Competitions Festival Opens In Ashburton

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30534, 1 September 1964, Page 18

Competitions Festival Opens In Ashburton

The Ashburton Competitions Society’s annual festival opened yesterday with nearly 400 individual competitors and groups giving performantes at the three sessions held during the day. Fortyfour classes, mainly in the dancing, speech, and vocal and instrumental sections were decided yesterday. The festival will continue all this week, ending with demonstration concerts on Saturday. • . A feature of yesterday’s sessions was the keen public interest in the competitions and all performances were well attended. A capacity audience attended the evening session, and was rewarded with some particularly fine items by various performers The festival was officially opened last evening by the Mayor of Ashburton (Mr J. Davidson).

Results of yesterday’s sessions were:— VOCAL ANO INSTRUMENTAL i Vocal Solo —Under 12. boys Wayne Densen (Christchurch) 1 Vocal Solo.—Under 12 (non first prize-winner): Wayne Densen (Christchurch) 1. Vocal 5010.—12 and under 16 (non first prize-winner): Dianne Spek (Islington) 1. Vocal Solo.—Under 14 (Ashburton county competitors): Adrienne Silverwood 1.. 14 and under 20 (Ashburton county competitors): Miss Virginia Lucas 1 Miss Chery I. Craig 2. Miss Valda Stephen 3. Voca) Solo.—Lelder: Mrs Ans ley Black (Christchurch) 1, Mrs -Maidle Mclntosh (Ashburton) 2. Miss Joan Archer (Ashburton) 3 Piano Sight Reading.—Under 12: Heather Petrie (Ashburton) Plano Sight Reading.—l2 and Under 16: Helen Cameron (Southbridge) 1. Ruth Gainsford (Christchurch) 2. Piano Solo—Under 10: David McKee (Christchurch) 1, Grace Hampton (Ashburton) 2. Noeline Ellis (Ashburton) 3. Piano Solo.—Under 12 (non first prize-winner): Patricia Smith (Ashburton) 1. Ainslle McGeorge (Rakala) 2, Diane Lap (home (Ashburton) and Mary Minisb (Christchurch) (equal) 3 Piano 5010.—14 and under 16; Ross McKee (Christchurch) 1. Piano Solo.—Under 18 (any of Mendelssohn’s songs without words): Everard Moorhead (Ash burton) 1, Wayne Dailey (Ashburton) 2, Julie Strong (Christ church) 3. Piano Accordion 5010.—14 and under 16: Michael Reed. (Christchurch) 1, Glenys Dallard (Christchurch) 2, Donald Mills (Christchurch) 3. Opera Or Grand Opera Aria— Mrs Alnsley Black (Christchurch) 1, Mrs Maidle Mclntosh (Ashburton) 2. Miss Joan Archer (Ashburton) 3. ART OF SPEECH Prose Passage.—lo and under 12: Cherie McCleery (Timarui l, Gillian Lelshman (Tfmaru) 2. Lois Dalton (Ashburton) and Mary Moran (Christchurch) (equal) 3. Recitation.—l2 and under 16 (non first prize winner): Kevin Muschamp (Christchurch) 1. Jan Kotlowski (Christchurch) 2. Josephine O’Reilly (Ashburton) 3. Recitation, Light Verse.— Under 8: Darrell Thrupp (Ash-

burton) 1. Kim McKavock (Christchurch) and Joanne Flaherty (Ashburton) (equa ) 2. Recitation. New Zealand Author. —12 and undet 14 (Ash burton County competitor): Caroivn Skilling I. Lynde) Witheford and Ann Protheroe (equal) 2. Character Recital, Non Humorous.—l2 and under: Pamela Spencer (Christchurch) 1, Susan Mitchell (Ashburton) 2. Janice Scott (Invercargill) 3. Recitation With Action Under 8: Kim McGovack (Christchurch) 1. Heather Gourdte (Ashburton) 2. Elizabeth McSweepey (Ashburton) 3. Prose Passage.—l2 and under 14: Pamela Spencer (Christ church) 1. Ann-Marie Bateman (Christchurch) 2. Ann Protheroe (Ashburton) 3.

Recitation. Humorous —l2 and under 14 (final): Kevin Moran (Christchurch) 1. Pamela Spencer (Christchurch) 2. Kevin Muschamp (Christchurch) 3. DANCING Tap Dance.—Under 12 (Ashburton County competitor): Glenda Dalgety 1. Karen Keen 2. Ronwyn Burrell 3, Janice Smart 4.

Classical Ballet —Under I <Ashburton County cempeti tors): Marte Kenny 1. Glend.i Hampton 2. Joanne ProthcrmSong And Tap Dance —> years: Gregory Tucker (Christ church) 1. Kay parsons (Ash burton) "2, Cheryl Edwards (Christchurch) 3. Classical Ballet. Novice Under 10: Joanne Protheroe (Ashburton) 1, Jennifer Brake (Ashburton) 2. Kathleen Twaddle (Ashburton) 3. Classical Ballet. —14 and over (final): Gwenda Williams (As! burton) 1. Claire MacDonald (Christchurch) 2. Maureen Folev (Christchurch) 3. Barefoot Dance —lO and under 12: Lynette Eades (Christ church) 1. Song And Tap Dance.—Under 7: Alison Hydes (Ashburton) i. Anne Paterson (Christchurch) ?. Glenn Milner (Christchurch) . Song And Tap Dance.—l2 and under 14: Gavin Douglas (Ashburton) 1. Kim Thompson (Christchurch) 2, Suzanne Day (Christchurch) 3.

Character, Demi-charactcr. Or Character Story Dance.—l2 and under 14: Pennl-Juanita Venter (Christchurch) 1, Julie John stone 2.