- Kiwanis Music Festival
The Kiwanis Music Festival movement consists of regional music competitions in most Canadian urban centres. Its origin probably traces as far back as an inaugural 1908 festival in
Edmonton , where Governor General Earl Grey advocated the establishment of music festivals throughout Canada's provinces.cite web | url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000041 | publisher="The Canadian Encyclopedia " | title=Alberta Music Festival Association | accessdate=2008-02-10 | first=Florence | last=Musselwhite]These festivals are named after the
Kiwanis service clubs which generally support the events in each community. Typically, musicians and speech arts performers at each festival are given the opportunity to perform and compete for scholarships.Festivals by city
Festival participants
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Lara St. John [cite news | url=http://www.jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/S/St_John_Lara/2002/04/02/784132.html | title=St. John signs Sony deal | accessdate=2008-02-10 | date=2 April 2002 | first=James | last=Reaney ] , a London, Ontario based Kiwanis Festival Winner.References
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