The 2016 edition of the Estevan and District Music Festival is now underway.
The celebration of musical talent in the Estevan area opened on March 12 with the vocal and speech arts performances at St. Paul’s United Church. They continued at St. Paul’s until March 15.
The next discipline will be band at Spruce Ridge School on March 21 and 22. It will be the final activity for the music festival before spring break begins.
The festival will resume on April 5 with the highlights and awards program for the vocal, speech arts, musical theatre and band disciplines at St. Paul’s.
The piano performances will run from April 8 to 15 at Trinity Lutheran Church. Then the highlights and awards program for piano will occur on April 21, also at Trinity Lutheran. The top overall award for the festival will also be handed out during the program.
A total of 644 entries were received for the festival this year.