27/08/2026
🌟Here is the Mackay Eisteddfod 2026 results round up for TVS performers!
Well over a hundred performances were prepared and delivered last week to enthusiastic audiences. I just loved seeing all the performances where students shined!
🌟Choral:
Our newly formed KWWS youth choir competed successfully in two sections for the first time this year. Our ladies group WWWS competed in the folk section for the first time and again in the Jazz/Modern section. I am so proud of these incredible kids and ladies and even proud of myself for conducting in competition for the first time ever! We smashed it, and the audience really loved it!
🏆Kids Who Wanna Sing:
1st Juvenile Chorus
1st Open Jazz/Modern Group - *They were SO excited they beat our ladies group WWWS!!*
🏆Women Who Wanna Sing:
1st Folk Singing Group Open (we all loved the spoons Jeany!)
2nd Open Jazz/Modern Group
🌟Solos:
Congratulations to EVERY student that performed this year. Learning multiple songs is a major undertaking and I am so proud of your hard work and results!
Modern (13):
HC Rehan and Hugo
Modern solo (14):
2nd Billy
VHC Henry
HC Ava
Modern Solo (19&Over):
HC Chris and Sharon
Modern Sacred (16&U)
1st Henry
VHC Jackson
HC Billy
Modern Sacred (19&Over):
2nd Bianca
3rd Sean
HC Jeany
Musical (10):
2nd Isla
3rd Mindy
Musical (11):
HC Alexander
Musical (13):
2nd Rehan
Musical (14):
2nd Billy
Musical (19&Over):
HC Sandra and Chris
Vocal Solo (7):
3rd Keya
Vocal Solo (10):
1st Siri
VHC Mindy
Vocal Solo (12):
2nd Jackson
VHC Pari
Vocal Solo (13&14A):
2nd Hugo
Vocal Solo (13&14B):
1st Henry
3rd Billy
Sacred Traditional (13&14):
1st Billy
2nd Henry
Sacred Traditional (19&Over):
3rd Jeany
HC Sharon
Australian (16&U):
2nd Billy
VHC Henry
Australian (19&Over):
2nd Lauren
VHC Jeany
HC Chris and Sharon
Vocal Duet (12&U):
2nd Indigo Hern (and Varsha Attanayake)
Musical Theatre Duet (16&U):
1st Billy and Mindy
2nd Hugo (and Isabella)
3rd Rehan (and Paislee)
VHC Henry (and Ruby)
Cabaret:
HC Jeany
🥳Major Awards:
⭐Chris Ballard: The Friends of the Conservatorium Trophy (to the competitor in Opens most deserving of encouragement)
⭐Hugo Anderson: Rising Star Encouragement Award (to the competitor 13&U most deserving of encouragement)
⭐Henry Miller: 13-15 Years Aggregate – (shared with Georgina Baira)
⭐Henry Miller: The Barbershop Singer’s Award (to the competitor 14-17 years most deserving of encouragement)
⭐Billy Anderson: The Lynette Denny A.M. Bursary (awarded to the competitor 18&U who in the opinion of the adjudicator shows promise as a performer)
My own performances this year were tainted with viral parainfluenza that arrived the week before eisteddfod and went straight to my voice. I prayed to the universe and did all the things that could be done to bring my voice back so that I was able to perform my own repertoire that I had been working on for almost 12 months. And I made the finish line… but only just. I still loved singing all my beautiful songs, but just wished I had that extra 15% of voice that I normally sing with. It was a trying week with my voice loss, one of my kids came down with a virus right in the busy middle of it all and my wonderful husband Dan was away at a family wedding for two days as well. Thank you so much to my young man, Jackson, for stepping up beyond his years to help out where needed when he wasn’t performing himself. We made it, but I’m not sure I want to repeat it like that again. Thank you so much to all my colleagues, friends, students and their families for their support through this very challenging time – it really meant a lot.
Sharon:
1st – Aria
1st – Classical Vocal Solo
1st – Lieder with Judith Brown
2nd - Oratorio
HC - Modern (19&Over), Australian, Sacred Traditional
🥳Major Award:
⭐Sharon Thompson: Phyl Williams Memorial Trophy Open Aggregate (awarded to the competitor securing the most points in any 5 of the 7 Open Sections)
An enormous thank you to my teacher Garrick Jones and to Judith Brown who not only supported myself and my studio, but also stepped up when needed to fill the place of two other accompanists that were not able to play this year.
A big thank you to the overall Eisteddfod Committee and our Sub-committee (Linda, Brandi and myself) led by the calm and organised Jeany Elliott.
Thank you to Dan and the kids for keeping the home fires burning through all the crazy. You have all worked very hard and your support is just amazing.
🎶…And onward we go to reset for a wonderful TVS Showcase at the end of the year!
P.S. It's time for a new intake for KWWS and WWWS! Now is the time to join one of these amazing choirs! Tell all your friends!!
