Three students from Dalry recently entered the Rotary Young Musician of the Year Competition. This is an opportunity for young instrumentalists and singers to showcase their talent, see others of similar standards perform and improve their own performance skills.
The first heat is at local level and the Rotary Club of Castle Douglas held this at Castle Douglas High School on Thursday 8th Feb. There were a total of thirteen performers from both Dalry and Castle Douglas, playing and singing everything from classical to traditional, through ragtime and folk – some more confident than others, but all striving to do their best.
Hardie Walker was the first Dalry pupil to play and gave us some Pink Floyd on electric guitar, which certainly woke us all up. Hardie always sets himself challenges and he did very well- he is a musician to look out for in the future. Next up from Dalry was Rory Newbery who is sitting his N5 music this year. He played Prelude in C by Bach – a very musical performance full of dynamics (louds/ quiets). He found playing a new piano without practising on it first a bit strange but coped really well. The last performer from Dalry was James Wallace who sang ‘Will Ye No Come Back Again?’.
After the judge went away to consider her verdict all of the students chatted to their fellow competitors, which was great. Finally the results were announced and the Instrumental Award was won by a student from CDHS. The Vocal Award however went to James Wallace, who was also given the Silverware as the overall winner.
