Eisteddfod

Results 2012

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CHOIR OF THE WORLD - Delica Ton (Germany)

Adjudicators: Ralph Allwood, John Fitzpatrick, Peter Erdei, Brian Hughes, Hirvo Surva, Darius Zimnicki, Liz Garnett, David Hamilton, Leonard Enns

Competition 1: Mixed Choirs

Adjudicators: Hirvo Surva, Leonard Enns, Brian Hughes

1st - The NUS Choir (Singapore)
2nd - Sunshine Oriana Choir (Australia)
3rd - Guelph Chamber Choir (Canada)

Competition 2: Barbershop

Adjudicators: Ralph Allwood, Liz Garnett, David Hamilton

1st - The White Rosettes (England)
2nd - Cheshire Chord Company (England)
3rd - Heartbeat (England)

Competition 3 Male Voice Choirs

Adjudicators: Hirvo Surva, Darius Zimnicki

1st - Delica Ton (Germany)
2nd - Cornell University (USA)
3rd - Bois Ysgol Gerdd (Wales)

Competition 4: Female Choirs

Adjudicators: Brian Hughes, John Fitzpatrick, Peter Erdei

1st - Bel Canto (England)
2nd - Chantrelles (England)
3rd - Sunshine Coast (Australia)

Competition 5: Chamber Choirs

Adjudicators: Hirvo Suva, Darius Zimnicki, Leonard Enns

1st - Amarylca (Belgium)
2nd - Surrey Hills (England)
3rd - Delica Ton Freigeri

Competition 6 - Youth Choirs

1st - The NUS Choir (Singapore)
2nd - Midland's Youth Choir (South Africa)
3rd - PHS Chamber Singers (U.S.A.)

Competition 7 - Show Choirs

1st - Delta Dragons (Wales)
2nd - Rainbow Connections (England)
3rd - Midland Youth Choir (South Africa)

Competition 8 - Senior Children's Choir

Adjudicators: Hirvo Surva, Leonard Enns, David Hamilton

1st - Cantabile Girls Choir (England)
2nd - Kinder Children's Choir (England)
3rd - Highcliffe Junior Choir (England)

Competition 9 - Junior Children's Choir

1st - Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion (Cymru)
2nd - Lindley Junior School (England)
3rd - Nidus (Cymru)

Competition 10 - Adult Folk Dance Groups

Adjudicators: Ed Austin, Ahmet Luleci, Christine Jones

1st - Okan Folk Dance (Turkey)
2nd - Newcastle Kingsmen (England)
3rd - Kurdish Folk Dance (England)

Competition 11: Choreographed Folk Dance

Adjudicators: Ed Austin, Christine Jones, Ahmet Luleci

1st - Kurdish Folk Dance (England)
2nd - Loughliel Folk Dancers (Northern Ireland)
3rd - Heritage Dancers (India)

Competition 12 - Children's Folk Dance Groups

1st Traditional - Heritage Dancers (India)
1st Choreographed - Ismir Rota Koleji Dance (Turkey)

Competition 13: Dancing in the Street

1st - Newcastle Kingsmen (England)
2nd - Heritage Dancers (India)
3rd - Okan Folk Dance (Turkey)

Competition 14: Folk Song Choirs

Adjudicators: Stephen Rees, Peter Erdei, Bethan Bryn

1st - The NUS Choir (Singapore)
2nd - Surrey Hills Chamber Choir (England)
3rd - Palmdale Chorale (U.S.A.)

Competition 15: Folk Showcase

Adjudicators: Ed Austin, Ahmet Luleci, Bethan Bryn, Stephen Rees

1st - Affies Boys Choir A (South Africa)
2nd - Heritage Dancers (India)
3rd - Loughliel Folk Dancers (Northern Ireland)

Competition 16: Folk Groups

Adjudicators: Bethan Bryn, David Hamilton

1st - Sraoi (Republic of Ireland)
2nd - Newcastle Kingsmen (England)
3rd - Cheongbae (South Korea)

Competition 17: Folk Solo

Adjudicators: Stephen Rees, Bethan Bryn

1st - Chan Mei Yan Melody (Hong Kong)
2nd - Mervyn J Penny (England)
3rd - Paramjit Sharma (India)

Competition 18 - Individual Folk Dance

1st - Finvola McIntyre (Northern Ireland)
2nd - Trystan Hedd Gruffydd (Cymru)
3rd - Anna Sofia Pardanjac

Competition 19 - Folk Dance Duo

1st - Trystan Hedd & Osian Griffiths (Cymru)
2nd - Eilisann McCann & Cara Devlan (Northern Ireland)

Competition 20 - Vocal Solo Under 15

Adjudicators: Ralph Allwood, Darius Zimnicki

1st - Grace O'Malley (England)
2nd - Megan Louise Farnfield (England)
3rd - Julia Balon (Poland)

Competition 21 - Vocal Solo 15-20

Adjudicators: Brian Hughes, David Hamilton

1st - Gerallt Rhys Jones (Wales)
2nd - Peter Edge (England)
3rd - Bethea How Xiao Yann (Singapore)

Competition 22 - Vocal Solo 21 and Over

1st - Joy Cornock (Cymru)
2nd - Rachel Louise Abbott (England)
3rd - Wang Huandong (China)

Competition 23 - Songs From The Shows

1st - Sian Alderton (Cymru)
2nd - Lynwen Haf Roberts (Cymru)
3rd - Luke McCall (Cymru)

Competition 25 - Instrumental Solo 18 and over

Ajudicators: Stephen Rees, Peter Erdei

1st - Llwelyn Ifan Jones (Wales)
2nd - Chloe Angharad Bradshaw (Wales)
3rd - Ruth Hays (England)

Eisteddfod Results 2011

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The adjudications of the Eisteddfod's competitions were as follows:

Choral Competitions

Choir of the World

Adventist University - Philippines (Mixed Choir)

Competition 1: Mixed Choirs

1st - Adventist University - Philippines
2nd - Mansfield University - USA
3rd - CF1 - Wales

Competition 2: Barbershop / Close Harmony Choruses

1st - Affinity Show Choir - England
2nd - Cottontown Chorus - England
3rd - Cheshire Chord Company - England

Competition 3: Male Choirs

1st - Wessex Male Choir - England
2nd - Cor Meibon Rhosllannerchrugog - Wales
3rd - Pontarddulais Male Choir - Wales

Competition 4: Female Choirs

1st - Mansfield University Concert Choir - USA
2nd - Cantilon Chamber Choir - Canada
3rd - Bel Canto - England

Competition 5: Chamber Choirs

1st - Adventist University of the Philippines Ambassador - Philippines
2nd - Choros Amici - England
3rd - Wessex Male Choir - England

Competition 6: Youth Choirs

1st - Cantilon Chamber Choir - Edmonton, Canada
2nd - Mansfield University Concert Choir - USA
3rd - De Paul A Cappella - USA

Competition 7: Senior Children's Choirs

1st - Children’s Choir Brevis - Croatia
2nd - Cor Ysgol Y Strade - Wales
3rd - Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir - England

Competition 8: Junior Children's Choirs

1st - Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion - Wales
2nd - New Forest Children’s Choir - England
3rd - Ysgol Glanaethwy - Wales

Solo Competitions

Competition 9: Vocal Solo under 15

1st - Ceri Haf Roberts - Wales
2nd - Hero Melia - Wales
3rd - Aanchel Gupta - Canada

Competition 10: Vocal Solo 15-20

1st - Meilir Jones - Wales
2nd - Suzanne Therese Mooty - Scotland
3rd - Clare Butterfield-Elsey - Wales

Competition 11: Vocal Solo 21 and over

1st - Eirlys Myfanwy Davies - Wales
2nd - John B R Davies - Wales
3rd - Derrek Stark - USA

Competition 12: Songs from the Shows

1st - Laura Ann Blundall - Wales
2nd - Sian Alderton - Wales
3rd - Carl Glick - USA

Competition 13: Instrumental Solo under 18

1st - Wai Yuen Wong - Hong Kong SAR PRC
2nd - Jack Taylor - Wales
3rd - Galin Ganchev - Bulgaria

Competition 14: Instrumental Solo 18 and over

1st - Sergii Maiboroda (Violin) - Ukraine
2nd - Ruth Hayes (Sax) - Wales
3rd - Chloe- Angharad Bradshaw (Flute) - Wales

Folk Competitions

Competition 15: Adult Folk Dance Groups

1st - Cercle Celtique Kan Breiz - Brittany
2nd - Newcastle Kingsmen - England
3rd - Loughgiel Fok Dance Group - Northern Ireland

Competition 16: Choreographed Folk Dance

1st - Loughgiel Folk Dancers - Northern Ireland
2nd - Hoverla Ukrainian Dance Ensemble - Ukraine (England)
3rd - Kurdish Folk Dance - Kurdistan (England)

Competition 17: Children's Folk Dance Groups

Traditional Dance
1st - Gero Axular Dantza Taldea - Basque Country

Choreographed Dance
1st - Barvinochok - Ukraine

Competition 18: Dancing in the Street

1st - Heritage Dancers (India) - 93 Marks
2nd - Newcastle Kingsmen (England) - 92 Marks
3rd - Sogo African Traditional Dance Group (Ghana) - 91 Marks

Competition 19: Folk Dance Duo

1st - Connor O'Mullan & Kacie McKendrin - Ireland

Competition 20: Individual Folk Dance

1st - Onintza Unzurru Telleria - Basque Country
2nd - Sukhdev Singh Chouhan - India
3rd - Eimear McGarry - Ireland

Competition 21: Folk Song Choirs

1st - Cantilon Chamber Choir - Canada
2nd - De Paul A Cappella - USA
3rd - Sekakuoro Kulkuset - Finland

Competition 22: Folk Showcase

1st - Cheong Bae - South Korea
2nd - Heritage Dancers - India
3rd - Newcastle Kingsmen - England

Competition 23: Folk Groups

1st - Pearls of Odessa - Ukraine
2nd - Newcastle Kingsmen - England
3rd - Sogo African Dance - Ghana

Competition 24: Folk Solo

1st - Aanchel Gupta - Canada
2nd - Alina Kniazikevych - Ukraine
3rd - Aleksandra Zivanovic - Serbia

Archive project

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The largest collection of archive material for the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is held at the Denbighshire Archives in Ruthin. It is protected in air conditioned and fire proof storage. This material is a mixture of minute books, photographs, newspaper cuttings, posters, and some sound recordings. Most of it dates from before 1980, and there are some gaps especially in relation to committee activities.

There is also a considerable amount of material held in the Royal International Pavilion, including papers, photographs, audio recordings, and a large number of gifted artefacts donated by visiting groups in memory of their attendance at Eisteddfodau over the years.

Many Eisteddfod related items are also to be found in the archives of other organisations, such as museums, newspapers, and television companies. Furthermore, quite a few groups who have performed or competed in Llangollen over the years have developed their own archives.

The Way Forward

In 2006, the Standing Board of the Eisteddfod approved an Archive Panel to formalise the work of a group of Eisteddfod enthusiasts who had been trying to correlate the material from different sources. The aims of the panel are as follows:

To work with the Denbighshire Archives to ensure that the project on the Eisteddfod archives in Ruthin meets the needs of the Eisteddfod
To lead the Eisteddfod's applications for grants to set up a project to index, digitise, extend, and publish the Eisteddfod archive
To set up a separate web site for the archive with a link to the Eisteddfod web site
To form an oral history of the Eisteddfod by recording the recollections of those involved in the early years
To sort, index, and scan the material held in the Pavilion

Work has already commenced on sorting and indexing the material held in the Pavilion, and an application is being prepared for grant aid to purchase dedicated IT equipment, and for special storage equipment to record and makes copies of the material and to help preserve some of the older and more delicate material. Once this step has been completed the original material will be transferred to the Denbighshire Archives with copies held in the Eisteddfod office. Hopefully these copies will form part of a permanent exhibition. Other grants will also be applied for over the coming months.

How Can You Help?

Anyone who has any sort of material relating to the Eisteddfod can help us to build up a bigger picture of the history of the Eisteddfod. They can either do one of three things:hj

Donate the material to the Eisteddfod
Let the Eisteddfod have it on permanent loan
Allow us to copy it for our archive and then return it

In all cases, we promise to take good care of anything you let us have access to.

For further information, please contact:

Archive Project
Email: info@international-eisteddfod.co.uk
Tel: 01978 862000

Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod,
Royal International Pavilion,
Abbey Road,
Llangollen.
LL20 8SW

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