Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza 1983

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The Executive of the Nationalist Party (PN) decieded to organized something for the general public, their where several suggestions, among of this Charles A. Bellia and Mario Ascione suggest to do a Song Festival, finally the decieded to organized a Maltese Song Festival, they decieded to held the Festival in September to part from the celebration of the Independence Day.

This year was the Celebration of the 19 Anniversary from the day Malta came Independent in 21 September, 1964.And this Festival Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza 1983 was included in the celebration week.

Organising Committee

They Formed an organizing Committee under the Chairmanship of Charles A.Bellia, the other members where Charles Stroud, Tony Catania Caruana]] and committee SecretaryDoris Stroud.

The Festival

The Festival was held on Wednesday 14 September, 1983 at the Alhambra Theater at Sliema at 7.30pm.. And the Festival opens with the Cheerleaders a troops of 40 boys and girls wearing all white and blue colours marching around the Alhambra Hall. There where sottomate 27 songs most of them with politic teem of Independence, in the first phase the Jury chose 14 songs. The teem of the Festival was:- U l-Kotra Qamet f’Daqqa w Ghajtet 'Jien Maltija'.

For this Festival the Committee’ think to issued a cassette with this songs with a production by Tony Scott and prepare a souverner program with the lyrics of the songs, and photos of the singers taken part, the Festival was all with playback music and the singers sang live. The compers of the Festival where Hector Bruno and Natahlie Micallef. The tickets was Lm 1.

The Song Festival

Here are the 14 Finalist Songs featured in the final:-

Song	Performers	Words	Music
Riflessjonijiet	Freddie Agius	J.Caruana	J.Caruana
Nerġgħu Ngħixu Magħqudin	Agnes Cassar	Lucia Cassar	Agnes Cassar
Fl-Indipendenza	Tessie Farrugia	Agnes Cassar	Agnes Cassar
Il-Paċi Fl-Indipendenza	Jennifer Scicluna	Lucia Cassar	Lucia Cassar
Il-Lum (21 ta’ Settembru, 1964)	Incorvaja Twins	Edwin Vella	Edwin Vella
Sebaħ Jum Ġdid	Grace	Amadeo Cassar	Amadeo Cassar
Viva Jum L-Indipendenza	Adelina Attard	Mary Rose Attard	Carmelo Zammit
Il-Liberta’ Fl-Indipendenza	Merga	John B.Cassar	John B.Cassar
Malti, Malti, Malti	Carmelo Borg	Clemente Zammit	J.Pullicino
Lilek Malta Tiegħi	Rennie Vella	Paul Falzon	Joe Cuschieri
<Meta Twieled Pajiiż Ġdid	Joan Vassallo	Agnes Cassar	Agnes Cassar
Nibqgħu Ngħożżuħ Maltin	Jo Naudi	[Jo Naudi	Jo Naudi
Sammy Bartolo	Tagħlima	Jo Naudi	Jo Naudi
Benny Grima & Tonia Grima	Għadna Niftakru	Benny Grima	Benny Grima

The Jury

The Jury was composed bye six members Mro.Joseph Sammut, Mro.Paul Arnaud, Ray Aguis, Trevor Zahra, Joe Calleja and Gloria Mizzi while the representative for UKAM Society of Maltese Composers and Authors was Joe Ellul

Interval

During the process by the jury to chose the winners, there was entertainment by Rhapsody Blue Dancers, the duo Tonio Farrugia and Walter Micallef, Frank O’Niell, the disco dancer Gino Pace and a comedy sketch by Paul Mintoff and Hector Bruno.

Winner Finalist of Festival Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza 1984

Here are the Winning Songs featured in the final:-

No	Song	Performers	Words	Music
01	Nibqgħu Ngħożżuħ Maltin	Jo Naudi	Jo Naudi	Jo Naudi
02	Viva Jum L-Indipendenza	Adelina Attard	Mary Rose Attard	Carmelo Zammit
03	Sammy Bartolo	Tagħlima	Jo Naudi	Jo Naudi

Here are the Winning Songs For Best Lyrices featured in the final:-

No	Best Lyrices	Performers	Words
01	Tagħlima	Sammy Bartolo	Jo Naudi
02	Nibqgħu Ngħożżuħ Maltin	Jo Naudi	Jo Naudi
03	Malti, Malti, Malti	Carmelo Borg	Clement Zammit

Here are the Winning Songs For Best Music featured in the final:-

No	Best Music	Performers	Words
01	Nibqgħu Ngħożżuħ Maltin	Jo Naudi	Jo Naudi
Viva Jum L-Indipendenza	Adelina Attard	Mary Rose Attard	Carmelo Zammit
03	Tagħlima	Sammy Bartolo	Jo Naudi

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• Singer Sammy Bartolo get the Trophy for the Best Singer • All Singers , Composer and authers get a certificate of partecipation in the Festival.

The First winner of this Festival Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza 1983 was the 27 year old from Ħamrun Jo Naudi with the song Nibqgħu Ngħożżuħ Maltin words and music by himself and he got a prize of Lm 100 and a trophy and the Challenge Cup for the winnig song, beside the Jury vote Jo Naudi win also the Popolar Public vote, besides this win two other prizes for the ‘Best Lyrices for the Sammy Bartolo song Tagħlima, first place and second place for Nibqgħu Ngħożżuħ Maltin, in the third place for ‘Best Lyrices’ placed Celemente Zammit for Malti, Malti, Malti composer by Carmelo Zammit Viva Jum L-Indipendenza song by Adelina Attard and composor also by Carmelo Zammit placed second as composer.

The trophies was presented by Dr.Ċensu Tabone President of the Nationalist Party, at the end Dr.Guido DeMarco Vice-President of P.N. address to the present public, instead of the Leader Party Dr.Eddie Fenech Adami who’s on they day, was not present for a personal reason, his mother was in the last days of her life, and a days later she died.