The 36th Annual 100 Mile Festival of the Arts ended a successful fortnight with the Awards and Showcase Performance at Martin Exeter Hall on April 27.
All participants were winners in their own right, but many were singled out and presented with an award for exceptional performance.
Award winners in each category are as follows:
Speech Arts:
Canadian Author - Karen Smith
Humorous Poetry - Mikayla Julset
Choral Speaking - Mile 108 Elementary, Grade 2-3
Group Poetry - Ty Bowen, Florian Holzapfel, Logan Hendry
Narrative Poetry - Tahsis Jensen
Lyric Poetry - Cameron Ardiel, T. Jensen
Readers Theatre, large group - 100 Mile Elementary, French Immersion, Grade 6-7
Readers Theatre Doug Macleod Memorial Award - Ryan Chamberlain, Kelsey Cleave, Hayley Edlund, Lucas L'Heureux, Brooklyn McNabb
Prose - Madison Ardiel
Story Ready - Lydia Kinasewich
Dramatic Monologue - Natasha McKay
Junior Aggregate - Ashley Holyk
Intermediate Aggregate Albert Nicoll Memorial Award – M. Ardiel
Outstanding Achievement – T. Jensen
Gregory Grant Memorial Bursary Award - Katya Levermann
Adjudicator Awards:
Malcolm Beveridge, Adrienne Gardner, Hamish Halper, Anya Levermann
Sandra Cannon-Walker Awards: 100 Mile, Forest Grove, Mile 108 elementary schools
PABC recommendations:
Intermediate Competitor: T. Jensen
Junior Competitor: A. Holyk
Junior Observer: M. Ardiel, L. Kinasewich
Instrumental Awards:
Tamara Price Beginner Solo Award - Danny Bunting, Courtney Cave
Doolan Family Award - Emma Donnelly
Instrumental Ensemble Award - 100 Mile Elementary, Recorder Band, Grade 4-5
Jazz/Popular Music Award - Alex Zamorano
Charles Cawdell Memorial Band Award - 100 Mile Elementary, Grade 7 Band
Outstanding Achievement - Heather Heales
Adjudicator Award: Jane Pletzer
Anthony & Helen Lau Bursary Award: Netanya Jeffrey
PABC Recommendation:
Junior Observers: E. Donnelly, H. Heales, N. Jeffrey
Piano Awards:
JS Bach Jr. Helen Ames Award - Gwyneth Haretzmuller
JS Bach Intermediate Margaret Christie Award - Jesse Stich
Baroque Junior: June Truant Memorial Award - Anna Betuzzi
Romantic Junior Award - Elizabeth Haretzmuller
Romantic Intermediate: Hildegarde Goertz Memorial Award - Alexandra Wolfe
Classical Junior Award – A. Betuzzi
Canadian Composer, Joan Ireland Award – H. Heales
20th Century: Junior Award - Logan Law
20th Century: Intermediate Award – A. Wolfe
Piano Ensemble - Avery Collinson, Nina Geerts
Piano Composition: Junior Award - Katie Kidwell, Cory Mapson
Piano Composition, Intermediate Award - Nevin Boyd
Outstanding Achievement – A. Betuzzi
Adjudicator Awards: Ian Heales, Daven Mapson, Wesley and Franky Mah, Camryn Wolstenholme
PABC Recommendation:
Junior Participant – A. Wolfe
Junior Observers – A. Betuzzi, Michelle Contreras, Ian Heales, J. Stich
Vocal Awards:
Classical Repertoire Junior: Roz Hooper – L. Kinasewich
Classical Repertoire Senior: Hisako Arai
Musical Theatre: Jr. Roz Hooper Memorial Award – C. Cave
Musical Theatre: Intermediate Award - Jordan Shields
Musical Theatre: Senior - Karen Smith
Folk Song: Olga Pugsley Memorial Award - Mia Weir
Popular Music - Anja Dunk
Jazz: George Kellett Memorial Award - Nicole Weir
Country: John Jones Memorial Award - Chantal Contreras
Concert Recital Award – H. Arai
Art Song: Heather Sherry Memorial Award – M. Weir
Outstanding Achievement – C. Cave
Adjudicator Award – D. Mapson, Faniry Ramorasata, Luca Weir
PABC Recommendations:
Classical: Junior Participant: L. Kinasewich
Junior Observer: A. Dunk
Musical Theatre: Junior Participant: C. Cave
Musical Theatre: Intermediate Participant: J. Shields