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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

15th August 2020 - Closing Date for entries to the Piano Classes

13th -15th October 2020 - Piano Classes at Christchurch Sanctuary, The Grove

16th October 2020 - Piano Classes Celebration Concert

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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Welcome to the Official Wharfedale Festival
of Performing Arts site celebrating

2018

Welcome to the Official Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts' Website.

 

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 2019

 

The Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts is pleased to announce the release of our 2020 Syllabus for the Piano classes.

This can be viewed below or downloaded from this link. If your browser/device does not allow the Syllabus to be viewed, you should be able to download it from the links provided. It is a large file (9758Kb) so may take a little time to download.

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Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts Speech & Drama LogoAfter 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.

The 2020 Venue for the Piano Festival Tuesday 13th to Thursday 15th October 2020 and the Celebration Concert on Friday 1th October 2020 is Christchurch, The Grove, Ilkley, LS29 9LW.

Also, The venues for the Speech and Drama Festival held from 28th April to 30th April are as follows: Kings Hall, Ilkley, Craiglands Hotel, Ilkley and the Winter Gardens, Ilkley (next to the Kings Hall).

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Festival Secretaries

General Secretary
Mrs Patricia Dibb
01943 865180


EMAIL

Speech & Drama Secretaries
Mrs Julie James
01943 433444

Mrs Elizabeth Whiteley
01943 830780

Piano Festival Secretary

Piano Festival Secretary

Mrs Evelyn van Terheyden
11, Oaklands,
Westwood Drive,
Ilkley. LS29 9RE

Telephone: 01943 600470
Mobile: 07951 533653

EMAIL

Piano Festival

Dance Championship

 DANCE SECRETARY

Mrs Ivy Wailes
Highfield House
184 Walton Park
Pannal
Harrogate HG3 1RJ

Telephone: 01423 870616
Mobile: 07503150502 

EMAIL

Dance Championship

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