Kingaroy State School teacher Jill Cartmill was “very, very proud” of her Year 5 choir today who sung a medley of “Pack Up Your Troubles” and “It’s A Long Way To Tipperary”; the students had prepared the piece for Anzac Day and decided to enter it into the eisteddfod; pictured are some of the choir members, back row, Savannah Blackmore, Chelsea Whye, Chloee Chimes and Ethan Thomson; middle row, Isaac Walk and Brodie Turner; front row, Jordy Hodgson, Angelina Phillips-Petersen and Jasmine Whye

May 9, 2013

The 81st Kingaroy Eisteddfod is building to a crescendo with competitors getting reading for the massive closing concert this weekend.

The concert will be held at Kingaroy Town Hall from 7:00pm on Saturday (May 11).

Tickets are $15 for a family or $7 adults / $5 concession. There’ll also be a lucky door prize and raffles.

Kingaroy Town Hall has been hosting the eisteddfod since April 30, with schoolchildren from throughout the region – and throughout south-east Queensland – competing daily in Speech and Drama, Dance, Vocals and Keyboard, Instrumental and Literature.

Today it was the turn of the choirs, with children from Kingaroy State School, Kumbia State School, St John’s Lutheran School, St Mary’s Catholic College and Dalby Christian College competing in various age groups.

UPDATE May 10:  Congratulations to the South Burnett Youth Choir who won the Open Choral (Sacred) section last night. Choir members are now heading to Brisbane tomorrow to attend the St Peter’s Lutheran College “Saints & Singers” Invitational Secondary Choral Workshop.

St John’s music teacher Lynette Kersnovski with some of the Year 6-7 choir members, Nathan Wood, Shakira Walters, Sianne Norris and Cheyanne Baker; the choir sang “Humpty Dumpty”  

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