23rd ANNUAL SCHOOLS FESTIVAL
Competitions in Scots Solo Singing, Verse Speaking, Accordion and Fiddle Playing. Open to all pupils who attend a primary or secondary school within Perthshire and Kinross.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Salutation Hotel, Perth 1pm to 5pm.
The competition syllabus and entry form can be downloaded here and should be submitted no later than October 31.
For further information please contact Mrs Anna Merry, 2 Croft Court, Bridgend, Perth PH2 7HJ [Tel. 01738 440168]
2008 ANNUAL SCHOOLS FESTIVAL
Over 50 pupils, representing primary and secondary schools throughout Perthshire and Kinross, took part in the Perth Burns Club's 22nd Schools Festival which was held in the Salutation Hotel, Perth during the afternoon of Sunday, November 23, 2008.
Once again the standard of performance in all categories of Scots verse speaking, solo singing and accordion playing was extremely high and, in addition to the main awards, all competitors were awarded certificates of proficiency.
The trophy winners were as follows:
ACCORDION PLAYING
[Adjudicated by Mr Jimmy Lindsay]
- Primary pupils [The Hector Chisholm Quaich] — Alex Stewart, Goodlyburn.
- Secondary pupils [The Dalriada Cup] — Murdo Elwes, Strathallan.
SOLO SINGING
[Adjudicated by Mr Henry C. Neil, MBE]
- Primary pupils [The Robert W. Donaghy Quaich] — Thomas Henson, Dollar Academy.
- Secondary pupils [The Windyedge Bowl] — Hannah Holmes, Perth High School.
VERSE SPEAKING
[Adjudicated by Mrs Lovina Roe]
- Primary pupils in classes 4 and 5 [The Binn Farm Quaich] — Janey Speed, Moncreiffe Primary.
- Primary pupils in classes 6 and 7 [The Ruth Lumsden Quaich] — First equal, Hannah Fairbrother and Euan McSween, both Moncreiffe Primary.
- Secondary pupils under 15 [The Grampian Cup] — First equal, Joanna Barrack and Charles Mearns, both Strathallan.
- Secondary pupils over 15 [The Archibald Morrison Memorial Quaich] — Oliver Wale, Strathallan.
The President's Prize, a silver salver presented by Bill Dawson, the current Burns Federation World President, for the best performance in the Festival of a Robert Burns song, poem or piece of music was awarded to Eleanor Kemp of Strathallan School for her singing of "John Anderson, My Jo". The adjudication of this was done jointly by Bill Dawson and the Perth Burns Club president Dr Donald F. Macgregor.