The culmination of months of effort and dedication were on display at the 100 Mile Festival of the Arts Showcase Concert on April 29.
Students performed award-winning songs, poetry, instrumental and piano pieces in front of an appreciative audience.
From April 18-28 students have been performing their festival pieces in front of adjudicators at Martin Exeter Hall. The Showcase Concert highlighted some of the talent from the two weeks.
At the beginning, participant Adrienne Gardner gave a touching thank you to teachers, parents and fellow students.
“Teachers seem to have a never-ending supply of faith in their pupils and copious qualities of patience. For this, we will be forever grateful. Thank you.
“If there is anyone with an equal amount of patience to that of our teachers, it would have to be our parents. We literally practice the same things repeatedly, whether it is an entire song or just one bar; a full sonnet or just one line; or simply just scales. It is surprising that our families and parents, the unfortunate people subjected to this, are not driven mad… Thank you for putting up with our practising and for enabling us to pursue the arts.
“Finally, I want to thank my fellow students. You all support one another and always give positive feedback after performances. We all recognize that when faced with a stage, an audience and an adjudicator can make anyone feel nervous, so students are often seen congratulating each other on performances, even if they weren’t their greatest ones, reassuring that they did a good job.”
Throughout the evening, audience members were treated to delight after delight of stunning performances by those very students.
Awards from the Festival of Arts are as follows:
Instrumental Awards:
Beginner Solo 1 (Price Family): Emma Donnelly
Beginner Solo 2 (Seilis Family): Owen Hatch
Junior Solo 1 (100 Mile Festival of the Arts): Amy Jordaan
Junior Solo 2 (100 Mile Festival of the Arts): Emma Donnelly
Intermediate Solo 1 (100 Mile Festival of the Arts): Cameron Ardiel
Ensemble (Eleanor Nicoll): Emma Donnelly & Curtis Wolfe
Jazz Popular Music (100 Mile Festival of the Arts): Emma Donnelly
Charles Cawdell Memorial Band Award (Karen Smith): Peter Skene Ogden School Tour Band
Adjudicator’s Award: Allie Donnelly; 100 Mile Elementary Grade 7 Band
Outstanding Achievement (Dennis and Ruth Tupman): Emma Donnelly
Recommended for Provincial Festival
Junior Strings Observer: Emma Donnelly
Intermediate Brass Observer: Cameron Ardiel
Piano Awards:
JS Bach Junior (Ginny-Lou’s Music Studio): Isabelle Barrick
JS Bach Intermediate/Senior Margaret Christie Award (Jane & Neil Duncan): Noah Geerts
Baroque Junior, June Truant Memorial Award: Sophia Barrick
Baroque Intermediate/Senior, Priscilla White Memorial Award: Jason Watkins
Romantic Junior, 100 Mile Festival Award: Emma Yang
Romantic Intermediate/Senior: Hildegarde Goertz Memorial Award (Goertz Family): Maya Geerts
Classical Repertoire Junior Trudy Silverwood Award: Grace Yang
Classical Repertoire Intermediate/Senior, Trudy Silverwood Award: Noah Geerts
Sonata, Watkins Family Award: Julia Siclari
Canadian Composer, Joan Ireland Award (Graham Family): Heather Heales
Twentieth Century Junior, Kinasewich Family Award: Mikayla Watson
Twentieth Century Intermediate/Senior (Century Hardware): Daven Mapson
Christian Music, Fujiko Matsuda Award (Matsuda Family): Cailiegh Watson
Piano Ensemble, Garth and Shirley Gibson-Bull Award: Amy Jordaan & Christine Jordaan
Adjudicator’s Awards: Adrienne Gardner; Amy Jordaan; Lauren Keller; Rachel Klassen; Aiden Watson
Outstanding Piano Achievement (100 Mile Free Press): Noah Geerts
Recommended for Provincial Festival
Junior Piano Competitor: Noah Geerts
Intermediate Piano Competitor: Maya Geerts
Intermediate Piano Observer: Adrienne Gardner
Senior Piano Observer: Daven Mapson
Music Composition Awards
Junior, Katie Kidwell Award: Mary Lui
Intermediate, Peter Skene Ogden Secondary Award: Daniel Lange
Senior, Grace Sundman Award: Maya Geerts
Speech Arts Awards
Canadian Author (Hisako Arai): Vanessa Shearer
Dramatic Monologue (Christensen Family): Lydia Kinasewich
Group Poetry (Adjudicator Award): Cate McArthur & Beth Munro
Humorous Poetry (Matfin Family): Willoe Deneef
Choral Speaking (Mary Ann & Bill Robertson): Forest Grove Elementary, Grades 2,3,4,
Readers Theatre (Higher Ground Foods): Forest Grove Elementary, Grades 5, 6, 7; 100 Mile Elementary School, Grade 1-2
Doug Macleod Memorial Readers Theatre (Barb Macleod): Megan Balbirnie & Rachel Klassen
Lyric Poetry (Hisako Arai): Kaitlyn Piccolo
Narrative Poetry Award (Nuthatch Books): Shayne Sutton
Story Reading (Ginny-Lou’s Studio): Adrienne Gardner
Prose (Ginny-Lou’s Studio): Lydia Kinasewich
Albert Nicoll Memorial Intermediate Aggregate: Adrienne Gardner
Ginny-Lou’s Studio, Senior Aggregate: Lydia Kinasewich
Adjudicator’s Awards: Isabelle Barrick & Dakota Brown; Sophia Barrick & Alexa Ohlund; Faith Barber; Kaitlyn Piccolo & Paige Reeves
Outstanding Achievement (Kentree Enterprises Ltd.): Lydia Kinasewich
Recommended for Provincial Festival
Junior Speech Arts Observer: Vanessa Shearer
Intermediate Speech Arts Observer: Adrienne Gardner
Senior Speech Arts Competitor: Lydia Kinasewich
Vocal Awards
Classical Repertoire, Junior Roz Hooper Memorial (Swann Family): Baylee Shields
Classical Repertoire, (Intermediate Hub International Barton Insurance): Courtney Cave
Sacred, Irva & James Stewart Memorial Award (Audrey Smith): Lydia Kinasewich
Art Song, Heather Sherry Memorial (Walt Sherry): Courtney Cave
Concert Recital (Hub International Barton Insurance): Lydia Kinasewich
Musical Theatre, Junior Roz Hooper Memorial (Hooper Family): Baylee Shields
Musical Theatre, Intermediate Award (Century Hardware): Courtney Cave; Lydia Kinasewich
Folk Song,Olga Pugsley Memorial (Gordon Kellett): Devyn Johnstone
Popular Music Award (CIBC): Cory Mapson & Ingrid Mapson
Jazz, George Kellett Memorial Award (Gordon Kellett): Claire Kreschuck
Vocal Ensemble, Sakura Award (Hisako Arai): Emma Giroday & Desirae Thorsteinson
100 Mile House Performing Arts Bursary: Melody Watkins
Adjudicator’s Awards: Kayleigh Jacobson; Sarah Pfannmueller; Emily Thain; Katharina Wetzig
Outstanding Achievement (100 Mile and District Arts Council): Courtney Cave
Recommended for Provincial Festival
Junior Classical Voice: Claire Kreschuck (Competitor); Baylee Shields (Alternate); Devyn Johnstone (Observer)
Junior Musical Theatre: Baylee Shields (Competitor); Claire Kreschuck (Alternate)
Observers: Emma Giroday; Emily Thain; Desirae Thorsteinson; Melody Watkins
Intermediate Classical Voice: Courtney Cave (Competitor); Lydia Kinasewich (Alternate)
Intermediate Musical Theatre: Lydia Kinasewich (Competitor); Courtney Cave (Alternate); Kayleigh Jacobson (Observer)