A8 Children’s Folk Song Choirs

Wednesday 4 July

Position Group Name Place Country Marks
01 Cantabile Hereford Cathedral School Hereford England 89.7
02 Seattle Girls Choir Seattle USA 87.7
03 British Columbia Girls Choir Metro Vancouver Canada 87
04 New Jersey Youth Chorus New Jersey USA 86.7
05 Calgary Girls Choir Calgary Canada 86
06 Brisbane Grammer School Grammerphones Brisbane Australia 85.3
06 Phoenix Girls Chorus, Cantabile Phoenix, Arizona USA 85.3
08 Moravian Childrens Choir Holesov Holesov Czech Republic 83.3
09 Ballacottier Primary School Choir Douglas Isle of Man 83
10 Aroha Junior Choir Shillong India 82
10 Tees Valley Youth Choir Teeside England 82

B1 International Voice of the Future

Wednesday 4 July

Position Soloist’s Name Place Country Marks
01 Charlotte Hoather Cheshire England 97
02 Mark Christian Bautista Philippines Philippines 96
03 Rachael Marsh Wrexham Wales 95

National University Singapore Choir Crowned Choir of the World

2018 International Eisteddfod concludes with an exciting battle for prestigious titles of ‘Choir of the World’ and ‘Dance Champions of the World’ – and an edgy Baroque performance from special guests, Red Priest.

The Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod 2018 [SATURDAY 7TH JULY] reached its exciting climax, as two international groups won the highest accolades of the festival’s dance and choral competitions.

After a thrilling final, National University Singapore Choir from Singapore were named Choir of the World, while Al-lzhar High School Pondok Labu dance group from Indonesia were crowned Dance Champions of the World.

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A5 Open Choirs

Saturday 7 July

Position Group Name Place Country Marks
01 Stellenbosch University Choir Stellenbosch South Africa 95.3
02 The National University of Singapore Singapore Singapore 93.7
03 John’s Boys Penycae Cymru 91.7
04 Aroha Junior Choir Shillong India 91.3
04 441 Hz Chamber Choir Gdansk Poland 91.3
06 Cor Merched Sir Gar Sir Gaerfyrddin Cymru 90.3
07 Seattle Girls Choir Seattle USA 88
08 Quintessential Vocal Ensemble St. John’s Canada 87
09 Cywair Castellnewydd Emlyn Cymru 86.7
10 Hallmark of Harmony Sheffield England 86
11 Reine Männersache Zellhausen Mainhausen Germany 85.7
12 Phoenix Girls Chorus, Cantabile Phoenix, Arizona USA 85.3
12 Gimnazija Kranj Girls’ Choir Kranj Slovenia 85.3
14 Girls Choir of Musamari Choral School Tallinn Estonia 85
15 Calgary Girls Choir Calgary Canada 84.3
16 Ladybrook Singers Stockport England 83.3
17 Tees Valley Youth Choir Teeside England 81.3

A4 Male Voice Choir

Saturday 7 July

Position Group Name Place Country Marks
01 Froncysyllte Male Voice Choir Llangollen Wales 89.3
02 Reine Männersache Zellhausen Mainhausen Germany  88
03 Johns’s Boys Penycae Wales 87.3
04 Golden Gate Men’s Chorus San Francisco USA 87
05 Brythoniaid Male Voice Choir Blaenau Ffestiniog Wales 86.3
06 Liederkranz Netphen Netphen Deutschland 85.3
06 Peterborough Male Voice Choir Peterborough England 85.3
08 The Macclesfield Male Voice Choir Macclesfield England 81.3

C4 Cultural Showcase

Saturday 7 July

Position Group Name Place Country Marks
01 Mother Touch Dance Group Harare Zimbabwe 84
02 Al-Izhar High School Pondok Labu Jakarta Indonesia 81.7
03 Corryvrechan (Scottish Dance Display Team) Bristol Scotland 80
04 Real Folk Cultural International Academy Punjab India 78.7
05 Spraoi Castleblayney Republic of Ireland 77
06 Gabhru Panjab de Panjab India 77

A1 Mixed Choirs

Saturday 7 July

Position Group Name Place Country Marks
01 Stellenbosch University Choir Stellenbosch South Africa 92
02 441 Hz Chamber Choir Gdansk Poland 89.7
03 Cywair Castellnewydd Emlyn Cymru 87.7
04 Ensemble Vocal Hamburg Germany 87
04 The National University of Singapore Singapore Singapore 87
06 Quintessential Vocal Ensemble St. John’s Canada 86.3
07 Sonomento MacPhail Center for Music USA 83.7
08 Mahidol University Choir Bangok Thailand 82

Arian Teleheal and Sara Rowbotham Named Winners of Rotary Peace Award

Arian Teleheal wins the international award, while the national accolade is presented to Sara Rowbotham for her outstanding work with the Rochdale Crisis Intervention Team for the NHS

A charity that uses volunteer doctors from the UK and US to advise their colleagues in war zones and low resource countries using encrypted social media has won the Rotary International Peace Award.

Dr. Waheed Arian and the Arian Teleheal charity was awarded the accolade, which is sponsored by Typhoo Tea, during the renowned International Celebration concert at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod on Thursday 5th July.

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C2 Choregraphed/ Stylized Folk Dance Group

Friday 6 July

Position Group Name Place Country Marks
01 Gabhru Panjab de panjab India 94
02 Real Folk Cultural International Ac Punjab India 89.7
03 Al- Izhar High School Pondok Labu Jakarta Indonesia 85.7
04 Corryvrechan (Scottish Dance Disp) Bristol Scotland 84

A2 Youth Choirs

Friday 6 July

Position Group Name Place Country Marks
01 Stellenbosch University Choir Stellenbosch South Africa 95.7
02 The National University of Singapore Singapore Singapore 94
03 Tring Park 16 Tring England 91.3
04 Quintessential Vocal Ensemble St. John’s Canada 91
05 Cos Merched Sir Gar Caerfyrddin Wales 90.7
06 Mahidol University Choir Bangok Thailand 89