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Wednesday, May 14, 2014 100 Mile Free Press
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Festival of the Arts outstanding Buyar: ‘We have rising stars all the four and five years up to 87 years old’
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he 100 Mile Festival of the Arts 2014 included speech arts, piano, vocal and instrumental performances at Martin Exeter Hall from April 22 to May 1. It wrapped up on May 2 with the awards presentation and Showcase Performance, featuring some of the top performers from preceding 10 days. Festival co-chair Marilyn Buyar says the festival went very well. While it was a very busy time, she notes there is an army of 45-50 volunteers who put in a few one- or two-hour shifts to make everything go smoothly. One of the highlights for her was the first day of the festival when the schools came out for their speech arts performances. “It was marvellous. It was an absolutely packed house with lots of moms and dads and grandparents – and parents who slipped away from work for 20 to 30 minutes to catch their children’s performances.” She adds the adjudicators were very good, as they gave a lot of practical feedback and spent some time with all of the students. Buyar also acknowledged the great work by school band teachers Vanessa
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At the end of the Showcase Performance, the youth who were selected to go to the Performing Arts BC were brought up on stage for the audience to see and acknowledge. See the results on this page to see who they are.
Toews (Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School) and Jasmine Kreschuk (100 Mile House and Mile 108 Elementary schools). As for the Showcase Performance, Buyar says it was another packed house this year. She adds the adjudicators picked a great variety of performers for the evening. “It was wonderful to just be able to sit down and really appreciate the talent we have in this community.” Noting it was a shorter show this year, Buyar says they cut it down to just over
100 Mile House piano player Daven Mapson performed Sneaky by S. Chatman during the 100 Mile Festival of the Arts’ Showcase Performance in Martin Exeter Hall on May 2. The festival adjudicators selected the local performers who entertained an appreciative audience during the twohour showcase.
two hours, but “we managed to squeeze a lot into those two hours.” She notes the committee and the participants were very grateful to Matt Arnott of Kamloops who lent them a six-foot six-inch grand piano to use during the festival. “It was marvellous because they all had a chance to play on an excellent piano ... they can play their best music when they have a good instrument.” Speech Arts Awards Poetry Canadian Author – Brodi Lundquist Dramatic Monologue – Lydia Kinasewich Group Poetry (Adjudicator Award) – Emma Donnelly and Mackenzie White Humorous Poetry – Mikayla Julseth Choral Speaking – Mile 108 Elementary, Grade 3 Readers Theatre – 100 Mile Elementary, Grade 6, 7 Doug Macleod Memorial Readers Theatre – Stephanie Hilstad and M. Julseth Narrative Poetry – Miah Scarpino Lyric Poetry – L. Kinasewich Prose – Adrienne Gardner Story Reading – L. Kinasewich Junior Aggregate – L. Kinasewich Albert Nicoll Memorial Intermediate Aggregate –
Katya Levermann Adjudicator’s Awards – Malcolm Beveridge, Emma Law, Anya Levermann and Brendan Nixdorf Gregory Grant Bursary Award – M. Scarpino Outstanding Achievement – L. Kinasewich Sandra Cannon-Walker Awards – Forest Grove Elementary, Mile 108 Elementary and 100 Mile Elementary Performing Arts BC recommendations: Intermediate Observer – K. Levermann Junior Competitor – L. Kinasewich Junior Observer – A. Gardner and A. Levermann Piano Awards JS Bach Junior Helen Ames Award – Elizabeth Haretzmuller JS Bach Intermediate/ Senior Margaret Christie Award – Cory Mapson Baroque Junior June Truant Memorial Award – Noah Geerts Baroque Intermediate/ Senior Priscilla White Memorial Award – Anna Betuzzi Romantic Junior Esther Newberry Award – Avery Collinson Romantic Intermediate/ Senior Hildegarde Goertz Memorial Award – A. Betuzzi Classical Repertoire Junior Trudy Silverwood Award – Heather Heales
Classical Repertoire Intermediate/Senior Trudy Silverwood Award – Nina Geerts Sonata Watkins Family Award – A. Betuzzi Canadian Composer Joan Ireland Award – Bryton Armishaw Twentieth Century Junior BJ Trophies Award – E. Haretzmuller Twentieth Century Intermediate/Senior – Nina Geerts Christian Music Fujiko Matsuda Award – Ashton Chretien and CandiceRose Mapson Piano Ensemble Garth and Shirley Gibson-Bull Award – Nina Geerts and Maya Geerts Adjudicator’s Awards – Miki Hatton and Daven Mapson Outstanding Achievement 100 Mile Free Press Award – A. Betuzzi Organ Award Adjudicator’s Award – D. Mapson Music Composition Award Junior Katie Kidwell Award – Cory Mapson Performing Arts BC Recommendation: Intermediate Competitor – A. Betuzzi Instrumental Awards Beginner Solo 1 – Cameron Ardiel Beginner Solo 2 – Vanessa Mah and Christina Mah Junior Solo 1 – M. Geerts Junior Solo 2 – E.
Donnelly Intermediate Solo 1 – A. Betuzzi Ensemble – E. Donnelly and Curtis Wolfe Jazz/Popular Music – Foggy Bottom Clarinet Buskers Charles Cawdell Memorial Band Award – Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School Grade 8 Band Adjudicator’s Award – W. Mah Helen and Anthony Lau Bursary – A. Betuzzi Outstanding Achievement – E. Donnelly Performing Arts BC Recommendations: Intermediate Observer – A. Betuzzi Junior Observer – E. Donnelly Vocal Awards Classical Repertoire, Junior Roz Hooper Memorial Award – L. Kinasewich Sacred, Irva and James Stewart Memorial Award – Mia Weir Art Song, Heather Sherry Memorial Award – M. Weir Concert Recital – Christiane Nauen Musical Theatre, Junior Roz Hooper Memorial Award – Courtney Cave Folk Song Olga Pugsley Memorial Award – L. Kinasewich Popular Music Award – M. Weir Jazz, George Kellett Memorial Award – Kira Saenger Country John Jones Memorial Award – C. Cave Vocal Ensemble Sakura Award – Twila McIntosh and Tom McIntosh Adjudicator’s Awards – Eshuan Grewal and Kelsey Schuurman Outstanding Achievement – C. Cave Performing Arts BC Recommendations: Classical Junior Competitor – M. Weir Junior Observer – B. Armishaw and L. Kinasewich Musical Theatre Junior Competitor – C. Cave Junior Observer – Kayleigh Jacobson