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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
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
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...
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
The Special Awards from this year's Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts Speech & Drama, Music and Theatre Time Classes are now available and are shown below.
The results from this year's Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts Poetry and Writing Classes are now available and are shown below.
The Awards from this year's Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts Speech & Drama, Music and Theatre Time Classes are now available and are shown below.
The results from this year's Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts Music Classes are now available and are shown below.
The results from this year's Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts Theatre Time section are now available and are shown below.
The results from this year's Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts Speech and Drama section are now available and are shown below.
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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
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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
Dance Championship
Latest News
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Piano Syllabus 2020 Available
The Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts is pleased to announce the release...Piano Classes 2020
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Dance Championship 2019 Winners
The Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts is pleased to announce the winners...2019 Dance Championship
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Poetry and Short Story Writing 2020
The Poetry and Short Story Writing Competition details for the 2020 Wharfedale...Speech and Drama 2020
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Music Syllabus 2020
The Music Syllabus for the 2020 Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts is... -
Drama and Music Theatre 2020
The Drama and Music Theatre Syllabus for the 2020 Wharfedale Festival of... -
Speech Syllabus 2020
The Speech and Drama Syllabus for the 2020 Wharfedale Festival of Performing...