2019 Festival
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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
We would like to Congratulate all of our dancers for a super four days festival.
Congratulations & Well Done to our winners of the Salvers,Trophies & Bursaries.
Trophy Winners November 2018
Kinder Cup (Most Promising Performer yrs and under) - Bobbi Allan
Horsforth Trophy (Most Outstanding Junior Performer) - Charlotte Murdock
Nikki Ellen (Highest Mark in any Solo Section) - Kessia Rose Hadfirld-Walker
Isadora Trophy (Musicality Adjudicators Choice) - Chrystal Davis
Endeavour Trophy (Performer Chosen by Adjudicator for Hard Work and Effort) - Ava Ferris
Horsorth Junior Group Trophy - Cornell School of Dance
Cynthia Carr Senior Group...
We would like to Congratulate all of our dancers for a super four days festival.
Congratulations & Well Done to our winners of the Salvers,Trophies & Bursaries.
Salver Awards November 2018
| Kinder Class | Evie-Leigh Smith |
| Class A | Alexis Agustin |
| Class B | Kessia Rose Hadfield-Walker |
| Class C | Gabrielle Slinger |
| Class D | Emma West |
| Junior Novice | Georgia Dargue |
| Senior Novice | Emily Carter-Patrickson |
| Junior Impromptu |
Lexie Meehan |
| Senior Impromptu |
Abigail Calvert |
| Duet Winners |
Kessia Rose Hadfield-Walker & Olivia Leather |
| Trio Winners |
Lucy Metcalfe, Edie Souter & Holly Hullah |
Congratulations to all who took part in this year's Dance Championship held over the weekends of 3,4,10 & 11th of November 2018.
Trophy Winners. (Includes the winner of the Wharfedale Festival's heat for Miss Dance).
The date for the Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts Dance Championship Miss Dance of Great Britain will be Sunday 4th November 2018, entry fee will be £9 per person. The Syllabus for the Dance Championship is now available as a download.
The 2018 Dance Championship is now concluded. The Syllabus is retained for information purposes only.
For more options, please click the 
at the top right of the document below. (Print, Download, go to first or last page).
The dates for the 2018 Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts Dance Championship have now been announced and this will take place over the weekends of the 3rd & 4th, 10th & 11th November 2018. These will be held at Guiseley Theatre, The Green, Guiseley as normal.
The Syllabus is available to download from this website. You may like to subscribe to our Newsletter so as to be advised when this occurs.
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Piano Festival Secretary
Mrs Evelyn van Terheyden
11, Oaklands,
Westwood Drive,
Ilkley. LS29 9RE
Telephone: 01943 600470
Mobile: 07951 533653
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Dance Championship
DANCE SECRETARY
Mrs Ivy Wailes
Highfield House
184 Walton Park
Pannal
Harrogate HG3 1RJ
Telephone: 01423 870616
Mobile: 07503150502
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