Santeramo in Colle, Italy - June 2017 - From 16 to 18 June, the 50th edition of the Festival of the Oratorian Song was held, organized by the Salesian oratory of Santeramo. To celebrate these first 50 years together circa 100 choir children climbed onstage to perform 10 winning songs drawn from the event's history. During the evenings, the most significant artistic representations of the Santeramo elementary school children were rewarded, works inspired by the lyrics in the competition. Cover bands then featured songs from Depeche Mode, Queen and Stevie Wonder. To declare the winners of the two categories (Children and Teens), the vote of the public was combined with the evaluation of the technical jury present the two evenings, a jury comprising of past maestros who successively directed the historic event.