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After six weekends of music covering all genres – piano, brass, orchestral instruments, classical vocal, contemporary vocal, school choirs, and schools instrumental which commenced in May and culminated in the Leila Watson Memorial Championship; Classical and Theatrical Dance commenced on 29th June and ran for fourteen consecutive days finishing on 12th July 2019 with the Foundry Invitational Championship in the evening.

The event was highly successful this year and we can’t wait to facilitate our 95th Annual Eisteddfod in 2020. Growth areas of the competitions continue to be the Contemporary Vocal sections and Dance. For these particular disciplines, people have come in large numbers from across the state and also interstate. The committee hopes in 2020 we see all of our disciplines strengthen and grow in entries so please spread the word.

We’d like to thank each and every one of our competitors, their dedicated families and of course our generous volunteers who selflessly donate their time, energy and talents to ensure the competition continues to run successfully.

Welcome back for our 94th Annual Eisteddfod. We are very excited to be hosting the eisteddfod again this year.
The committee have been hard at work and are happy to say that our schedule is now ready for distribution.
Click on the link above for dates, entry closing dates, venues and adjudicator info.

Do keep an eye on the link above to Stardom for entries opening soon. All entries will be via Stardom and no late entries will be accepted so get your diary out and your entries in!

Could you be our new sponsor???
Big and small, we are looking for sponsors and donations for this year and future years of our eisteddfod to ensure we can continue to support young performers in our region. Please email or call us if you think this interests you

Here’s to an amazing 2019.

Bendigo South East Secondary College Auditorium, The Capital and Ulumbarra Theatres have seen some amazing performances this year. Congratulations to everyone who has performed!

Music is now almost complete with only the Modern Vocal that spans the whole Queen’s Birthday weekend and the prestigious Leila Watson Memorial Music Championship to finalise what has been a highly successful music eisteddfod. We look forward to seeing many familiar faces at this event – both performing and as supportive spectators. See below for more detail! A big thank you to everyone who has entered and supported us thus far.

We soon commence our fourteen days of Dance on Saturday June 30 where we run Morning, Noon and Night! The competition moves to The Capital Theatre on Sunday 8th July for the day. This day concludes with our Stage Spectacular evening. We will be sure to announce when tickets go on sale for the Stage Spectacular – tickets for this event will be purchased through the Capital. Tickets for the morning and afternoon session of Sunday 8th July can be purchased upstairs in the foyer of the Capital on the day. All other dance events will be held at Bendigo South East College; tickets at the door.

As we keep saying, we could not continue to offer young performers this performance opportunity without the support and dedication of our volunteers! From those who have done one session, helped pack up or been there multiple days and sessions we sincerely THANK YOU and hope to see you during dance! Of course we would love to welcome new volunteers on to our team – please contact us if you can assist. As a way of thanking our volunteers, all volunteers are invited to attend both the Leila Watson Memorial Music Championship and the Foundry Dancing Championship.

An evening of excellence.
Winners from each music genre compete in a showcase performance with a guest panel adjudication.

Friday, June 15, 7.30pm.
Capital Theatre, View St, Bendigo.

Tickets and program at the Door Adults $10, Concession $5, Children $2.