Oban Mòd 2024: What's on Monday?
Today young Gaelic learners compete in a number of events, including coveted junior choirs and solo singing titles.
Moving into a full week of action, there is a focus on youth events across the town on Monday (October 14), with the much-loved Junior Choirs competitions taking place at Oban’s Corran Halls.
This afternoon sees the return of the Solo Singing Open 16-18 Competitions, where youngsters will go head to head for the Provost of Falkirk Medal with songs of their own choosing, again in the Corran Halls.
In the evening, girls and boys aged 13-15 will compete for the James C McPhee Memorial Medal at St John’s Cathedral. Emerging talent on the Gaelic and traditional music scene will also vie in the Cogadh nan Còmhlan (Battle of the Bands) under 13 finals.
At last year’s Mòd in Paisley, the young singers of Comunn Gàidhealach Mhuile (Mull Mòd Club) shone, winning both the Choral Unison Learner Under 13 and the Choral Puirt-à-Beul Learner Under 13 competitions. They took home to Mull a total of five trophies and cups across the two events.
It was also a clean sweep for Falkirk Junior Gaelic Choir who picked up the Queen Elizabeth Coronation Trophy in the Choral Unison Open Under 19, the Tom Crawford Trophy in the Choral Harmony Open Under 19 and the Martin Wilson Trophy in the Choral Puirt-à-Beul as well as a host of aggregate prizes.
In the Solo Singing Open 16-18 events, there was more success for Falkirk Junior Choir as their member Leo Swallow, from Cumbernauld, was crowned first in the boy’s competition. Choir mate Caitlyn Jenny Yule from Greenfaulds High School led the girl’s field and took home the Meryl Mae Stewart Memorial Trophy for the highest marks in music across the boy’s and girl’s competitions. Caitlyn and Leo scored the joint highest marks for Gaelic and share the Turriff Trophy.
Alison MacFarlane from Portree High School fought off a strong field of beautiful Gaelic singers to win the Provost of Falkirk Medal with her performance of ’Nach truagh leat mi ’s tu ’n Eirinn’ at Paisley Town Hall. In the Solo Singing Under 19, Fort William’s Laura Robertson was the strongest in the field.
Youngsters aged 13-15 competed for the James C McPhee Memorial Medal, with Aimee MacLeod, 15, from Stornoway’s Nicolson Institute winning, and picking up, the Alexander Hamilton Trophy for the highest mark in Gaelic. Lochgilphead’s Feorlin Renton got the highest mark in music to lift the Jean Graham Memorial Trophy.
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