From the Festival Director – Philip Walsh

Festival Director's jottings on the 2010 Festival     The Eighteenth Penwortham Youth Music Festival       Saturday 27th February to Friday 5th March 2010 Well, what a happy festival we have had! Lots of new children taking part for the first time and children who have been before and progressed to be prize winners. We had two schools performing for the first time this year; Cardinal Newman College Choir and Hutton Grammar School Choir while it was nice to welcome back, Park School, Blackpool; Astley Park School, Chorley; Moor Hey School, Lostock Hall, Middleforth CE Primary School; St. Oswald’s RC Primary School, Longton and Lostock Hall Community Primary School. Over the five days, over 400 children performed before audiences of nearly 350 parents, friends and relations. The children represented 32 senior, primary and special schools, mainly from the Preston, Penwortham, Leyland and Chorley areas but also from Blackpool and Over Wyre. We continued our Gilbert and Sullivan workshops in schools in association with Marton Operatic Society and this year we went into Middleforth Primary School, Penwortham and taught “The Pirates of Penzance” to 25 pupils. In an hour and half, they had performed a show. If your school is interested in Gilbert and Sullivan Workshops, please get in touch with the Festival Director.   Arrangements are well advanced for the Young Musician of Preston Guild in 2012. The competition is being organised by a Sub-Committee of the Harris Charity and I am pleased to have been asked to be a member to help stage this prestigious competition. There will be classes for Brass, Woodwind, Strings and Pianoforte and for High School and Primary School Choirs with preliminary rounds being held from September 2011. The Grand Final will be held in the Guild Hall on 7 July 2012. Competitors will need to be under 18 years and have attained Grade 6 in examinations. The launch will take place at Preston Minster on Saturday 4th September 2010. Full details will appear on this Website and in Booth’s Stores. On behalf of the Committee, may I thank our adjudicators, stewards and teachers for giving of their time for the benefit of the young musicians. Thank you also to Penwortham Town Council and the Harris Charity for their generous sponsorship. Philip Walsh Festival Director The following schools were represented Abbey Village Primary School All Hallows RC High School, Penwortham Anderton Primary School Astley Park School, Chorley * Balshaw’s High School, Leyland Bolton School Bretherton Endowed School Cardinal Newman College, Preston * Hutton Grammar School * Kirkham Grammar School Holy Cross High School, Chorley Lancaster Grammar School Longton Primary School Lostock Hall Community Primary School * Middleforth Primary School, Penwortham * Moor Hey School, Lostock Hall * New Longton Primary School Park School, Blackpool * Parklands High School, Chorley Priory Sports and Technology College, Penwortham Rivington Park School Rivington Primary School Runshaw College, Leyland St. Aiden’s CE Technical College, Preesall. St. Chad’s Primary School, Chorley St. Clare’s RC Primary School, Fulwood St. Joseph’s RC Primary School, Chorley St. Michael’s CE High School, Chorley St. Oswald’s RC Primary School, Longton * St. Peter’s Primary School, Chorley Trinity Primary School, Croston Whitefield Primary School, Penwortham * Choir or Band took part Also taking part were the Carmel Galea Guitar Ensemble

Prize Winners at the 2010 Festival
Class 9 Pianoforte (Junior)
1st	Rachael Henderson	Rivington Park School
2nd	Alex Woods	Abbey Village School
3rd	Jemima Thompson	St. Clare’s R.C. Primary School, Fulwood
Class 10 Pianoforte (Junior +)
Jnt.	Emily Thompson	St. Clare’s RC Primary School, Fulwood
2nd	Charlie Vickers	Holy Cross R.C. High School, Chorley
Class 11 Pianoforte (Intermediate)
1st	Sarah Spurr	Rivington Park Independent School
2nd	Chloe Haylock	Holy Cross R.C. High School, Chorley
3rd	Abhinav Kumar	Bolton School
Class 12 Pianoforte (Senior)
1st	Andrew Clelland	Bolton School
2nd	Orla Green	Balshaw’s CE School, Leyland
3rd	Chloe Haylock	Holy Cross R.C. High School, Chorley
The Music Cellar Trophy for Best Pianoforte Performance
	Orla Green	Balshaw’s CE School, Leyland
Class 14 Instrumental Solo – Brass (Beginner)
1st	George Speak	Bolton School
Class 15 Instrumental Solo – Brass (Junior)
1st	Kate Lingard	St. Aiden’s CE Tech College, Preesall
Class 16 Instrumental Solo – Brass (Intermediate)
1st	Oscar Lingard	Lancaster Royal Grammar School
2nd	Helen Nelson	Parklands High School, Chorley
Class 17 Instrumental Solo – Brass (Senior)
1st	Ryan Moss	Holy Cross R.C. High School, Chorley
2nd	Kristina Deakin	Holy Cross R.C. High School, Chorley
3rd	Rachael Beaver	St. Michael's CE High School, Chorley
Class 19 Instrumental Solo – Woodwind (Beginner)
1st	Becky Leighton	St. Peter’s CE Primary School, Chorley
2nd	Erin McLernon	Longton Primary School
Class 20 Instrumental Solo – Woodwind (Junior)
1st	Marie Murphy	St. Joseph’s R.C. School Chorley
2nd	Michael Robinson	Holy Cross R.C. High School, Chorley
Class 21 Instrumental Solo – Woodwind (Intermediate)
1st	Emily Thompson	St. Clare’s RC Primary School, Fulwood
2nd	Jennifer Alcroft	Holy Cross R.C. High School, Chorley
Class 23 Instrumental Solo – Guitar
1st	Joseph Hanratty	Whitefield Primary School, Penwortham
Class 25 Special School Choirs (The Shephard Trophy)
1st	Astley Park School, Chorley
2nd	Park School, Blackpool
3rd	Moor Hey School, Lostock Hall
Class 26 Special School Instrumental Ensembles (The Harris Charity Trophy)
1st	Astley Park School, Chorley
2nd	Park School, Blackpool
Henderson Trophy for Best Performance (Special Needs)
	Stacey Smith	Astley Park School, Chorley
Class 33 Senior School and Youth Choirs (The Penwortham Town Council Trophy)
1st	Cardinal Newman College
2nd	Hutton Grammar School
Class 34 Solo Singing (11-13 yrs) (The Walsh Trophy)
1st	Oscar Lingard	Lancaster Royal Grammar School Ben Miller
2nd	Lara Mason
3rd	Kate Lingard	St. Aiden’s CE Tech College, Preesall
Class 35 Solo Singing (14-18 yrs) (The Wrigley Trophy)
1st	Kingsley Judd	Priory Sports & Technology College, Penwortham
2nd	Kirstin Bunce	All Hallows R.C. High School
3rd	Stephen Wadge	Runshaw College
Class 36 Gilbert and Sullivan Opera 8-18 yrs (The Bevis Walters Trophy)
1st	Kirstin Bunce	All Hallows RC High School, Penwortham
2nd	Lucy Appleby	Priory Sports & Technology College, Penwortham
3rd	Kingsley Judd	Priory Sports & Technology College, Penwortham
Class 37 Primary School and Children’s Choirs (The Musker Trophy)
1st	St. Oswalds RC Primary School, Longton
Class 38 Primary Solo Singing (5-8 years) (The Hartley Trophy)
1st	Jemima Thompson	St. Clare’s R.C. Primary School, Fulwood
Class 39 Primary Solo Singing (9-11 years) (The St. Leonard’s Trophy)
1st	Daisy Finnigan	St. Oswald’s R.C. Primary School, Longton
2nd	Victoria Parker	St. Oswald’s R.C. Primary School, Longton
3rd	Thomas Nelson	St. Oswald’s R.C. Primary School, Longton
Class 42 Primary Instrumental Duet (The Earnshaw Memorial Trophy)
1st	Toby Caunce & Ben Wolfenden	New Longton Primary School
2nd	Emily & Jemima Thompson	St. Clare’s R.C. Primary School, Fulwood
Class 44 Senior InstrumentalEnsembles (The St. Leonard’s Gilbert and Sullivan Group Trophy)
1st	Carmel Galea Guitar Ensemble
The Dark Trophy for Best Instrumental Performance
	Jennifer Alcroft	(alto saxophone)