Recipients
of 2016 Awards and Scholarships
DANCE
Scholarships provided by Port
Colborne Festival of the Arts
Highest Score in Junior Tap or Jazz Small Group
“Gone” – Peacock
School of Dance
Highest Score in
Senior Tap or Jazz Small Group
“Budapest ”
– Dance Expressions Inc.
Highest
Mark in Tap or Jazz Solo Classes
Chloe Scott – Peacock School
of Dance
Highest Mark in a Medium Group – Any Category
“Rain Forest” – Peacock
School of Dance
Scholarships provided by Wilson,
Opatovsky Barristers & Solicitors
Senior Lyrical Solo
Sydney Foster – Peacock School of Dance
Senior Ballet Solo
Jasmyn Cote – Dance Expressions
Inc.
Miss Val Wilson Memorial Scholarship
Highest Mark in Ballet Small Group Classes
“Sicilienne” – Dance Expressions
Inc.
Highest Mark in Pointe Small Group Classes
“Polka” – Dance Expressions Inc.
Andrew Koroway Memorial Award
Highest Mark in Ethnic Small Group Classes
“Celtic Twist” – Tara’s School of Highland Dance
Dot Blakely Memorial Award provided
by the Port Colborne
Operatic Society
Highest Score in Senior Tap or
Jazz
Jessica Holman – Peacock School of Dance
Awards of Merit
Choreography Award – “Hit the
Deck” Peacock School of Dance
Picture Perfect Teamwork – “The
Highlands” Tara’s School of Highland Dance
Light Up the Stage – Christina
Lucas “Imma Bee” Dunnville
Dance Centre
Creative Concept – “Minion
Mashup” Peacock School of Dance
VOCAL
Port Colborne Festival of the Arts
Scholarship
Highest Mark in Vocal Classes for 1 or 2 years of lessons
Addison Doucet
Robert Wood Singers Scholarship
Highest Mark in Junior Vocal
Ashley Christopher
Robert Wood Scholarship
Highest Mark in Intermediate Vocal
Classes
Theran Reid
Don Horne Memorial Scholarship
Highest Mark in Senior Vocal (not
entered)
Vera
Wolfenden Memorial Scholarship
Welland/Port Colborne Branch of ORMTA and Port Colborne Music Club
Highest Mark in Grade 7 or 8
List C Classes (not entered)
Reg Steeves Memorial Scholarship
Highest Mark in Non-Graded Classes
Sierra Orfei
Reg Steeves Memorial Scholarship
Highest Mark in Open Vocal Classes
Rachel Gracey and
Ashley Kennedy
Scholarship for Concert Class in
Honour of our teacher, Linda Caldwell
Donated by Jo-Anna
and Tim Carter
Most Promising Performer in Vocal Concert Classes
Daniel Pisani
Scholarship for Vocal Duet
Donated by Mr. John
Tuck
Highest Mark in Vocal Duet Classes
Erica
Carter and Ryann Wilde
Scholarship for Vocal Trios
Donated by Shades of
Harmony
Highest Mark in Vocal Trio Classes
Rachel Gracey,
Leslie Kennedy, Ashley Kennedy
Port Colborne Festival of the Arts
Scholarship
Donated by Betty Mahaffey
Most Outstanding Performer in Vocal Classes
Rachel Gracey and Danie Pisani
Awards of Merit
Provided by the Port Colborne
Festival of the Arts
Junior – Nahum
Carter-Fickling, Lauren Clarke, Andrew Dominick
INDIVIDUAL VERSE SPEAKING
Dot Fort/Gwen Goss Scholarship
Donated by Port Colborne Operatic
Society
Highest Mark in Individual Verse Speaking
Allan Buri
ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Andrew Koroway Memorial Award for Best Performance by a
Pre-Primary Classroom Choral Speaking
– McKay Public School FDK2
Charles & Anita LaPointe
Scholarship and Award
for Best Performance by a Primary Classroom
Choral Speaking – McKay Public School 1FI
Robert Wood Singers Scholarship
and Award for
Best Performance by a Primary School Choir –
Port Colborne Festival of the Arts
Scholarship and Award
for Best Performance by an
Intermediate Classroom Choral Speaking – Garrison Road
Public School
Harbour Lite Singers Scholarship
and Award for
Best Performance by an Intermediate
School Choir –
Harbour Lite Singers Scholarship and Award for Best
Performance by an Elementary School
Choir – St.
John Bosco Elementary School
Canadian Federation of University
Women Welland for Best Performance by a Junior
Classroom Choral Speaking – McKay Public School Grade 5FI
Canadian Federation of University
Women Welland for Best Performance by a Junior
Classroom Choir – St.
Patrick Catholic Elementary School
Grade 5
Lois Leach Memorial Scholarship
and Award for
Best Performance by an Intermediate Classroom
Choir – St. Patrick
Catholic Elementary School Grade 6/7
Junior/Intermediate School Choir
– McKay Public School
(under 25) – Port Colborne High School
Port Colborne Festival of the Arts
Scholarship and Award
for Best Elementary Classroom
Instrumental Performance by a Primary Class (donated this
year by the LaPointe family) – McKay Public School Grade 1FI
Port Colborne Festival of the Arts
Scholarship and Award
for Best Elementary Classroom
Instrumental Performance by a Junior Class (donated this
year by the LaPointe family) – McKay Public School Grade 4FI
Instrumental Performance by an Intermediate Class (donated
this year by the Koroway family) – McKay Public School Grade 6/7FI
Port Colborne Festival of the Arts
Scholarship and Award
for Best Elementary School Ensemble
Performance by Juniors (donated this year by Port Colborne
Chorale) – St. Joseph Catholic School
Port Colborne Festival of the Arts
Scholarship and Award
for Best Elementary School Ensemble
Performance by Intermediates (donated this year by Port
Colborne Chorale) – McKay Public School
Ensemble No.2
Port Colborne Festival of the Arts
Scholarship and Award
for Best Performance by a Junior Band
(donated by Port Colborne Operatic Society) – Denis Morris
Catholic High
School
Port Colborne Festival of the Arts
Scholarship and Award
for Best Performance by a Concert Band
(donated by Port Colborne Operatic Society) – Lakeshore Catholic
High School
Port Colborne Festival of the Arts
Scholarship and Award
for Best Performance by a Jazz Band
(donated by Port Colborne Operatic Society) – Port
Colborne High School
Port Colborne Festival of the Arts
Scholarship and Award
for Best Performance by an Instrumental
Ensemble (donated by Port Colborne Operatic Society) – Port Colborne High School - Pulse
COMPOSITION
John Michael Martin Memorial Award
Donated by John
& Diane Martin
Most Promising Composer in Composition Classes
Ryan Baxter
INSTRUMENTAL
Individual Instrumental
Scholarship
Donated by Andrea Dickson Foebel
Highest Mark in Individual
Instrumental Classes
Arianna Dodds
PIANO SCHOLARSHIPS
ORMTA Scholarships
Highest March in Junior Piano
Patrick Li
Highest Mark in ORMTA Junior Piano
Emilio Geremia
Highest Mark in ORMTA
Intermediate Piano
Alexander Hobbs
Highest Mark in ORMTA Senior
Piano
Rowena Hobbs
Port Colborne Festival of the Arts
Scholarship
Highest Mark in Piano Classes for Students with 1 or 2 yrs
or less of lessons
Randall Marsh
Highest Mark in Classes for Young Students- 9 yrs &
under
Ava VanderWerf
Muriel Wallis Memorial Scholarship
Highest Mark in Quick Study Classes
Mary-Maria Bourdeau
Ruth & Walter J. Smith
Memorial Award
Highest Mark in Intermediate Piano Classes
Adeline Willett
Christopher Bennett Memorial
Scholarship
Most Promising Performer in Popular Piano Classes
Kolton Anger
Julie Salanki Memorial Scholarship
Highest Mark in Jazz Classes
Trinity Robbins
Gwen Mewburn Memorial Scholarship
Donated by the Port Colborne Music Club
Highest mark in a Sonata Class
Patrick Li
Canadian Composer Scholarship
Highest Mark in Canadian Composer Classes
Emilio Geremia
Concerto Scholarship
Donated by Paul
& Margie Feduck
Carter Feduck
Donated by John & Diane Martin
Most Promising Performers in
Composition Classes
Allan Buri
Lois Noxel Scholarship
Highest Mark in Study Classes
Mary-Maria Bordeau
Highest Mark in Senior Piano Classes
Mary-Maria Bourdeau
Beverly Jamieson Concert Trophy
Highest Mark in Junior Concert Classes
Cora House
Highest Mark in Intermediate Concert Classes
Duncan Macfarlane
Rivoli Iesulauro Senior Concert
Trophy
Highest Mark in Senior Concert Classes
Daphene Wen
Alice
McIntosh Memorial Scholarship
Provided by Port Colborne Festival of
the Arts
Highest Mark in Grade 9 Classes
Jessie Feng
Elizabeth Wilson-Black Memorial
Scholarship
Donated by Welland/Port
Colborne ORMTA and Port Colborne
Music Club
Highest Mark in Advanced Piano Classes- Gr. 10 and over
Ryan Baxter
Pat & Dora Macdonald Memorial
Scholarship for Piano Duets
Highest Mark in Duet Classes
Allan Buri and Alex
DeAngelis
Two Pianos – Twelve Hands
Scholarship
Donated by Paul
& Margie Feduck
Adeline
Willett, Isabella Daneyko, Sam Massey, Cora House, Faith Dehghan, Sydney Torkos
Zelma Lymburner Memorial Piano
Ensemble Scholarship
Highest Mark in Piano Trio Classes
Adeline
Willett, Isabella Daneyko, Cora House
Douglas Burr Memorial Scholarship
Most Outstanding Performer in Piano Classes
Aidan Witvoet
Awards of Merit
Junior – Ciara Thorne, Ishin Tsutsui, Kali Love MacDonald,
Ethan Torkos
Senior – Yumeng Li, Daphene Wen