50th Annual Kiwanis Music Festival
April 12 - April 30, 2010

Excerpts From Some Thank-You Notes Festival 2009
..I’m 5..piano lessons for 1 year ..improved my piano skills and increased my ‘confident’.. liked to hear (what) the other kids played ..

.. I received $50.00 as a scholarship. I am 5 years old and this was my first festival. I was so proud to walk across the stage to receive my award at the StarsConcert. Thank you so much ..

.. Thank you and the festival for having such a great music event ..

.. I am a 6 year old girl. This is my second year to join London Kiwanis festival. I really enjoy playing on stage..

.. It was my first year performing and it was a wonderful experience. The prize money is in my saving account for my education..

.. I enjoy playing my cello.. I have had a lot of fun being in the festival ..

.. I proudly displayed this Junior Concerto Trophy on the highest shelf & adore it before I sit down to practice every time..this gesture will remind me to work hard and make my donor proud of me and know how grateful I am of this award..

.. It was a wonderful surprise to receive your letter and I appreciate the award very much..

.. without your help, there wouldn’t be any competition or prizes at all.. a great encouragement to me.. Je ne vais jamais oublier! J’éspere tu vas continuer avec le festival! ..

.. I am so glad that I won money and this is my first time!..

.. Thank you very much for your kind gift of $75..

..Without your support, young musicians like me would not have a chance to expose and share our musical talent..

.. I am 10 years old ... I play Grade 5 piano and my favourite piece is Scamp by Christopher Norton. I also play cello at school.. It takes a lot of practice to be good at it but I enjoy playing and practicing..

Although I am in Grade 9 and playing Grade 9 songs, this was my first year of Kiwanis Festival because I came to Canada from Korea bout two and a half years ago. It was exciting to go up to the stage during Stars of the Festival and be announced to receive a hundred dollars..and very happy to shake hand with the person that awarded me..

Thank you for the wonderful festival
Hope that I can join again next year for weeks of fun and performing.
Astonishing things happened when I played, and I wouldn’t have felt it if the festival was gone.
Nothing beats the glorious sensation of performing onstage at Aeolian and Dayspring.
Kindness, happiness, and fun flowed throughout the whole festival.

Your amazing adjudicators taught me many things about piano that I did not know before.
Owe it to the festival to making me an experienced piano player.
Understanding piano is hard, but once I joined the festival, it became simple!

.. I am now able to attend a music camp that I would not have been able to afford otherwise..

.. Thank you...for my speech arts performance (award).. I have always loved acting...experience was a great one..

.. I am truly grateful for you have opened many doors of opportunity for me again..

.. It has, and will be a wonderful memory and experience for our daughter..

.. thank you once again for such a terrific job all of you do to prepare for and put on the festival every year. We look forward to it and know that thousands of students benefit from this as well ..thank you for inviting our band to perform at the Stars of the Festival Concert .. they will remember for years to come..

..This is the first year our school has entered Kiwanis in any of the current staff’s memory. The students were very keen to do their best in this new venture and winning a prize both enable & motivates them to try again..

.. These monetary prizes allow for the purchase of new repertoire and maintenance of our stringed instruments ..

On behalf of the music students (String, Instrumental and Vocal) .. express sincere thanks for monetary award..recognition of our achievements

... we are the happy recipients of the John Bullock Memorial Award for Percussion this year.. we are so pleased to have been chosen to perform at the Stars of the Festival ..It is because of the financial support of generous donors like yourself that we are able to be as successful as we are ... we intend to use the award money to purchase new music for next year's programs.

.. thousands of students that benefit from participating in this event is much appreciated by both students and teachers alike ..

..We have the highest regard for the Kiwanis Music Festival ..benefited so much from our annual participation – from our performances and from fine adjudications..

 

Music gives a soul to the universe,
Wings to the mind,
Flight to the imagination...
And life to everything.

... Plato

FESTIVAL 2010 - April 12 to April 30