Music festival hits the high notes
The 92nd Ayrshire Music Festival is well and truly underway.
The festival began in Saturday with the dance events in Troon’s Walker Hall. Musical events started on Monday will take place over March 17 at Ayr Town Hall and Council Chambers, while speech and drama events will run next Wednesday and Thursday, March 15– 16, at Ayr Baptist Church Centre.
It aims to represent the range of performing arts locally, raise the quality of performance and create the performers and audiences of the future. Results: Class 4, Dance Girls Primary 4- 5, Ardgowan, Greenock. Class 5, Dance Girls, Primary 6- 7, Ardgowan, Greenock. Class 13, Dance Girls Under 10, Margaret Parker Shield,
Ardgowan, Greenock. Class 15, Dance Girls, Primary under 13, the McFarlane Shield, Ardgowan, Greenock.
Class 79, Songs from the Shows Primary, Enid Malloy, Ayr. Class 81, Songs from the Shows Duets & Ensembles, Sec 1- 4, Katie Carmichael and Sophie Craig, Ayr. Class 77a
Songs from the Shows Secondary 3- 4, Katie Carmichael, Ayr. Class 78, Songs from the Shows Secondary 1- 2, Jennifer Faulds, Ayr. Class 77b, Songs from the Shows, Secondary 3- 4, Charlotte Robb, Ayr. Class 76a, Songs from the Shows Secondary 5- 6, Scott McClure, Ayr. Class 75, Songs from the Shows Adult, Caitlin Turner.
Beith. Class 80, Songs from the Shows Duets & Ensembles Adult & Secondary 5- 6, Holly Martin and Callum McCandless, Ayr. Class 76b, Songs from the Shows Secondary 5- 6, Rowan MacKillop, Kilmacolm. Class 77a 77b, Ayr Amateur Opera Company Centenary Trophy Junior, Katie Carmichael, Ayr. Class 75, 76a 76b, Ayr Amateur Opera Company, Centenary Trophy Senior, Scott McClure, Ayr.
Class 107, Piano Solos Div G, Cormac Tallon, Darvel. Class 106, Piano Solos Div F, Isla McBain, Ayr. Class 113, Piano Duets Div F, Christian Harvey & Leo Pratt, Dalry. Class 112, Piano Duets Div E, Ross Bryant & Saul Peacock, Kilwinning. Class 111, Piano Duets Div D, Mollie & Rosie Wallbanks, Symington. Class 105, Piano Solos Div E, Rosie Wallbanks, Symington. Class 104, Piano Solos Div D, Megan Morrison, Symington. Class 110, Piano Duets Div C, Marcus Harvey & Greig Speirs, Dalry. Class 103, Piano Solos Div C, Greig Speirs, Dalry. Class 102, Piano Solos Div B, Peter Bradshaw, Skelmorlie. Class 101, Piano Solos Div A, Ruby Magee, Galston. Class 96, Piano Solos Open ( Baroque), Harry McGill, Largs. Class 97, Piano Solos Open ( Classical), Matthew Taylor, Ayr. Class 98, Piano Solos Open ( Romantic), Adam Lee, Irvine. Class 99, Piano Solos Open ( French), Adam Lee, Irvine. Class 100, Piano Solos Open ( Contemporary), Rachel Smith, Symington. Class 96, 97, Stewart Linton Trophy, Harry McGill, Largs. Class 98, 99, The Annie P Barclay Trophy, Adam Lee, Irvine. Class 100, Agnes Millar Memorial Prize, Rachel Smith, Symington.
Entry to all events can be obtained through a season ticket, costing £ 10.
Prices for admission per session are: Speech and drama at Ayr Baptist Church Centre, £ 2; Music, Ayr Town Hall Council Chamber, £ 2; Orchestral night, on Saturday, March 11, at 6.30pm in Ayr Town Hall, £ 5; Anything Goes, Saturday, March 11, in Ayr Town Hall, free.
Senior citizens are entitled to admission at half price, with the exception of the orchestral evening. School pupils and children of preschool age are entitled to admission free of charge, including the orchestral evening.
See the full schedule of events at www.ayrshiremusicfestival.org. uk.