The Colourful City Choir & ®chestra

Annually, Circus Colourful City presents a wide range of cultural, creative and expressive activities with the intention to introduce people from various cultural backgrounds and communities to one another.

In recent years, close ties between ®chestra and Circus Colourful City have originated. For the 2002 programme of the Circus an occasional choir, made up of three regional choirs and individual singing talents, was founded by choir conductor Johnny Rahaket.

The choir in Windstreken, 2002 - Circus Colourful City - Picknick in the Goffertpark

Photography Wim Reijnen

In the open-air theatre De Goffert at Nijmegen the choir performed the concert Windstreken ,accompanied with the music groups ®chestra and Die Vier from Groesbeek. This performance has been recorded on the cd Windstreken.

The Colourful City Choir 2003 at the Alhambra Festival

Photography Wim Reijnen

Their succes and enthousiasm being so great, it was decided the choir should continue to exist. In 2003 it was renamed the Colourful City Choir. By that time it counted eighty choir members.

In 2003, ®chestra and the choir performed at the Alhambra Festival and, in 2004, at The Discovery of Nijmegen.

The Colourful City Choir in 2004 - Circus Colourful City - The Discovery of Nijmegen

Photography Wim Reijnen

In addition, choir and ®chestra performed at the Concertgebouw De Vereeniging and the Stadsschouwburg at Nijmegen on the occasion of the presentation of the cd Echo’s van Overal and the cd Vluchten kan niet meer? respectively. In 2003 the choir and ®chestra were invited in the Dutch television programme Barend & Van Dorp.

At this stage, the Colourful City Koor and ®chestra frequently receive invitations from throughout the country to appear.

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