Dear Participants, Parents, Teachers and Volunteers,

Due to concerns of the novel coronavirus, the Athabasca and District Music Festival Association (ADMFA) Board has decided to cancel this year's Festival. Given the uncertainty of the immediate future, we are not planning to reschedule.

I was greatly looking forward to hearing all your pieces being performed, seeing you encouraged by professional adjudicators, and having some of you go on to provincials, so it is with great regret that I write this e-mail. The ADMFA still strongly believes in supporting and building up young artists in our community and we look forward to seeing you all in the 2021 Festival Season.

Regarding participant registration fees, we will follow up with an additional e-mail by Friday with regard to the possibility of refunds. A number of expenses to run the festival have already been incurred and we have entered into contracts with our adjudicators. As a non-profit organization, we need to determine what our final costs are for the year and to what degree we are able to offer refunds.

Sincerely,

Melissa Law
President
Athabasca and District Music Festival Association

The purpose of the Athabasca and District Music festival is to promote and encourage musical participation by young people in order that excellence would be pursued and achieved. Participants perform either as individuals or groups in a variety of mediums, including speech, vocal solos and musical theatre, instrument and chorus. Participants enter classes arranged by medium and age over seven to ten days, culminating with a final concert held in the Nancy Appleby Theatre. The best students in each medium are recommended to attend the annual Provincial Festival sponsored by The Alberta Music Festival Association. Here you will find information about the festival including

• The 2020 Music Festival Program is now available.
• Local Addendum to the Syllabus
• Provincial Syllabus
• Contact information

Festival Dates: March 16 to 20, 2020

Final Concert: March 20, 2020