The Brong Ahafo Choral Champions, Tanokrom Philharmonic Choir were crowned champions of the First National Choral Competition in Kumasi. They beat the Central regional champions, the Prophetic Voices of Winneba and the Ashanti Regional champions Amemreso Youth Choir to win the ‘’champion of champions’’ event. The three winners will represent Ghana at the forth coming African Choral Festival scheduled for March 9-11 at the National Theatre and Cape Coast Castle. After a keenly contested event, the Philharmonic choir scored 78 points to beat Prophetic Voices of Winneba 74.5 points and the Amemreso youth choir 74 points. The Western Forties choir of Takoradi set the ball rolling with some great tunes amidst azonto style which excited the crowd. Performances varied from the normal choral tunes to the traditional and cultural dance styles which brought the audience to its feet. The performances continued until the last group OLA SDA of Northern region choir wrapped up the performances. The costumes and innovations at the ceremony were colourful with some pomp and pageantry. Even Sunday’s nationwide blackout coupled with a downpour did not disrupt the atmosphere at the Great Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. The special Guest of Honour. the Mayor of Kumasi, Mr. Samuel Sarpong commended and lauded the Ghana Tourism Authority’s initiative in reviving Choral music. He said he was very happy with the performances of all the groups and hoped it would continue in the future. Representing the Honourable Minister of Tourism, the Deputy Minister of Tourism Mr. Baba Jamal said his outfit will liaise with GTA to continue introducing some novelty on programs to the tourism calendar. The Champions, Tanokrom Philharmonic Choir took home GHS 3,000 as their prize money whiles the Prophetic Voices of Winneba and the Amemreso Youth Choir had GHS2000 and GHS1000 as their prizes for placing first runner up and second runner up respectively. The event was organized by the Ghana Tourism Authority with sponsorship from the Ministry of Tourism, Ghana Broadcasting Company and the Multimedia Group Limited with Adom Fm being the lead media partner.