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Seaford Rotary
Young Musician of the Year 2022
After a two-year absence, the 10th Seaford Rotary Young Musician of the Year competition was held on Saturday 9th July at Seaford Baptist Church.
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The aim of the competition is to encourage youngsters to showcase their musical talent by giving them the experience of performing on a public stage. This year there were nine soloists in the instrumental and vocal categories and three ensembles. Ages ranged from 11 to 16.
The music ranged from classical to present-day pop; the instruments played included keyboard, violin, cello, electric guitar, and percussion. The audience, which included the Mayor of Seaford, Councillor Olivia Honeyman, Young Mayor Erin Franklin and Deputy Young Mayor Nia White was treated to a varied concert performed with confidence by all the competitors. It was good to see those who were slightly nervous about taking part lose their fears and come off stage having obviously enjoyed the experience.
The event could not have happened without our three judges, Pat White, Sue Richardson and Frank Parker. It is always a challenging task to compare the different instruments, songs and styles of music. Young Mayor Erin Franklin and Deputy Young Mayor Nia White presented certificates to each of the competitors. At the end of the evening, Seaford Rotary President Ann Reed congratulated all the competitors and thanked all who had helped in making this a most successful evening.
The Prize Winners were: Overall winner and winner of the Instrumental Section, Isobel Peerless (Violin); Winner of the Vocal Section, Grace Kelly; Winner of the Ensemble Section, Five members of Seaford Head Samba. A special prize for potential was presented to singer Emma Hayward. The section winners were presented with their prizes by the Mayor of Seaford, Councillor Olivia Honeyman. Seaford Rotary President Ann Reed presented the overall winner, violinist Isobel Peerless, with the Colin Seymour Shield. Congratulations to all the competitors and thank you for entertaining us.
Young Artist’s Competition
Young Artists continues to be one of the competitions which has been possible to hold again, despite the pandemic, although this year it was held much later than usual. Altogether it attracted twenty-nine entries – five Beginners, (under 7), ten Juniors, (7 – 10) and, with a lot of support from the Head of Art at Seaford Head School, fourteen in the 11 – 13 years group.
The task was to provide a painting or drawing on the theme of Arrival of Spring which offered extensive scope to interpret the task in various ways, and which provided a challenge to the judge because of the ingenuity of some of the entries, and the high standard achieved by many of the competitors.
We were again privileged to obtain the services of local artist Richard K. Potter to carry out the judging, and he took into account creativity and originality, quality of execution, representation of the task, and overall impression in deciding the winners.
Prizes in the Beginners and Juniors sections were shared between students at Cradle Hill and Chyngton Primary Schools. In the Beginners section Peggy and Phoebe from Cradle Hill Primary School were placed first and second with Sophie from Chyngton Primary School taking third place. There was a turn round, however, in the 7 – 10 age group where Venus, Aaron, and Orla from Chyngton Primary took the first, second and third places. Prizes and certificates of commendation were presented at both Cradle Hill and Chyngton Primary Schools by President Ann Reed.
All the prizes in the 11 – 13 group were won by students from Seaford Head School with first, second, and third-place prizes being awarded to Douglas, Anna, and Lily. As the standard was so high, an additional Highly Commended prize was also presented to Saiyara. This competition cannot run successfully without the cooperation of all our Seaford schools and also our judge Richard K. Potter, all to whom grateful thanks are due.
Seaford Rotary welcomes new members and new Friends of Seaford Rotary. For more information contact us on www.seafordrotary.org.uk. Photo: Competitors with their certificates.
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