Victory Celebration Coverage
It was an incredible evening to celebrate the success of the Voices of Unity Youth Choir as they achieved another Gold Medal at the World Choir Games in Riga, Latvia and performed at the World Renown Carnegie Hall. WANE TV – Community celebrates youth choir – Click Here Journal Gazette – World-class celebration for Voices of... Read More
Marshall White Interviewed on the Pat Miller Program on WOWO
Our director and CEO, Marshall White, was interviewed on the Pat Miller program on WOWO. Take a listen! Click Here for Part 1 Click Here for Part 2
Fort Wayne’s Voices of Unity Youth Choir To Be Celebrated at The Unity Victory Celebration
The community is invited to celebrate the success of Fort Wayne's world renowned Voices of Unity Youth Choir and their outstanding success at the 2014 World Choir games in Riga, Latvia. The Unity Victory Celebration will showcase the choir and highlight their major accomplishments. The Allen County Board of Commissioners and other community partners are... Read More
Day 8-9:Final Days in Riga
No trip is complete without having a bit of fun! Our final two days in Riga were spent exploring the city. We conquered the competitions, additional performances and the awards ceremonies were behind us. It was time to enjoy our surroundings and enrich our experience by immersing ourselves further into the Latvian culture. On Sunday... Read More
Day 6-7: Pop Competition
Competition Day 1 and our big Stars of the World Choir Games Concert were conquered the day before, and the group was ready to conquer its second day of competition in the Pop Music category. After yet another delicious breakfast at our hotel, the group gathered in the conference room for a quick rehearsal. The... Read More
Day 5-6: Gospel Competition
Three sound checks: two for both the Gospel and Pop competitions and one for the Stars of the World Choir Games Concert First competition of the trip, the Gospel Category. VOU was one of 6 choirs in this category. VOU sang “He Reigns,” “How Excellent Is Your Name” and “Joyful, Joyful.” Performance at the Stars... Read More
Day 4: Preparations for Competition
Today was deemed a day of rest, meditation and spiritual preparation for the task at hand: the competitions! We ate breakfast in the hotel again, today. After breakfast, the entire travel group, students, and adult leaders, met for a very important meeting. Little did we know, the meeting would become one of the most important... Read More
Day 3: Friendship Concert and Parade of Nations
Our first full day in Riga was absolutely AMAZING! It contained several moments where we literally had the chance to experience snapshots of the world, live and in living color! The day began with breakfast in the restaurant of our beautiful hotel. Several familiar foods could be found on the buffet, including hard boiled eggs,... Read More
Day 1 & 2: Traveling to Riga
By Stephanie Woodson Sveiki! (Hello!) from Riga! It is now 2:54 AM in the city of Riga (7:55 PM at home in Fort Wayne), and we have conquered our first night in Latvia. Although the mental and emotional journey began well over a year ago, our physical journey began yesterday, Sunday July 13, 2014 at... Read More
Voices of Unity Departing for Riga, Latvia for World Choir Games
The Voices of Unity Youth Choir (VOUYC) is preparing to make history, again, by traveling to the 8th World Choir Games in Riga, Latvia! This will be the third time the choir has participated in this global event, and will be the second time the choir has participated as gold medal winners. Members of VOUYC... Read More