Wednesday, June 11th
Popular Voice - Elementary Level - Ages 11-12 - 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 - Elementary Level - Ages 11-12 - Group B - Morning
| Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time:9:00 AM | Name:Brooklyn deBoer | Titles: Rise by Katy Perry, Max Martin, Savan Kotecha & Ali Payami. Can’t Catch Me Now by Olivia Rodrigo & Dan Nigro | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
| Time:9:15 AM | Name:Kate Politopoulos | Titles: Don't Stop Believing by Steve Perry The Best by Holly Knight, Michael Chapman | Home Festival:South Simcoe |
| Time:9:30 AM | Name:Sofia Osadchuk | Titles: Wildflower by Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell Stay by Mikky Ekko, Elof Loelv and Justin Parker | Home Festival:Guelph |
| Time:9:45 AM | Name:Brooke Schrompf | Titles: Thank you for the music , N/A by Benny Andersson Your song by Elton John | Home Festival:Niagara |
| Time:10:00 AM | Name:Edward Robinson | Titles: Downtown by Tony Hatch and Petula Clark Orange Colored Sky by Milton Delugg, Willie Stein and Nat King Cole | Home Festival:Hamilton |
| Time:10:15 AM | Name:Chloe Lamb | Titles: What Was I Made For? by Billie O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys, Billy Squier, Jeffrey Bhasker and Salaam Remi | Home Festival:Peel |
| Time:10:30 AM | Name:Ariana Abudaqa | Titles: Wildflower by Billie Eilish O'Connell, Finneas O'Connell Just A Girl by Gwen Stefani, Tom Dumont | Home Festival:Oakville |
| Time:10:45 AM | Name:Ayla Javid | Titles: Arcade by Duncan Laurence Dernière danse by Adila Sedraïa | Home Festival:Newmarket |
| Time:11:00 AM | Name:Valentina Dixon-Scirgalea | Titles: What Was I Made For? by Billie O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell Upside Down by Paloma Faith, Dennis Reaser, Jim Wren and David Schaffer | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
| Time:11:15 AM | Name:Willow Given | Titles: Brave by Sara Bereilles What I Was Made For by Billie Eilish | Home Festival:Peterborough |
| Time:11:30 AM | Name:Brigitte Murdani | Titles: So Will I by Benjamin William Hastings Domino by Jessica Cornish and Lukasz Gottwald | Home Festival:Toronto |
11:45 AM - Lunch Break
Popular Voice - Elementary Level - Ages 11-12 - Group B - Afternoon
| Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time:1:00 PM | Name:Chelsey Chan | Titles: Fight Song, Rachel Platten by Rachel Platten Somewhere Out There, An American Tail by James Horner, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil | Home Festival:Take the Stage |
| Time:1:15 PM | Name:Karan Zahedi | Titles: Creep by Thom Yorke, Albert Louis Hammond, Mike Hazelwood, Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Philip Selway Crazy by Gianfranco Reverberi, Gian Piero Reverberi | Home Festival:Newmarket |
| Time:1:30 PM | Name:Sofia Masellis | Titles: When I Look At You by Miley Cyrus Easy On Me by Adele | Home Festival:Toronto |
| Time:1:45 PM | Name:Sophia Zareey | Titles: True Colors, Trolls by Billy Steinburg and Tom Kelly What Was I Made For, The Barbie Movie by Billie O Connell and Finneas O Connell | Home Festival:Stratford |
| Time:2:00 PM | Name:Téa Hines | Titles: Ocean Eyes by Finneas O'Connell From the Start by Laufey Lin Jonsdottir & Spencer Stewart | Home Festival:Grey County |
2:30 PM - Workshop and Announcement of Winners - MANDATORY
Workshop will be held from approximately 2:30 pm to 3:45 pm.
Announcement of winners will happen at the end of the workshop.