Thursday, June 12th
Popular Voice - Intermediate Level - Ages 15-16 - Group B
Adjudicator: Dayna Manning
JUNO award-nominated, award-winning, and internationally renowned contemporary folk artist Dayna Manning has been recording and touring for over 25 years. She released her first album with EMI Canada and Nettwerk Music Group in 1997, and has written and recorded four solo albums and three as a founding member of the acclaimed folk trio, Trent Severn.
Dayna is a community arts leader, mentor, singer/songwriter, producer, engineer, and author. As a performer, she has it all; an unmistakable voice, compelling songwriting, and fingerpicking skills that are rarely rivalled. Ask anyone who has seen Manning perform, she is simply mesmerizing.
Dayna is well known for weaving local history and storytelling in her songwriting, including tributes with Canadian ties to The Band's Richard Manuel; Father Goose himself, Bill Lishman; and may be known most for her beloved tribute to the snow day, "O Snow". Her first book Many Moons: A Songwriter's Memoir includes a foreword by Col. Chris Hadfield, and was listed as one of the best books of the season by Canadian Living Magazine. The accompanying soundtrack is a 'greatest hits' of Dayna's writing.
Dayna received the 2023 Forest City London Music Award for Ontario Independent Recording Artist of the Year, and was nominated for Producer of the Year at the 2021 Canadian Folk Music Awards for her latest album, Morning Light. The video for her song, "You You You" won the 2021 FCLMA for video of the year.
Dayna's current artistic work includes adapting a local play into a musical, and she will celebrate the release of her 8th studio album in her hometown of Stratford, Ontario, with a performance at the Stratford Festival's Tom Patterson Theatre on July 14th, 2025.
Location
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church - Chapel
54 Queen St. N.
Kitchener, ON N2H 2H2
Popular Voice - Intermediate Level - Ages 15-16 - Group B - Morning
| Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time:9:00 AM | Name:Jacob Kooiman | Titles: Night Life, Take Us to the Light by Tsai Hsin-lun, Pan Yun-an and Richard Lin Sparks, Parachutes by Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, William Champion and Chris Martin | Home Festival:Newmarket |
| Time:9:15 AM | Name:Hanya Axiak | Titles: Wildflower, Hit Me Hard and Soft by Billie Eilish Vampire, Guts by Olivia Rodrigo | Home Festival:Oakville |
| Time:9:30 AM | Name:Rebecca Faerman | Titles: Rise Up by Monique Batie, J. Decil Veo Wildflower by B. O'Connell, F. O'Connell | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
| Time:9:45 AM | Name:Nayeli Aghoghovwia | Titles: Superstition by Stevie Wonder Angel by Halle Bailey | Home Festival:Peel |
| Time:10:00 AM | Name:Miraya Agrawal | Titles: Always Remember Us this Way by Lady Gaga, N. Hemby, H. Lindsey & L. McKenna Try Everything by Sia Furler, Tor Erik Hermansen, and Mikkel Storleer Eriksen | Home Festival:London |
| Time:10:15 AM | Name:Julia Leslie | Titles: Maybe by Max Wolfgang, Solomon Cole Fagenson/Sienna Spiro Rolling in the deep , N/A by Paul Epworth and Adele Adkins | Home Festival:Hamilton |
| Time:10:30 AM | Name:Hope Arul | Titles: I'd Rather Go Blind by Etta James Valerie by Amy Winehouse | Home Festival:Pickering GTA |
| Time:10:45 AM | Name:Lisa Li | Titles: My Funny Valentine, Babes in Arms by Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers Tattooed Heart by Ariana Grande | Home Festival:Take the Stage |
| Time:11:00 AM | Name:Noel Ho | Titles: Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing by Stevie Wonder I Don't Think About You by Kelly Clarkson | Home Festival:North York Live |
| Time:11:15 AM | Name:Joyce Lam | Titles: Dancing On My Own by Patrik Berger, Robin Carlsson Valerie by Abi Harding and Boyan Chowdhury | Home Festival:Toronto |
| Time:11:30 AM | Name:Ruby Rivington | Titles: Does Not Heal, The Baby by Samia Finnerty Super Trouper by Benny Andersson | Home Festival:Windsor-Essex |
11:45 AM - Lunch Break
Popular Voice - Intermediate Level - Ages 15-16 - Group B - Afternoon
| Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time:1:00 PM | Name:Samuel Khalil | Titles: Beyond the Sea by Charles Trenet The Way You Look Tonight by Jerome Kern | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
| Time:1:15 PM | Name:Pavani Sangapallar | Titles: Valentine by Laufey Lin Jonsdottir and Spencer Stewart The Perfect Pair by Beatrice Laus, Jacob Bugden | Home Festival:Peel |
| Time:1:30 PM | Name:Aari Malhotra | Titles: Faith by George Michael I'm Not the Only One by Sam Smith & Jimmy Napes | Home Festival:Take the Stage |
| Time:1:45 PM | Name:Chloe Bowman | Titles: Can't Catch Me Now by Olivia Rodrigo & Dan Nigro Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan & Dan Nigro | Home Festival:Niagara |
| Time:2:00 PM | Name:Sofia Leslie | Titles: Hurt by Christina Aguilera Titanium by Madilyn Bailey | Home Festival:Unionville |
| Time:2:15 PM | Name:Elisabeth Alfing-Marchl | Titles: Girl On Fire by Alicia Keys Hello by Adele | Home Festival:Grey County |
| Time:2:30 PM | Name:Charlie Bourgeois | Titles: My Way by Paul Anka/Frank Sinatra The Last Goodbye by Jeff Buckley | Home Festival:Peterborough |
2:45 PM - Workshop and Announcement of Winners - MANDATORY
Workshop will be held from approximately 2:45 pm to 4:00 pm.
Announcement of winners will happen at the end of the workshop.
4:15 PM - PLAYOFFS - Popular Voice - Intermediate Level - Ages 15-16
The top two competitors from this class will proceed to the playoffs.
The playoffs will be held at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church - Chapel
54 Queen St. N., Kitchener, ON N2H 2H2