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PIPERS, singers and budding thespians took to the stage last week for the first instalment of this year’s Mid Argyll Music Festival.
Spread over two weeks, the festival has this year been split to accommodate Easter weekend.
Now its 29th year the festival kicked off with the chanter and piping classes in Lochgilphead Joint Campus.
There was a strong contingent of performers from Kintyre and Cowal together with a number of local participants from Mid Argyll.
Catherine Paton from Strachur adjudicated the chanter and novice piper classes in the morning and Robert Stewart from Inchinnan adjudicated the March, Strathspey and Reel in the afternoon.
The festival moved to Ardrishaig Public Hall on Monday where the speech classes took place.
A total of 170 budding thespians took to the stage to recite their individual poem and Scots verse.
This section, which started four years ago, has proved popular and the festival organisers are delighted to welcome back Jane Mowat from Clarkston who adjudicated the first speech class in 2004.
The festival breaks for Easter weekend and will resume on the evening of Tuesday March 25 with senior piano classes in Ardrishaig Hall and Scottish Country Dancing in Inveraray Primary School.
Piano, vocal and choral classes will be adjudicated by Coral Gould from Burton on Trent and Eric Jennings from Cheshire.
They will be joined by Bryan Allen, head of brass at RSAMD for the final competitions on Saturday (March 29).
This day hosts Choral competitions, action songs and numerous instrumental classes.
This will be the first occasion when all these competitions will be taking place in one location – the Lochgilphead Joint Campus.
It is envisaged that almost 1000 children will be taking part on this special day and the festival organisers will be making every effort to ensure that everything runs smoothly.
The festival will conclude with a concert to be given by the Scottish Co-op Band at night.
The internationally renowned band were enthusiastically received at the conclusion of last year’s festival and this year again will provide a fitting climax to the festival.
Tickets for Saturday evening will be made available at the festival box office during the week of the festival and may also be purchased at the door.
Results
Piping - The Inveraray Primary School PTA Cup - 1-Donnie McKerral 2- Matthew Tanner 3- Neil McFadyen. Bagpipes – March (Novice Pipers) The George McAllister Cup - 1-Craig Barbour 2-Bruce Cowie 3- Campbell McFadyen. Bagpipes – March, Strathspey and Reel – 1-Fiona Mitchell 2-Ewan McNab 3-Keith Cowie.
Speaking classes – Verse Speaking Primary 2-3 - 1-Jamie McFarlane 2 – Abbie Williams, Claudia Foster, Molly Buchan and Gavin Johnson 3 –Rowan McIntyre, Harley Cogan and Katie Todd. Scots Verse Speaking Solo Primary 2-3 – 1- Gavin Johnstone 2-Archie Spencer, James Urquhart, Molly Buchan 3- Shira MacAskill, Sam Barker.
Verse Speaking Solo Primary 4-5 - 1-Mara Lyon 2- Nina Joynson, Maaia Taylor-Smith, Molly Francis, Hannah Harper and Olivia Kerr 3 – Mika Howieson-Pearce, Theo Maddox, Eden Mikula. Scots Verse Speaking Solo Primary 4-5 – 1-Rhuaridh Brown 2-Donald McCallum 3- Maaia Taylor-Smith. Verse Speaking Solo Primary 6-7 – 1-Stefan Goodwin 2-Madeline Ward, Dana Clarkson 3- Steven McColl, Anna Hepple, Rebecca Foster, Olivia Foster and Erin Barker. Scots Verse Speaking solo – Primary 6-7 – 1-Dana Clarkson 2-Erin Barker, Stefan Goodwin and Steven McColl 3- Megan Dunlop-Nelson, Patrick Feeney and Tyler Taylor-Smith. Verse Speaking solo S1-3 – 1-Lindsay Johnson. Scots Verse Speaking Solo S1-3 - 1-Lindsay Johnston.
Argyll Drama Festival Cup – Stefan Goodwin and Lindsay Johnston.
Kilmartin Primary School Board Plate for Scots Verse – Dana Clarkson.
