Southland Competitions Society Inc

Southland Competitions Society Inc The Southland Competitions is an annual event for people to showcase their talents in the various Arts. Its Patrons are Trevor Young and Sir William Southgate.

The purpose of the Society is to provide an annual festival as a forum for young people to perform in their chosen art(s) at various venues throughout the city of Invercargill. They compete with their peers before Adjudicators brought to Invercargill from around the country. The competitions have provided a platform for young people to share their talents and gain experience in public performance.

The confidence gained is something that carries over into all areas of life. The Society is affiliated to the Performing Arts Competitions Association of New Zealand Inc (PACANZ©). Over a two-year period, there is an opportunity for all of the Arts (except Irish Dancing) to send a young person to the Young Performer of the Year Awards run by PACANZ©. One year, the Arts of Speech & Drama, Modern Dance, Highland & National Dancing and Orchestral Instrument are covered. The next year, Ballet, Pianoforte, Tap Dancing and Vocal are covered. Whilst most of the entrants are of school age, there are also Open events and a separate competition for Senior Vocalists from 18 to 100+! The Festival is usually held in the third weekend of every August and from the Friday evening of the day the September school holidays begin. From a spectator's point of view, many people see the competitions as something only interesting to "the parents or grandparents of the competitors" Nothing could be further from the truth as all Sessions are programmed for a variety of ages. The talent is endless and exciting!

04/03/2026

AGM notice! Our Annual general meeting is being held on Sunday March 15th at 6pm, at St Joseph's School, Eye St. All welcome, if you are interested in being part of supporting our competitions in Southland please come along.

What a fabulous four days of Ballet and Modern Competitions. Congratulations to all competitors and special thanks to ou...
22/09/2025

What a fabulous four days of Ballet and Modern Competitions.
Congratulations to all competitors and special thanks to our adjudicators Alicia Kindell and Georgia Marshall.

Congratulations to Natalie Smith who will represent the Southland Competitions Society at the National Young Performers ...
20/09/2025

Congratulations to Natalie Smith who will represent the Southland Competitions Society at the National Young Performers Awards in 2026.

Congratulations to all our Variation competitors for their performances last night.Variation Not en Pointe - 11 and unde...
20/09/2025

Congratulations to all our Variation competitors for their performances last night.

Variation Not en Pointe - 11 and under 14 years
1st Sofia Lee
2nd Abigail Rankin
3rd Josephine Leah Johnson

Variation en Pointe - 13 years and over
1st Natalie Smith
2ns Sophie Wylie
3rd Keira Jones

04/09/2025

Ballet & Modern Comps - New Trophies

A huge thank you to everyone who donated new trophies to our September comps this year. They are looking amazing and will soon find new homes for the year 😊

If you could drop these off to the office -
St Joseph's School
70 Eye Street, Invercargill between the hours of 7.30am (except Wednesdays) and 7pm excluding Friday the 12th Sept and Monday the 15th) as office will be closed from 4:30pm.

In appreciation
Anne

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Please find following the link to our upcoming Instrumental competition schedule. Ensure you log in using the same e mai...
04/09/2025

Please find following the link to our upcoming Instrumental competition schedule. Ensure you log in using the same e mail as your entry.

Southland Competititions Instrumental Section September 2025 App V25

24/08/2025

Trophy Donations Greatly Appreciated 😃
Our Ballet & Modern Competition has a variety of sections without trophies. If you would like to support a section by donating a trophy (your choice of trophy name and section) please email [email protected] and let me know what section to cross off the list 😘

Barefoots for the following ages - 17 & under 19yrs

Duo/Trio Ballet - any age
Duo/Trio Modern 11 yrs & under
Duo/Trio Modern 12 yrs & over
Group - Any Genre
Most Promising Hip Hop Dancer

POST edited as classes removed that are chosen 🙃

Many thanks for your support
Anne & S.C.S. Team

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Congratulations to all our Tap Dancing competitors last weekend. 🌟
19/08/2025

Congratulations to all our Tap Dancing competitors last weekend. 🌟

Congratulations to all our prize winners at the Southland Competitions Society Highland event held yesterday. Special me...
18/08/2025

Congratulations to all our prize winners at the Southland Competitions Society Highland event held yesterday. Special mention to Megan Clark on winning the Hazel Christie Memorial Scholarship for 2025. Congratulations dancers!

We are really looking forward to seeing all the tappers shine on stage from 4.30pm this afternoon and all day tomorrow.F...
15/08/2025

We are really looking forward to seeing all the tappers shine on stage from 4.30pm this afternoon and all day tomorrow.

Free entry for everyone.

Please ensure you keep an eye on the app as times have already changed with scratching's, we will run early if possible.

Centrestage will be open from 3.45pm today and 7.30am Saturday.

Good luck to all the competitors, have fun.

Southland Tap Competition August 2025 App V23

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