It was great to experience the performances of these original songs based on the themes “Birdsong” or “The Pecking Order”. Plans had been put on hold in March due to COVID.  

The audience lapped up pieces that ranged from ballads to rock and rap. As always, it was heartening to see older, more experienced musicians lending their skills to the younger counterparts and playing and singing backing vocals.  

Congratulations to Primary winners Gabrielle Moyle and Lily Edwards with their song Fly Away and Secondary winners Jordan Snowden with his song Red P’s and Patrick Gutheridge with his song Sightless. Judges Anna Kerrigan, Ruth McRae and Dominic Moore were incredibly impressed with the standard of entries. The future of songwriting is safe. 

Primary School Category Finalists: 

Year 6 Blue students from St Mary’s Primary School, Warners Bay 

Year 6 Maroon students from St Joseph’s Primary School, Kilaben Bay 

Lily Edwards and Gabrielle Moyle from St Mary’s Primary School, Warners Bay 

Year 3 Blue student from St Mary’s Primary School, Warners Bay 

Winner/s: Lily Edwards and Gabrielle Moyle, St Mary’s Primary School, Warners Bay 

 

Secondary School Category Finalists: 

Patrick Guthridge, St Clare’s High School, Taree 

Leila Kelly and Jake Porter, St Bede’s Catholic College, Chisholm 

Jazmin Trappel, St Dominic’s Centre, Mayfield 

Ava Buffier, St Joseph’s High School, Aberdeen 

Jamie Pockran, St Paul’s Catholic College, Booragul 

Serafina Angeli, St Francis Xavier’s College, Hamilton 

Mackenzie Thomson, All Saints College, St Peter’s Campus, Maitland 

Leianna McCloy, St Francis Xavier’s College, Hamilton 

Jordan Snowden, St Francis Xavier’s College, Hamilton 

Xavier Fogarty, Elijah Mcnamarra, Rylan Thompson and Aidan Alexander, St Pius X High School, Adamstown 

Seren Everingham, St Clare’s High School, Taree 

Winner/s:  Patrick Guthridge, St Clare’s High School, Taree 

                            Jordan Snowden, St Francis Xavier’s College, Hamilton 

 

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