The eighty seventh annual Drumheller Music Festival is set for the week of March 20 - 30.
Lynn Edwards, festival organizer, told inSide Drumheller, “This is the eighty seventh year Drumheller has had the music festival. There are little ones up to adults competing. We have had as young as 3 years old compete and as old as a 78-year-old musician play the piano before.”
According to Edwards, people come from as far as Okotoks and Brooks to compete. Piano, choir, band, speech, dance, and musical drama are just some of the disciplines that will be featured at this year’s festival. All sessions will be held at the Kaleidoscope Theatre with the exception of piano. Piano will be held at the BCF.
Edwards told inSide Drumheller that professional adjudicators come from Calgary and Edmonton to judge first, second, and third place for each individual discipline.
The final concert is slated for 7:00 PM on Friday March 31. The concert will include top performances as well as the award ceremony. Scholarships, anywhere from $25 - $250, will also be handed out to those who qualify.
Edwards said, “It’s not necessarily the winners who perform in the final concert but the most entertaining and everyone is welcome to come and watch. Programs will be available at Riverside Value Drug Mart and Wade’s Jewellery.”
