Jim Che and Miranda Xu Lees received the most outstanding awards at the Final Junior Concert Competition on last Saturday, April 29, 2006, evening of the NB Competitive Festival of Music.
Congratulations!
Following is email copy from their proud mothers Xiaojie Li and Li-Hong Xu:
Jim Che (11 years old) and Miranda Xu Lees (9 years old) both participated in the 70th Annual New Brunswick Competitive Festival of Music held in Saint John from April 24 to May 6th, 2006, where Jim competed in Grade 6 Piano classes, and Miranda competed in Grade 3 Piano and Grade 4 violin classes.
Each of them led their individual classes and qualified to enter the final competition at the April Mills Junior Concert Competition on April 29, 2006. As proud parents, we are very please to share our excitement with our community that Jim received the Lillian Clark Memorial Award for Junior Piano and was selected as one of the two representatives from our festival to compete in the upcoming NB Provincial Music Festival to be held in Moncton in June. We wish him the best! At the April Mills Junior Concert Competition, Miranda was awarded the Jessie Ward Barker Memorial Trophy for Outstanding Junior Strings.
Congratulation to Jim and Miranda!
Contributed by Xiaojie Li and Li-Hong Xu (proud mothers)