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Preface<br />

FROM SCHOOLS TO COMMUNITIES: THE HISTORY OF AMAKwAYA COMPETITION<br />

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8.1 Mark Radebe <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Transvaal Eisteddfod<br />

8.2 School Choir <strong>Contest</strong>s <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Role ofTeachers' Associations<br />

8.2.1 ATASA <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> National <strong>Music</strong> Eisteddfod<br />

8.2.2 Post-Apar<strong>the</strong>id Developments in School Choir Competitions<br />

8.3 Adult <strong>and</strong> Community Choirs<br />

8.3.1 Ray Phillips <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Organisation ofLeisure-time<br />

8.3.2 TheJohannesburg Bantu <strong>Music</strong> Festival<br />

8.3.3 Khabi Mngoma <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> National Choir Festival<br />

8.3.3 Khabi Mngoma <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> National Choir Festival<br />

8.4 Summary<br />

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COMPETITION: PERFORMANCE, MEANING AND MOTIVATION<br />

9.1 Traditional Roots<br />

9.1 Traditional Roots<br />

9.2 Competition Transformed<br />

9.3 The Lived Experience: Exploring <strong>the</strong> Importance ofCompetition<br />

9.3.1 The Motivation<br />

9.3.1.1 Seeing Places, Meeting People <strong>and</strong> a Sense ofBelonging<br />

9.3.1.2 Competition: Spirited Measuring<br />

9.3.1.3 Being at Centre-Stage<br />

9.3.1.4 To Be Part ofa Winning Team<br />

9.3.1.5 Being a Soloist: to Showcase Talent <strong>and</strong> Become Popular<br />

9.3.1.6 Competition - a Learning Experience<br />

9.3.2 The Process<br />

9.3.2.1 How to Win a Competition<br />

9.3.2.2 To Please <strong>the</strong> Adjudicators - to Fight <strong>the</strong> Adjudicators<br />

9.3.2.3 To Safeguard Knowledge: Keeping O<strong>the</strong>r Choirs at Bay<br />

9.4 Competition: <strong>the</strong> Negative Aspects<br />

9.4.1 Competition Discourages Sustained <strong>Choral</strong> Activity<br />

9.4.2 A Limited Body ofRepertoire<br />

9.4.3 Competition: a Constricting Factor?<br />

9.4 Summary<br />

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