Since it was founded in 1936 the Festival has been mounted at a number of different Harrogate venues (I performed in it over 50 years ago on the stage of the Royal Hall - terrifying!!) and we are confident that this will be a minor hiccough in our 80 years of existence. Work is afoot to find a new home for 2017 and beyond. The adjudicators are currently booked for the three weekends commencing on 3 March, so fingers crossed. If you think you can help please contact us via the website http://www.hcfmsd.co.uk
Here is the full list of winners. The Festival has always been a competitive one, so every class has a winner but really every performer is a winner, just for getting up and doing it, so well done everyone and "Thank you" to all the volunteers, without whom the Festival could not take place.
First weekend
Acted Scene Age 15
& under: Katy Metheringham and Luke Morland, Knaresborough; 16 &
over: Sam Daltry and William Jackson, Knaresborough; Group Drama Age 15 & under: KSSD Wednesday Intermediates 2,
Knaresborough; 19 & under: KSSD Masterclass, Knaresborough; Solo Acting Age 12 & 13: Emily
Belcher, Knaresborough; 14 & 15: Katy Metheringham, Knaresborough; 16 &
over: Kitty Watson, Knaresborough; Solo
Acting - Shakespeare Age 15 & under: Helena Baker, Harrogate; 16 & over:
Kitty Watson, Knaresborough; Concerto
Class Year 13 & under: Emily Watson-Breeze, York; Chamber Class Year 10 & under: Dragon Woodwind Sextet,
Harrogate; Open: perfect 5th, Leeds; Entertainment
Class Age 13 to 15: Vicky Graham, Knaresborough; 16 & over: Lucy
Ireland, Knaresborough; Lever Harp
Elementary Grades 1-3: Laura Edmonds, Stokesley; Lever Harp Grades 4 - 5: Connor McMurray, Stokesley; Pedal Harp Grades 4-5: Tilly Poskitt,
Cottingham; Pedal Harp Advanced Grade 6
& over: Megan Humphries, Nr. Ripon; Harp Duet Open: Hannah Higson and Cerys Rees, Cottingham; Harp Ensemble Open: The Soundboards,
Cottingham; Musical Theatre Age 15 &
under: ACTAcademy UK, Harrogate; 16 & over: KSSD Saturday Seniors,
Knaresborough; 4 & under: Krish Desha-Beerachee, Harrogate; 5 & under:
Robert Kidd, Harrogate; 6 & under: Robert Kidd, Harrogate; 7 & under:
Eleanor Kidd, Harrogate; 8 & under: Thomas Went, Harrogate; 9 & under:
Yuan Xu, Harrogate; 10 & under: Yuan Xu, Harrogate; 13 & under: Yuan
Xu, Harrogate; Open to include Diploma Holders: Jean Wildman, Shipley; Open: Ho Ching Ng, York; Bach Prelude & Fugue Class Open:
Jean Wildman, Shipley; Chopin Class Open: Philip Howarth,
Harrogate; Twentieth Century Class Open:
Tom Knowles, Harrogate; Piano Duet Year
6 & under: Eleanor Kidd and Robert Kidd, Harrogate; 9 & under:
Hannah Shimwell and Millie Harris, Harrogate; 13 & under: Selina Pollard
and Erica Markee, Harrogate; Piano Trio
Year 6 & under: Holly Bletcher, Tara Dikmen, Sophie McHugh, Harrogate; Pipe Organ Year 11 & under: Joshua
Taylor, Harrogate; 13 & under: Daniel Taylor, Harrogate; Grade 3 or 4:
Annabel Baxter, Harrogate; Grade 5 or 6: Annabel Baxter, Harrogate; Grade 7 or
8: Grace Caton, Harrogate; Recorder Duet
Year 6 & under: Jessica Townsend and Beth Harrison, Harrogate; Recorder Group Year 6 & under: The
Bell School of Music Recorder Group, Harrogate; Prepared Reading Age 12 & 13: Thomas Wood, Knaresborough; 14
& 15: Charlotte Barnard, Knaresborough; 16 & over: Rebekah Rochester,
Knaresborough; A Talk on any subject:
11 & over: Zara Fawcett, Harrogate; String
Solo Grades 1 & 2: Sophia Rueschemeyer, York; Grade 3: Puyuan Ge,
Thirsk; Grades 4 & 5: Ava Brule-Walker, Thirsk; Grade 6: Sophie Priestley,
Harrogate; Grades 7 & 8: William
Clark, York; String Duet, Trio or
Quartet Year 10 & under: Lilly Ho and Isabella Watson, York; Open:
Selby Music Centre String Quartet, York; String
Group Year 10 & Under: HLC String Ensemble, Harrogate; Open: HLC String
Ensemble, Harrogate; Bach Class Open:
Benedict Baily, Thirsk; Strings Novice
Class Open: Neil Dixon, York; String
Solo Open: Maria Marshall, York; Novice
Ukulele Class: William Smith-McShee, Harrogate; Classical Guitar Year 6 & under: Tej Singh, Leeds; 9 &
under: Milan Singh, Leeds; Open: Felix Collins, Durham; Verse Speaking Age 12 & 13: Thomas Wood, Knaresborough; 14
& 15: Vicky Graham, Knaresborough; 16 & over: Gemma Felton,
Nosterfield; Sonnet Class Age 13 to 15:
Katherine Hooper, Knaresborough; 16 & over: Gemma Felton, Nosterfield; Group Speaking Age 14 & under: ACTAcademy
UK, Harrogate; The Elizabeth Hopkins
Trophy Virtuoso Class: Cordelia Newbery, Harrogate; Flute Solo: Grade 1 or 2: Amelie Coyle, Harrogate; Grade 3 or 4:
Lexi Powell, Harrogate; Grade 5 or 6: Evie Collard, Harrogate; Grade 7 or 8:
Lily Scott, Wetherby; Oboe or Bassoon
Solo: Grade 7 or 8: Robbie Messenger, York; Clarinet Solo: Grade 1 or 2: Eleanor Kidd, Harrogate; Grade 3 or 4:
Olivia Simpson, Harrogate; Grade 5 or 6: Olivia Robinson, York; Grade 7 or 8:
Emily Watson-Breeze, York; Saxophone
Solo E flat and B flat Grade 1 or 2: Evie Collard, Harrogate; Saxophone Solo Eb and Bb Grade 3 or 4:
Anona Raphael, Harrogate; Grade 5 or 6: Grace Malone, Harrogate; Saxophone Solo Grade 7 or 8: Stephanie
Frankland, York; Repertoire Class Year 9
and under: Emma Moore, Harrogate; Woodwind Solo Open: Stephanie
Frankland, York; Christopher Richmond
Trophy: Olivia Robinson, York; Ernest
Hopper Trophy: Emily Watson-Breeze, York; Woodwind Duet, Trio or Quartet Year 6 & under: Amelie Coyle and
Elizabeth Bromiley, Harrogate;10 & under: Tewit Clarinet Trio, Harrogate; Year
13 & under: Dragon Quadrasax, Harrogate; Woodwind Group Year 10 & under: Dragon Woodwind Sextet,
Harrogate; 13 & under: Tutti Fluti, Harrogate;
Second weekend
Solo Acting Age 11
& under: Hattie Attwood, Knaresborough; Group Drama Age 11 & under: Highfield HLC Prep 5, Harrogate; Devised Drama Age 12 & over:
ACTAcademy UK, Harrogate; Acted Scene
Age: 11 & under: Hattie Attwood, Cecily Ruddy and Flossie Attwood,
Knaresborough; 11 & under-2: Molly Metheringham and Scarlett Watson,
Knaresborough; 13 & under: Harriet Swift and Tamsin Ker, Harrogate; Vocal Duet: Year 6 & under: Sophie
McHugh and Eva Scullion, Harrogate; 9 & under: Harriet Rae and Claudia Rae,
Harrogate; 11 & under: Anastasia Sheveleva and Tamara Demirchyan, York; Solo singing Musical Theatre: Year 5:
Ava Bounds, Collingham; 6: Flossie Attwood, Wetherby; Solo from a Show, Film or Musical: Year 7: Tilly Ducker, Harrogate;
8: Oscar Gray, Harrogate; 9: Phoebe Kyriakopoulos, Harrogate; 10: Frankie
Bounds, Collingham; Solo from a Show,
Film or Musical: Year 11: Megan
Walker, Harrogate; 12 & over: Alice Wright, Harrogate; Vocal Duet or Trio from a Show, Film or Musical Year 11 & under:
Penny Alcock and Katie Alcock, Harrogate; 11 & over: Kitty Watson, Sally
Hall and Alice Wright, Harrogate; Musical
Theatre: Age 7 & under: Theatrebox Infants, Harrogate; 10 & under: Theatrebox
Juniors, Harrogate; 12 & under: KSSD Saturday Junior/Intermediate,
Knaresborough; Show Choir Open: KSSD
Show Choir, Knaresborough; Olde Tyme
Music Hall Song: Kitty Watson, Harrogate; Prepared Reading: Age 9 & under: Sofia Snowball, Knaresborough;
10 & 11: Ellie Kidd, Knaresborough; Speech
& Drama Championship Class: Kitty Watson, Knaresborough; Solo Singing Boys & Girls: Year 3
& under: Beatrice Haddow, Harrogate; 4: Madeleine North, Huddersfield; 5:
Ava Bounds, Collingham; 6: Flossie Attwood, Wetherby; 6 & under: Cian
Corbett, Harrogate; 7: Gabriella Whiteley, Harrogate; 8 & 9 - Grades 3-5:
Megan Mead, Harrogate; 7, 8 & 9 - Grades 2-5: Oscar Gray, Harrogate; Northern Choristers' Championship Girls
& Boys unchanged voices - Year 11 & under: Lauren Windsor,
Wetherby; Folk Song Unaccompanied: Year
5 & under: Ava Bounds, Collingham; 6: Caroline Freeman, Harrogate; 7: Tom
Wallace, Harrogate; 8 or 9: Isabelle Graham, Collingham; 10 & over:
Samantha Brockett, Harrogate; Verse
Speaking 7-1: Georgina Laycock, Harrogate; 7-2: Annabel Wass,
Knaresborough; 8: Iris Johnson, Knaresborough; 8-2: Alexa Burrell, Harrogate;
9: Hannah McHugh, Harrogate; 9-2: Henry Titchmarsh, Leeds; 10: Ellie Kidd, Knaresborough;
10-2: Flossie Attwood, Knaresborough; 11: Thomas Jackson, Knaresborough; Group Speaking: Age 8 & under: Highfield
HLC Prep 3, Harrogate; 10 & under: Brackenfield School Year 6, Harrogate; 19
& under: KSSD Saturday Seniors, Knaresborough;
Third weekend
Verse speaking age 6: Hugo Andrews, Leeds; Brass Solo Year 7
& under: Henrietta Kirkby, York; 10 & under: Ben Pritchard, Bradford; 13
& under: Edward Freeman, Harrogate; Novice Choir Year 2 & under:
Brackenfield Year 2 Choir, Harrogate; 6 & under: The Mount School Junior
Choir, York; Choir Year 4 & under: Highfield HLC Middle Choir, Harrogate;
Choir from smaller schools, roll not to exceed 120: Moorlands School Choir,
Leeds; 6 & under: Wakefield Girls' High School Under 11 Choir, Wakefield; 9
& under: Musicality, Ripon; Chamber Choir Open: Rock Up and Sing! Events Choir, Harrogate;
Year 13 & under: Blue Blazer Choir, Newcastle Upon Tyne; Church Music -
SATB Choir Open: Friday Voices, Burton on Trent; Open - Female, Male &
Mixed over 16 members: Lindley Community Choir, Huddersfield; Choral Challenge
Class Open: Friday Voices, Burton on Trent; Barbershop Open: Main Street Sound,
York; Vocal Duet Year 12 & over: Christopher Davies and Helen Thomas, York;
Youth/School Orchestra Year 6 & under: Highfield HLC Orchestra, Harrogate; Percussion
Year 13 & under: Izzy Barrington, Knaresborough; Drum Kit Year 8 & under:
Jack Littlewood, Leeds; 13 & under: Jack Littlewood, Leeds; Solo Singing
Girls - Year 10 & 11 - Grades 4-6: Alexa Wilkinson, Collingham; Girls 13
& under: Niamh Robinson-Wakefield, Knaresborough; Boys Changed Voices -13
& under: Tom Jansen, Harrogate; Young
Musician Singer Competition Year 13 & under: Niamh Robinson-Wakefield,
Knaresborough; Silver Rose Bowl Competition Open: Jonathan Smith, Rugby; Recital
Class Over Year 13: Jonathan Smith, Rugby; Operatic Aria Open: Christopher
Davies, York; Oratorio Class Open: Gracie Caton, Harrogate; British Composer
Class Open: Gracie Caton, Harrogate; Lieder Class Open: Jonathan Smith, Rugby;
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