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Student of Local Teacher Wins Top Award at the Highland Dancing Competition, Beechworth Celtic Festival
Joint winners of the Balmoral Award for 2011 with their teachers and Celtic Festival Vice President at the presentation ceremony following the competiton on Saturday at the Beechworth Celtic Festival. Left to Right: Teacher Bernadette Rae and Bridget Rae from Glenbrae Celtic dancers in Melbourne; Mr Roger Humphris, Beechworth Celtic Festival; Emma Gregory from Balmoral Highland Dancing Society Wangaratta and her teachers Narelle Forrest, Beechworth and Jan Meloury, Wangaratta
The Balmoral Highland Dancing Society Inc. from Wangaratta once again hosted the Victorian Scottish Union Highland Dancing competition at the Beechworth Celtic Festival on Saturday. Judged by Mrs Clare Guiney from Geelong, the competition hosted competitors from Glenbrae in Melbourne, Ballarat, Undera, Wangaratta, Shepparton and Youanmite. Emma Gregory from Wangaratta was the overall winner, receiving the Forrest Family Perpetual Trophy and trophy in hand. A student of local teacher Narelle Forrest, Emma also won the Mikal Stanimirovich Memorial Perpetual Trophy and Trophy in hand. The final leg of the prestigious Balmoral Award was danced at the Festival and the trophies and trophies in hand were presented by Mr Roger Humphris, Vice President of the Beechworth Celtic Festival Committee.
Results of the day were:
Under 8 1st Bessie Penhall, Ballarat
Under 10 1st Therese Slee, Undera 2nd Cara Woodman, Shepparton 3rd Aaron Gregory, Wangaratta
Under 12 1st Hayley Winter, Glenbrae 2nd Ronan Mummery, Glenbrae 3rd Bridget Rae, Glenbrae
Under 14 1st Zac Gregory, Wangaratta
Under 16 1st Emma Gregory, Wangaratta 2nd Esther Dickie, Youanmite
Adult 1st Amelia MacLean, Glenbrae
Under 8 Canterbury Lace Championship – Bessie Penhall, Ballarat
8 – 10 Nankervis Family Championship – Therese Slee, Undera
10 – 12 Dalton Family Championship – Ronan Mummery, Glenbrae
12 – 14 M & W Browning Championship – Zac Gregory, Wangaratta
14 – 16 Skinner Family Championship – Emma Gregory, Wangaratta
Adult Belcher Family Championship – Amelia MacLean, Glenbrae
Forrest Family Perpetual Trophy for Grand Aggregate of the Day – Emma Gregory, Wangaratta
Mikal Stanimirovitch Memorial Perpetual Trophy donated by Narelle Forrest - Emma Gregory, Wangaratta
Under 16 Balmoral Award – Bridget Rae, Glenbrae and Emma Gregory, Wangaratta on equal points
Award for the teacher of the Balmoral Award – Bernadette Rae, Glenbrae; Narelle Forrest, Beechworth; Jan Meloury Wangaratta
Adult Balmoral Award – Amelia MacLean, Glenbrae
Under 16 Trophy Dance 1st Erin Woodman, Shepparton 2nd Isabel Slee, Undera
3rd Amy Woodman, Shepparton 4th Sebastian Slee, Undera
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The Accolades roll in...
Below you will see an example of the many coimmenst from the 2011 event...
From: Tricia Cox
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 3:20 PM
To: info@beechworthcelticfestival.com.au
Subject: 2011 festival
I’d like to congratulate the committee and people of Beechworth for the fantastic 2011 Celtic Festival held last weekend.
We had an absolutely wonderful weekend, beautiful town, great entertainment, lovely people, and topped off with terrific weather.
The highlight for us was the Celtic rockband “The Highlander”. The guys were fantastic. We were fortunate to have couple of photos and chat after Sunday’s concert. They sounded great, looked the part, and were all round great guys. Bought their CD and t-shirt as a souvenir.
Hopefully they’ll be back for the 2012 Beechworth Festival.
Once again congratulations to all involved.
Kind regards
Tricia Cox
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O'Shea Ryan Academy of Irish Dancers Invited to Perform in China
Members of the O'SHEA-RYAN ACADEMY of IRISH DANCE will travel to China on 18th October to perform in the City of Nanchang.
Geraldine Ryan, Principal of the Academy, has been invited to bring a Group of her Irish Dancers to perform at the 4th China-Nanchang International Military Tattoo and supporting Parades and Concerts to be held in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, P.R. China. They will be performing alongside bands from China and abroad.
The City of Nanchang has a history of 2200 years – and is the birthplace of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). Every year, staff working for Nanchang Tattoo are in thousands, spectators on site for the Tattoo Evenings are tens of thousands, spectators for the Parade are in the hundreds of thousands and the audience before TV sets are tens of million."
The group will be performing at this years Beechworth Celtic Festival on the return from this wonderful adventure. See the program for details.
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Major Celtic Band to appear at Beechworth
Celtic Festival Program Released - Friday 4 to Sunday 6 November
One of Beechworth's biggest annual celebrations, Beechworth Celtic Festival, has secured a popular Celtic rock band which has performed on the international stage.
Highlander Celtic Rock Band combines a unique blend of pipes, whistle, fiddle, guitars, drums and vocals together with a dynamic stage presence to produce an exciting live performance which is enjoyed and respected by audiences of all ages.
Highlander is one of 13 visiting bands and artists from around Australia that will headline a busy program of free and ticketed events at indoor and outdoor venues around Beechworth featuring a mix of traditional and contemporary Celtic music, dance, workshops and fun for all ages.
Other artists and bands include: Miles To Go Trio, O'Shea-Ryan Irish Dancers, Eddie Lewis & Colin Macleod, Humbug, Bhan tre, Saoirse, Sibin, Aniar, Zeptepi and The Colonials. Also returning due to popular demand is The Go Set which creates a unique sound by combining traditional folk instruments with distorted punk guitars and rock ‘n’ roll energy.
The festival program kicks off in true Celtic style with a gala dinner dance featuring a fantastic evening of live entertainment on the Friday night and continues with a series of events across the weekend.
Including:
- The free Ford Street stage showcasing choirs, dancers and a host of entertainers throughout the weekend
- The ever-popular lunchtime Parade on Saturday
- A huge Celtic market
- Workshops with leading artists
- Family concert at the Memorial Hall
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Celtic Battle
FeaturingJovian - The Suits - Higher Authority - Pete Jones - Forbidden Buning - Lashback - Jess Gay - Oliver Smith - Bella Johnston - Until Barbados; With special Guests Beas Window
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