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Welcome to the Wharfedale Festival Centenary Syllabus for 2006 |
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We are proud to be celebrating our hundredth Festival in May
2006, and we hope you will agree that this Centenary Syllabus is the
most exciting yet. Although the Festival has 100 years of
unbroken tradition (despite two World Wars and a General Strike), I
hope you will agree that it continues to develop.
We have introduced some special Centenary Classes to help you celebrate
with us.
These are to be found at 108 (Children’s Poetry
Writing), and 228/229, Vocal and Instrumental Recitals in which the use
of personal accompanists is invited, and both performances will be
judged (in each class).
Once again, we are proud to acknowledge the support of BBC Radio Leeds,
who have kindly agreed to include the best overall poem in the Poetry
Writing section on the radio station website (provided that it is
considered to be of sufficiently high standard).
To mark our Centenary I am proud to tell you that Douglas Coombes has
composed two songs for the School Choir Section which he has dedicated
to the Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts.
We extend our thanks once again to the Ilkley Bandstand 2000 Trust for
offering concert engagements to winning brass and concert bands and
also to the Guiseley Music Centre for their generous provision of a
year’s free admission to any ensemble of the winner’s choice.
You will notice that we have changed the way in which we set our age
groups, bringing them in line with the academic year. (See
below). I will be pleased to receive your feedback after the
conclusion of the Festival on 20th May.
I would like to appeal to all who submit entries that they ensure these
are posted in time to arrive on or before the closing date, ie. 21st
February 2006. Whilst every effort is made to accommodate late
entries, it does place an unbearable strain on the preparation of the
programme with regard to class schedules and the calculation of
timings, bearing in mind the printing deadline, which is not
negotiable.
With this in mind, therefore, the Management Committee has decided to
impose a late entry penalty fee of £2.00 per entry received
significantly later than the closing date.
I do hope you will be able to support me and comply with this request,
thus assisting us to improve the quality of timekeeping and the
efficient running of all classes during the week of the Festival.
Many thanks,
Elizabeth M Sharp, Festival Secretary
PLEASE NOTE THE AGE QUALIFICATION DATE
1st September 2005
(i.e. the beginning of the School Year)
This means
| 7 years and under |
| Year 3 (or under)
| | 8 years and under |
| Year 4 | | 9 years and under |
| Year 5 | 10 years and under
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| Year 6 | | 11 years and under |
| Year 7 | | 12 years and under |
| Year 8 | | 13 years and under |
| Year 9 | | 14 years and under |
| Year 10 | | 15 years and under |
| Year 11 | | 16 years and under |
| Year 12 |
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