It was great to experience the performances of these original songs based on the themes “Birdsong” or “The Pecking Order”. Plans had been put on hold in March due to COVID.
The audience lapped up pieces that ranged from ballads to rock and rap. As always, it was heartening to see older, more experienced musicians lending their skills to the younger counterparts and playing and singing backing vocals.
Congratulations to Primary winners Gabrielle Moyle and Lily Edwards with their song Fly Away and Secondary winners Jordan Snowden with his song Red P’s and Patrick Gutheridge with his song Sightless. Judges Anna Kerrigan, Ruth McRae and Dominic Moore were incredibly impressed with the standard of entries. The future of songwriting is safe.
Primary School Category Finalists:
Year 6 Blue students from St Mary’s Primary School, Warners Bay
Year 6 Maroon students from St Joseph’s Primary School, Kilaben Bay
Lily Edwards and Gabrielle Moyle from St Mary’s Primary School, Warners Bay
Year 3 Blue student from St Mary’s Primary School, Warners Bay
Winner/s: Lily Edwards and Gabrielle Moyle, St Mary’s Primary School, Warners Bay
Secondary School Category Finalists:
Patrick Guthridge, St Clare’s High School, Taree
Leila Kelly and Jake Porter, St Bede’s Catholic College, Chisholm
Jazmin Trappel, St Dominic’s Centre, Mayfield
Ava Buffier, St Joseph’s High School, Aberdeen
Jamie Pockran, St Paul’s Catholic College, Booragul
Serafina Angeli, St Francis Xavier’s College, Hamilton
Mackenzie Thomson, All Saints College, St Peter’s Campus, Maitland
Leianna McCloy, St Francis Xavier’s College, Hamilton
Jordan Snowden, St Francis Xavier’s College, Hamilton
Xavier Fogarty, Elijah Mcnamarra, Rylan Thompson and Aidan Alexander, St Pius X High School, Adamstown
Seren Everingham, St Clare’s High School, Taree
Winner/s: Patrick Guthridge, St Clare’s High School, Taree
Jordan Snowden, St Francis Xavier’s College, Hamilton
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