Thursday 10th March 2022 Morning Session – 9.30am Afternoon Session – 2pm: Prepared Reading, Verse Speaking, Soutar Poems and Dramatic Solos Evening Session – 6.30pm: Prepared Reading, Bible Reading and Burns Poems On our final evening at Perth’s St John’s Episcopal Church, Princes Street, adjudicator Judey Struth heard a series of very confident entries to the Festival’s Speech classes age … Read More
Wednesday 9th March 2022 Morning Session – 9.30am: Prepared Reading, Bible Reading, Verse Speaking, Soutar and Burns Poems A series of classes for competitors ages 5-10 Afternoon Session – 2pm: Verse Speaking, Soutar Poems, Scots Poems, Dramatic Solos and Verse Speaking Choir Berlie Doherty’s ‘Ghost in the Garden’ captivated our audience as the afternoon session started with a strong entry … Read More
Monday 7th March 2022 The Perthshire Music (Competitive) Festival got off to a lively start on Monday evening with events at two venues Perth. Percussion Classes At the Elim Pentecostal Church, in Princes Street, competitors in the Initial Drum Kit (Solo) classes performed to a full house. More percussionists will arrive at the venue on Tuesday for the Snare Drum … Read More
We are in the final stages of preparation for our annual competitive festival, Perform in Perth, as are all our performers, whether they be singers or instrumentalists, dancers or aspiring actors. We are in some new venues this year, in addition to some more familiar. We hit the ground running on Monday evening, 7 March, with two simultaneous venues, both in … Read More
Children from all over Perth and Kinross will perform in a range of orchestras, bands and ensembles bands in a series of Showcase Concerts in Perth Concert Hall. 7.30pm, Wednesday 23 March – Guitar Ensemble, Concert Band, Pipers and the Wind Orchestra 7.30pm, Thursday 24 March – Junior Strings, Percussion Ensemble, Senior Strings and Perth Youth Orchestra. Both concerts start … Read More
Last years’ trophy winners are reminded that it is now time to return their cup, shield or quaich to Cairncross of Perth, St John’s Street for engraving. Full instructions are in the box that came with your trophy – the deadline for returns is Monday 31st January – so please do not delay. Thank you.
The 2021 festival was scheduled to take place between 8th and 20th March in various venues but, with continued restrictions on travel and on gatherings of people, both indoors and outdoors, due to COVID-19, it was agreed to hold a virtual festival, rather than cancel the 2021 festival. Deadlines for submission of videos were set, starting from 1st March and … Read More
