Young Musician of the Year 2024
The Rotary Club of Oban held its local heat of the Rotary Young Musician of the Year in the Parish Church on Tuesday evening. Competing were 7 Young Musicians; Owen Stevenson on accordion, Chis MacLaurin on electric guitar, Ben Docherty on bagpipes, Lily Robertson on vocals, Eva MacCallum on vocals, Millie Bonniewell on vocals and Alisdair Bullock on bagpipes.
Pres Pete, Owen, Chis , Ben, Alisdair, Eva, Lily, Millie ,judges Katy and Kathryne with Dot at the end.
Winner, in a close run contest, was piper Alistair Bullock and the runner-up was Lily Robertson.
Alistair won with a wide range of tunes including Pibroch and a tune he wrote himself. Both young people will go through to the next regional round of the competition in the new year.
President Peter Tosh presented the prizes, Rotarian Dot Dahl gave the vote of thanks and Past President Ciorsti Baxter compared the evening.
A special thanks to Minister Alex MacCallum for opening up the Church for us to provide such a magnificent venue, to our two expert judges, Kathryne Wilkie and Katy Cameron, the audience who turned up to support the event and not least to all the competitors who did so well.
