{"id":53417,"date":"2022-08-26T11:46:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T09:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/melissa-in-die-kontrak-20220824-2\/"},"modified":"2022-08-26T11:46:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T09:46:03","slug":"melissa-in-die-kontrak-20220824-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/melissa-in-die-kontrak-20220824-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa in \u2018Die Kontrak\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Die 22-jarige Worcesteriet en musikant Melissa-Jane Campher is een van vanjaar se top-16 finaliste in die gesogte talentsoekkompetisie, <em>Die Kontrak<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p><em>Die Kontrak<\/em>, \u2019n kompetisie aangebied deur die Coleske Musiekgroep, se tweede reeks het op Sondag 21 Augustus vanjaar weer op televisie begin.<\/p>\n<p>Coleske, wat van die land se voorste kunstenaars bestuur asook die <span>Afrikaans is Groot<\/span>-konsertreeks aanbied, het nog net sukses bereik met hul soektog na talent.<\/p>\n<p>Toe Melissa \u2019n paar maande terug die advertensie sien dat inskrywings oopgemaak het, het sy geweet sy gaan \u2019n kans waag. Musiek is \u2019n droom waaraan sy skaaf sedert sy \u2019n tiener was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEk het op \u2019n jong ouderdom my talent ontdek. Ek was 14 jaar oud voor ek die eerste keer voor mense gesing het. Dit was in \u2019n gemeenskapsaal en dit was \u2019n klein kompetisie waaraan ek deelgeneem het. Ek onthou die skaam meisiekind wat voor die mense gesing het. Daai eerste applous het iets ongeloofliks in my wakker gemaak,\u201d vertel sy aan <em>Standard<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Sy het toe haar droom begin navolg en het elke laaste Donderdag van die maand by \u2019n gereelde musieksamekoms in Worcester haar staal gaan wys. Sy verduidelik dit was soos \u2019n klein gemeenskap wat saamgekom het. Almal was lief vir musiek en as jy daar was, het jy net liewer geraak vir musiek. Hier het sy geleer om in haarself te glo en te groei tot die kunstenaar wat sy vandag is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMusiek is nie net vir my \u2019n stokperdjie nie. Dit is die res van my lewe. Ek wil \u2019n storie vertel en my talent deel. Die Here het ons almal talente gegee om met ander te deel. Ek wil ook jongmense inspireer. Ek wil daai kinders wat alleen en skaam in \u2019n kamer sit en droom om iets te doen met hul lewe, wys hulle kan.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Sy vertel verder hoe kanse waag in die lewe \u2019n mens se hele lewe in \u2019n oogwink kan verander en as jy terugkyk, jy kan sien hoe ver jy gekom het.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEn dit begin alles by hoe jy in jouself glo. Toe hulle my kies, was ek gese\u00ebnd. Ek is baie dankbaar. Die kompetisie is taai. Jy moet jou storie ken. Toe my naam voor duisende mense geroep is by die Groot Jol-konsert het my hare gerys van blydskap. Almal soek so \u2019n geleentheid en daar kies hulle my. Musiek is samesyn. Dit bring mense bymekaar en dit is my doelwit.<\/p>\n<p>Sy s\u00ea mense soos Riana Nel, Karen Zoid en Refentse het haar baie ge\u00efnspireer. Sy is dankbaar dat Refentse vanjaar \u2019n beoordelaar is en haar gekies het vir sy span. Sy fokus nou op die kompetisie en sien uit na wat die volgende rondes inhou. Intussen skryf di\u00e9 boorling van Worcester en matrikulant aan die Ho\u00ebrskool Bre\u00ebrivier ook haar eie musiek.<\/p>\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_df530632\">\n<div class=\"text\">My styl word vasgevang in verskeie genres, maar die prim\u00eare ooreenkoms is dat dit in Afrikaans is.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMy styl word vasgevang in verskeie genres, maar die prim\u00eare ooreenkoms is dat dit in Afrikaans is. Ek is mal oor my taal. Ek is \u2019n liedjieskrywer en dit is hoe ek my verhaal deel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sy het al met bekendes soos Anna Davel, Danie du Toit (Spoegwolf) en Hemelbesem gewerk toe sy \u2019n paar jaar gelede deel was van die ATKV Crescendo-kompetisie. Dit het haar ge\u00efnspireer om self verder te skryf. <\/p>\n<p>Sy vertel sy wil die beste maak van hierdie kompetisie en haar drome uitleef.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEk gaan net my beste gee. Soveel goeie geleenthede l\u00ea hierin opgesluit. Ek kan dit doen. Ek weet dit is moeilik, maar ek sien uit om myself te druk. Ek kan nie sonder my ouers, my gesin en vriende se ondersteuning nie. Hulle glo in my. Hulle dra my deur hierdeur. Ek het \u2019n baie goeie ondersteuningsnetwerk. 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