{"id":3445,"date":"2025-06-11T11:56:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T11:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/?p=3445"},"modified":"2025-06-12T07:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T07:34:08","slug":"senior-singing-contest-to-promote-sabah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/?p=3445","title":{"rendered":"Senior singing contest to promote Sabah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"449\" data-id=\"3443\" src=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/10002471944716086798130849036-1024x449.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/10002471944716086798130849036-1024x449.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/10002471944716086798130849036-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/10002471944716086798130849036-768x337.jpg 768w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/10002471944716086798130849036-1536x674.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/10002471944716086798130849036.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fifty singers and about 50 supporters will take part in a senior solo singing contest, Voice in the Shadows \u2013 Our Concert, aimed at boosting tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis small event can have a big impact,\u201d said Main Organising Chairperson Datuk Eliza Goh, adding, music videos from the show showcasing Sabah attractions will be released nationwide and viewed overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Open to Malaysians aged 40 and above, the contest promotes friendship among singers from Sabah, Sarawak, and the Peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe want more in this age group to discover Sabah, which is modern and full of attractions,\u201d said Eliza, who views the event as her contribution to the state\u2019s tourism push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Co-organiser Irene Tan said contestants may sing in Mandarin, Cantonese, or Hokkien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The preliminary round is on August 16, with the final on August 17 at the Putera Theatre Ballroom, Bukit Padang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Christina Liew is expected to officiate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty singers and about 50 supporters will take part in a senior solo singing contest, Voice in the Shadows \u2013 Our Concert, aimed at boosting tourism. \u201cThis small event can have a big impact,\u201d said Main Organising Chairperson Datuk Eliza Goh, adding, music videos from the show showcasing Sabah attractions will be released nationwide and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[172,174,240,241],"class_list":["post-3445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-christina-liew","tag-sabah","tag-senior-singer","tag-voice"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250610_150449-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3454,"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3445\/revisions\/3454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}