The second half of the 89th Penticton Kiwanis Music Festival completed this week, and the competition is headed for its final stage, the highlight concerts, which are coming up on April 24 and 25.
Competition at the festival has been spread over two months, with music and vocal performances being evaluated in March, while April saw classical and stage dance performances, along with musical theatre and speech arts.
The festival is the culmination of months of preparation by students and provides an opportunity for these young artists to perform their achievements, and receive a constructive and positive evaluation.
By the conclusion of this year’s festival, music, dance and speech arts adjudicators saw 1,350 entries from Penticton and area, Summerland, Kelowna, Vernon, Kamloops, Oliver, Osoyoos, Keremeos and Cawston.
The finest selections from piano, strings, classical voice, choral, dance, musical theatre and speech arts will be chosen to perform in the dance and music highlights concerts, while the most promising young performers are chosen by the adjudicators to continue on to the Performing Arts B.C. Provincial Festival, which is being hosted in Powell River this May.
Organizers have made changes to the scheduled dates for the highlights concerts.
The dance highlights concert will now take place on April 24 at 7 p.m., and the music highlights concert on April 25 at 6:30 p.m. Cleland Theatre is the venue for both concerts.
Tickets are available at the Penticton Arts Council office (Leir House) and at the door, $10 per person, $25 for a family of four. Tickets purchased for the original dates can be exchanged at the door on the evening of the desired concert.
Visit pentictonwesternnews.com for results from this month’s performances.
PKMF CLASSICAL BALLET AND STAGE DANCE RESULTS
Friday, April 10, 2015
Jazz Solo - 9 yrs. - 1st - Paige Hanson ; 2nd - Avery Graham-Wiseman
Contemporary Jazz Solo - 10 yrs. and under - 1st - Nevaeh Law
Jazz Solo - 10 yrs. - 1st - Paige Kirkman ; 2nd - Emma Farrar
Jazz Solo - 11 yrs. - 1st - Sydney Hanson ; 2nd - Olivia Kearl
Jazz Solo - 12 yrs. - 1st - Tianna Routley ; Madison Scheiber
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Ballet - Demi-pointe - Solo - 12 yrs. and under - 1st - Joshua Williams ; 2nd - Kylie Hildebrandt
Ballet - Pointe - Solo - 12 yrs. and under - 1st - Kendra Jones-Munk
Ballet - Demi-pointe - Solo - 6 yrs. and under - 1st - Mimi Nordlund
Ballet - Demi-pointe - Solo - 10 yrs. and under - 1st - Eva Benazic ; 2nd - Annika Sorenson
Ballet - Demi-pointe - Duet - 10 yrs. and under - 1st - Tianna Rempel, Jamie Gillund ; 2nd - Kayla van der Molen, Talia Dvernychuk
Ballet - Pointe - Solo - 15 yrs. - 1st - Kieran Murrells-Allaway ; 2nd - Leah Denton
Ballet - Demi-pointe - 16 yrs. - 1st - Cameron Fraser-Monroe ; 2nd - Mikayla Erickson
Ballet - Pointe - Solo, 16 yrs. - 1st - Clare Fleming ; 2nd - Yuri Fujimoto
Ballet - Demi-pointe - Solo - 18 yrs. and under - 1st - Alley Wheldon
Ballet - Pointe - Solo - 18 yrs. and under - 1st - Alexis Brooks ; 2nd - Leah Wells
Ballet - Demi-pointe - Duo - 14 yrs. and under - 1st - Juliana Hermiston, Camryn Stuart
Ballet - Demi-pointr - Trio - 12 yrs. and under - 1st - Chantel Jeffrey, Heidi Boileau, Joshua Williams
Ballet - Demi-Character - Solo - 8yrs. and under - 1st - Emma Breier Dyck
Ballet - Character (Classical) - Duo - 10 yrs. and under - 1st - Bianca Dutra, Hannah Smuland
Ballet - Demi-Character - Solo - 10 yrs. and under - 1st - Chase MacKenzie ; 2nd - Tianna Rempel-Clara
Ballet - Demi-Character - Solo - 12 yrs. and under - 1st - Tianna Routley ; 2nd - Lauren Voros
Ballet - Demi-Character - Duo - 12 yrs. and under - 1st - Amber Wyse, Sydney Hanson
Ballet - Demi-Characte - Solo - 14 yrs. and under - 1st - Maddy MacKenzie; 2nd - Jenna Gillund
Ballet - Demi-Character - Solo - 16 yrs. - 1st - Clare Fleming
Ballet - Demi-Character - Solo - 18 yrs. and under - 1st - Alexis Brooks ; 2nd - Leah Wells
Ballet - Demi-Character - Small Group - 8 yrs. and under - 1st - May Mary
Ballet - Demi-Character - Large Group - 10 yrs. and under - 1st - Wind and Waves
Ballet - Demi-Character - Large Group - 12 yrs. and under - 1st - Jamboree ; 2nd - Hang to Dry
Ballet - Demi-Character - Large Group - 16 yrs.and under - 1st - Sahara
Ballet - Character (Classical) - Extra Large Group - 14 yrs. and under - 1st - La Bayadere Adaptations
Ballet - Demi-pointe - Small Group - 16 yrs. and under - 1st - Grand Cygnes
Ballet - Demi-pointe - Large Group - 16 yrs. and under - 1st - Hymn ; 2nd - Midnight
Ballet - Demi-pointe - Solo - 14 yrs. and under - 1st - Sage Kirk ; 2nd - Kendra Haskett
Ballet - Pointe - Solo - 14 yrs. and under - 1st - Kendra Haskett ; 2nd - Maddy MacKenzie
Ballet - Pointe - Pas de Deux - 16 yrs. - 1st - Clare Fleming, Cameron Fraser-Monroe
Ballet - Pointe - Duo - 16 yrs. and under - 1st - Brooke Richardson, Adrianna Williams
Ballet - Pointe - Trio - 14 yrs. and under - 1st - Mackenzie Denis, Mikalya Banman, Kendra Haskett
Ballet - Pointe - Small Group - 16 yrs. and under - 1st - Tango
Ballet - Demi-pointe - Small Group - 16 yrs. and under - 1st - Pas de Six
Ballet - Demi-pointe - Large Group - 6 yrs. and under - 1st - Waltz of the Flowers
Ballet - Demi-pointe - Small Group - 8 yrs. and under - 1st - Masquerade
Ballet - Demi-pointe - Small Group - 10 yrs. and under - 1st - Spanish ; 2nd - Petit Cygnes
Ballet - Demi-pointe - Large Group - 10 yrs. and under - 1st - Waltz
Ballet - Demi-pointe - Small Group - 12 yrs. and under - 1st - Royal Entrance
Ballet - Demi-pointe - Small Group - 14 yrs. and under - 1st - Neapolital Dance
Ballet - Demi-pointe - Large Group - 14 yrs. and under - 1st - Festive Movement
Ballet -Classical Interpretive - Small Group - 16 yrs. and under - 1st - Nightfall ; 2nd - Black Lace
Variety - Extra Large Group - 10 yrs. and under - 1st - We Go Together
Musical Theatre - Large Group - 10 yrs. and under - 1st - Grease ; 2nd - It’s a Hard Knock Life
Lyrical - Small Group - Small Group - 16 yrs. and under - 1st - It Doesn’t Hurt ; 2nd - Soon We’ll Be Found
Musical Theatre - Extra Large Group - 14 yrs. and under - 1st - Money Money
Musical Theatre - Large Group - 14 yrs. and under - 1st - Newsies!
Variety - Large Group - 14yrs. and under - 1st - The Addams Family
Production Number - Large Group - 12 yrs. and under. - 1st - Little Mermaid
Production Number - Extra Large Group - 12 yrs. and under - 1st - Twisted Circus
Jazz - Small Group - 14 yrs. and under - 1st - Falling ; 2nd - Broadway Baby
Jazz - Large Group - 14 yrs. and under - 1st - Happy Habanera ; 2nd - Swing Break
Jazz - Extra Large Group - 14 yrs. and under - 1st - Lady
Jazz - Large Group - 16 yrs. and under - 1st - A Lot Like Love ; 2nd - Tiger Rag
Production Number - Large Group - 14 yrs. and under - 1st - The Jets
Musical Theatre - Small Group - 14 yrs. and under - 1st - Jet Set
Musical Theatre - Small Group - 16 yrs. and under - 1st - 13!
Musical Threatre- Large Group - 16 yrs. and under - 1st - Something’s Got A Hold
Variety - Extra Large Group - 16 yrs. and under - 1st - Rasputin
Variety - Solo - 14 yrs. and under - 1st - Zoe Flaman ; 2nd - Marisa LeFranc
Musical Theatre - Solo - 14 yrs. and under - 1st - Olivia Bliss; 2nd - Nicola Hopley
Variety - Solo - 15 yrs. - 1st - Bree Mihalicz
Variety - Solo - 10 yrs. and under - 1st - Jonathan Fraser-Manroe ; 2nd - Avery Graham-Wiseman
Variety - Solo - 12 yrs. and under - 1st - Kayla Zimmermann
Musical Theatre - Solo - 12 yrs. and under - 1st - Faith Henderson ; 2nd - Kalayna Devlin
Variety - Solo - 18 yrs. and under - 1st - Montana Valverde ; 2nd - Haleigh Schwartz
Lyrical - Solo - 16 yrs. - 1st - Cameron Fraser-Monroe ; 2nd - Colleen Zander
Acro - Solo - 8 yrs. and under - 1st - Ailisha Mcrae
Acro - Solo - 10 yrs. and under - 1st - Makena Marble ; 2nd - Harmony Pierce
Acro - Solo - 14 yrs. and under - 1st - Erica Vaz
Lyrical - Solo - 18 yrs. and under - 1st - Montana Valverde ; 2nd - Haleig Schwartz
Junior Choreography - Stage - 15-18 yrs. - 1st - Colleen Zander ; 2nd - Nicole Droder