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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2016-08-25, Page 19THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2016. PAGE 19. Entertainment Leisure Blyth's Peach wins at preliminary Rise2Fame An incredible run Kathryn Peach of Blyth has had her share of success at the preliminary Rise2Fame competition since she was old enough to participate. She'll soon be heading to the Western Fair for the regional round. (Denny Scott photo) By Denny Scott The Citizen Blyth resident Kathryn Peach's win of the Bayfield Preliminary Youth Rise2Fame competition marks the last time she will compete in the competition. Peach, who has participated in the program for as long as she can remember, said the win will be the last time she can compete as she won't be eligible to compete next year due to the age restrictions. The competition was held on Friday at the Bayfield Fall Fair and serves as a preliminary contest for the Regional Rise2Fame show at the Western Fair in London. Winners from that competition continue on to provincial competitions. Peach said she has always continued on from Bayfield, however this year a prior engagement is going to stop her from competing in the Sept. 9-11 event in London. A self -described musical theatre fan, she sang "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miserables to take first place in the youth category this year. The competition is split into the junior category, which is up to age 11, and the youth category that is age 12 to 21. "It was great," Peach said. "It's always been fun and I like competing." If she were to go to London, Peach explained that competition is split into three rounds; quarter -finals, semi-finals and finals, and explained she had made it to the finals in the past. The greatest gift: Royall Continued from page 13 bedside with people in their final moments of life. As Rick Warren says in his book The Purpose Driven Life, when that person is standing on the edge of eternity... I have never heard anyone say, bring me my diplomas, I want to look at them one more time. Show me my awards, my medals, that gold watch I was given. When life on earth is ending, people don't surround themselves with objects. What we want around us are the people we love and who love us. We want our family... and mom had that. Don't wait until your deathbed to figure out that the relationships you have matter more than things. I am happy for mom today because she is now experiencing what being with the Lord in heaven is like. Mom knew how the Bible described eternity with God. I found in her Bible where she had highlighted that verse which describes heaven this way, "God will wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor pain. All of that has gone forever." Mom taught me the importance of family, having fun, the love of a great book and drinking great coffee but the one thing I am most grateful to her for is her faith in God and her service to Him and His church. While she worked hard that we would see the value of the family we were born into, she also wanted us to know the importance of being born Steve and Rita Bowers of RR 2 Brussels are happy to announce the marriage of their daughter Laura Kathleen to Ryan David son of Dave and Willy Ann Kennes of RR 4 Parkhill Wedding to take place on Saturday, August 27th, 2016 at St. Ambrose Church, Brussels again into God's family. And this one truth, this one value is the greatest gift mom has ever given me. Peach said this year will likely mark the end of her competitive singing career for awhile and added she was happy to do it. "I'm ready to move on from competitions and just do more singing to enjoy it," she said. "What that means exactly, I don't know. I've always been a competitive singer, so I'll have to see where that takes me." Peach, a marketing student at the University of Guelph and a member of the team at Blyth Cowbell Brewing Company, edged out solo guitarist, singer and composer Rory McLachlan who performed his own piece called "Foolish Boy" and Paige Woodburn who danced to "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. The preliminary junior winners included first -place finishers Claire Partridge and Myra Caldwell doing a dancing duet called "Mario Brothers", second -place finisher Hillary Harkes sang a vocal solo and third place went to a dance ensemble that included Maddox Carruthers, Hailey Turnbull, Main Wilcox, Braylen Classen and Madison Harries from Thedford dancing to "Born to be Wild". 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