On Thursday March 28, the Rosetown Music Festival held their 90th annual concert and awards night. Over the course of two weeks, March 18 to March 26, local children and youth took to the stage preforming in piano, instrumental, vocal, and speech arts.

 

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Carmen Ledding, President of the music festival said, "This years festival went extremely well. Our festival committee works really well together. This years piano adjudicator remarked to many community members downtown that this was the best festival she had attended Saskatchewan. She loved how organized everything was, how cheerful everyone was, how prepared all the students were, and how helpful all the teachers were. She was just astounded at how well everything went."

Ledding continued by saying, " I grew up in a small town and our festivals didn't seem to be as vibrant. When I moved to Rosetown I was inspired by the fabulous teachers that we had here and I really felt that if I was going to live in a community where music was very vibrant and was a priority I felt I had to get out there and volunteer in order to make it available not only for my children but for the community at large."

This years music festival included children as young as five and six, who preformed piano for the first time in front of an adjudicator all the way up to 18 years of age. Being the 90th year for Rosetown Music Festival a special guest, Bonnie Nickleson, member of the Provencal Board of the Saskatchewan Music Festival Association came out to offer congratulations during the final concert Thursday night. 

The following is a list of awards and recipients of this years festival:

Prairie Centre Credit Union Scholarship - Mitchell Nunweiler

Rosetown Kinsmen Club Scholarship - W.A.S. School Choir

Ray Award - Johanna Wiebe

W.M Scott Shield - W.A.S. Grade 5

Rosetown Community Theater - Cecilia Ledding

Shirley Hay Memorial Scholarship - Kaylee Cowan

Rosetown Medical Associates Scholarship - Delaney Cruse

Rosetown Accounting Scholarship - Ivy Ramos

Cheryl Pearce Scholarship - Ella Kadler and Carmen Wiens

Rosetown Kinsmen Club - Erika Mourre

Charles Birss Memorial Scholarship - Kensie Cowan

C. Hayward Scholarship - Josalyn Ashmore and Cecilia Ledding

Shanidar Funeral Services Scholarship - Thyra De Coninck Smith

Sarah Clark Scholarship - Madison Rawson

Aseltine Memorial Scholarship - Jahanna Wiebe

Rosetown Canadian Legion Scholarship - Johanna Wiebe

Beta Sigma PHI Scholarship - Amaris Manning

Festival Association Award - Kiersten De Coninck Smith

Herb and Helen Strutt Award for Musical Excellence - Megan Anderson

Maria Wiebe Memorial Scholarship - Cecilia Ledding

Catholic Women's League Scolarship - Malcolm Ledding

T.D. Canada Trust Scholarship - Erika Mourre

Elenor (Granny) De Coninck Smith Memorial Scholarship (this is a new award added this year and presented by a great granddaughter) - Ella Mysko

Rosetown and District Music Festival Assoc. Scholarship - Ella Mysko

Rosetown Community Theatre - Allister Merrifield

Rosetown BPO Elks - Allister Merrifield

Gloria Nickell Scholarship - Johanna Wiebe and Megan Anderson

Rosetown B.P.O Elks Scholarship - Elssa Martens

Rosetown Pharmasave Scholarship - Sam Reed

Senecal Family Scholarship - Emma, Cecilla, and Malcolm Ledding

Mable and Bill Trayhorne Memorial Scholarship - Annette Hunter

Gertrude Harvey Memorial - Annette Hunter

Prairie Centre Credit Union Scholarship - Rhianna Wood

Brenda Hamilton Scholarship - Sonya Reed

Wallis Memorial Scholarship - Natalie Reed

Mainline Motor Products Scholarship - Natalie Reed

Brenda Winny Scholarship - Cecilla Ledding

Graham E. Staples Memorial Scholarship - Johanna Wiebe

Royal Purple Elks Lodge Scholarship - Josalyn Ashmore

Jean and Bob Mcnab Shield - RCHS Senior Band

Rosetown Natural Health Scholarship - Brenna Dolan

Rosetown Lions Club Scholarship - Brenna Dolan

RBC Scholarship - Kaitlyn Epp

Prairie Centre Credit Union Scholarship - Kaitlyn Epp

Knights of Columbus Scholarship - Emma Ledding

Glen and Kay Thrasher Memorial Scholarship - Megan Anderson

Anniversary Trophy Most Promising Instrumentalist - Johanna Wiebe

Anniversary Trophy Most Promising Vocalist - Shayna Fehr

Anniversary Trophy Most Promising Pianist - Johanna Wiebe

Anniversary Trophy Most Promising Speech Arts - Allister Merrifield