{"id":222988,"date":"2016-03-14T06:06:45","date_gmt":"2016-03-13T20:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=222988"},"modified":"2016-03-14T06:06:45","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T20:06:45","slug":"back-back-rhythm-n-harmony-tbmf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/back-back-rhythm-n-harmony-tbmf\/","title":{"rendered":"Back-to-back for Rhythm \u2018N Harmony in TBMF"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Members of Marianas High School\u2019s glee club Rhythm \u2018N Harmony celebrate their win after being awarded the Sweepstakes Trophy in the 12th Tumon Bay Music Festival held from March 3 to 8 in Guam. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The CNMI\u2019s Rhythm \u2018N Harmony again won the Sweepstakes Trophy Award for the second straight year in the 12th Tumon Bay Music Festival held from March 3 to 8. The finale concert and awards ceremony was last Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Sweepstakes Trophy Award is given to the ensemble who got the highest rating from all categories both choir and band ensembles,\u201d said Rhythm \u2018N Harmony musical director Paul Dujua.<\/p>\n

The Marianas High School glee club competed in the high school choir category where they went up against hometown bets Tiyan High School\u2019s A Generation of Voices, Guam High School Chorus, La Voce (The Voice) of Simon Sanchez High School, and St. John\u2019s High School Glee Club.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn our category, we were the Judges Choice for High School Choir,\u201d added Dujua. \u201cThis is the fourth time in five years that we won the Sweepstakes Award.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is the second straight year that Rhythm \u2018N Harmony won the Sweepstakes Trophy and the Judges Award. The Sweepstakes Trophy is the highest award given in the annual music festival, which began with the two-day Chorale Festival on March 3 and 4.<\/p>\n

Miguel Aninon, Roland Balajadia, Mikee Campo, Riczi John Cano, Grace Catalma, Eden Conner, Zowie Cruz, Neil Fama, Gios Gozon, Paula Regine Gozon, Diane Hermogenes, John Huevos, Leonard Manuel, Annabel Manzo, Joselle Reyes, Charley Sablan, Clarisse Noelle Torio, and Erica Faye Tubera\u2014who was the second runner-up in last month\u2019s Miss Teen Pusong Pinoy\u2014are the 18 members of Rhythm \u2018N Harmony.<\/p>\n

Rhythm \u2018N Harmony previously won in 2012, 2013, and 2015. Saipan Southern High School\u2019s Manta Ray Band & Percussion Ensemble was the Sweepstakes Award winner in 2014.<\/p>\n

SSHS also won the award three more times in 2008 (Manta Band), 2009 (String Ensemble), and 2011 (Manta Band).<\/p>\n

Santa Barbara Parish Boys Choir\u2019s Opus Angelicus of Dededo was the Festival Sweepstakes Award winner in 2010, while MAGIS, also from Guam, was the first recipient in 2007.<\/p>\n

The Solo & Small Ensemble Festival was held on March 5, while the Band & Orchestra Festival was on March 7 and 8. The competition took a break on March 6 with a rock performance and festival pop concert.<\/p>\n

A band instrument workshop\u2014flute, clarinet, saxophone, double reeds, brass, guitar, bass guitar, drums, and percussion\u2014was also held for two days on March 7 and 8 at the Guam National Guard\u2019s Barrigada Readiness Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The CNMI\u2019s Rhythm \u2018N Harmony again won the Sweepstakes Trophy Award for the second straight…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":222996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[900],"tags":[2300,10274,2617,10275],"class_list":["post-222988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","tag-guam-national-guard","tag-sweepstakes-award","tag-tbmf","tag-zowie-cruz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}