Young performers have been showing how important Llangollen Eisteddfod is to them as they shone in its competitions this week.
At last year’s festival well-known local actor and singer Shea Ferron was the winner of the Voice of Musical Theatre competition.
And now it appears he and his girlfriend Hannah Williams have made a bit of Eisteddfod history after she took the same coveted title earlier this week.
A delighted Shea took to social media to say: “So b***** proud of Hannah! She absolutely smashed it out the water today. Just a few weeks ago she told me that she was pulling of the competition because ‘what’s the point,’ she said.
“I insisted she carried on because knew she had it in her to win the competition and she only goes and gets FULL MARKS in the competition. Proud is definitely an understatement.
“As far as we know, we are the first couple in the Eisteddfod’s history to win the same competition two years consecutively. Making history together and hopefully will continue to as a couple in the creative industries.”
Also showing the breadth of young talent that exists locally at the Eisteddfod was 15-year-old Rose Burgon.
Singing the song Somewhere in the Under 16 Musical Theatre preliminary round at Llangollen Town Hall, she went on later the same day to take a highly respectable second place in the final on the Pavilion main stage – wearing a dress she made herself.
Rose will next perform in Around Town during the current Llangollen Fringe Festival and will sing at the Bridge End at 3.30pm tomorrow (Sunday).
She moved to Llangollen two years ago and enjoys singing a range of music from 60s folk music to opera and musical theatre.
She is a regular at local open mics and other events in and around North Wales and has recently enjoyed performing as Cinderella in Into the Woods with Llangollen Operatic Society.
Her proud mum Rachel said on social media: “It was an amazing performance. Rose – you sang beautifully and held that enormous stage so well! You should be incredibly proud of yourself! Also, equally blown away that you made your own dress for the occasion (out of a bedsheet). You really are a real life Maria Von Trapp.”
Young performers shine in Eisteddfod competitions.
Young performers have been showing how important the Llangollen Eisteddfod is to them as they shine in its competitions this week.
At last year’s festival, well-known local actor and singer Shea Ferron was the winner of the Voice of Musical Theatre competition.
And now it seems that he and his girlfriend Hannah Williams have made a bit of history at the eisteddfod after Hannah snatched the same popular title earlier this week.
Shea was delighted to explain on social media: “So proud of Hannah! She did her best blue today. A few weeks ago she told me that she was withdrawing from the competition thinking ‘what’s the point,’ she said.
“I insisted that she continue because I knew she had the ability to win the competition, and she was able to get FULL MARKS in the competition. Pride is certainly an understatement.
“As far as we know, we are the first couple in the history of the eisteddfod to win the same competition two years in a row. Making history together and hopefully we will continue to do so as a couple in the creative industries.”
Also demonstrating the breadth of the young talent that exists locally, at the Church, was 15-year-old Rose Burgon. Rose sang Somewhere in the Under 16 Musical Theatre qualifying round, at the Town Hall. Later in the day she took a very respectable second place in the final on the main stage of the Pavilion – wearing a dress she made herself. Rose will next perform at Around Town during the Llangollen Fringe Festival and will be singing at Bridge End at 3.30pm tomorrow (Sunday). He moved to Llangollen two years ago and enjoys singing a variety of music from 60s folk music to opera and musical theatre. She regularly appears at local ‘open mic’ events and other events in North Wales.
She has recently performed as Cinderella in Into the Woods with Llangollen Operatic Society. Her proud mum, Rachel, said on social media: “It was an amazing performance. Rose – you sang beautifully and captured that huge stage so well! You should be extremely proud of yourself too, for having made your dress for the occasion (out of bed clothes). You’re really a real Maria Von Trapp.”
