ASSINIBOIA - The annual Assiniboia and District Music Festival held its 89th festival from March 22 – 25.
The sessions were held at the Assiniboia Alliance Church as they have been for many years.
There were 138 entries in a variety of vocal, strings, musical theatre, speech arts and piano classes. There were 57 participants in the festival from the local community and neighboring communities. Fourteen of them were playing in Assiniboia and District Music Festival for the first time.
“It was wonderful to see so many new faces and to reconnect with those who have been to festival in the past,” said Heather Delorme.
The adjudicator this year was Sarah Clark Gregory from Watrous. She was wonderful to work with and great with the students. Sarah had lots of positive comments for the competitors and gave everyone ways to improve. She really highlighted what participants were doing well in their music.
The Assiniboia and District Music Festival held a concert and awards presentation at the Assiniboia Alliance Church on the evening of March 30.
There were $1,975 of community scholarships were awarded to worthy participants from the festival, many of whom also performed in the program. We had a great concert followed by the handing out of awards and topped with an ice cream social.
The Assiniboia and District Music Festival would like to extend appreciation to all the committee members, volunteers, scholarship donors, performers and all those who attended to watch in the audience.
