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| On stage is BCS Ghana National Choir |
Story: Mary Ankrah
THE Asanteman choral group in
Kumasi has organized a musical concert to commemorate Ghana’s republic day in
Kumasi, Ghana.
The 54th Republic Day concert attracted participants including Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS) Ghana choir, Methodist Dio Singing Band, Ammamereso choral group, Philharmonic youth choir, Asanteman choral group and the Levite of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA).
The participating choirs entertained
and dazzled the audience in a three-hour choral music performance.
With approval from the king of Ashanti,
Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II, the concert is to kindle the cultural and spiritual
benefits of music to be appreciated by all and sundry.
With approval from the king of Ashanti,
Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II, the concert is to kindle the cultural and spiritual
benefits of music to be appreciated by all and sundry.
According to the organisers, the
Asanteman choral group, the concert was equally to enable the aged in society
to enjoy the benefits of music to make them happy, reduce common illness among
the aged such as blood pressure, pain, depression and heartbeats; boosts their
immune system and improves sleep quality, among other benefits.
In their performance, the BCS Ghana choir
astonished the audience with their white robes as they match majestically on
stage and bliss the entire audience with splendid natural songs and dance.
July 1 is the day on which Ghana became an independent
republic in 1960. Ghana was a Commonwealth realm between August 15, 1957 and January 26, 1960, before it became the Republic of Ghana. It was the first Western African country to achieve independence.
Although British rule ended in 1957
when the Ghana Independence Act 1957 transformed the British Crown Colony of
the Gold Coast into the independent sovereign Commonwealth realm of Ghana, the
British monarch remained head of state, and Ghana shared its Sovereign with the
other Commonwealth realms.
The monarch’s constitutional roles were mostly delegated to the Governor-General of Ghana. The royal succession was governed by the English Act of Settlement of 1701.
However, a referendum was held on April 27, 1960, with 88.47% percent of the Ghanaian people voting in favour of a republic and 11.53% against. The republic was declared and the monarchy abolished on 1st July, 1960 of which the Prime Minister of Ghana, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah became the first president.
The monarch’s constitutional roles were mostly delegated to the Governor-General of Ghana. The royal succession was governed by the English Act of Settlement of 1701.
However, a referendum was held on April 27, 1960, with 88.47% percent of the Ghanaian people voting in favour of a republic and 11.53% against. The republic was declared and the monarchy abolished on 1st July, 1960 of which the Prime Minister of Ghana, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah became the first president.
