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SUNDERLAND WEATHER
FESTIVAL UPDATES


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​Watch here for any updates regarding scheduling
​or otherwise during the Festival. ​
Please check here during the Festival for any changes that may be required to a 
​chosen venue or class schedule due to inclement weather or otherwise.  
ALL classes will run during the specified sessions and at the specified location as per the published program unless otherwise posted below.  Should weather conditions result in poor driving conditions and/or school bus cancellations,  the organizers of the Sunderland Lions Music Festival will always endeavour to re-schedule all such affected classes, whenever feasible.  Despite our best efforts, this may not always be possible due to either adjudicator or venue availability. Cancellations or venue changes will be posted on this page as soon as they arise and will also be posted at the originally listed venue(s).
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  • Any changes to the published schedule will appear below:​
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STARS 
of the 
FESTIVAL
All 
"STARS of the ​FESTIVAL" 
concerts will be held at the
SUNDERLAND ​TOWN HALL 
beginning
​@ 6:30 pm each evening
(unless otherwise noted on the website) 

​click below 
​for further details or to download the daily programs ​
Unable to return for STARS?
If you are
​UNABLE to attend
a STARS concert evening 
in order to perform and receive your award(s) please
contact us 
prior to 
April 21, 2025
for further instructions
as to how to claim your award(s). 
Please Note: 
Awards
​WILL NO LONGER
​BE AVAILABLE 
for pick up after  
May 2, 2025
unless prior arrangements have been made with the ​Festival Secretary.
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​to ALL those who were a part of the
2024 ​Sunderland Lions
​Music Festival 
and to the winners of each class.....


 Special ​Award Winners

The following participants were chosen by our panel of adjudicators ​​​to receive the following Special Awards this year

** Special Awards are posted to this page once the awards have been presented to the recipient **
The Sunderland Lions Music Festival was cancelled for 3 seasons from 2020 through to 2023 due to the COVID-19 world-wide pandemic.
Pianokids ® Award
- Lucy Askew                                                                                                                          
Don McCaskell Memorial Scholarships
       Gr 6 -  Emerson Vacher
        Gr 7 -  Charlotte Struve 
       Gr 8 -  Olivia Hazelwood

Aileen & Ross Shier Memorial Trophy 
-  Anya Kenche

Steffan Brunette Woodwind Award 
-  Julian Josephs

Irene St John Memorial Award 
-  Natalie Luke, Virginia Barry & Jenipher-Ann Marsh
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Marjory Gummer Memorial Award 
-   Fiona Guindon

Keith & Iva Rynard Cup 
-  Arianna Lavoie

Louis Neveu Award 
​- Lauren Spadzinski

Alexandra Fabbi Memorial Award
​- Meagan Daly​
​Sunderland Co-operative Trophy 
-  Anjanai Senthuran

Baldwin Sales Woodwind Award 
-  Julia Cotidis & Esme Walters

Ross Piano Award 
-  Alayna Mathewson

Lioness Alice Barker Award 
-  not awarded in 2024 as no string entries

Williams Adjusting Brass Solo Award 
-  Maddisynn Caya

Margaret Andrew Scholarship 
-  Meagan Daly

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (Sunderland) Cup 
-  Arianna Lavoie   

W. Laurence Evans Family Duet Award  
-  Abigail Merrill & Claire Merrill

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New Awards for 2024
The Tina Pretty Memorial Award  *
-  R. H. Cornish Public School
is presented by Mike and Diane Murczek and is presented to a standout elementary school for participation instrumentally over the course of the SLMF. Eligibility every other year.
The Georges Henri Guimont Memorial Award **
-  Trevor Clarke
is presented by Suzanne Garriock to the male participant in the mature voice category to encourage future musical performance and study.  Eligibility every other year. 
Updated  11-18-2024