Contest Dates 2010

District Contest Dates 2010

Please note: although most of these dates are fixed now, occasionally we have to make a change. Please keep checking this website regularly.

Tuesday 8 June
Whangarei St John's Church Centre, Kamo Road, 3.30pm
Nelson Nelson School of Music, Nile Street, 6.30pm

Wednesday 9 June
Auckland Junior School Hall, Diocesan School for Girls, Margot Street, Epsom, 4.30pm & 7pm

Thursday 10 June
Auckland Junior School Hall, Diocesan School for Girls, 4.30pm & 7pm
Invercargill Central Baptist Church, Deveron Street, 3.30pm & 7pm

Friday 11 June
Auckland Junior School Hall, Diocesan School for Girls, 4.30pm & 7pm
Gisborne Saint Andrews Church, 5pm & 7pm

Saturday 12 June
Auckland Junior School Hall, Diocesan School for Girls, all day from 9.30am
Dunedin Marama Hall, University of Otago, 9.30am, 11.30am & 2.30pm

Sunday 13 June
Auckland Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall - Semi Finals 9.30am & 12.30pm; District Final 7pm
Dunedin Marama Hall, University of Otago - 9.30am & 11.30am; District Final 6.30pm

Monday 14 June
Timaru Hogben Hall, Timaru Boys' High School, 4pm

Tuesday 15 June
Tauranga Bethlehem College Performing Arts Centre, 9.30am & 1.30pm

Wednesday 16 June
Hamilton WEL Energy Academy of Performing Arts, Waikato University, 1pm, 3.30pm & 7pm
Palmerston North Speirs Centre, Palmerston North Boys' High School, Featherston Street, 7pm

Thursday 17 June
Christchurch Maurice Till Recital Hall, Music Centre of Christchurch, 140 Barbadoes Street, 1.30pm & 7pm
Wanganui Prince Edward Auditorium, Wanganui Collegiate School, Grey Street, 10.30am, 2.30pm & 6.30pm

Friday 18 June
Christchurch Maurice Till Recital Hall, Music Centre of Christchurch, 9.30am, 1.30pm & 7pm
Hawkes Bay Century Theatre, Napier, 1pm, 4.30pm & 7.30pm
New Plymouth Sacred Heart Girls' College, 6pm

Saturday 19 June
Christchurch Maurice Till Recital Hall, Music Centre of Christchurch, 1.30pm & 7pm
Hawkes Bay Century Theatre, Napier, 9.30am & 1pm

Sunday 20 June
Christchurch Maurice Till Recital Hall, Music Centre of Christchurch, District Final, 7pm
Hawkes Bay Century Theatre, Napier, District Final, 6pm
Wellington Adam Concert Room, New Zealand School of Music, 9.30am, 11.30am, 2pm & 4pm
 

Tickets
All centres except Auckland: $5 per session, $8 for all sessions and $5 for District Final (where applicable). Available at the door.
Auckland: $5 per session, $10 for all sessions and $10 for the District Final. Available at the door.

National Semi-Finals and National Final 2010

To recognise the 45th anniversary of the contest, national semi-finals have been introduced. These will be held on the day prior to the National Final in Wellington. Up to 12 groups will be invited to Wellington to perform in the semi’s on Friday 30 July at the Ilott Theatre with a further six groups going onto the National Final in the Wellington Town Hall on Saturday 31 July.