Dumfries Accordion & Fiddle Festival

Competition Results, 28th March 2015

Photographs copyright Caroline Menzies

The 2015 festival, held on 28th March, turned out to be a great success. Entries were at an excellent level, almost 70, and the quality of playing kept the larger than normal audience entertained all day. The adjudicator for the day was young local musician and teacher Robert Menzies, making his first venture into adjudicating. The format of the festival changed this year and adjudications and prize-giving were done at the end of the day.

Class 1 –  Under 12 Classical Accordion Solo (own choice)
Dumfries Festival Shield
Winner:  Clelland Shand

Class 2 –  Junior Classical / Continental Accordion Solo
John M. Caskie Trophy
Winner:  India Smith

Class 3 –  Senior Classical / Continental Accordion Solo
 Jean McConnachie Trophy
Winner:  Emma Dickson

Class 4 –  Under 10 Traditional Accordion Solo
Robert Menzies Trophy
Winner:  Clelland Shand

Class 5  –  Under12 Traditional Accordion Solo
Islesteps Accordion and Fiddle Club Shield
Winner:  Darroch Wood*

Class 6  –  Junior Traditional Accordion Solo
Max Houliston Cup
Winner:  Kyle Rowan

Class 7  –  Senior Traditional Accordion Solo
Ian and Margaret Holmes Shield
Winner:  Adam Gibb

Class 8  –  Traditional Accordion Solo
Dumfries and Galloway
Ian Riddet Shield
Winner:  Blythe Moore*

Class 9  –  Under 10 Fiddle Solo
Castle Douglas Accordion and Fiddle Club Shield
Winner:  Erin Ewing*

Class 10  –  Under 12 Fiddle Solo
Gallovidian Cup 
Winner:  Anna Pearcy

Class 11 –  Junior Slow Air Fiddle Solo 
Eric Barbour Cup
Winner:  Sean Allan

Class 12  –  Junior Fiddle Solo M/S/R 
Ian Kirkpatrick Quaich
Winner:  Sean Allan

Class 16  –  Own Composition 
Thornhill Accordion and Fiddle Club Shield
Winner:  Kyle Rowan

Class 17  –  Duo / Trio 
John Douglas Cup
Winners:  Clelland, Inver
and Blythe Shand

Class 20  –  Pipe Idiom Traditional Accordion Solo
Susan MacFadyen Trophy
Winner:  Adin Graham

Class 21  –  Beginners Accordion Solo
The Blair Trophy
Winner:  Kyle Anderson*

Class 22  –  Elementary Accordion Solo
Purr – Fect Ceilidh Cup
Winner:  Brian Smith

The Marie Fielding trophy for the most promising Fiddler
Aisling Anderson*

 * Player from Dumfries & Galloway