2019 Festival
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Affiliations
Affiliated to the British & International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech
Important Dates
2020
1st March 2020 - Closing date for Poetry and Short Story Writing Competition.
28th & 29th April 2020 - Speech and Drama Classes at the Craiglands Hotel, Ilkley
30th April 2020 - Choirs and Music Classes at the Kings Hall, Ilkley
30th April 2020 - Council Evening Concert at the Winter Gardens, Ilkley
1st May 2020 - Primary Schools "Big Sing" at Westville House School, Middleton
Festival Calendar
Please note that all information regarding events external to the Wharfedale Festival is given in good faith and you should check that any event listed is still happening. The Wharfedale Festival can accept no responsibilty should an event be cancelled.
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Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts
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Competitive Music, Drama and Dance Festival held annually since 1900
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Poetry & Short Story Writing Results 2019
Speech & Drama Festival - 2020 Syllabus & Entry Forms
Piano Festival - 2019 - Results and Special Awards
Dance Championship - Results due shortly
Speech and Drama 2020 Syllabus released
After recommendations made by competitors, we have made some changes to the syllabus. There is now more OWN CHOICE in many of the classes and we have a new class of DUO VERSE.
The sessions timings will be as follows: Morning - 9.30am - 12.30pm Afternoon - 1.30pm - 3.30pm Evening - 4.30pm - 8.00pm (approx)
YR 6 and UNDER classes (except THEATRE TIME & MUSICAL THEATRE) will be held in the morning or afternoon sessions whilst YR 7 and ABOVE / NO AGE LIMIT classes will take place in the evening sessions.
To download the Syllabus and Entry Forms, please click the buttons below.
2019 Secretary's Report
113th Wharfedale Festival Performing Arts, May and June 2019
As ever this popular tri-annual event started with verse speaking classes for children and adults held at the Craiglands Hotel in Ilkley. Some of the younger classes were so oversubscribed that they needed to be split for ease of adjudication and adult groups were well represented in verse speaking.
Solo Characterisation was very popular this year and young Alfie Davis, with his rendition of the “Porridge Trauma Incident” by Eleanor McCloud, was the winner in his class. He will go forward as the WFPA representative for speech and drama at the...
Speech and Drama 2019 - Results and Awards
The Results and Awards from the 2019 Speech and Drama Festival of the Wharfedale Festival have now been published and are available by clicking the relevant links below.
Awards and Special Awards
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Festival Secretaries
Piano Festival Secretary
Piano Festival Secretary
Mrs Evelyn van Terheyden
11, Oaklands,
Westwood Drive,
Ilkley. LS29 9RE
Telephone: 01943 600470
Mobile: 07951 533653
Piano Festival
Dance Championship
DANCE SECRETARY
Mrs Ivy Wailes
Highfield House
184 Walton Park
Pannal
Harrogate HG3 1RJ
Telephone: 01423 870616
Mobile: 07503150502
Dance Championship
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Speech Syllabus 2020
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