By Amy Langdown
Between Wednesday 21st and Saturday 24th of March, a number of students from CLV competed in the 112th Wansbeck Music Festival.
Between Wednesday 21st and Saturday 24th of March, a number of students from CLV competed in the 112th Wansbeck Music Festival. The competition was hosted over a week in Newbiggin and Morpeth and this year was adjudicated by Christine Thompson. CLV’s entrants included everything from choirs to rock bands and from vocal solos to musical theatre duets resulting in a total of 11 1st place wins and 11 2nd places, alongside numerous 3rd places and many honorable placings in very competitive categories.
On Wednesday 21st, the U18 band (consisting of Jason Ying, Rhiannon Shieber, Jonny Vass and Jack Dixon), U16 band (consisting of Matthew Murray, Josh Parr, Matthew Wade, Kieron Warnaby and Amy Langdown) , U13 band (consisting of Euan, Thomas, Taylor and Matthew) and a hand full of soloists went to the first part of the competition at Newbiggin sports centre. Oliver Davenport came in 2nd in the ‘U18 acoustic guitar’ category and Euan Parker came 1st in the ‘U13 guitar solo’ category. Matthew Wade and Sam Pattinson came joint 2nd in the ‘U16 drum solo category’ and in the ‘U18 drum solo’ category, Jason Ying came 1st with Matthew Wade coming 2nd. In the ‘electric guitar solo’ categories, Kieron Warnaby came 1st and Josh Parr 2nd in the U16 and Lewis Pringle came in 1st with Jonny Vass and Jack Dixon coming in joint 2nd for the U18s.
On the Thursday, it was choir day. The CLV ensemble performed in two categories - the ‘school choir two choice songs’ and the ‘school choir hymns’ category; they came out with impressive results in both categories, placing 1st in the hymns with ‘Give me a Clean Heart’, including solos from Lindsay Booth and Nathan Crispin and taking an honorable 2nd place in the two choice songs category with ‘White Winter Hymnal’ and ‘Parting Glass’. On top of this, CLV entered a Vocal Quartet consisting of Lindsay Booth, Nathan Crispin, Oliver Davenport and Amy Langdown, led by ensemble leader and singing teacher Sarah Gray. We also got to see a beautiful rendition of ‘Words Ain't Enough’ by Dodie Clark, performed by Molly Howes in the ‘open age self accompanied song’ category on guitar.
Saturday 24th was the final day of competitions. In the morning it was the ‘15 and under vocal solo’ category and ‘U16 Piano solo’ category. In the Vocal solo category, Jessica Batey, Callum Picton, Gracie Fisher, Holly Davenport and Amy Langdown sang a wide range of songs from stage and screen. In this category, CLV took a clean sweep of placings with Callum Picton being placed runner up with his favourite solo song from ‘Billy Elliot’: ‘Electricity’. Picton also performed as Billy Elliot last week in CLV’s performance of the show and has also recently landed a place at a prestigious performing arts school. Amy Langdown was awarded first place following her performance of ‘Don’t Cry for me Argentina’. Next was the U18 Piano solo’ and the ‘U19 Vocal Solo’ categories; Jessica Batey placed 2nd with ‘From a Distance’ in vocal and Jason Ying placed 2nd in piano.
On Sunday the closing concert for the festival was held, where the committee that organises and runs the festival picks their favourite winners from the week to perform in front of an audience including the Mayors of Morpeth and Ashington. This year, Amy Langdown was invited to sing ‘Don’t Cry for me Argentina’ alongside numerous talented people and groups. This year was the first year that a choir was invited back, as the RGS choir sang ‘Close Every Door’ and ‘Chattanooga Choo Choo’. Other honorable mentions go to the ‘Stobart Twins String Quartet’ who performed a beautiful Bach Strings concerto and to Oliver Waterhouse who performed (from memory) a Chopin movement.
All in all, the Wansbeck music festival was a very successful experience for all involved. Here is a full list of all the placings achieved by students at CLV:
U16 band
1st Josh Parr, Matty Murray, Kieron Warnaby , Matthew Wade and Amy Langdown
15 and under vocal
1st Amy Langdown
2nd Callum Picton
U13 band
1st Euan, Thomas, Taylor and Matthew
U13 acoustic guitar
1st Euan Parker
U16 electric guitar
1st Kieron Warnaby
2nd Josh Parr
U18 electric guitar
1st Lewis Pringle
2nd Jonny Vass and Jack Dixon
Open age vocal Quartet
1st Lindsay Booth, Amy Langdown, Nathan Crispin and Oliver Davenport
U18 drums
1st Jason Ying
2nd Matthew Wade
School choir hymns under 18
1st CLV Singing Ensemble
U18 band
1st Rhiannon Shieber,Jonny Vass, Jason Ying and Jack Dixon
U16 vocal duet
1st Becca Craig and Zac Deeny
U18 acoustic guitar
2nd Oliver Davenport
School choir two choice songs U18
2nd CLV Singing Ensemble
Open age vocal duet
2nd Lindsay Booth and Amy Langdown
Self accompanied open age
2nd Molly Howes
19 and under vocal
2nd Jessica Batey
U18 Piano Solo
2nd Jason Ying
U16 drums
Joint 2nd Matthew Wade and Sam Pattinson
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