
The 2013 edition of the Peace River North Festival came to a close on Sunday night with the "Best fo the Fest" Honour Concert, a sampling of some outstanding performances from the week of the festival as chosen by adjudicators Sylvia Shadick-Taylor, John White, Heath Onstine, Kerry Lynn Turner and Julie Tomaino. The adjudicators may not have enjoyed our weather, but they had nothing but praise for the efforts the performing artists of the region. The evening included the Northern Lights Youth Choir and, for the first time, the Northern Winds Community Band along with performance in piano, violin, guitar, banjo, speech, trumpet and many forms of dance by dancers from Fort St. John, Dawson Creek and Fort Nelson. Some of the dancers of Aurora Dance Centre in Fort Nelson had driven as far as Wonowon when they got the word that they had been chosen for the show, and they turned around and came back to be a part of the evening.
The final evening also included the announcement of our provincial delegates and presentation of the major awards of the festival. Our region will be represented at the BC Performing Arts Festival in Chilliwack by a talented group of delegates, as follows:
Junior Piano Delegate | Wesley Kao Phan | |
Piano Observer | Luke Noble | |
Guitar Observers | Colson Fellers | Myles Hanna |
Dance Category | Dance Delegate | Alternate |
Ballet I | Darcee Mora | Emily Cui |
Ballet II | Tennille Johnson | |
Ballet III | Shiau Shan Kao Phan | |
Stage I | Lenore Loewen | Abby White |
Stage II | Keily Stewart | Takisha Johnson |
Stage III | Katherine Grimes | Erin Maxfield |
Modern II | Morgan Mora | Zahria Stokes |
Modern III | Sonja Beale | Milanne Desfosses |
Music Awards
Piano Category | Winner |
Junior Classical | Christy Stephens |
Senior Classical | Wesley Kao Phan |
Canadian | Spencer Prieur |
Junior Romantic | Rachelle Troyer |
Senior Romantic | Wesley Kao Phan |
Baroque | Wesley Kao Phan |
Junior Popular | Clayton Fehr |
Senior Popular | Luke Noble |
Junior 20th Century | Terrence Zhou |
Senior 20th Century | Luke Noble |
Duet | Shiau Shan & Wesley Kao Phan |
Junior Adjudicator's Award | Rachelle Troyer |
Intermediate Adjudicator's Award | Luke Noble |
Senior Adjudicator's Award | Wesley Kao Phan |
Junior Strings | Abigail Ryder |
Senior Strings | Katie Haab |
Guitar & Banjo | Colson Fellers |
Vocal Solo | Kay Leesa Fehr |
Instrumental | Heather McAleney |
Dance Awards
Adjudicator's Award | Morgan Mora |
Dance Excellence, 13 & over | Shiau Shan Kao Phan |
Runner-up | Tennille Johnson |
Dance Excellence, 12 & under | Lenore Loewen |
Runner-up | Darcee Mora |
Most Promising, 13 & over | Keily Stewart |
Most Promising, 12 & under | Emily Cui |
Love of Dance | Shianne Fairlie |
Camaraderie Award | Sydney Decker |
Light up the Stage | Darcee Mora |
Top Group Dance | Kiwanis Performing Arts Centre |
Most Entertaining Dance | The Move Dance Centre |
Duo Excellence Ballet, 13 & over | Ashley White & Bailey Taylor |
Duo Excellence Ballet, 12 & under | Ally Dietz & Ashlyn Taylor |
Duo Excellence Stage, 13 & over | Elan Miller-Jeannotte & Lauren Hrab |
Duo Excellence Stage, 12 & under | Mackenzie Gosling & Darcee Mora |