Kiwanis Music Festival




The Kiwanis Music Festival movement consists of regional music competitions.
These festivals are named after the Kiwanis service clubs which generally support the events in each community. Typically, musicians and speech arts performers at each festival are given the opportunity to perform and compete for scholarships.






Contents






  • 1 Festivals by city


  • 2 Festival participants


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Festivals by city



























































































































City
 Founded
 Website
 Notes

Brantford, Ontario
 1947? (2017 was the 71st and last festival)
[1]
 Brant Music Festival [2], a new music festival, is starting in 2018. Brantford Kiwanis Music Festival was originally Brantford Music Festival.

Barrie, Ontario
 1979
[3]
 Originally the Barrie Music Scholarship Competitions, the local Kiwanis chapter assumed operations in 1987.

Calgary, Alberta
 1917
[4]
 Kiwanis became actively involved in 1954, and was formally named the Kiwanis Music Festival in 1968.[1]

Chatham, Ontario
 1945
[5]

Edmonton, Alberta
 1908
[6]

Guelph, Ontario
 1981
[7]

Halifax, Nova Scotia
 1935
[8]
 Originally entitled Halifax Music Festival.[2]

Kelowna, British Columbia
 1926
[9][permanent dead link]
 Originally the Okanagan Valley Music Festival, which was hosted in a 3-year cycle among Kelowna, Penticton and Vernon. Kelowna's festival became fully autonomous in 1981.[3]

Kingston, Ontario
 1973
[10]

Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
 1948
[11]

Lethbridge, Alberta
 1931? (2008 marks the 78th festival)
[12]
 Originally the Lethbridge Music Festival, the Kiwanis Club has operated the festival since 1953.

London, Ontario
 1959
[13]
 First year a small, limited competition. 2008 is indicated as 40th anniversary, where 1960 was the first of regular annual competitions.

Ottawa, Ontario
 1945
[14]
 Originally Ottawa Music Festival Association until 1985 when Kiwanis became actively involved.[4]

Penticton, British Columbia
 1926
[15]
 Originally the Okanagan Valley Music Festival, which was hosted in a 3-year cycle among Kelowna, Penticton and Vernon.[3]

Peterborough, Ontario
 1946
[16]

Prince Edward Island
 1946
[17]
 Four local festivals (Kings County, Queens County, West Prince and East Prince) lead to provincial finals, then to the national finals.

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
 1952
[18]

Toronto, Ontario
 unknown
[19]
[20]

Vancouver, British Columbia
 1923
[21]
 Originally the Earth Music Festival, established by the fraternal order of the Knights of Pythias. There are several smaller festival events from February each year (Jazz, Concert Band, Choral) leading up to the Main Festival in April.


Festival participants



  • Lara St. John,[5] a London, Ontario-based Kiwanis Festival Winner.


References





  1. ^ Calgary Kiwanis Festival History Archived 2009-02-21 at the Wayback Machine.


  2. ^ Nova Scotia Kiwanis Music Festival Association - history Archived 2008-07-08 at the Wayback Machine.


  3. ^ ab Kelowna Kiwanis Music Festival history[permanent dead link]


  4. ^ Kiwanis Music Festival, NCR: General Information Archived 2004-02-08 at Archive.is


  5. ^ Reaney, James (2 April 2002). "St. John signs Sony deal". Retrieved 2008-02-10..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




External links




  • "Competition festivals". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2018-02-11.


  • Sun Media. "Festivals of music". London Free Press. Archived from the original on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2008-02-10.














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