{"id":78572,"date":"2019-05-31T04:29:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T02:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=78572"},"modified":"2019-05-31T04:29:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T02:29:22","slug":"singing-alleluya-all-the-way-to-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2019\/05\/31\/singing-alleluya-all-the-way-to-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Singing alleluya all the way to Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Sam Banda Jnr: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/coss-chiwalo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-24214 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/coss-chiwalo-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/coss-chiwalo-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/coss-chiwalo-610x332.jpg 610w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/coss-chiwalo.jpg 614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Veteran musician and former band lead\u00ader for Alleluya Band, Coss Chiwalo, said Thursday they were ready to give out their best in Italy, where they are expected to hold over 40 shows.<\/p>\n<p>Alleluya Band leaves the country Saturday for the an\u00adnual Italy tour, where they hold <a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/over-40-shows-for-alleluya-band-in-italy\/\">performances<\/a> to raise funds for different projects at Andiamo campus in Balaka.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cWe have always taken time to prepare for these tours. So, we have had mas\u00adsive rehearsals as every trip is unique in itself,\u201d<\/em> Chiwalo said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He said they had \u2018concoct\u00aded\u2019 countless songs.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cWe have songs fused with traditional dances such as beni, malipenga and tchopa just to mention a few,\u201d<\/em> Chi\u00adwalo said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He also said this year the title of the tour is Gadugadu.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cSince we announced that the title for the tour is Ga\u00addugadu, we have been receiv\u00ading questions as to what it means. The title actually was selected by the founder Fa\u00adther Mario Pacifici. I will not pre-empt the meaning but let me say that we have a song which has been written by Father Mario Pacifici and sang by the vice band leader Getrude Naluso,\u201d<\/em> Chiwalo said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Chiwalo said, during the trip, they also record new songs but also learn from other artists.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the tour, Alleluya Band had a show in Balaka on May 19 2019, when they per\u00adformed during the youth day.<\/p>\n<p>Alleluya Band is expected back home in August.<\/p>\n<p>Formed in 1978 by Father Mario Pacific and Paul Banda, the group recently represented the country in Panama, where they performed at the World Youth Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sam Banda Jnr: Veteran musician and former band lead\u00ader for Alleluya Band, Coss Chiwalo, said Thursday they were ready to give out their best in Italy, where they are expected to hold over 40 shows. Alleluya Band leaves the country Saturday for the an\u00adnual Italy tour, where they hold performances to raise funds for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":78574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78575,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78572\/revisions\/78575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}