Bethesda school win Dimapur district quartet singing competition

DIMAPUR — The quartet from Bethesda Higher Secondary School (BHSS), Dimapur on Saturday won the Dimapur district-level Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) quartet singing competition 2024.

They will now represent Dimapur district at the state-level competition which will be held in Kohima.

The district-level NBSE quartet singing competition 2024, organised by the NBSE in collaboration with All Nagaland Private School Association (ANPSA), Dimapur unit, was held at Holy Cross Higher Secondary School, Dimapur.

A total of 18 schools (both government and private) from the district participated in the competition.

The winning BHSS quartet comprises of Paulina Teronpi, Vilesienuo Chupuo, Benjamin Rongpipi and Sangle Chang.

The second and third positions went to Dimapur Mission Higher Secondary School and Pilgrim Higher Secondary School, respectively.

The special guest of the event, Nivizolie Meyase, District Education Officer of Dimapur, in his address, said that singing is equally important as preaching, and exhorted the students to be sincere in whatever they do and also to excel in their academic pursuits.

To be a successful in life, nothing beats sincerity and efforts, he said.

Meyase also reminded the students to obey and respect their teachers as teachers are the one who can guide and help them in their careers.

President of ANPSA Dimapur unit, Bithungo Kikon also shared that language, tribes, politics and even schools can create barriers due to differences in ideologies, but music can cut all these barriers.

The judges for the competition were Lilia Jimimi, music lecturer at Trinity Theological College, Thahekhu; Neikuo Khezhie, voice teacher at Mountain Music Academy, Dimapur, and Abigail Odyuo, founder director of Shofar Music Academy, Dimapur.

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