Khanh Hoa wins excellent prize at Elderly Folk Singing Festival

On the evening of October 28, in Gia Lai Province, the Vietnam Association of the Elderly Central Committee, in coordination with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee, held the award ceremony for the Region V Elderly Folk Singing Festival of the South Central and Central Highlands provinces in 2026.

The festival brought together nearly 90 performers and musicians from 6 elderly art troupes from the provinces and cities of Da Nang, Quang Ngai, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Khanh Hoa, and Lam Dong. At the ceremony, the Organizing Committee presented 2 excellent prizes, 2 first prizes, and 2 second prizes to troupes, and awarded prizes to the most outstanding performances across various categories.

The art troupe of the Khanh Hoa Provincial Association of the Elderly won an excellent prize at the festival. In addition, the troupe won 2 excellent performance prizes with the female solo “In Me, the Party Lights the Way” and the male-female duet “Listening to Boat Songs at Night, Remembering Uncle Ho”. Notably, the festival recognized the 2 oldest participating members, both 79 years old, from the Khanh Hoa troupe. With this achievement, the art troupe of the Khanh Hoa Provincial Association of the Elderly will participate in the National Elderly Folk Singing Festival 2026 in Hanoi, scheduled to be held in late November.

Members of the art troupe of the Khanh Hoa Provincial Association of the Elderly receive awards for excellent performances at the festival.

The two oldest members participating in the festival belong to the art troupe of the Khanh Hoa Provincial Association of the Elderly.

Participating in the festival, the art troupe of the Khanh Hoa Provincial Association of the Elderly presented the following performances: greeting segment; song and dance “Singing of Agarwood, Shining Examples in Old Age”; female solo “In Me, the Party Lights the Way”; male-female duet “Listening to Boat Songs at Night, Remembering Uncle Ho” and male ensemble “Singing Together”. The performances were creatively staged, combining various traditional folk melodies such as the tu quy cheo melody, bai choi folk singing, vi dam folk singing, ly keo chai, and ho gia gao rice-pounding chants. 

CHAU TUONG