Saturday, 10 May 2025

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 THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Festival's Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Saturday the 7th June at the Friends Meeting Hou...
Monday, 24 March 2025

Problems with the CAF Donate system

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 We are currently experiencing difficulties with our donations system via the CAF Donate facility. This is a screenshot of the website News ...

The Young Musician Championship and the Speech & Drama Championship

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Here are the winners of the 2025 Championships, held in the Final Concert on the 23rd March. Thomas Heath, percussionist, is our Young Music...
Tuesday, 4 March 2025

Press release from Tom Gordon, our MP, about the Festival

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Three of the Festival Trustees recently visited Tom Gordon, the new Member of Parliament for the area. We outlined the history and ethos of ...
Friday, 10 January 2025

CHANGE TO THE FESTIVAL ENTRY DATE

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 The current weather is playing havoc with schools' arrangements and we have decided to put the Entry Date back to midnight on Sunday th...
Saturday, 4 January 2025

CORRECTION TO THE 2025 SYLLABUS REGARDING BRASS CLASSES

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 The Provisional Timetable in the 2025 Syllabus shows the brass classes as scheduled for the first weekend of the Festival. In fact they wil...
Monday, 16 September 2024

The 2025 Syllabus is close to being published

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Our website, http://hcfmsd.co.uk will be updated shortly with the 2025 Syllabus.  We have new categories, including Mime, new Musical Theatr...