Ballymena Festival 2019

13th Feb 2019

Congratulations to all the children who took part in the 2019 Ballymena Festival of Music, Speech and Drama. Once again the children excelled themselves in both solo and group competitions. This year the school was awarded the Festival Award for Primary Schools in the vocal music section. In addition, the school senior choir won the Ballymena Festival of Britain Cup. Individual pupils won The McCracken Cup, The McDonald Cup and The Irene Rea Memorial Cup.

Listed are the prize winners from the 2019 Ballymena Festival.

Class	Place	Name
Junior Youth Unison Choir - Open	1st	St. Colmcille's Senior Choir
Junior Youth Choir - Open	2nd	St. Colmcille's Senior Choir
Junior Youth Choir - Y1-4 only	2nd	St. Colmcille's Year 4 Choir
Boys Vocal 6 - 7 years	1st 2nd	Odhran Hardy Max Fazendeiro
Boys Vocal 8 - 9 years	2nd	Lughan Hardy
Girls Vocal 6 - 7 years	1st 2nd 3rd HC	Thérese McAuley Zara Scullion Eimear McGroggan Beth Hendron Kacey McPartland Georgia Roche
Girls Vocal 8 - 9 years	2nd HC	Ursula O'Loan Emmie Clegg Kara Dillon
Girls Vocal 10 - 11 years	2nd	Anna McMullan
Year 3 Vocal Solo	2nd 3rd HC	Georgia Roche Beth Hendron Sara Afronie Sophie Burnside Darcey Clarke Kacey McPartland
Year 4 Vocal Solo	2nd 3rd HC	Zara Scullion Thérese McAuley Lughan Hardy Ellie-Mae McConnell Eimear McGroggan
Year 5 Vocal Solo	1st HC	Ursula O'Loan Emmie Clegg Olivia Workman
Year 6 Vocal Solo	1st HC	Anna McMullan Niamh Cassidy Maria Mitchell
Year 7 Vocal Solo	3rd HC	Cillian Walsh Dona Noble Nadine Roddy
Sacred Solo	3rd HC	Kitty McAuley Éibhleann Ardiff Iseult O'Loan

Speech & Drama Prize winners

Class	Place	Name
Choral Poem	2nd 3rd	Year 7 Group B Year 7 Group A
Year 1 Poem	2nd	Caleb Murphy
Year 2 Poem	3rd	Keila Jaceviciute Emma Mitchell
Year 3 Poem	3rd	Myla Clegg
Year 5 Poem	1st 2nd 3rd	Louis McMurray Ursula O'Loan Pearse Neeson
Year 6 Poem	HC	Aoife McGuigan-Clarke
Year 7 Poem	2nd	Iseult O'Loan

Instrumental Music Prize winners

Class	Place	Name
Duet for Strings	2nd HC	Éibhleann Ardiff & Nadine Roddy Daria Condurache & Caoimhe McPartland
Violin Solo under 10 years	2nd 3rd HC	Ursual O'Loan Maria Mitchell Nicole Murray Raluca Kaszoni
Violin Solo 10 years	3rd	Caoimhe McPartland
Violin Solo 11 years	1st HC	Éibheann Ardiff Nadine Roddy
Viola Solo	3rd	Eireann Macrory
Clarinet Solo	2nd	Iseult O'Loan
Flute Solo	2nd 3rd	Amelia Gallagher Kitty McAuley