The Wansbeck Music Festival Steel Pan competition took place in the KEVI School on Saturday 25th March 2017. Newminster and Chantry Middle School pupils performed extremely well and the results were as follows.

First places:

Under 11 Band – Chantry Steel A
Under 11 Soloist – Ruby Houseman-Wilkinson (Newminster)
Under 11 Ensemble – Thomas, Pippi and Erin (Newmnster)

Under 13 Soloist – Charlie Haliford (Newminster)
Under 13 Ensemble – Lydia, Lottie and Eleanor (Chantry)

Second Places:

Under 11 Band Second – Newminster Steel A
Under 11 Soloist – Simone Syndercombe (Newminster)
Under 11 Ensemble – Naomi and Georgia (Chantry)

Under 13 Band – Newminster B
Under 13 Ensemble – Florence and Millie (Chantry)