Best of the best play Mrs Sunderland finale; Class acts provide grand finale.Byline: By DAVE A file sharing program from Thursby Software Systems, Inc., Arlington, TX (www.thursby.com) that allows a Macintosh to share files with a PC. Designed specifically for and needing installation only on the Mac, DAVE works with Microsoft's native SMB/CIFS file sharing protocols and uses HIMELFIELD News Reporter WINNERS took the stage for the Mrs Sunderland Music Festival gala evening on Saturday at Huddersfield Town Hall. The grand finale concert featured class winners from the week's competition together with a few surprises. Performing victory encores were Marsh Ladies Choir, who won the Kirklees Choir Section, piano solo The piano is often used to provide harmonic accompaniment to a voice or other instrument. However, solo parts for the piano can be found in some musical styles. These can take the form of a section in which the piano is heard more prominently than other instruments, or in which the piano winner Stephen Gott, treble vocal trophy winner Rachel Crisp and treble piano champion Lydia Watt. Other winners who performed included Opus 44, Abbey Singers, Colne Valley The Colne Valley is a steep sided valley on the east flank of the Pennine Hills in the English county of West Yorkshire. It takes its name from the River Colne which rises above the town of Marsden and flows eastward along the floor of the valley. Male Voice Choir and Shakespeare and speech champion Brittany Martin. A final showdown between the choir prize-winners of the week saw Choros Amici Amici can refer to:
Back by popular demand were The Bulava Chorus - a national choir ofUkrainian heritage led by professional opera singer Pavlo Hunka. While failing tomake the podiumin the small choir category, the choir impressed with its songs performed in the Ukrainian language Ukrainian language, also called Little Russian: see Russian language; Slavic languages. Ukrainian language formerly Ruthenian language . First soprano Natalka Hunka said: "This is the first competition we've done and we were overwhelmed to be asked to come back even though we didn't win." Kirklees Mayor Clr Karam Hussain was there to present trophies at the event compered by Gordon Stewart. On Friday night the contest received an audience of over 1,000. And with over 30 choirs competing it was the biggest event in the history of Mrs Sunderland. Chairman Michael Hampshire, who has sat on the Mrs Sunderland committee for 26 years, said: "So far it's one of the best we've had. "We've had good numbers and entries especially from the choirs; they've been fantastic. "We've had more choirs than we've ever had before. Adjudicators have said it's the best standard. "I hope Mrs Sunderland will still be going in another 120 years. After all, it's going strong after 120 years. "There are lots of new helpers which is very refreshing and there's been a great atmosphere." General Secretary Elaine Lee added: "I think Mrs Sunderland is in a very healthy state and judging from the entries this year I can see it flourishing". CAPTION(S): HIGH NOTES: Class-winning solo performers at Saturday night's Mrs Sunderland Festival gala evening grand finale included Rebecca Parr, Brittany Martin, Lydia Wyatt and Sophie Harris and (left) Stephen Gott and James Field, who were joined by Marsh Ladies Choir (pictured below) (PW280209Emusic) |
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