2008-06-17
Children and adults came together in joy at Kloof Harvest Church on Saturday. Music, good cheer and plain good fun was the order of the day as the Simunye Kids CD and DVD, Come Together, was launched.
Celebrating
the cultural diversity in our country, the CD has children’s songs
mainly in English but also Zulu, Afrikaans, Hindi, Swahili and French.
Lindy
van der Meulen, worship co-ordinator of westville Christian Fellowship
came up with the idea, due to the lack of relevant, multicultural
children’s music for enjoyment at home, school and church.
Last
year, writing of songs, poems and chants began to gather speed with
church members giving valuable time to choreograph dance moves and
steps, while the children’s choir gave up some its December holiday to
practice and lay down the first tracks of the album.
Dancing,
acting and music practices became the norm and, thanks to all this
dedication and belief in the project, a special filming day was put
together on 31 March this year.
For many of the children involved, it was a day they would never forget.