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The Trbovlje-Vode youth choir (later called Trboveljski slavčki or Nightingales of Trbovlje), under conductor Avgust Šuligoj, consisted of miners' children from Trbovlje. Despite a lack of financial support from the Yugoslav government, the choir toured all around Europe, providing the children the opportunity to learn about life in industrial centres, the values of work and culture and also the chance of good food, accommodation and glory. The public supported them wherever they went, concert halls sold out and respect was showered on the young vocalists.

In their first five years the choir performed in 35 towns in Slovenia and 11 in Croatia and Serbia. They toured Czechoslovakia, where in 1933 they performed in eight towns. They also performed at the Vienna House of Music as guests of Wienersangerknaben Choir. There they were praised mostly for their bravery and attitude. The choir also participated in the First International Congress for Modern Music Education in Prague, 4-9 April 1936. At the congress a Yugoslavian delegate accompanied and observed the choir constantly in order to prevent them from coming into contact with the Soviet delegation or any other delegation that was seen at odds with the Yugoslav regime. There were 14 countries at the Congress, along with Mr Andre Coenoy, representative of the League of Nations, and observers from all over the world. After the Congress the choir toured Bosnia and Herzegovina and also started planning a tour of Greece and Italy but those plans failed due to diplomatic disagreements in the pre-war years.

REFERENCES/FURTHER READING:
J. Skrinjar, 1967. Trboveljski Slavček, Od srca k srcu. Trbovlje: Mešani pevski zbor Slavček Svobode center Trbovlje.

Sprva mladinski pevski zbor Trbovlje – Vode pod vodstvom Avgusta Šuligoja, kasneje preimenovan v Trboveljske slavčke, so sestavljali otroci trboveljskih rudarskih družin. Kljub pomanjkanju finančne podpore s strani jugoslovanskih politikov, so ti otroci potovali po Evropi in spoznavali življenje delavskih središč in vrednote dela in kulture ter bili deležni dobre hrane, nastanitev in slave. Jih pa je podpirala javnost kamorkoli so prišli, razprodani so bili njihovi koncerti, ljudje so jim nudili prenočišča in jim izkazovali vsesplošno priznavanje.

V prvih petih letih je zbor nastopal v petintridesetih krajih v Sloveniji, enajstih na Hrvaškem in Srbiji. Imeli so turnejo po Češkoslovaški, kjer so v letu 1933 nastopali v osmih mestih, nastopali so v hiši glasbe na Dunaju, kot gostje zbora Wienersangerknaben. Poželi so velik uspeh, predvsem zaradi svoje srčnosti in naravnosti. Udeležili so se tudi prvega mednarodnega kongresa za sodobno glasbeno vzgojo v Pragi med 4. in 9. aprilom 1936. Na tem kongresu je Jugoslovanski delegat pevce vseskozi spremljal in opazoval, da ne bi prišli v stik s sovjetsko delegacijo ali kakšno drugo, ki ni bila po volji takratnemu jugoslovanskemu režimu. Kongresa so se udeležili delegati 14 držav ter zastopnik Društva narodov, g. Andre Coenoy, ter opazovalci z različnih delov sveta. V naslednjih petih letih so imeli turnejo po Bosni in Hercegovini, predvidena je bila turneja po Grčiji in Italiji, ki je pa zaradi diplomatskih nesoglasji propadla.

REFERENCE/NADALJNJE BRANJE:
J. Skrinjar, 1967. Trboveljski Slavček, Od srca k srcu. Trbovlje: Mešani pevski zbor Slavček Svobode center Trbovlje.