5. Somtow Sucharitkul
Novelist, conductor, and composer; from Thailand
6. Luca Chiavinato
lutenist; from Italy
In chamber category, the group consisted of 24 singers only. They wore costume with blue atmosphere. They sang the two songs which were the same with what they sang in Opening Concert in Church of Assumption University: "Gloria 3" and "Aku Melangkah Lagi". They added with another Javanese traditional song entitled "Lir-Ilir" with Javanese dance choreography. In fact, the beginning part of "Lir Ilir" could bring the sacred atmosphere to audiences due to its meditative essence on its melodies.
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With the black and white costume, they continued in gospel and spiritual category. They successfully sang three songs. First of all, they sang classical gospel song entitled "Elijah Rock". They continued with the song which was famous in 1930s and was popularized by Doris Day. The third song was "Sifuni Mungu", the song with the combination of African langauge and English.
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The third category they joined was folklore which was their favourite. They were shiny yellow costumes without any footwear with various kinds of accessories. First of all they sang funny song from Central Java entitled "Ojo Dipleroki" (Don't Stare at Me), The men used accessories of sarongs with various colours. They effectively made used sarong in hilarious movement. It was very funny for audiences especially for Asian audiences because they knew that type of sarong were commonly used for daily use at home only. Secondly, they sang Traditional Jakartanese song entitled "Ondel-Ondel". Ondel-Ondel itself is traditional giant doll from Jakarta. Their hand movement looked very attractive with white gloves. The third song was "Marencong-Rencong", Makassar South Sulawesi traditional song. They used another accessory which was the traditional fan that commonly used during baking satay.
[caption id="attachment_121692" align="aligncenter" width="569" caption="Ardhy Widodo - Pattaya Team leader of Voca Erudita after winning announcement. Photo by Chung Wing Yeung"]
After waiting in several minutes, "the moment of truth" finally came, the winner announcement. All participants were very nervous to know who would be the winner. Amazingly, Voca Erudita Student Choir of Sebelas Maret University Solo could gain three gold medals in all categories they joined. They also became the group getting the highest numbers of gold medals among all participants, Thus, they got appreciation to sing two songs in the closing concert.
