International Choir Festival in the Netherlands

Last April 23, 2005 the International Choir Festival was successfully held at the St. Dominicus Church in city center of Rotterdam. Some 15 choir-participants and their communities jampacked the church. The varied tunes echoed in all four walls of the big church.

The choir of the Filipino Catholic Community of Rotterdam (FCCR,) with Ms. Irma Galias on the piano, sang Let there be Peace, Ikaw ang Mahal, Pobreng Alindahaw and Power to all our friends! This is the second choir festival organized by the Catholic Migrant Parishes in Rotterdam. More than 15 years earlier, a joint International Mass was held annually. In 2004 it was decided that a choir festival would be held instead, for a change. Each year, a parish or a community takes the lead in organizing the common activity. This year, the FCCR had the leading role in organizing the international choir festival.