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Welcome to Holmfirth Musical Festival’s 66th Annual Competition.


Details of the test pieces and classes can be downloaded from the links below.  If you would like to enter, please download also an entry form.  These are in Adobe pdf format, which most browsers can read.  If your computer is unable to download them, you may need to install Adobe Reader .


Please note that there are reduced entry fees for multiple entries by one competitor (see syllabus page 4). 

We hope to have an increased number of entries in the children’s instrumental classes (classes 1, 2 and 3) and if so, we intend to subdivide these classes into woodwind, brass and strings (see page 5)

The children’s choirs class (page 10), revived quite recently, has proved to be very popular.  We are of course pleased with this, but also somewhat embarrassed because the Civic Hall can barely accommodate all the singers and their audience.  We have investigated the possibility of moving this class to a larger venue, but this is not possible.  Accordingly, for Health and Safety reasons, we have decided to limit the number of singers per choir to 35, and we hope that choirs will understand the reason for this.

If you are a trophy holder from the 2010 Festival, we would appreciate its return as you agreed, by August 31st 2011.  In recent years it has been an onerous task for our volunteers to prepare the trophies because of the amount of chasing needed.

We would also appreciate your cooperation in filling in the entry form.  The forms are split up into classes on receipt, and again it takes our volunteers extra time to search for information required to compile the programme when items have been omitted from the form.  Please check that you have included all the items requested for the class you are entering, on each form.

Music can be obtained from all good music shops: locally Octave Above (30 Town Road, Moldgreen, Huddersfield, tel. 01484 431725, who also offer an online service from www.octaveabove.co.uk), or from Dawson’s Music (11-15 Market St. Huddersfield, tel. 01484 427455), or from Musical Notes (7 Norridge Bottom, Holmfirth, tel. 01484 689747).

Note that the Rotary trophy competition is open to young people who reside in the Holmfirth area (defined as being within 7 miles radius of Holmfirth centre), and carries a £250 prize.  Apart from this class, and the choirs classes, none of the other classes carries monetary prizes.

For further information, please email:

 

 amended 15 June 2011