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Estevan and District Music Festival announces award winners

The Estevan and District Music Festival has wrapped up, and has announced its award winners for 2021. The 2021 festival took place April 11-17.

The Estevan and District Music Festival has wrapped up, and has announced its award winners for 2021.

The 2021 festival took place April 11-17. It started with piano from April 11-14, continued with vocal/speech arts and musical theatre on April 16, and ended with instrumental on April 17.

Students and teachers were responsible for the recording and submission of their performance. The adjudicator viewed the performance and replied with comments.

They did not have the same amount of entries as most years but they were happy with the performers that participated. Many business and community members supported the festival again this year. 

Without community support, the music festival would not be able to carry on the way it does.

Awards will be sent out through the music teachers. 

Kaylee Carlson, who is recommended in four intermediate piano classes for the provincial music festival, which will happen virtually, and Sadie Aspinall who is recommended in elementary piano. 

The virtual provincial competition will be held in June. 

The full list of award winners is below. 

Category Name of Award Donor Amount Winner
Speech Best Indiv. Perform. (Primary) 8 & Under Nolton - Great Canadian Oil Change $50.00 Hunter Sands
Speech Promising Perform. (Primary) 8 & Under The Loft on 4th $25.00 Thacia Brignall
Speech Promising Perform. (Primary) 8 & Under Sacred Heart School/Sacre Coeur $25.00 Mason Fonstad
Speech Best Indiv. Perform. (Primary) 10 & Under Nutters Bulk and Natural Foods $50.00 Mahaley Fonstad
Speech Promising Perform. (Primary) 10 & Under St. Joseph's Prayer Centre & Book $25.00 Elizabeth Harmsworth
Speech Best Indiv. Perform. (Interm) 17 & Under Affinity Credit Union $100.00 Katherine Ostrander
Speech Best Sacred Reading (Any Age) Estevan Ministerial Association $50.00 Thacia Brignall
Speech Best Perform., Canadian Author South East Cornerstone SD #209 $50.00 Thacia Brignall
Speech Best Perform. Choral Speech Classroom Estevan Church of God $100.00 Spruce Ridge Kindergarten B
Speech Promising Perform. Classroom (Open) South East Cornerstone SD #209 $75.00 Spruce Ridge Kindergarten A
Speech Best Choix De Recitation En Choeur, Any South East Cornerstone SD #209 $100.00 Sacred Heart Grade 1 French
Speech Adjudicator's Choice - Outstand. Perform. Southern Plains Coop $100.00 Katherine Ostrander
Vocal Most Enthusiastic, Solo or Duet Terry and Wilma Mantei $50.00 Nathan Wilhelm
Vocal Doreen Inglis Student Accompanist Award Beta Sigma Phi $50.00 London Christenson
Vocal Adjudicator's Choice, Open South East Cornerstone SD #209 $100.00 Miaya Smith / Grace Hall ($50 each)
Vocal Best Perform. (Primary) 10 & Under Southeast Chorus $50.00 Nathan Wilhelm
Vocal Promising Perform. (Primary) 10 & Under The Loft on 4th $25.00 Miaya Smith
Vocal Best Perform. (Interm.) 17 & Under Jenny Joans $100.00 Cassia Simonyi-Gindele
Vocal Promising Perform. (Interm) 17 & Under Lievaart Farms Ltd. $75.00 Katherine Ostrander
Vocal Vocal, Outstanding Performance Kelly Panteluk Construction Ltd $250.00 Cassia Simonyi-Gindele
Piano Promising Perform. (Any age) Nolton - Great Canadian Oil Change $50.00 Garrett Schwab / Alecia Wiebe ($25 each)
Piano Best Perform. (Primary) 8 & U Estevan Catholic Women's League $50.00 Nathan Wilhelm
Piano Promising Perform. (Prim) 8 & U Estevan Catholic Women's League $25.00 Thacia Brignall
Piano Promising Perform. (Prim) 8 & U Estevan Catholic Women's League $25.00 Zelie Roy-Cennon
Piano Promising Perform. (Prim) 8 & U Pharmasave #427 $25.00 Grace Hall
Piano Best Perform. (Primary) 10 & U Kingston Midstream $75.00 Kensie Aspinall
Piano Adj.'s Choice, (Primary) 10 & under) Estevan Kinettes $50.00 Chelsea Madsen
Piano Promising Perform. (Primary) 10 & U Kingston Midstream $50.00 Jennika Linthicum
Piano Promising Perform. (Primary) 10 & U South East Cornerstone SD #209 $50.00 Arvin Sangar
Piano Best Perform. (Elem) 12 & Under Certified Energy Services $75.00 Sadie Aspinall
Piano Promising Perform. (Elem) 12 & U Estevan Lions Club $50.00 Autumn Snider
Piano Promising Perform. (Elem) 12 & U South East Cornerstone SD #209 $50.00 Evangeline Morris
Piano Best Perform. (Junior) 14 & Under Certified Energy Services $125.00 Elliana Wiebe
Piano Promising Perform. (Junior) 14 & U Estevan Ministerial Association $100.00 Jenna Knibbs
Piano Promising Perform. (Junior) 14 & U Bienfait Lions Club $75.00 Shiven Sangar
Piano Best Perform. (Interm) 17 & Under Beta Sigma Phi Laureate Chapter $200.00 Jeremy Littlefield /  Jewelee Morris ($100 each)
Piano Promising Perform. (Interm) 17 & U Certified Energy Services $150.00 Charlotte Andrist
Piano Promising Perform., Open Estevan And District Music Festival $75.00 Jesse Gibson
Piano Adjudicator's Choice, Senior (+18) Open Estevan And District Music Festival $125.00 Mariya Korol
Piano Best Perform, MYC Deb Lindquist Memorial Award $50.00 Jaxon Prokopetz
Piano Canadian Music, (Primary or Elem.) Deb Lindquist Memorial Award $50.00 Autumn Snider
Piano Sonatina (Elem., Junior, Intermed) Nutters Bulk and Natural Foods $50.00 Jerome Kim
Piano Prom. Perf.,Conservatory (Gr.1,2) Kirsten MacKenzie $50.00 Kensie Aspinall
Piano Promising Perform., Cons. (Gr. 3,4) Estevan Kinsmen $75.00 Jennika Linthicum
Piano Prom. Perf., Conserv. (Gr. 5,6) Warren and Sherri Waldegger $75.00 Conner Piche
Piano Prom. Perform. Conserv. (7 or 8) Terry & Wilma Mantei $75.00 Alecia Wiebe
Piano Prom. Perf. (Any age) Contemporary Bienfait Lions Club $50.00 Sarah Morris
Piano Adjudicator's Choice, (Any age) Contemp. Bienfait Lions Club $75.00 Conner Piche
Piano Adj.'s Choice, (Primary Duet Estevan Catholic Women's League $50.00 Alisha & Ava Mann
Piano Adj.'s Choice, (Elem or Junior) Duet Kirsten MacKenzie $100.00 Autumn & Aspen Snider ($50 each)
Piano Adj.'s Choice, (Interm or Sen) Duet Estevan Rotary Club Foundation $150.00 Mariya & Anna Korol ($75 each)
Piano Adjudicator's Choice, Family Music Lievaart Farms Ltd. $75.00 Jewelee & Sarah Morris ($37.50 each)
Piano Mary Murakami Mem., Runner up to 232 Shirley Andrist  $100.00 Garrett Schwab
Piano Outstanding Performance, Open (Gr 10+) Shirley Andrist  $500.00 Kaylee Carlson
Piano Family Music, Duet, Adj.'s Choice Tower Restaurant - gift cert. 2X$50=$100 Stacy, Sadie & Kensie Aspinall (gift. Certs)
Piano Family Music, Duet, Adj.'s Choice Boston Pizza- gift cert. $50.00 Rebecca and Rachel Duncan (gift cert.)
Strings Promising Perform. Strings, Open Primacy Medical Centre $150.00 Meeka Gedak
Woodwind Best Woodwind Solo, (Junior) 14 & Under E.C.S. Music Association $100.00 Laura Christensen
Woodwind Best Woodwind Solo (Inter) 17 & Under JKL Farms Ltd. $100.00 Kaylee Carlson
Woodwind Promising Perform. Woodwind Solo (Inter) 17 & Under Kingston Midstream $75.00 Kaylee Carlson
Woodwind Outstanding Perform. (Open) Freeze Frame Photography $150.00 Madeline Christensen
Brass Best Brass Solo (Prim or Elem) 12 & Under Estevan Kinsmen $50.00 Rachel Duncan
Brass Best Brass Solo (Interm) 17 & Under Estevan Knights of Columbus $100.00 Dylan Pryznyk
Brass Promising Perform, Brass Solo (Inter) 17 & Under Kingston Midstream $75.00 Grace Christensen
Brass Outstanding Perform. (Open) Estevan Rotary Club Foundation Inc. $150.00 Garrett Schwab
Percussion Promising Perform., Percussion, 17 years and under Estevan Oil Wives Club $75.00 Curtis Phillipchuk
Percussion Promising Perform., Percussion, Any Age Estevan Rotary Club Foundation Inc. $50.00 Curtis Phillipchuk
Ensemble Family Music, Duet or Ensemble Boston Pizza Estevan - gift card $50.00 Garrett Schwab & Sandra Bazin
Ensemble Doreen Inglis Memorial Award - Student Accompanist Beta Sigma Phi $150.00 Kaylee Carlson
Musical Theatre Most Enthusiastic Perform.  Drewitz School of Dance $50.00 Nathan Wilhelm
Musical Theatre Adjudicator's Choice Perform. (Prim or Elem) The Loft on 4th  $50.00 Harper Eskra
Musical Theatre Adj.'s Choice, Mus. Th. Promising Perform. JKL Farms Ltd. $100.00 Katherine Ostrander
Musical Theatre Adj. 's Choice, Mus. Th. Outstanding Perform. Southern Plains Coop $200.00 Cassia Simonyi-Gindele
Multiple Disciplines Excellence Class Award, Outstanding Performance Southern Plains Coop $150.00 Hudson Hozjan
Multiple Disciplines Murray GM Outstanding Performance, Multiple Disciplines Murray GM  $500.00 Kaylee Carlson
Multiple Disciplines Dwight Thomson Memorial, Runner-up, Multiple Disciplines Hall Funeral Services $300.00 Garrett Schwab

The next edition of the Mercury will have a full recap of the festival. 

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