From today onward ESC COVERS website (with our partners Eurovision coverage, EuroVisionMusic, Destination Eurovision and the radio station x5 stereo) will again start promoting the COVER2COVER concept. It is not a competition anymore but a promotion platform and hopefully South African artists will send covers to us. The 3 entries we received, Helena, Anton and Marle, will be carried over to the coverage. Victor Bush will again be our model and he will holding promo items, CD’s and bags of some of the entries from the Eurovision song contest. The first one is of CROATIA 2017, MY FRIEND of JACQUES HOUDEK with a promo CD we designed (as only a USB stick was handed out) and a beautiful My Friend bag which contained a chocolate.
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TOP 50 MILLENNIUM SONGS (position 11)
In position 11 we find the 2017 entry from Croatia – MY FRIEND by JACQUES HAUDEK.
EUROVISION COVER – MY FRIEND (Afrikaans/Italian)
South African duo HARLIND covered the 2017 Eurovision entry from Croatia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxot8-RPlBE
HARLIND – COVERING CROATIA 2017
Stephan Herholdt and Amy Lind are the members of HARLIND, a South African duo who are busy covering the Eurovision entry of Croatia 2017 – My friend of Jacques Houdek. The Afrikaans title is MY VRIEND. Stephan will sing the opera part in Italian and Amy will sing the pop part in Afrikaans. They visited Eurovision South Africa and posed with promo stuff from Croatia.
PROMO SINGLE – CROATIA
SPOTLIGHT ON SA ARTISTS – HAROLD WALTBERG
Harold Waltberg started with vocal training in 2012 at the age of 17 whilst attending high school in Tzaneen, Limpopo. After high school he moved to Centurion where he attended the Open Window School of Visual Communication, studying towards a BA Degree in Graphic Design which he completed in 2015. Since then he have been working as a Marketing assistant for HANNON, a cosmetic company based in Sandton.
He has had a love for classical music from an early age since he was given his first Josh Groban album at the age of 11. This has been a great inspiration to him throughout his career and has helped to shape him as a performing artist.
When he moved to Centurion, he successfully auditioned to be accepted into CC Vocal Studios and receive further vocal training under SA Tenor Chris Coetzer. During this time he had the opportunity to attend various functions and concerts with Chris Coetzer and accompany him on his shows, learning the essentials of performing.
After his time with Chris Coetzer he joined the Centurion Performance Academy and received classical training under well-known Classical Vocal Coach, Jolanda Becker. He is presently still being trained by Jolanda Becker.
He has had the opportunity to perform at various events such as Innibos as well as a variety of other festivals. He has planned and arranged solo concerts as well, and recently launched his first album featuring songs from the likes of Josh Groban, Phil Coulter and Elvis Costello.
He has also recently launched his own professional digital platform in the form of a website (www.haroldwaltberg.co.za) which gives further information on his career as well as snippets of the songs from his album and images of himself.
Should you wish to get in touch please do not hesitate to contact him on 0798963546 info@haroldwaltberg.co.za
www.haroldwaltberg.co.za
Harold will be one of the duet members of HARLIND, who plans to cover CROATIA 2017, MY FRIEND. As a solo artist, he is looking at covering in Afrikaans the 2012 song of ESTONIA, KUULA by Ott Lepland.
SPOTLIGHT ON SA ARTISTS – AMY CELINE LIND
Amy Celine Lind is a young yet accomplished actress and singer who has in a short time gained invaluable experience and deepened her passion for the arts.
Her numerous theatrical credits include ‘The Three Little Pigs’ and ‘The Pied Piper’ with the Pretoria Youth Theater, ‘Cinderella’ with Oak Youth Theatre, ‘96000’, ‘Follicle the Musical’ and ‘Swing Swing Swing’ with FAD Inc., ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘Once Upon a Mattress’. She also successfully completed a one year Industry Mentorship Program with FAD Inc.
Amy is a gifted lyrical soprano vocalist who regularly performs at various festivals, corporate and fundraising events. Some of her clients include Amersfoort Festival, CANSA, Ermelo Doctors Board, Diamag Electronics and Metson Agricultural.
This beautiful performer is an all-round artist who sings, dances and acts not only in theatre but also on screen. Her commercial credits include ‘Firestone’ and ‘Nedbank’, she has worked on ‘7de Laan’ and ‘Binnelanders’ as well as the film feature ‘The Loft House’.
Amy Celine is a passionate and talented actress, vocalist and voice artist with determination to perform well, always improve and pursue a successful career in the arts industry.
She will be part of the duo HARLIND and they plan to cover Croatia 2017, MY FRIEND, the Jacques Houdek song.
COLE VAN DAIS – also a friend of MY FRIEND
Cole van Dais came to visit to hear all about Eurovision 2017. She also loves the song from Croatia and posed with items from Croatia. Her new duet CD is almost complete and will be available soon. It does contain an euro cover from Croatia, 1995, otherwise she would have done MY FRIEND in duet as well.
CROATIA 2017 – MY FRIEND
It is not secret that Croatia’s 2017 Eurovision entry MY FRIEND is the favourite song of ESCCovers and we are doing all in our power to get this song covered in South Africa. Today we will feature a bit of Croatia stating with the promo package – a chocolate, a fantastic MY FRIEND bag and the memory stick.
MY FRIEND – CROATIA
I am celebrating 25 years of Eurovision in a row and this is my song for 2017 – MY FRIEND from Croatia – so happy they qualified for the final of the 2017 Eurovision song contest tomorrow. Chief editor of ESCCovers Ian Fowell took the photo during their first rehearsal for the final. Thank you to all the Eurovision friends I have made over 25 years.