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Dates for Devizes Eisteddfod :
Syllabus publication: 15 May 2015
Entry deadline: 16 October 2015
Programme publication: 4 November 2015
Eisteddfod : 13 and 14 November 2015
Concerts : 21 November 2015
Dates for Young Choir of Wiltshire :
Competition : 26 April and 10 May 2016
Adjudicators 2015
| Piano | Ruth Gerald |
| Strings/Guitar | Keith Smith |
| Choirs/Ensembles/Organ | David Bruce-Payne |
| Woodwind | Deborah Brittain |
| Brass/Recorders | Rachel Gregory |
| Musical Theatre | Andrea Calladine |
| Vocal | Sarah Jeffries |
| Speech & Drama |
Jill O’Hare, Helen Grady |
| Art/Photography | Lorraine Wade |
| Handwriting/Literary | Carole Rowe |
Information 2015
All necessary information can be found in the Programmes, which are available for £1 from Winkworth offices in the Market Place from 4th November, or at every venue on the day. You can also ask any of the Stewards, who will be pleased to help.
There is also a general information point in St. John’s Parish Rooms, Long Street (SN10 1NP), from 0930 to 1600.
Results will be given out by the adjudicator at the end of each class and also will be posted in the upstairs foyer of the Town Hall and, at the end of the day, on the website.
Catering 2015
Refreshments will be available for sale in St John’s Parish Rooms, Long Street (SN10 1NP). Open 0930-1600.
Practising
The practice area is in St John’s Parish Rooms, Long Street (SN10 1NP). Open 0930-1600.
There is a piano available.
Venues
The venues for 2015, all in Devizes :
(as marked on the Google map below)
1. Town Hall, St John’s Street, SN10 1BN
Cheese Hall (downstairs) for Guitar, Strings, Vocal and Woodwind classes.
Assembly Room (upstairs) for Piano.
Council Chamber (upstairs) for Eisteddfod Reception (adjudicators and stewards only).
2. St John’s Church, Long Street, SN10 1NS
for Choral, Ensembles, Organ, Choral Speaking and Drama classes.
3. St John’s Parish Rooms (behind the War Memorial) SN10 1NP
for Information Point and practice area and refreshments for sale.
4. Sheep Street Baptist Church Hall and Sanctuary, Sheep St, SN10 1DL
for Communication, News Reading, Recorder, Brass, Folk and Musical Theatre classes.
5. The Bear Hotel, Market Place, SN10 1HS
for Speech classes.
and car-parks:
Note that car-parking in Devizes has just been changed, and the only all-day parking is now at the far end of Station Road car-park. All other car parks now have a maximum allowed stay of 3 hours.
6. Station Road car-park SN10 1BZ
Short-term (1st entrance from the Market Place end) £1.50 for 3 hours (max)
Long-term (2nd entrance from the Market Place end) £4.00 for all day
7. Central car-park SN10 1DW
3 hours maximum allowed stay : £2.10
Downloads
You will be able to view, download and print the following from here when they become available.
Results (PDF)
(updated about an hour after each class)
Syllabus 2015(available now.)
(PDF, 2Mb, 48 pages)
Performance Entry Form(available now.)
(PDF, 100Kb, 1 page)
Pre-adjudicated Entry Form(for Short Story, Poem, Handwriting, Art, Photography, Own Composition)
(available now.)
(PDF, 100Kb, 1 page)
Programmes
Containing timetable
and class lists
(available for £1 from Winkworth Offices in the Market Place, Devizes, from 4th November 2015)