21 April 2023
The Lytham Performing Arts Festival takes place annually over the course of a weekend, and is a celebration of music, speech and drama. Kirkham Grammar School pupils had multiple entries in all of the relevant categories across both the Junior and Senior School. Credit must be given to each and every single performer, whether that be instrumental, singing or verse and prose. To stand up in front of adjudicators and an unknown parental audience can be somewhat daunting, but each and every pupil presented with the usual KGS quiet modesty, and we are sure they all took something away from experience and will continue to refine their individual performances. The KGS community should be incredibly proud of every entrant; we have an array of talented pupils who truly shone.
Congratulations to you all.
The results were as follows:
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Junior School: |
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| Nia Murusidze | 2nd place - Solo (b) Violin (age 11 and under) |
| Henry Dawson-Gerrard | 3rd place - Solo (a) Strings (age 11 and under) |
| Eli O'Donoghue | 2nd place - Solo Guitar (age 11 and under) |
| Raurie Sumner | 3rd place - Solo Guitar (age 11 and under) |
| Leo Crossen | 3rd place - Solo Guitar (age 11 and under) |
| Mariam Omer | 3rd place - Music Theatre, 3rd place - Classical British Song & 2nd place - Classical, own choice (age 9 and under) |
| Sophia Billington | 1st place - Classical British Song, 2nd place - Classical, own choice & 2nd place - Music Theatre (age 9 and under) |
| Annabelle Mcilwham | 1st place - Classical British Song (age 12 and under) & 2nd place - Verse Speaking (age 10 and 11) |
| Henry Chapman | 3rd place - Classical British Song & 2nd place - Classical, Own Choice (age 12 and under) |
| Florence Kerr | 3rd place - Piano Grades 1 and 2 |
| Hattie Walker | 1st place - Music Theatre Singing (age 12 and under) |
| Beatrice Faith | 3rd place any Comedy Poem or Prose Passage (age 11 and under) |
| Skyla Lynch | 1st place Verse Speaking (age 10 and 11) |
| Isla Varley | 1st place Drama Solo (age 11 and under) |
| Fatimah Omer | 2nd place Drama Solo (age 11 and under) |
| Senior School (LAMDA) | |
| Olivia Coupe | 1st place Drama Solo & 1st place Prepared Reading (15-18 years) |
| Jay Dawson | 2nd place Prepared Reading & 1st place Comedy Poem/Prose Passage (12-14 years) |
| Francesca Durston | 1st place Drama Duologue & 3rd place Drama Solo (12-14 years) |
| Isabella Durston | 1st place Sight Reading (14-18 years), 1st place Public Speaking (18 & under), 2nd place Drama Solo (12-14 years) & 1st place Solo Improvisation (18 & under) |
| Leoma Gill | 2nd place Drama Duologue (15-18 years) |
| Rosa Gill | 1st place Drama Duologue (12-14 years) |
| Chloe Koratjitis | 2nd place Verse Speaking (12-14 years) |
| Marissa Kerr | 1st place Prepared Reading (12-14 years) & 1st place Sight Reading (13 & under) |
| Evie Mannion | 1st place Favourite Poem (13 & under) |
| Lilly Miles | 1st place Verse Speaking & 2nd place Prepared Reading (12-14 years) |
| Tilly Musson | 2nd place Sonnet Speaking & 3rd place Shakespeare Solo (18 & under) |
| Hannah Pilkington | 2nd place Comedy Poem/Prose Passage (12-14 years) & 2nd place Drama Duologue (15-18 years) |
| Ella Phelan | 3rd place Sonnet Speaking (18 & under) |
| Melissa Johnson-Parker | 1st place Drama Duologue (15-18 years) |
| Natalie Smith | 1st place Drama Duologue (15-18 years) |
| Amelia Sharpe | 3rd place Favourite Poem (14-18 years) |
| Louisa Seacy | 2nd place Public Speaking (18 & under) |
| Isaac Wan | 3rd place Favourite Poem (13 & under) |
| Shahmeer Amir | 1st place Devised Drama Group (Age blunder) |
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Senior School (Music) |
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| George Godbold | Grade 5 & 6 Piano – 1st place, 16 + under Piano – 3rd place, 18 + under Baroque – 3rd & 18 + under Piano Solo – 2nd place |
| Mia Gisslow | 13 + under Solo Piano – 1st place |
| Jasmine Squires-Evans | 12 + over instrumental – (trombone)- 1st place & Open Jazz piano – 2nd place |
| Heidi Aldeen | 12 + over instrumental (violin)- 3rd place |
| Emily Marsh | 15+ under Classical own choice – 3rd place, 18+ under Classical own choice – 2nd place & 15+ under Folk Song – 3rd place |
| Gabrielle Wise | 11+ under Classical British Song – 2nd place & 11+ under Classical own choice – 3rd place |
| Brooke Medhurst | 13+ under Musical Theatre – 1st place & 13+ under Classical own choice – 3rd place |
| Trishala Akundi | 13+ under Classical own choice – 2nd place |
| Alice Wright | 13+ under Classical British Song – 2nd place |
Please see the photograph at the top of this page, and the slideshow below, featuring some of our winners/performers.
