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Weyburn’s top musical performers awarded at Stars of the Festival

Scholarships and trophies for the best performances at the Music Festival presented

WEYBURN – The best performances from the Weyburn Rotary Music Festival were recognized at the Stars of the Festival on Wednesday night, with many of the award recipients performing their pieces.

Mal Barber presented the first-ever June Barber Memorial Award to assist those who are going on to the provincial music festival, and the recipients were Bridget Alexander, Keira Mahnke, Lindsay Van De Weyer and Donald Alexander.

Lindsay Van De Weyer received a number of scholarship awards, including the Shirley Bartlett Memorial Award for vocal performance; the Weyburn Security Multidisciplinary Award; the Orpheus Club, for vocal folk song; the Jerry Mainil Ltd. vocal award; the June Barber Memorial Award; and the Rotary Club Alex Findlay Memorial Award for piano.

The Weyburn Comprehensive School’s Senior Concert Band won two awards, including the Prairie Sky Co-op award for best performance by a band, and the St. Michael School Community Council award for band.

The Weyburn Music Festival instrumental award went to Caroline Walter; the Music Festival vocal award went to Alexandra Jose, and the Music Festival’s piano award went to Ava Dela Cruz and Thomas Cugnet.

Weimer’s Hometown had three awards, with the vocal award going to the WCS RISE choir; the piano award going to Clair Taylor; and the instrumental award going to the Assiniboia Park Grade 5 group.

The Stewart Steel vocal award went to WCS Senior Choir.

The TRG Bookkeeping award for piano award had four recipients, Kassandra Madriaga, Hently Bahingawan, Bella Storle and Josie Cugnet.

The Weyburn Credit Union vocal award went to the Spirit of Grace group, and the piano awards went to Maynuelle Elissandra Ofalla and Patrick Johnson.

The Knights of Columbus vocal award went to Teagan Dubiel, and the instrumental award went to Bridget Alexander.

The YF Wives vocal awards went to the Legacy Park Elementary Grade 6 group and APES Grade 2/3 group.

The Western Financial Group’s piano awards, for 12 and under, went to Nathan Cornish and Alexander Dela Cruz, and the instrumental award went to WCS Grade 7 band.

The Weyburn Security vocal award went to Donald Alexander, and their award for piano went to Felicia Deal.

The Royal Canadian Legion band award went to APES Grade 6.

The Weyburn Arts Council piano award went to Mason Sidloski.

The Weyburn Community Involvement award for instrumental went to WCS Grade 9.

The Alexandria Rebekah Lodge award for musical theatre was presented to Isabelle Cugnet and Pressley Barber.

The Andrew Agencies awards for piano went to Mason Sidloski and Ryann Fleck.

The Mary Johnston Memorial award for vocal went to Keira Mahnke.

The Â鶹´«Ã½AVeast Cornerstone vocal award went to WCS Junior Choir, and their award for instrumental went to WCS Jazz Band.

The Quota International of Weyburn vocal awards went to Lila Anderson and Maynuelle Ofalla, and their awards for instrumental went to WCS Grade 8.

The Barber Motors vocal award went to Keira Mahnke.

The Weyburn Young Fellows instrumental award was presented to Bridget Alexander.

The Arleigh Pulfer Memorial Award for piano went to David Sorowski.

The Holy Family School Division’s vocal ensemble award went to Jyllian Payak, Brinlee Klapak, Brittany Barber, Calla, Donald Alexander and Camden.

The Rotary Club Library Award for vocal went to Brittany Barber.

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