Newsletter Issue 26 - December 2015 2015 winners announced Can you believe it, another Choral Festival down! But what a weekend it was, we welcomed over 30 choirs to 2015’s Willmott Dixon North Wales Choral Festival. Choirs travelled from near and far to be with us and it was wonderful to welcome you all to Llandudno! For the third year we kicked off our weekend with the lively Festival Schools Day on the Friday. We welcomed 4 junior schools and 3 senior schools to Venue Cymru for a full day of musical fun. We saw the return of Mari Lloyd Pritchard and Trystan Lewis on the adjudication panel and this year for the first time they were joined by Nia Morgan! All three judges said they thoroughly enjoyed the day and everything each choir bought to the stage. Children also took part in a workshop by Carol Thomas who really enjoyed her first experience as our workshop facilitator and had everyone joining in! Even the staff! Over the weekend we welcomed male voice choirs, ladies choirs, barbershop and mixed choirs. There were some tough decisions to be made for the adjudicators, Paul Davies, Peter Broadbent and Rob Elliott. After much deliberation, the 2015 winners were:
Junior Schools: 1st- Southdown Primary School 2nd- Ysgol Llandrillo Yn Rhos 3rd- Ysgol Dewi Sant Senior Schools: 1st – Ysgol Y Moelwyn 2nd – Ysgol Dyffryn Ogwen 3rd – Ysgol Bryn Elian Male Voice Choirs: 1st – The Daleian Singers 2nd- Côr Meibion Colwyn 3rd- Cor Meibion Y Foel Llanerchymedd
Ladies: 1st – Côr Rhiannedd Y Moelwyn 2nd- Lleisiau Mignedd 3rd- Lleisiau Llannerch Barbershop: 1st – Cheshire Cord Company 2nd- Milltown Sound Chorus 3rd – Spinnaker Chorus Mixed: 1st – Côr CF1 2nd- Nottingham Trent University 3rd- Aloud in the Valley
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