Dit is vandag \u2019n week gelede wat Raynique Arendse (18) van Abbotsdale die nuutste lid van die bekroonde Suid-Afrikaanse Jeugkoor geword het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arendse, wat verlede jaar by Wesbank Sekond\u00ear matrikuleer het, voel steeds oorweldig nadat haar oudisie met die koorleier, Phil Robinson, by die Universiteit Wes-Kaapland suksesvol was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arendse het dit reeds van kleins af baie geniet om te sing. Musiek was vir haar soos \u2019n ontvlugting wat sy gebruik het om deur haar gevoelens of moeilike tye te werk. \u201cMusiek het my daardeur gedra,\u201d verduidelik sy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Haar eerste ervaring van \u2019n koor was in St. Michaels Prim\u00ear. Hoewel sy daarvan hou om te sing en weet sy het \u2019n talent daarvoor, was sy steeds as ho\u00ebrskoolleerder onseker of sy by Wesbank Sekond\u00ear se koor wou aansluit. Sy beskou haarself soms as skaam en was aanvanklik huiwerig om haar talent te deel. \u201cEk was bang oor wat mense sou s\u00ea,\u201d bieg sy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dit was uiteindelik haar beste vriendin, Petra Love, en die skool se koorleier, Fairouz Weideman, wat haar motiveer het om in graad 11 by die koor aan te sluit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arendse, \u2019n eerstejaarstudent in sportbestuur by die NewBridge Graduate-stigting (Tygervalley), deel egter twee liefdes \u2013 sang en netbal. Haar sangloopbaan het skielik voorkeur begin geniet nadat \u2019n onderwyser by die skool haar afgeneem het toe sy gedurende haar eerste kooroefening \u2019n liedjie gesing het. Die video is op sosiale media geplaas wat mense omtrent laat gons het oor haar verskuilde talent. Sy is sedert die plasing onder meer genooi om by verskeie gospelgeleenthede op te tree en te sing. Sy is veral baie dankbaar teenoor Colin Mitchells wat haar by gospeloptredes betrokke gekry het, asook Glynsie Onverwacht, wat haar aangemoedig het om in haar eie kerk te sing en haar geleer het om haar nie aan mense se oordeel te steur nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die koor het soos haar familie begin raak, waar sy drome begin koester het om eendag voort te gaan met sang en deel van iets groter te wees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daarom het sy onlangs besluit om iets daaraan te doen en die droom \u2019n werklikheid te maak. Dit was ook kort nadat sy op kampus gehoor het van \u2019n video van die SA Jeugkoor, wat sy gaan opsoek het. Arendse het die vorige Sondag weer op \u2019n video van die koor op Facebook afgekom en daar en dan besluit om \u2019n kans te waag en \u2019n boodskap aan die koorleier te stuur. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Robinson het sommer die volgende oggend geantwoord en ges\u00ea \u2019n geleentheid vir \u2019n oudisie word vir Dinsdag 18:00 beplan. Sy het die Maandagaand voor die oudisie geweet sy sal tussen sang en haar ander Godgegewe talent \u2013 netbal \u2013 moet kies. Sy is lief vir albei. \u201cDie Maandagaand het ek gebid en gebid en Bybel gelees. En hoe meer ek die Bybel gelees het, hoe meer het ek die koor in my gedagtes gekry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy het haar nie verder daaroor bekommer nie en die volgende dag by die oudisie by die UWK saam met twee ander meisies aangekom. Die koorleier het haar note getoets \u201cen my tot <\/span>\u2018do re me fa so la ti do\u2019<\/span> laat sing,\u201d lag sy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201dHy het gekyk tot hoe ver hy my stem kan laat gaan en hoe sterk my stem is.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Robinson het haar kort daarna met \u2019n reguit gesig aangekyk, wat haar aanvanklik senuweeagtig gemaak het. Die oomblik toe hy vir haar s\u00ea sy is deel van die koor, was sy baie oorweldig. \u201cDit is basies \u2019n droom wat begin waar word.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Met haar aankoms by haar woonstel, is \u2019n koek en \u2019n bos blomme al die pad uit Malmesbury met \u2019n Uber deur haar vriendin afgelewer om die geleentheid behoorlik te vier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Die koor oefen op \u2019n Dinsdag- en Vrydagaand. Sy het reeds n\u00e1 die oudisie in \u2019n opwarmingsessie ervaar hoe dit gaan wees om lid van die koor te wees. \u201cHulle het my elke noot verduidelik en dans-moves<\/span> geleer,\u201d vertel sy opgewonde. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sy was aangenaam verras oor almal se vriendelikheid wat haar en die ander twee meisies sommer vinnig laat tuis voel het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Arendse sien veral uit oor die verskillende liedjies wat sy gaan sing en ook vir die geleentheid om in haar landsgenote se taal te kan sing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Haar ouers, Riaan Smith en Alida Adams, was uit die veld geslaan, vertel sy verder. \u201cEk het nie geweet wat om vir hulle te s\u00ea nie, want ek was self oorweldig. Maar ek kon sien hulle was baie trots op my.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Haar Abbotsdale-netbalklub was net so trots op haar. Die voorsitter, Brittanee Appollus, het geskerts sy moet nie van hulle vergeet wanneer die roem haar tref nie. \u201cDit het my laat lag. Dit is waar ek veilig voel. Hulle sal jou meer vier as wat jy jouself vier.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Arendse het reeds baie liedjies gekry wat sy nou moet voorberei voordat sy Vrydag (17 Mei) amptelik by hulle aansluit. \u201cDit gaan gewis nie so maklik wees nie, en ek het baie harde werk en opofferings wat voorl\u00ea,\u201d voeg sy by.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dit is vandag \u2019n week gelede wat Raynique Arendse (18) van Abbotsdale die nuutste lid van die bekroonde Suid-Afrikaanse Jeugkoor geword 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