‘Sing Your Way to Paris’ grand finale

it out for a grand prize of a two-week trip to the French capital at the finals of the competition on Saturday at 2pm.
Every year stakeholders in the local French society dedicate a whole week to celebrate the French culture in arts galore of music, film, fine arts and crafts.
“This year one lucky contestant will literary sing his/her way to France in a competition whose finale has been set for Saturday, the official last day of the Francophone Week,” said one of the official organisers of the competition who preferred not to be named.
“But the festival will continue with more film screenings and live jazz concerts at Alliance Francaise here in Harare and in Bulawayo all through to March 31.”
He added that although the contestants will be singing French songs, the competition was not restricted to Alliance Francaise members.
The second prize reserved for the runner-up in the competition is an all-expenses paid trip to the Victoria Falls for two.
Other highlights of the Francophone Week Festival are live music performances by French singers Patrick Lupi, Mederic Collignon and Jus De Bocse Quartet and theatrical comedy of the talents of the Mondial Cabaret group.
There will also been free screenings of popular French, Canadian, Belgian and Democratic Republic of Congo movies with English subtitles such as “Bon Cop (Good Cop Bad Cop), “Les Fiancees de l’Amerique (Brides from America)” and “La Vie Est Belle (Life is Rosy)”.
All film screenings are free of charge and open to the public and the live music performances are pegged at US$10 for the public and US$5 for members.