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Important Dates
2019
7th-10th May 2019 - The Speech and Drama section of the Wharfedale Festival will take place at either The Craiglands Hotel, Cowpasture Road or The Kings Hall, Station Road, Ilkley.
16th August 2019 - Closing date for the Piano Festival section of the Wharfedale Festival section.
15th-17th October 2019 - The Piano Festival will take place in the Christchurch Sanctuary on The Grove.
2nd-3rd, 9th-10th November 2019 - Advance notice of the Wharfedale Festival's Dance Championship including our heat of Miss Dance 2019 to be held in Guiseley Theatre, Guiseley.
Poetry and Short Story Writing Competition Results
P1. Year 4 & under: Fledgling Cup- Matthew Moscrop
P2. Year 7 & under: Thorpe Trophy- Jackson Whewell
P7. Original Poem, no age limit: Pennant Roberts trophy- Maria Stephenson
P8. Dialect Poem, no age limit: Maria Stephenson
P10. Poem in traditional form, no age limit: Douglas Young Trophy- Kevin Flaherty
P11. Poem ‘Truth and Lies’, no age limit- Alf Spencer
P12. Humorous Poem, no age limit- Angela Cunningham
S13. Short story year 4 & under- Rafferty Bannister
S14. Short story, year 6 & under-Zach Richards
S16. Short story, no age limit- Kim Bridges
Congratulations to all entrants.
The Class details for the Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts Poetry and Story Writing Competition 2018 are now available. Also available are the Single and Multiple Entry Forms. These can be viewed at the 2018 Poetry Section of this website and can be downloaded as a combined "ZIP" file from this link.(You may need to right click and Save (Link) As...)
The Class details for the Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts Poetry and Story Writing Competition 2018 are shown below.
Use the double right arrows at the top right of the form below to download.
Please note that this is given for reference only, the Poetry and Story Writing competition is closed for 2018 and judging has taken place. Winners have been notified.
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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
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