PICTURES: Around 2500 far north children taking part in 'friendly festival'
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Around 2500 children will be taking part in this week's Caithness Music Festival, including many from north Sutherland.
The long-running annual event got under way on Tuesday at the Assembly Rooms in Wick, having had to be condensed into four days as schools had an in-service day on Monday.
Festival secretary Audrey MacKinnon said: "It's a friendly festival. We have pupils taking part from all the primary schools and three high schools this year – Wick High School, Thurso High School and Farr High School. We have pupils from Melvich and Bettyhill, so it is covering Caithness and north Sutherland.
"Throughout the whole week there should be about 2500 children taking part in all. We had 1000 on Tuesday, and that's why the hall is full every morning.
"It's a lot of children throughout the week with all the different groups and classes. It's a lot of children and a lot of organisation by the schools. We involve so many people."
Earlier, organisers had praised the behind-the-scenes helpers who make the festival possible.
Further results:
Piano – Preliminary: Lily Sutherland, Wick; 2 Orla Sinclair, Newton Park; 3 Izzy Alexander, Newton Park.
Chamber music: Rachel McBoyle, Elizabeth Jones-Singh and Olivia Singh (string trio).
Level four: Olivia Singh and Elizabeth Jones-Singh (piano duet).
Level eight-plus and under: Cousins Ensemble.
Original poem, P1-7: Martha Potts, Thurso.
Verse speaking, boys P2: 1 Matthew MacDonald, Miller Academy; 2 Eli Spratt, Melvich; 3 Robbie Tait, Noss.
Storytelling, P5-7: Martha Potts.
Verse speaking, girls P2: 1 Alanna Campbell, Pennyland; 2 Morven Munro, Reay; 3 Suzannah MacGill, Pennyland.
Poetry, P4-7: 1eq Martha Potts, Thurso, and Alex Vines, Mount Pleasant; 3 Ellen Bain-Smith, Lybster.
Dramatised song, P3/4 and under, schools with four or more teachers: 1 Pennyland P1/2; 2eq Lybster P3/4 and Newton Park P2/3.
Dramatised song, P4 and over, schools with four or more teachers: Lybster P5/6.
Dramatised song, P3/4 and under, schools with one to three teachers: 1 Reay P1-3; 2 Watten P1-3.
Dramatised song, P4 and over, schools with one to three teachers: Reay P4-7.
Choral speaking, rural schools: 1 Castletown P6/7; 2 Thrumster P5-7.
Choral speaking, town schools: 1 Noss P7R; 2 Newton Park P5/6.
Classical guitar – Secondary school: Phoebe Bain, Thurso High School.
Primary school: 1 Joshua Bullivant, Caithness; 2 Sophie Cuthbert, Miller Academy (ukelele); 3eq Amber Farquhar, Miller Academy (ukelele), Max Foubister, Miller Academy, and Danny Macdonald, Miller Academy.
Electric guitar / electric bass guitar, secondary school: 1 Owen Beveridge, Farr High School; 2 Taylor Omand, Thurso High School; 3 Phoebe Bain.
Junior and adult strings solo – Preliminary: 1 Skye Mackenzie, Pennyland (violin); 2eq Taylor MacDonald, Pennyland (violin), and Caalin Rosie, Noss (viola).
Grade one: 1 Ella Simpson, Halkirk (violin); 2 Cara Sinclair, Watten (violin); 3 Jolee Statham, Noss (violin).
Junior and adult instrumental duets – Level six: Eliana Williamson and Olivia Singh. Level five: Camilla Elder and Freya Swanson.
Trophies:
Margaret Henderson Memorial Trophy for chamber music: Rachel McBoyle, Olivia Singh and Elizabeth Jones-Singh.
Wick Junior Scroll: Olivia Singh and Elizabeth Jones-Singh.
Simon Lamb Quill: Martha Potts.
Daniel Quinn Lundie Shield: Matthew MacDonald.
Mrs Boyd Shield: Martha Potts.
Maureen Allan Shield: Alanna Campbell.
Mount Pleasant Shield: Pennyland P1/2.
Mabel Dick Shield: Lybster P5/6.
Nordic Shield: Reay P1-3.
Mrs Mackenzie Cup: Reay P4-7.
Miss Mary Webster Shield: Castletown P6/7.
Caithness Glass Bowl: Noss P7R.
MacDonald Shield: Ella Simpson.
Gordon Alexander Memorial Shield: Camilla Elder and Freya Swanson.
More results to follow.
