Pictured above: SVRSS Senior Jazz Band winner of the TD Canada Trust Trophy – Senior Band
Submitted by: Darleen McKibben, Photos by Terri Eggie |
The Swan Valley Fine Arts Festival held their Annual Awards Concert on April 28, 2018 at the Veterans Hall in Swan River. It was an entertaining afternoon with award winners from the Band, Music, Speech Arts, Dance and Visual Arts Festivals performing and receiving their awards. Entries from the Visual Arts Festival were also on display. Award winners are pictured/listed below:
VOICE
 Trinity Janzen Swan Valley Festival Trophy Solo Voice |
 Katie Smith Royal Purple Scholarship Junior Solo |
 Trinity Janzen, Talia JanzenSwan Valley Festival Trophy Vocal Ensemble |
 Taylor School Choir Swan Valley Festival Trophy School Choir |
PIANO
 Addison Peters Lloyd & Betty Bertram Memorial Trophy Beginner as of Sept of current year |
 Ava Walker Gordon & Carolle Cowan Scholarship & Music Medal – Pre Grade 1 |
 Jaymen Nunn Bernadene E. Rasmussen Trophy Piano Solo Grade 1 2 solos from recognized exam list |
 Jenna Smith Bernadene E. Rasmussen Trophy Piano Solo Grade 3 |
 Kayden NunnCorinne Besselt Memorial Trophy Piano Solo Grade 5 2 solos from recognized exam list |
 Kylan Nunn Jean Chapple Memorial Scholarship & Trophy Piano Solo Composed by JS Bach |
DANCE
 Dolyna Ukrainian Dance Lillian Klemetski Memorial Award Ukrainian Dance – Adjudicator Choice |
Dance Festival Awards Presented, not pictured: Kemi Bulycz Hillman Dance Studio Swan School of Dance |
SPEECH ARTS
 CBF Christian School Gr 2/3 Class Beta Sigma Phi Award Speech Choir – K to Grade 4 |
 CBF Christian School Gr 5/6 Class Swan Valley Festival Trophy Speech Choir Grades 5 – 8 |
 Noah Gnida Star & Times Award Best Reading |
 Leah Graham Swan Valley Fine Arts Trophy Prepared Speech, Public Speaking |
 Raelynn Graham 4-H Public Speaking Trophy Junior Gr. 3-6 4-H member only |
 Emma Stinson 4-H Public Speaking Trophy Senior Gr. 10-12 4-H member only |
BAND
 Riley Negrave, Erin Forman Swaiko Trophy Junior Band Solo |
 Minitonas Middle Years “Jazzmanian Devils” Swan Valley Community Band Trophy Junior Ensemble |
 SVRSS Grade 9 Percussion Ensemble Dr. & Mrs. Pickup Trophy Senior Ensemble |
 Minitonas Grade 6 Concert Band Swan Valley Fine Arts Festival Trophy Beginner Band |
 ESRSS Grade 8 Concert Band Band Booster Club Trophy Junior Band |
 Birch River School Grade 3-5 Swan Valley Fine Arts Festival Award Outstanding Recorder |
VISUAL ARTS
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Visual Arts Awards
Suzanne May “Best” of Visual Arts Festival Award 10 Adjudicator’s Choices Suzanne May, Rian Ross, Porter Nemetchek, Nevaeh Graham, Eileen Seib, Kylie Hart, Blair Connell, Laura May, Maliya Graham, Heida Zastre |
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GENERAL
 Calleigh Pritchett Swan Valley Festival Trophy Instrumental Solo |
 Jesse Janzen Knights of Columbus Trophy Soloist – Voice, piano or organ |
 Autumn Klekta Kathleen Barrett Memorial Scholarship Outstanding band participant |
Other Gereral Award Recipients Katie Smith Jenna Smith SVFAFA Honorarium David Terekoff Memorial Scholarship |