HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2007-05-02, Page 26Page 26 The Huron Expositor • May 2, 2007
Local youths
compete at
music festival
A large number of Seaforth-area
children came up winners at the
recent Optimist Club of Mitchell's
61st annual music festival.
Laura Elligsen, of RR 4 Walton won
the Mitchell Optimists Scholarship for
the individual showing the most promise
in the entire festival, the Glen Gowrie
Women's Institute Award for best
secondary senior. girls' vocal solo, the
Optimists Club of Mitchell Trophy for
the highest mark in Open Popular Music
and the Mitchell Jaycees Trophy for
highest mark in a Challenge Class.
Elligsen also came first in the
open challenge class, first in the
open popular music class and first
in the senior girls' solo.
Jamie Eisler, of RR 2 Dublin won
the Rosebank Seed Farms Ltd.
Award to the individual with the
highest number of points in vocal,
piano, stepdancing, and violin
classes, including solos, duets, trios,
quartets and sight reading.
Eisler also won the Pearl Priestap
Memorial Award for highest mark in
grade 10 piano solo, J. P. Uniac
Insurance Award for highest mark in
violin\fiddle, fifth year of instruction,
Optimists Club of Monkton Award for
highest mark in open violin\fiddle duet
with Devon Martene, the DNA Farms
Award for best overall in violin classes,
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• Andy Bader photo
Jamie Eisler plays the violin at the Optimist Club's music festival in Mitchell recently. Eisler won a number of awards at the festival.
the Ernest Harley Award for highest
mark in open woodwind instrument
class and the Main Street United
Church Choir Award for best overall
wind instrument.
In violin, Eisler came first in
fifth year solo, in
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WED. MAY 2
10-1 1 30 a.m. Rhyme Time Ontario
Early Years Program at Duff's United
Church
2-4 p.m. Parent and Tot Indoor
Soccer on the arena surface
5-30-6:30 Seaforth and District All
Girls Marching Band Free Lessons at
Seaforth Public School. Info 519-
565-2244
THURS. MAY 3
10-11 30 a m Baby and Toddler
Time, Seaforth Co -Operative
Children's Centre
1-4 p.m Seniors Shuffleboard at
Seaforth Arena
FRI. MAY 4
9-10.30 a m. Ontario Early Years
Program at Brussels Public School
10:00 a.m. Morninc Out at Bethel
Bible Church, Seafort-i
10:30 -11:30 -Story Hour at Seaforth
Public Library
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9:30-1 1 15 p.m. Play and Learn
Early Years Program, Grey Central
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School
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Meeting in Conference Room #2.
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10-11.30 a.m. Rhyme Time Ontario
Early Years Program at Duff's United
Church
2-4 p.m. Parent & Tot Indoor Soccer
on the arena surface
5:30.6:30 Seaforth and District All
Girls Marching Band Free Lessons at
Seaforth Public School. Info: 519-
565-2244
7:30 p.m. Seaforth and District
Horticultural Society meeting at
Northside United Church
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piano, he came
first in Grade 10
solo and Grade
10 sight reading,
in woodwinds, he
came first in solo
and in vocal, he
came second in
senior boys' solo
and first in open
quartet with
Nathan Pol,
Allison Mogk and
Christine
Hocking.
J a n e l l e
Murray, of RR 5
Dublin, won the
Ladies Auxiliary
to the Royal
Canadian Legion
Award to the
most promising
vocalist in the
secondary section
and the
Optimists Club of
Fullarton Trophy
for highest mark
in Open Musical
Theatre.
S h e
also came third in open challenge
class, third in open popular music,
third in senior girls' solo, and
second in senior duet with her sister
Carolyn.
As well, she came first in musical
theatre.
Carolyn Murray, of RR 5 Dublin
won the D J Burton Award for
overall musicianship in
instrumental and/or vocal and the
Mitchell Family Health Group
Award for best secondary junior
girls' solo.
She also came second in open
popular music, first in junior girls'
solo and first in open musical
theatre.
Christina Schelken, of Seaforth
won the Gould Women's Institute
Award for highest mark in grade 4
piano solo.
Schelken also came third in grade
4 sight reading, third in a trio with
Nikki Steep and Abbey Alexander
and third in grade 6 girls' vocal solo.
Mary Paige St. Onge, of Seaforth,
won the Carew Family Award for
highest mark in a pre -grade 1 piano
solo.
St. Onge also came first in a
piano duet with Sydney
Timmermans.
Tom Garrick of Seaforth won the
Mitchell Legion Branch 128 Award
for highest mark in pop piano solo,
11 and 12 years old.
Garrick also came third in grade 5
piano sight reading, third in a piano
duet with Brianne Higenell, of
Seaforth and third in a piano trio
with Brianne Higenell and Nancy
Lowagie.
Kristen Walsh, of Egmondville,
won the Optimists Club of Monkton
Award for the highest mark in pop
piano solo, 7 and 8 years old and the
Monkton Lions Club Award for the
highest mark in grade 2 girls' vocal
solo.
In stepdancing, Walsh came first
in the 8 and under reel and in piano
she came second in pre -grade 1 solo,
first in pre -grade 1 sight reading,
second in piano duet with Evelyn
Walsh, first in piano trio with Mary
Kolkman and Laura Fischer, first in
vocal solo
Courtney Feeney, of Dublin, won
the Mitchell Optimists Club Award
for the highest mark in
violin\fiddle, first year of
instruction.
Sam Steep, of Seaforth, won the
McLagan Farms Award for the
highest mark in grade 4 boys vocal
solo.
The Helen Phillips Chapter
I.O.D.E. Award for best piano trio
went to Robyn Doig, Rebecca
Robinet and Cindy Louwagie.
Doig, of Seaforth, also came
second in grade 7 piano solo.
Robinet, of Seaforth, also came
second in grade 8 piano solo and
second in piano duet with Cindy
Lowagie.
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