Winners from the 2025 festival

This year’s festival was another great success, celebrating local talent in music, drama and dance. The Gala Concert brought together the best performances, and the full list of results and highlights can now be viewed online.

Visit the 2025 Festival page for photos, the syllabus, the full programme, gala programme, and the full trophy winners list.

Winners from the 2024 festival

SPEECH & DRAMA

• Cup for Speech (Yr 6 & under) Gian Tarr
• Vinson Cup for Speech (Yrs7-9) Zara Ansari
• Mary Raven Cup for Speech (yrs 10 and above) Joanna Duraisingham
• McCleesh Cup - Reading Aloud at Sight Alyssa Yeung
• Charles Dickens Plate Jane Daulman
• Franks Trophy for Bible Reading (Year 8 and under) Cosmin Popescu
• Margate Bible Society Cup (Year 9 and above) Jerusha Duraisingham
• Lesley Nixon Shield for Choral Speech Not Awarded
• Thanet Stage School Shield for Mime Joseph Baker/Lexie Durrant/Tate Shepherd
• Gold Cup for Dramatic Achievement Tilda Burgess
• Dramatis Personnae Cup for Shakespeare Not Awarded
• The Chidwick Cup for Duologue Aimee Hougham & Elliot Frost
• Roxanne Nixon Cup for Solo Dramatic Recital Not Awarded
• The Mary Lord Cup for Group Drama Not Awarded
• The Lanes' (South East) Ltd Cup for overall achievement Mabel Dunbar-Brunton/Lila Grady/Suri Lear

VOCAL

• Gandolfo Cup (11 & under-Girls) Frances Newman
• Eileen Vesey Cup (13 & under-Girls) Zara Ansari
• Cup for Solo-(Girls, 16 & under) Libby Field
• Rosebowl -Solo (18 & under) Ruby Richardson
• Prebble trophy (Boys Set Solo) Freddie Walters
• Prebble Trophy (Junior, Art Song) Jack Baldwin
• Metronome (Art Song, Own Choice, senior) Gabriella Margaret Barnes
• Light Opera Cup (11 & under - Junior) Sohayla Takalobighashi
• Light Opera Cup (13 & under - Junior) Oliver Milchard
• Regan Cup (Light Opera-16& under) Mollie Gardiner
• Light Opera Cup (18 & under) Charlie Palmer-Lowdell
• Cup for Vocal Solo & Accompaniment (Junior) Not awarded
• Cup for Vocal Solo & Accompaniment (Senior) Not awarded
• Yvonne Ives Cup for song in a Modern Style Gian Tarr
• Eileen Vesey memorial (Folk Song) Zara Ansari/Ruby Richardson
• Prentice Trophy (Lieder) Marika Landy
• Senior Citizens' Trophy Not awarded
• Edith Pritchard Memorial Cup (Highest Mark-adults) Leanne Hardy-Wall
• Adult Light Opera cup Leanne Hardy-Wall
• Thelma Springford Bursary for young accompanist

CHORAL

• Cup for choirs (Year 6 & under) Elite Dance Academy
• Cup for choirs (Yrs. 7-13) Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School
• Cup for choirs (any age) Trinity Graduates
• Myhill Shield for Junior Signing Choirs Inspiration Youth Sign and Sing Choir
• Paul Mills Cup for Adult Signing Choirs Inspiration Adult Sign and Sing Choir

PIANO

• Under 8 Venulya Lande Bandarage
• Under 9 Felix Koller
• Under 10 Felix Koller
• Under 11 (Vivienne Frances) Not awarded
• Under 12 (Mabel Adelaide Gull) Pippa Sharp
• Under 13 Ethan Jennings
• Under 14 Ethan Jennings
• Duet under 10 Not awarded
• Duet under 13 Mabel and Pearl Dunbar-Brunton
• Duet under 16 River Fontanelli and Amalia Mostallino
• Junior Cup (14-16) D'Angelo Lazar
• Senior Cup Emily Borg
• Junior Recital (Martin Cash Prize) Ethan Jennings
• Senior Recital (Emptage Cash Prize) Maximus Anderson
• Blackburn Trophy Douglas Bell
• Millennium Cup D'Angelo Lazar
• Ann Worden Trophy D'Angelo Lazar
• Valerie Jones Trophy Marianne Robinson
• The Kenneth Emptage Bursary Ethan Jennings
• Olive Raven Trophy Emily Borg

INSTRUMENTAL

• Cup for instrumental solo - strings Marianne Robinson
• Valerie Wolfe memorial cup - Duo Oscar Sharp & Daniel Jennings
• Adrienne Gandolfo cup - Recorder solo Not awarded
• Cup for woodwind solo Not awarded
• Bradstow cup for brass solo Not awarded
• Cup for instrumental ensemble - up to 6 players Not awarded
• Gillespie trophy for ensemble - 6+ players Not awarded

DANCE

• Richard George memorial cup Baby Theatre Harper Pay
• Page Barber Cup Baby Classical Millie Copley
• E & C trophy Ava-Rae Timewell
• Warren Trophy Alexandra Kushaba
• Solomons Shield Beau Stylianou
• Thanet District Town Council Zahara Monfries
• Broadstairs Cup Theatre Duets Kaiden & Kami Welling
• Festival cup Classical Duets Kadey Baldry & Zahara Monfries
• Queenie Swan Memorial Trophy Junior Ballet MollieTiley
• Toni Elizabeth Senior Ballet Isabel Hales/Romy Laurens
• Georgia Leigh Junior Tap Darcie Shelton-Smith
• Laura Murray Senior Tap Logan Maynard/Dillon Turner
• LRT National Junior Grace Timewell
• National Senior Tabitha Cole
• Summer Faye Junior Modern Ariana Lock
• Modern Cup Senior Mia Gkikas
• Laurel Cup Greek Zahara Monfries
• GOSH Song & Dance Junior Aimee Hougham
• CDF Song & Dance Senior Amelie Dekker
• Violet Bowler Memorial Junior Lyrical Modern MollieTiley
• Doris Dorban Senior Lyrical Modern Kadey Baldry
• Laura Ruth Junior Character Mia Brooker
• Patricia James Senior Character Zelia Tamulevicius/Lily Walters
• Trios/Quartets Alex Grant, Ayla Fahie, Grace James
• Elliott Gilbert Memorial Cup Most Promising in Song & Dance Molly Green
• Rowe Trophy Best Male Dancer Beau Stylianou
• Johnson's Trophy For Sincerity Elliot Frost
• Genevieve Award Teacher?s Best Choreography Laura Murray for Zelia T's tap
• Sara Bakeri Musicality Alex Grant
• Xara-Mae Shining Star Award 9 years & under Ava-Rae Timewell
• Zelia-Mae Award Most Outstanding Performance Mia Gkikas
• Irene Tandy Memorial Shield For Endeavour Grace Timewell
• David Murray Shining Star 10 - 13 years Lucy James
• Ruth's Memorial Cup Bryson Dekker
• Classical Shield - Junior Groups Not awarded
• Roberts' Trophy - Senior Classical Elite Dance Academy
• James Henry - Junior Troupes Elite Dance Academy
• Robin Winbow - Senior Troupes Elite Dance Academy

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