{"id":34,"date":"2024-09-21T23:06:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T23:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frederictonmusicfestival.ca\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2024-11-11T04:44:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T04:44:27","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/frederictonmusicfestival.ca\/?page_id=34","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"248\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/frederictonmusicfestival.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jim_Manchip_by_Keith_Minchin.png\" alt=\"James Manchip\" class=\"wp-image-35\" style=\"width:800px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>James Manchip<\/strong><br>(photo courtesy of Faces of Fredericton &#8211; Keith Minchin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the fall of 1947, with impetus from James Manchip and a financial commitment from the Fredericton Rotary Club, an organizational meeting was held for the first Fredericton Competitive Festival of Music. Members of the Rotary Club formed the nucleus of the first executive. Dr. A.S. MacFarlane became president;&nbsp; Justice W. J. West, vice-president; and James Manchip, executive-director. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The first festival, held April 21-24, 1948, in the auditorium of the Provincial Normal School attracted 448 entries. Organizers were able to cover all the expenses with entry and admission fees, leaving the Rotary donation intact. The long tradition of scholarships given in conjunction with the festival began with a $100 scholarship donated by the Knights of Pythias for the outstanding performer of the first festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By 1952 there was such an increase in entrants that it was necessary to hire two full-time adjudicators. By 1954, there were 624 entries; in 1966, 725 entries; in 1981, 780 entries; in 1988, 1524 entries.&nbsp; By 1996, 1735 entries dictated the need for the services of seven adjudicators with sessions being held in six venues and lasting two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From its inception, the Fredericton Music Festival Committee, composed solely of volunteers, has been responsible for all aspects of the organization and operation of the festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past Presidents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>1947 \u2013 1950  Dr. A. S. MacFarlane<br>1950 \u2013 1952  Justice W. J. West<br>1952 \u2013 1956  John Malcolm<br>1956 \u2013 1957  Muriel Baird<br>1957 \u2013 1959  Marie Campbell<br>1959 \u2013 1960  James Manchip<br>1960 \u2013 1961  Ruth Spicer<br>1961 \u2013 1962  Archdeacon A. S. Coster<br>1962 \u2013 1964  Douglas Start<br>1964 \u2013 1965  Ruth Spicer<br>1965 \u2013 1966  Muriel Baird<br>1966 \u2013 1968  Arden Doak<br>1968 \u2013 1970  Thomas Morrison<br>1970 \u2013 1971  Brig. E. C. Brown<br>1971 \u2013 1979  Garfield Dykeman<br>1979 \u2013 1982  Arden Doak<br>1982 \u2013 1985  Elmer Bourque<br>1985 \u2013 1991  Terry Pond<br>1991 \u2013 1992  Vera Turner<br>1992 \u2013 1997  Ron Sisk<br>1997 \u2013 2001  Paul Campbell<br>2001 \u2013 2005  Brenda Tingley<br>2005 \u2013 2007  Gerald Goguen<br>2007 \u2013 2010  Ralph Simpson<br>2010 &#8211; 2021  Deborah VanSlyke<br>2021 &#8211;          Julie Maston<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the fall of 1947, with impetus from James Manchip and a financial commitment from the Fredericton Rotary Club, an organizational meeting was held for the first Fredericton Competitive Festival of Music. Members of the Rotary Club formed the nucleus of the first executive. Dr. A.S. MacFarlane became president;&nbsp; Justice W. J. West, vice-president; and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frederictonmusicfestival.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frederictonmusicfestival.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frederictonmusicfestival.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frederictonmusicfestival.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frederictonmusicfestival.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/frederictonmusicfestival.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98,"href":"https:\/\/frederictonmusicfestival.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/98"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frederictonmusicfestival.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}