Competitions at Ashburton
One hundred and ten classes had been judged by last evening in the first two days of the Ashburton Competitions Society’s annual festival. The speech section fi-. nished on the first day. Monday, and the judge (Mrs L. Moore, of Christchurch); commended the high standard of speech of Ashburton' entrants. In this section main awards included the Ashburton Competitions Society’s’ scholarship, which wasj shared by Eilish Moran’ (Christchurch) and Denise Chisnall (Ashburton). This award was for mostpoints gained by competitors' 14 years and under in the ' classes for own selection, •nd test pie'-es. A six-year-old. Grant Glassey, cf Tinwald. was a : popular winner of the Lyford Brothers Challenge Cup for the most entertaining item in the speech section, chosen by the judge, i His choice was a nursery C
rhyme, “When I was a Bachelor,” in the under-eight; class. Mrs Moore said he' had a great future as an en- 1 tertainer. In the dancing section the iciasses completed so far in-i elude the championship tap dance for girls aged 12 and under 15 years. This was . won by Leola Goodall, with Leigh Patrick second, and Julie Sinatos ’hird. The festival has attracted ; 1970 entries, and competi-1 tors have come from as far) afield as Wanganui and Invercargill. It was officially' opened by the Mayor (Mr D. O. Digby) who *ommended I the society for its continued efforts in encouraging the artistic and related talents of many hundreds of young' people in the festivals each; year. The competitions will have morning, afternoon, ‘ and evening sessions each’ day, finishing with a demonstration concert on Friday evening.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19770831.2.52
Bibliographic details
Press, 31 August 1977, Page 6
Word Count
268Competitions at Ashburton Press, 31 August 1977, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.