The 107th Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts attracted talent from across the valley and beyond.

Venues in Ilkley played host to a wide variety of competitive speech, drama and music classes, and the annual festival once again boasted an assortment of workshops.

Local residents were invited to attend the classes to give performers, many of them children, an appreciative audience to play to, and the Ilkley Parish Council Evening of Vocal Delight, on May 17, featured performances of songs from the shows, old-time music hall, pop star singers and cabaret solos.

A solo musician and a speech and drama performer were selected to go on to represent the Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts at the Festivals Championships.

Han Zhao was chosen as solo musician, and David Paynes from the speech and drama performer section.

Two festival competitors were also awarded a Denis Sharp Bursary to pay for them to attend prestigious summer schools.

Katy Metheringham was chosen to attend the BISY Summer School in Speech & Drama, and Freddie Butterfield gained a bursary to attend the Scunthorpe Musical Festival Summer School.

Special trophies will be awarded at the Festival Celebration Concert next Wednesday at 7pm in Christchurch, Ilkley. Tickets cost £5 and are on sale at the Grove Bookshop and on the door.

The festival results are as follows:

Saturday May 11 Riddings Hall Folk Song 15 & under, 1 Grace Currie, Settle 2 Jasmine Colgan, Haworth, 3 Sarah Burrows, Steeton. Vocal Duet 15 & under, 1 Grace Currie & Emma Austen, Settle, 2 Alexander Wright & Poppy Stiles, Ilkley. Songs from the Shows 12 & under 1 Rachael Conlon, Ilkley, 2 Emily Mayo, Addingham, 3= Ben Kelt, Ilkley and Isabel Smeaton, Ilkley. Songs from the Shows 15 & under 1 Alice Wright, Wetherby, 2 Grace Currie, Settle, 3 Clementine Hall, Ilkley. North Indian Classical Vocal Solo 6 - 8 years 1 Simran Obhan. North Indian Light Classical Vocal Solo 14 - 18 years, 1 Kethaki Prathivadi, Halifax. North Indian Classical Instrumental 9 - 13 years 1 Gursimran Kaur Virdee, Leeds, 2 Daya Singh Gill, Leeds, 3 Sarbjeet Kaur, Manchester. South Indian Classical Vocal Solo 14 - 18 years 1 Kethaki Prathivadi, Halifax. North Indian Classical Instrumental Solo 14 - 18 years 1 Sehaj Singh. North Indian Classical Ensemble 9 - 13 years 1 Sitar Sitaras, Manchester.

Monday May 13 Christchurch Memorised Prose Year 2 1 Henry Titchmarsh, Harrogate, 2 Lola Henderson, Menston, 3= Cecily Watkins, Bradford; Charlie Cain, Menston; India Burns, Ilkley. Prepared Prose Reading 9 & under 1 Ben Woollin, Menston, 2 Amy Dixon, Menston, 3= James Lowans, Menston and Lucy Tarring, Ilkley. Prepared Prose Reading 8 & under 1 Jack Hemsley, Menston, 2 Megan Twigger, Menston, 3= Matilda Baldwin, Menston and Melina Shillito, Bradford. Prepared Prose Reading 11 & under 1 Evelyn Malir, Menston, 2= Olivia Ashworth, Menston, and Maurice Baldwin, Menston, 3= Katie Turland, Menston; Charlotte Gulley, Menston; Lauren Leech, Ilkley. Sight Reading 13 & under 1 Alice Bourgeois, Ilkley, 2 Beatrice Nelson, Ilkley, 3 Olivia Mitchell, Ilkley. Duologue NAL 1 Freddie Butterfield & Jolie Rooks, Bradford, 2 Charlotte Barnard & Katy Metheringham, Knaresborough, 3 David Paynes & Caitlin Mawhinner, Knaresborough. Solo Characterisation 13 & under 1 Oscar Hazell, Bradford, 2 Katy Metheringham, Knaresborough, 3 = Maddie Watkins, Bradford & Mabel Vincent, Bradford. Solo Characterisation 15 & under, 1 David Paynes, Knaresborough, 2 Caroline Taylor, Leeds, 3 Rowena Lloyd, Knaresborough. Solo Shakespeare 15 & under, 1 Oscar Hazell, Bradford, 2 = Rowena Lloyd, Knaresborough and Maddie Watkins, Bradford. Poem for Two Speakers NAL, 1 Matthew and Thomas Abel, Ilkley, 2 = Georgia Lee Donaldson & Molly Collins; Jessica Wells and Emily Mayo, Ilkley. Choral Speaking NAL 1 The Troubadours, Shipley. Prepared Prose Reading 14 & under 1 Rowena Lloyd, Knaresborough, 2 Maddie Watkins, Bradford. Solo Recital NAL 1 Pennant Roberts, Altrincham.

Kings Hall 83 Theatre Time 13 & under, 1 Performance Juniors, Burley-in-Wharfedale. Theme 13 & under 1 Burley Juniors (Performance), 2 Otley Speech & Drama. Theme NAL 1 Burley Senior Drama (Performance). Theatre Time NAL 1 Stage 84 Group D, Bradford, 2 Stage 84 Group B, Bradford, 3 Stage 84 Group C, Bradford.

Riddings Hall Verse Speaking Year 2 & under 1 Joshua Marlowe, Burley-in-Wharfedale, 2 Isabel Smeaton, Ilkley, 3 Gregory Nattress, Ilkley.

1b as above 1 Henry Titchmarsh, Harrogate, 2 Edward Westlake, Burley-in-Wharfedale, 3 Cecily Watkins, Bradford. Verse Speaking 7 years & under 1 Abigael McHale, Bradford, 2 Ben Jackson, Burley-in-Wharfedale, 3 Max Barrett, Ilkley. 2b as above 1 Mabel Vincent, Bradford, 2 Poppy Ibbetson, Ilkley, 3 Rebecca Foster, Fulneck. Prepared Prose Reading 10 years & under, 1 Sabrina Spilker, Menston, 2 Katie Proctor, Bradford, 3 Lydia Huby, Bradford. Novice 11 years & under 1 Malikah Afzal, Bradford, 2 Surayyah Mushtaq, Bradford, 3 Shoaib Ibrahim, Bradford. Non-Christian Religious Works Reading 1 Isha Thornton, Bradford, 2 Meliahzah McMahon, Bradford, 3 Adam Mahmood, Bradford. Sight Reading No age limit 1 Barbara Kelly, Shipley, 2 Victoria Brown, Bradford, 3 Connor Philippson, Bradford. Prepared Bible Reading NAL 1 Jean Hughes, Welwyn Garden City, 2 Lydia Huby, Bradford. Prepared Prose Reading NAL 1 Caroline Taylor, Leeds, 2 Victoria Brown, Bradford, 3 Connor Philippson, Bradford. Storytelling NAL 1 Jean Hughes, Welwyn Garden City. Verse Speaking 15 years & under 1 Caroline Taylor. Verse Speaking NAL 1 Barbara Grant, Shipley. Sonnet NAL 1 Rowena Lloyd, Knaresborough. Humorous Verse NAL 1 Oscar Hazell, Bradford, 2 Isabella Eades-Jones, Bradford, 3 Romany Branston, Guiseley. Wharfedale's Got Talent Speech & Drama classes NAL 1 Pennant Roberts, Altrincham for Write a Poem (class 13/3), 2 Winston Williams, Bradford for Pot Pourri, (class 58/1) The Charge of the Light Brigade, 3 Pennant Roberts, Altrincham Public Speaking (class 58/6).

Tuesday May 14 Kings Hall Tuesday Wharfedale's Got Talent Brass Instrumental Solo NAL 1 Ruby Barber, Thirsk, 2 Fergus Straiton, Otley, 3 Daniel Cullen, Otley. Brass Ensemble NAL 1 Wharfe Brass, Otley, 2 Wharfe Brass Trombones, Otley, 3 Wharfe Brass Horns, Otley. Band Class Under 18 1 Wharfe Brass, Otley, 2 Bradford Catholic Schools Brass. Band Class NAL 1 Wharfe Brass, Otley, 2 Bradford Metropolitan Concert Band.

Riddings Hall Verse Speaking 8 years & under 1 Imogen Hearn, Burley-in-Wharfedale, 2 Harry Burns, Burley-in-Wharfedale, 3 Isabelle Murtagh, Harrogate. 3b as above, 1 Isabel Woodward, Ilkley, 2 Oliver Watson, Ilkley, 3 Sam Williams, ilkley. Verse Speaking 9 years & under, 1 Katie Proctor, Fulneck, 2= Samuel Rycroft, Harrogate and Lydia Huby, Bradford, 3= Marissa Gaffney, Fulneck and Olivia Holroyd, Fulneck. Verse Speaking 10 years & under, 1 Esme Banerjee, Harrogate, 2 Ellie Morrison, Harrogate, 3 Alexandra Pilling, Harrogate.

Wednesday May 15 Christchurch Pianoforte Solo 15 & under 1 William Lovell, Ilkley. Pianoforte Trio 14 & under 1 Lucy Goodfellow, Alicia Hartley & Rebecca Nelson, Skipton. Pianoforte Duet 14 & under 1 Matthew Parry & Gemma Timmons, Ilkley, 2 Pippa Simpson & Sarah Yorke, Ilkley, 3 Isabel & Thomas Austin, Ilkley. Pianoforte Solo 17 & under 1 Ben Finlay, Skipton, 2 Matthew Spalding, Bradford, 3 Josie Conti, Skipton. Pianoforte Solo - Mozart NAL 1 Tammas Slater, Guiseley. Hollywood Piano Solo NAL 1 Frank Finlay, Skipton. Jazz Solo NAL 1 Sam Berson, Leeds. Pianoforte Solo 18 & over 1 Josie Conto, Skipton. Pianoforte Solo Recital NAL, 1 Tammas Slater, Guiseley.

Riddings Hall Recorder Solo 9 years & under, 1 Madeleine Evans, Ilkley, 2 Charlotte Cole, Ilkley 3 Amy Brown-Carrera, Ilkley. Junior Mixed Recorder & Instrumental Groups 13 years & Under 1 Moorfield School, Ilkley, 2 Fulneck Prep School Band, Leeds. Junior Ensemble 13 years & under 1 Moorfield String Ensemble, Ilkley Thursday May 16 Christchurch Pianoforte Solo 9 ~& under 1 Angus Lovell, Ilkley, 2= Katy Thompson, Skipton & Abigail Hutchinson, Skipton, 3= Funmi Ogunde, Bradford; Jacob Whiteley-Guest, Bradford; Ellie Koral, Ilkley. Pianoforte Duet 10 & under 1 Nathan and Isaac Li, Bradford, 2 Evie Kitching & Scarlett Hale, Keighley, 3 Beth Hardaker & Joe Braithwaite, Ilkley. Pianoforte Duet 12 & under 1 Ben Bearpark & Ben Watson, Ilkley. Pianoforte Trio 10 & under 1 Lawrence Wade, James Adam and Tabitha Wood, Ilkley, 2 Freya Hartley, Olivia Mitchell & Amy Gott, Skipton. Pianoforte Solo 10 & under 1 Emelye Gill, Bradford, 2 Hannah Crookes, Bradford, 3 Aditya Sai Tangirala, Leeds. Pianoforte Solo 11 & under 1 Hazel Fraser, Leeds, 2 Sam Harris, Ilkley, 3 Patrick Crossley, Leeds. Pianoforte Solo 12 & under 1 Matthew Johnson, Bradford, 2 Hazel Fraser, Leeds, 3 Patrick Crossley, Leeds. Diploma - Instrumental Solo 1 Mata Williams, Bradford (Piano). Pianoforte Solo 14 & under 1 Ben Bearpark, Ilkley, 2 Pippa Simpson, Ilkley, 3= William Lovell & Desideria Sardelli, Ilkley. Pianoforte Solo 16 & under 1 William Lovell, Ilkley, 2 Jack Lupton, Yeadon, 3 Kethaki Prathivadi, Halifax. Pianoforte Solo 14 & under 1 Gemma Timmons, Ilkley, 2 Hazel Fraser, Leeds, 3 Ben Finlay, Skipton.

Riddings Hall Junior Orchestra 13 & under 1 Bradford Grammar Junior School Orchestra, Wharfedale's Got Talent 12 years & under 1 Hannah Wakefield, Leeds Violin, 2 Hannah Crookes, Bradford, 3 Abigail Roche, Skipton Alto Saxophone. Wharfedale's Got Talent 18 & under, 1 Sophia Wakefield, Leeds Oboe. Wharfedale's Got Talent 14 & under 1 Hannah Wakefield, Leeds Clarinet. Duet any instrument 17 & under 1 Sophia & Hannah Wakefield, Leeds. Wharfedale's Got Talent NAL 1 Sophia Wakefield, Leeds Violin. Classical Guitar Solo 12 & under 1 Patrick Haywood, Bradford, 2 Jacob Harris, Bradford, 3 Harry Pope, Bradford. Classical Guitar Solo 15 & under, 1 Daniel Chivers, Ilkley. Classical Guitar Ensemble NAL 1 The Late Starters, Leeds. Duet, any instruments NAL 1 Alice Spencer & Carol Baxter, Huddersfield. Recorder Groups NAL 1 Hilton Recorder Consort, Leeds. Adult Ensemble NAL 1 Valley Flutes, Huddersfield. 123 Adult Chamber Music NAL 1 Valley Flutes Chamber Group, Huddersfield. 128 Family Music-Making 1 Daramy-Williams Ensemble, Bradford. Musical Theatre 13 & under 1 Upstagers Juniors, Ilkley.

Friday May 17 Christchurch Vocal Solo 10 & under 1 Lydia Robson, Ilkley, 2 Isabella Walsh, Fulneck, 3= Ben Kelt & Lyra Weston, Ilkley. Vocal Solo Over Sixties 1 Malcolm Buncher, Morley, 2 Andrea Walker, Harrogate, 3 Lorraine Lee, Bradford. Vocal Solo 14 & under 1 Kethaki Prathivadi, Halifax, 2 Sebastian Storey, Shipley, 3 Colin Shires, Huddersfield. Vocal Solo 17 & under 1 Kethaki Prathivadi, Halifax, 2 Colin Shires, Huddersfield, 3 Matthew Parry, Ilkley. Junior English Song 1 Colin Shires, Hudderfield, 2 Matthew Parry, Ilkley, 3 Kethaki Prathivadi, Halifax. Folk Song NAL 1 Michael Kneale, Isle of Man, 2 Hilda Harrison, Cononley. Gilbert & Sullivan NAL 1 Malcolm Buncher, Morley, 2 Michael Kneale. Victorian or Edwardian Ballad NAL 1 Michael Kneale, Isle of Man, 2 Malcolm Buncher, Morley, 3 Sandy Young, Carlops.

Friday Kings Hall School Choirs 11 & under (excluding BMDC), 1 Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School, Heckmondwike, 2 Fulneck Prep School Choir, 3 Gateways School Preparatory Choir, Harewood. School & Youth Choirs Under 19 1 St Bede's Vocal Ensemble, Bradford. School Choirs 13 & under, 1 Clayton CE Primary School Choir, Bradford. School Choirs 9 & under 1 Wakefield Girls' High School Under 9 Choir, 2 Clayton CE Primary School Choir, Bradford. School Choirs 11 & under (BMDC) 1 Moorfield School, Ilkley, 2 St Anne's School Choir, Keighley, 3 Clayton CE Primary School Choir, Bradford.

The Craiglands Championship Cup (School Choirs) Moorfield School Riddings Hall The Entertainer NAL 1 Dominic Sowa, Harrogate. Cabaret Group NAL 1 DanSing, Wetherby. Pop Star Solo 1 Grace Nixon, Ilkley, 2 Sarah Burrows, Steeton, 3 Polly Chapman, Skipton. Songs from the Shows NAL 1 William Leaf Puvanesan, Wetherby, 2 Faye Weerasinghe, Harrogate, 3 Harry French, Ilkley. Cabaret Solo NAL 1 Faye Weerasinghe, Harrogate, 2 Kayleigh Newsome, Leeds, 3 Alice Wright, Wetherby. Old Time Music Hall NAL 1 Alice Wright, Wetherby, 2 William Leaf Puvanesan, Wetherby, 3 Hilda Harrison, Cononley.

Saturday May 18 Christchurch Vocal Solo Choristers 12 & under 1 Alexander Wright, Burley-in-Wharfedale. Vocal Solo Choristers 15 & under 1 Alexander Wright, Burley-in-Wharfedale. Oratorio Solo NAL 1 Malcolm Buncher, Morley, 2 Ann Wilkes, Huddersfield, 3 Andrea Walker, Harrogate. Italian Song NAL 1 Malcolm Buncher, Morley, 2 Stefan Grant, Sutton-in-Craven, 3 Ann Wilkes, Huddersfield. Lieder in German NAL 1 Stefan Grant, Sutton-in-Craven, 2 Joy Foster, Preston, 3 Sandy Young, Carlops. Solo Song Recital NAL 1 Ann Wilkes, Huddersfield, 2 Stefan Grant, Sutton-in-Craven, 3 Hilda Harrison, Cononley.

Kings Hall Vocal Groups NAL 1 The Select Few, Burley-in-Wharfedale. Barbershop Quartet or Group NAL 1 Big County Chorus, Bingley, 2= Spotlight and Stray Sound, Bingley. Rutter Choral NAL 1 The Police Male Voice Choir, Northern Ireland, 2 The Rodillian Singers, Morley. Female Voice Choirs NAL 1 Rodillian Singers, Morley, 2 Bradford Catholic Girls' Choir. Male Voice Choirs NAL 1 Shipley Musical Union Male Voice Choir, 2= Bradford Catholic Boys Choir and the Police Male Voice Choir, Northern Ireland.

Riddings Hall Premier Vocal Solo NAL 1 Ann Wilkes, Huddersfield, 2 Stefan Grant, Sutton-in-Craven, 3 Hilda Harrison, Cononley. Operatic Solo NAL 1 Ann Wilkes, Huddersfield, 2 Ruby Hendry, Guiseley, 3 Malcolm Buncher, Morley. Vocal Duet NAL 1 Dalton Wood & Emma Williams, Ilkley, 2 Rosamund Spencer & Gitanjali Aishwarya. British Composers Song NAL, 1 Ann Wilkes, Huddersfield, 2 Malcolm Buncher, Morley, 3= Grace Currie, Settle and Sandy Young, Carlops. Purcell Song NAL 1 Sue Beever, Harrogate, 2 Sandy Young, Carlops.

Special Trophies: Henry Gill Memorial Trophy for the most promising singer under 25 - Ann Wilkes. HSBC Bank Rose Bowl - Ann Wilkes. Geoffrey Ingle Trophy for the most outstanding performance in the violin classes - Hannah Wakefield. The Mawson Memorial Trophy for the most promising pianist under 18 - Tammas Slater. AA Tuners & Restorers Trophy for the most outstanding piano performance overall - Han Zhao. The Ashbrook Memorial Trophy for the most promising pianist under 12 - Alexandra Keeley. Yorkshire TV Premier Award (Music) for the most outstanding performance in the music section - Han Zhao. Patricia Price Memorial Trophy for the most promising young musician - Alexandra Keeley. Edith Atkinson Trophy for the most promising verse speaker - Caroline Taylor. Phyllis Read Memorial Trophy for the most outstanding performance in the Shakespeare classes - Oscar Hazell. The Yorkshire TV Premier Award (Speech & Drama) for the most outstanding performance in the Speech and Drama section - David Paynes. The Mary Kilduff Plate to an outstanding performer in the speech and drama section - Jean Hughes. The Wayman Sonnet Bowl for the most outstanding performance in the sonnet class - Rowena Lloyd. The Sylvia Greenwood Memorial Trophy for the most outstanding performance in the Theatre classes - Stage 84 Group D, The Co-operative Cup to an outstanding performance in the Asian music classes - Sehaj Singh. The Co-operative Trophy for the most outstanding collaborative effort - DanSing. The Arthur Wilson Memorial Prize - Ann Wilkes.

The Ilkley Parish Council Cup (awarded Friday night) William Leaf Puvanesan. The Festivals Championships nomination to a solo musician to represent the Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts - Han Zhao and to a speech and drama performer - David Paynes.