The 108th Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts attracted a high standard of entries from talented performers across Wharfedale, as well as further afield in West and North Yorkshire.
Coachloads of children from many schools descended on the venues in Ilkley between May 10 and 17, for competitive speech, drama and music classes.
There were also classes for grown-up performers, and a number of workshops held during the week.
A Celebration Concert will take place at Christchurch, The Grove, Ilkley, on Wednesday (June 4) starting at 7pm, at which major festival trophies will be presented.
Tickets for the concert are £5, to include light refreshments, and are available from Grove Music, at the Grove Bookshop, and on the door.
The winners are as follows: Saturday, May 10, Riddings Hall: Class 268 Disney Solo 8 years & under – 1 Poppy Freeley, Ilkley; Class 272 Vocal Duet 15 years & under -1 Poppy Stiles & Alexander Wright, Ilkley; Class 270A Songs From the Shows 9 years & under – 1 Ben Kelt, Ilkley; Class 270B Songs From the Shows 12 years & under – 1 Tilly Hazel, Menston; Class 270C Songs From the Shows 15 years & under - 1 Alice Wright, Wetherby; Class 275 Vocal Solo 12 years & under - 1 Poppy Stiles, Ilkley; Class 174 Irish Harp Solo, No age limit, 1 Evangeline Barnby, Hull; Class 353 North Indian Classical Music Recital 9 – 13 years - 1 Prisha Shukla, Leeds; Class 220 Classical Guitar Solo, 12 years & under - 1 Jacob Harris, Leeds; Class 221 Classical Guitar Solo 15 years & under – 1 Aditya Tambe, Leeds; Class 223 Classical Guitar Due NAL – 1 Jacob Harris & Jack Sandler; Class 225 Classical Guitar Ensemble NAL - 1 Saddleworth Guitar Ensemble, Oldham; Class 271 Folk Song 15 years & under – 1 Sarah Burrows, Steeton; Class 85 Musical Theatre 13 years & under – 1 KSSD Juniors, Knaresborough; Class 85 Musical Theatre NAL – 1 Upstagers Seniors, Ilkley. Monday May 12 Riddings Hall: Class 1a Verse Speaking, Year 2 and under – 1 Jemma Flint, Harrogate; Class 1b 1 Emily Hughes, Harrogate; Class 44 Memorised Prose Year 4 – 1 Freddie Gill, Menston; Class 45 Prepared Prose Reading Year 5 – 1 Isabelle Murtagh, Harrogate; Class 7 Novice 11 & under – 1 Shoaib Ibrahim, Bradford; Class 72 Non-Christian Religious Reading 8 to 13 years – 1 Aiysha Javed, Bradford; Class 6 Verse Speaking 14 & under - 1 Gina Boyle, Bradford; Class 10 Sonnet NAL – 1 Charlotte Barnard, Knaresborough; Class 8 Verse Speaking 15 & under – 1 Leona McLoughlin, Bradford; Class 11 Humorous Verse – 1 Alycia Booth, Bradford. Wharfedale’s Got Talent NAL 1 Pennant Roberts, Altrincham; Class 48 Prepared Prose Reading NAL – 1 Rowena Lloyd, Knaresborough; Class 11/5 The Great War NAL - 1 Charlotte Barnard, Knaresborough. Thursday May 15, Riddings Hall: Class 273 Vocal Solo 10 & under – 1 Tom Padgett, Ilkley; Class 278 Vocal Solo 17 & under – 1 Isabel Woodward, Ilkley; Class 279 Vocal Solo 14-18 years – 1 Alice Wright, Wetherby; Class 270D Songs from the Shows 18 & under - 1 Emma Williams, Ilkley; Class 131 Wharfedale’s Got Talent, Any Instrument 18 years & under, 1 Ben Finlay, Skipton, Cello; Class 132 Wharfedale’s Got Talent, Any Instrument NAL, 1 Sally Johnson, Skipton, Flute; Class 135, Wharfedale’s Got Talent, Any Instrument Solo Recital NAL - 1 Ben Finlay, Skipton; Class 207 Senior Ensemble 18 & under - 1 Valley Flutes Juniors, Huddersfield; Class 125 Family Music-Making; Non-competitive - The Daramy-Williams Ensemble, Bradford; Class 128 Duet Any Instruments NAL - 1 Alice Spencer & Carol Baxter, Huddersfield; Class 160 Recorder Groups NAL – 1 The Hilton recorder Consort, Leeds; Class 123 Adult Chamber Music NAL – 1 Valley Flutes Chamber Group, Huddersfield; Class 210 Senior Orchestra 18 & under – 1 Valley Flutes Juniors, Huddersfield; Class 211 Adult Orchestra NAL - 1 Valley Flutes Seniors, Huddersfield. Friday May 16 - Class 281 The Entertainer NAL - 1 Dominic Sowa, Harrogate; Class 280 Vocal Solo – Over 60’s - 1 Malcolm Buncher, Morley; Class 283 Folk Song NAL - 1 Hilda Harrison, Cononley; Class 285 Gilbert & Sullivan NAL - 1 Ruby Hendry, Guiseley; Class 282 Pop Star Key Stage 3 – 1 Pippa Simpson, Ilkley; Class 287 Victorian/Edwardian Ballad NAL - 1 Malcolm Buncher, Morley. Class 286 Songs from the Shows NAL - 1 Hilda Harrison, Cononley; Class 300 Cabaret Solo NAL - 1 Sally Hall, Wetherby; Class 301 Cabaret Group - 1 DanSing, Wetherby. Saturday May 16: Class 289 Premier Vocal Solo NAL – 1 Polly Sedman, Sheffield; Class 290 Operatic Solo NAL - 1 Polly Sedman, Sheffield; Class 291 Oratorio Solo NAL - 1 Malcolm Buncer, Morley; Class 298 European Art Song NAL - 1 Alice Wright, Wetherby; Class 297 Lieder in German NAL - 1 Malcolm Buncher, Morley; Winner of the HSBC Trophy and the Arthur Wilson Memorial Prize (Concert appearance with Steeton Male Voice Choir) - Polly Sedman, Sheffield; Winner of the Blanche Woollin Award for Young Singers (£25) - Emma Williams, Ilkley. Monday May 12: Class 42 Memorised Prose Year 2 – 1 Imogen Baker, Menston; Class 43 Memorised Prose 9 years & under – 1 Lola Henderson, Menston; Class 46 Prepared Prose Reading Year 6 - 1 Lydia Huby, Skipton; Class 2 Verse Speaking Year 3 - 1 Cecily Watkins, Bradford; Class 5 Verse Speaking Year 6 - 1 Charlotte Marsh, Bradford; Class 30 Solo Characterisation 15 and under - 1 Oscar Hazell, Bradford; Class 29 Solo Characterisation 13 & under - 1 Katy Metheringham, Knaresborough; Class 27 Duologue 13 & under – 1 Alexandra and Luke Morland, Knaresborough; Class 65 Prepared Bible Reading NAL – 1 Lydia Huby, Skipton; Class 63 Sight Reading NAL – 1 Lydia Huby, Skipton; Class 41 Poem for Two Speakers NAL – 1 Emily Mayo and Jessica Wells, Ilkley; Class 58/7 Prepared Talk 16 years and under – 1 James Lynch, Ilkley; Class 47 Prepared Prose Reading 14 years and under - 1 Leona McLoughlin, Bradford. Wednesday May 14: Class 157 Recorder Groups 9 years and under – 1 Moorfield School, Ilkley; Class 159 Recorder Groups 13 years and under – 1 Moorfield School, Ilkley; Class 206 Junior Ensemble 13 years and under 1 Moorfield School, Ilkley; Class 161 Junior Mixed Recorder & Instrumental Groups 13 years and under – 1 Moorfield School, Ilkley; Class 130 Wharfedale’s Got Talent Any Instrument, 12 years and under – 1 = Ruth Walker, Leeds, Abigail Roche, Ilkley. Thursday May 15: Class 235 Pianoforte Solo 9 years and under – 1 Beth Hardaker, Ilkley; Class 236 Pianoforte Solo, 10 Class 238 Pianoforte Solo 12 years and under – 1 Eve Sproats, Guiseley; Class 239 Pianoforte Solo 14 years and under – 1 Tabitha Wood, Ilkley; Class 346 Diploma Instrumental Solo NAL - 1 David Studd, Baildon, Flute; Class 240 Pianoforte Solo 15 years and under – 1 Matthew Johnson, Bradford; Class 241 Pianoforte Solo - 1 Pippa Simpson, Ilkley; Class 242 Pianoforte Solo16 years and under - 1 William Lovell, Ilkley; Class 243 Pianoforte Solo Recital 14 years and under – 1 Matthew Johnson, Bradford; Class 244 Pianoforte Solo 17 and under – 1 Matthew Parry, Ilkley; Class 245 Pianoforte Solo 18 years and over – 1 Rachael Woolley, York; Class 246 Pianoforte Solo Recital NAL – 1 Rachael Woolley, York. Friday May 16: Class 250 Pianoforte Duet 10 and under – 1 Tabitha Wood & Abigail Hutchinson, Ilkley; Class 251 Pianoforte Duet 12 and under - 1 Sam Harris & Angus Lovell, Ilkley; Class 252 Pianoforte Duet 14 and under - 1 Ben Bearpark & William Lovell, Ilkley; Class 255 Pianoforte Trio 10 and under - 1 Abigail Hutchinson, Beth Hardaker & Tabitha Wood, Ilkley; Saturday May 17: Class 276 Vocal Solo – Choristers 15 and under - 1 Kieron Moore, Leeds; Class 295 Italian Song NAL – 1 Grace Currie, Settle; Class 293 British Composers Song NAL – 1 Polly Sedman, Sheffield; Class 296 Solo Song Recital NAL – 1 Polly Sedman, Sheffield.
King’s Hall - Monday May 12: Class 74 Theme 13 years and under - 1 Performance Burley Juniors, Burley-in-Wharfedale; Class 71 Group Mime or Dance Drama 14 and over – 1 DM Academy, Shipley; Class 66, Mime Solo 12 and under – 1 Alycia Booth, Bradford; Class 70 Group Mime or Dance Drama 13 and under – 1 Lady Lane Park School, Bingley; Class 37 Solo Shakespeare, 15 and under - 1 Charlotte Barnard, Knaresborough; Class 38 Solo Shakespeare 16 & over – 1 Caitlin Mawhinney, Knaresborough; Class 78 Choral Speaking NAL - 1 The Troubadours, Shipley; Class 31, Solo Characterisation, 16 and over – 1 David Paynes, Knaresborough; Class 28 Duologue NAL - 1 David Paynes & Caitlin Mawhinney, Knaresborough; Class 83 Theatre Time 13 & under - 1 Stage 84 Group ‘B’, Bradford; Class 84 Theatre Time NAL - 1 Stage 84 Group ‘C’, Bradford. Tuesday May 13: Class 139 Wharfedale’s Got Talent, Brass Instrumental Solo, 14 and under - 1st Tom Webb, Otley; Class 140 Brass Instrumental Solo NAL - 1 Mark Webb, Ilkley; Class 141 Brass Instrumental Duet NAL 1 Peter Atkinson & Derek Smith, Otley. Class 184 Brass Ensemble NAL - 1 Prince Henry’s Grammar School Brass Ensemble, Otley; Class 202 Band Class Under 18 years - 1 Stepping Stones, Otley; Class 203 Band Class NAL - 1 Wharfe Brass, Otley. Friday May 16: Class 313 School Choirs 13 & under – 1 Middle Choir of Queen Mary’s, Topcliffe; Class 312 School Choirs 11 & under excluding BMDC - 1 Holy Spirit Catholic Primary Choir, Heckmondwike; Class 315 School and Youth Choirs Under 19 years - 1 Prince Henry’s Grammar School Senior Choir, Otley. Class 310 School Choirs 9 and under - 1 Wakefield Girls High School Under 9 Choir, Wakefield; Class 311 School Choirs 11 and under BMDC only - 1 Moorfield School, Ilkley. Saturday May 17: Class 305 Vocal Groups NAL - 1 The Select Few, Burley-in-Wharfedale; Class 323 Gospel Group NAL 1 Renaissance, Saltburn; Class 308 Barbershop Quartet or Group NAL - 1 White Rose Chorus, Bingley; Class 328 Rutter Choral NAL - 1 Renaissance, Saltburn; Class 326 Mixed Voice Choirs NAL - 1 Bradford Catholic Youth Choir, Bradford; Class 324 Female Voice Choirs NAL – 1 Renaissance, Saltburn; Class 325 Male Voice Choir NAL – 1 Skelmanthorpe Male Voice Choir, Huddersfield.
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