Monday, 31 October 2011 – Road Town, Tortola: In what is planned to be the biggest explosion of choirs and musical groups in the British Virgin Islands, Digicel today announced it is hosting a major Choir of the Year Competition in a few weeks time.

Commercial Manager Su Thomas said this is yet another of the exciting initiatives to be launched by Digicel, as the company continues efforts to play a leading role in the development of these islands.

“This Choir Competition is open to all groups, whether church or social groups, and all genres of music, including gospel, reggae, calypso or soca, R&B, pop, folk, rap, urban or world music, and it does not have to be original,” Thomas explained. “All you have to do is to bring in a CD of your music to the Digicel Flagship Store before November 15^th and leave your contact details and we will get back to you.”

The choirs will be judged by a panel and the public will also get the opportunity to decide on their favourite by texting to a shortcode, details of which will soon be announced.

The Digicel Commercial Manager said the winning choir and the runners up will receive up to $5,000 in cash and prizes and will be privileged to perform for the entire public at an event happening for the Christmas season. This event will also be televised, bring more fame and perhaps fortune to the winners.

“Digicel is going all out to make this event one that will be talked about for years to come and some lucky choir or group will be on its way to stardom,” she stated. “This competition is open to all choirs and groups; just get to singing and bring along those recordings to us at Digicel and get prepared for some real good fun!”

For further information on the Digicel 2011 Choir of the Year Competition, feel free to call Su Thomas at Digicel on +1 284 300 1000.

For more information on Digicel, please visit www.digicelbvi.com, our Facebook Page at http://on.fb.me/kQbdOr or on Twitter at https://twitter.com/DigicelBVI.

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About Digicel

After ten years of operation, Digicel Group Limited has 11.5 million customers across its 32 markets in the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific. The company is renowned for delivering best value, best service and best network.

Digicel is the lead sponsor of Caribbean, Central American and Pacific sports teams, including the Special Olympics teams throughout these regions. Digicel sponsors the West Indies cricket team and is also the title sponsor of the Digicel Caribbean Cup. In the Pacific, Digicel is the proud sponsor of several national rugby teams and also sponsors the Vanuatu cricket team.

Digicel also runs a host of community-based initiatives across its markets and has set up Digicel Foundations in Jamaica, Haiti and Papua New Guinea which focus on educational, cultural and social development programmes.

In 2004, Digicel developed Digicel Rising Stars – an annual talent show to support aspiring young music artists in the Caribbean. The show has spanned the Eastern Caribbean, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago ranking as one of the top-rated shows.

Digicel is incorporated in Bermuda and its markets comprise: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Nauru, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, St Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos and Vanuatu. Digicel also has coverage in St. Martin and St. Barts in the Caribbean.

Visit www.digicelgroup.com  for more information.