Kintyre Music Festival ruby anniversary sounds superb
Campbeltown’s young cupwinning musicians were in perfect tune at Kintyre Music Festival’s 40th anniversary finale concert. Last Saturday’s show was opened by Campbeltown Brass playing Carillon, conducted by Katrina Barr, followed, once the band’s seats were removed, by 21 of the festival’s cup winners. Stand-out performances came from Ruairidh Wallace, singing Non ti scordar di me, quartet Campbeltown Brass ‘The Girls’ – Hannah Oman, Rebecca Semple, Amy Paterson, and Suen Yee Walker, playing Queen classic, Bohemian Rhapsody, and the prolific Iona Renton, who won three cups and was a part of two duets, one vocal and another with Grace McTaggart on the piano. Following the concert David McEwan, who has been the festival secretary since the first year, 1979, made special mention of Rotarian Jim Angus, who passed away last week and was a great supporter of the event. Mr McEwan also thanked the following: The Rotary Club of Campbeltown for its financial safety net and the stewards; the festival committee and clerks; Margaret Carmichael; CS Wind UK for sponsorship of all the competition halls. Sponsors: Campbeltown Motor Company; Mactaggart Solicitors; Kintyre Motors; R. Grant Logan; J Martin Supplies; Stewart Balfour & Sutherland; Westwards Veterinary Practice; and Wyvex Media. Adjudicators: Keith Hamilton, Kirsteen Grant, Colin Whitelaw – Piping and Mark Leishman – Pipe Band Drumming. Accompanists: Morbheinn McAllister, Tanya McDonald, Katy Cameron, Catherine Black, Kevin McMillan, Suen Yee Walker, David Cosgrove, David McEwan, James Murdoch – backing tracks for guitar, Ian McKerral and Peter Ferguson for Pipe Band Drumming. The Lorne and Lowland hall keeper: Ronnie Graham, the church authorities, Live Argyll for Victoria hall, teachers, parents and friends, instructors and sound engineer: Jamie Girvan. Details of the cups won and photographs of the prizewinners follow on pages 24, 25 and 26.