By Edward Vamboi
One of the telecommunications companies operating in Sierra Leone, Orange SL, has on the 10th April 2021 launched the first ever inter secondary school brass competition was he. The launch took place at the National Stadium main bowl.
According to the Head of Marketing at Orange Sierra Leone, Martha Sumaila, Orange SL is launching the first ever inter Secondary School Brass Band Competition, which she said is going to be a battle among various Secondary Schools to ultimately get the winners.
“We want to make our customers feel at ease while watching the competitors,” she disclosed adding that before the launch they started with a float parade along some of the streets of Freetown taking off at Victoria Park and ended up at the National Stadium where the launching took place.
Martha said they discovered that music is at the heart of their customers which is why Orange SL decided to organize the competition.
On her part, Annie Wonie Katta, Head of Media at Orange SL, said it is all not just about a competition but rather avail the competitors the opportunity to show case the talents of the competitors and make their schools proud.
She disclosed that the ultimate rewards that the winners will receive are going to be as such: one hundred million Leones for the male winner and one hundred million Leones for the female pupil who will emerge as the winner in that category.
She disclosed that Orange SL is there to make their customers feel relaxed through entertainment adding that it is going to be a free and fair battle.
Dr. Crispin George of C and K Consultancy intimated that they are partnering with Orange SL to ensure that brass bands are improved within the entertainment industry, promote youth development via supporting the brass bands of schools.
He told the competitors that it is not going to be a do or die affair but to compete healthily adding that forty (40) schools will be competing for two hundred million Leones, One hundred million Leones for the male category and one hundred million Leones for the female category.
Among the schools that will be competing are: Bo School, C.K.C, Government Model Secondary School, P.O.W, F.S.S.G, Annie Walsh, MGHS and a host of others.
