Win­ners of the 2011 Na­tion­al Church Choir Mu­sic Fes­ti­val, host­ed by In­spi­ra­tional Ra­dio 730AM and Clark & Bat­too Lim­it­ed, re­cent­ly col­lect­ed mar­ble plaques at a pre­sen­ta­tion cer­e­mo­ny at the Guardian Build­ing, Port-of-Spain. Rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the top three choirs-The 4 All Chorale, the Loud Cry Her­alds Chorale and Curepe Pen­te­costal Em­pow­er­ment Min­istries In­ter­na­tion­al-were on hand to re­ceive the plaques from Shaun Jod­han. man­ag­ing di­rec­tor of Clark & Bat­too Lim­it­ed, main spon­sors of the com­pe­ti­tion.

They earned the top spots at the com­pe­ti­tion on Oc­to­ber 2 at NA­PA, Port-of-Spain, where 11 of the best church choirs in the coun­try were at their mu­si­cal best. Mas­ters of Cer­e­mo­ny for the com­pe­ti­tion were Ed­di­son Carr and Sharon Sookdeo, while Rus­sell Leonce, win­ner of three Caribbean Mar­lin Awards in 2010, was a guest artiste. In ad­di­tion to Clarke & Bat­too Lim­it­ed, oth­er spon­sors were Gens­ing Up, D Gap Man, Si­mon's Mu­si­cal Sup­plies, Chee Mooke Bak­ery, Ariel (deal­co­holised wine), cour­tesy Trinidad Im­port and Ex­port, and Di­anne Samuel, an Avon rep­re­sen­ta­tive.

Re­sults:

1. 4 All Chorale;

2. T he Loud Cry Her­alds Chorale;

3. Curepe Pen­te­costal Em­pow­er­ment Min­istries In­ter­na­tion­al

4. CVA Min­istries In­ter­na­tion­al;

5. Caribbean Nazarene Vo­cal En­sem­ble;

6. St Joseph's Con­vent Port-of-Spain;

7. Pot­ter's House;

8. Pen­te­costal Cathe­dral;

9. East­ern Per­form­ing Arts Fra­ter­ni­ty;

10. The Su­per­nat­ur­al Voice of Je­sus Elam;

11. Wood­brook Pen­te­costal Choir.