the choir ones.
In the midst of preparing for their Triathlon episode, the cast have received their third choir mission which is to take part in the 2012 Busan Choral International Festival.
It is an international competition with teams hailing from Latvia, Thailand, China, Singapore, Philipines and Korea among others.
In the midst of preparing for their Triathlon episode, the cast have received their third choir mission which is to take part in the 2012 Busan Choral International Festival.
It is an international competition with teams hailing from Latvia, Thailand, China, Singapore, Philipines and Korea among others.
The theme this time round is "Family" and they have enlisted the help of Maestro Gum Nan-Se as their conductor and to pick the new choir members to join them.
Among the families turning up for the audition are celebrities including the parents of Cha Tae Hyun of My Sassy Girl fame.
Yoonjo from Hello Venus singing Handel's Lascia ch’io pianga with her brother.
Lee Joon from MBLAQ and his Mum
This pair of siblings have rare condition called the malabsorption syndrome. There are only ten children in the world with this illness and three are in Korea.
Their small instestines are unable to digest the food they eat thus they have to rely on IV for nutrition. They have a needle in their chest for this purpose.
Their small instestines are unable to digest the food they eat thus they have to rely on IV for nutrition. They have a needle in their chest for this purpose.
In 2008, their Mum,actress Choi Jin-silwas found dead at home in an apparent suicide leaving them in the care of their grandmother and uncle. Their uncle, actor/singer Choi Jin-yeong followed her path to end his life one and a half years later.
The children, Jun Hee and Hwan Hee are now under the care of their grandmother. They sang this song, Blessings For Christmas Time to honor their Mum's birthday which falls on December 24.
My heart goes out to their grandma. How hard it must be for her to discover the body of her two children hanging in their homes?
My heart goes out to their grandma. How hard it must be for her to discover the body of her two children hanging in their homes?
This girl was abandoned at the doorstep of the orphanage when she was a baby. She was later adopted by a childless couple.
Her adoptive parents have another older adopted son.
Father and daughter team hoping to mend their relationship through the choir
Meeting the conductor + audition
Audition + meet the members
Ep 178 - 180 are the Triathlon episodes
Orientation + bonding camp
Bonding camp
Practice
Ep 183: |Part 1|Part 2|Part 3|Part 4|
The choir members took time to visit a hospice.
Ep 184: |Part 1|Part 2|
They also hosted some guests from Africa.
Ep 185: |Part 1|Part 2|
The choir members took time to visit a hospice.
Ep 184: |Part 1|Part 2|
They also hosted some guests from Africa.
Ep 185: |Part 1|Part 2|
Having trained with Maestro Gum Nan-Se for nearly three months, the big day has finally come but just what results will they deliver?
Part 1 of the final preparations up to full-dressed rehearsals at the venue here.
Part 1 of the final preparations up to full-dressed rehearsals at the venue here.
Check out Part 2 below.
The first song is Cavalleria Rusticana, a tragic story adapted from a play, about two men who fought over a woman and died while the second song is a medley of the songs from The Sound Of Music which I believe needs no further introduction.
Just like their second Choir - the Youth Choir, they managed to get the Silver award. (The Bronze award goes to That Acapella Group from ITE Singapore)
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Just like their second Choir - the Youth Choir, they managed to get the Silver award. (The Bronze award goes to That Acapella Group from ITE Singapore)
