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Grade 9 Bluevale collegiate institute student Joyce Lee competed as part of the intermediate flute quartet at Mount Zion Lutheran Church last Wednesday during the Kiwanis Music Festi val. ARTS FOCUS AYaN CONNELL PHOTO Kiwanis Festival makes music around Waterloo magine yourself naked Iun a stage playing the piano. Now imagine being judged for it too. Although the students who competed at this year‘s 57th annual Kiwanis Music Festival were wearing clothes, they were exposed in terms of showing off their raw talent, which, to Jackie Wall, is just like being nude. "The festival‘s a great opportunity for the stuâ€" dents to go ahead and perâ€" form. It prepares you unlike anything else because you‘re naked up there in front of people in a sense," said Wall, a piai. ceacues who has entered her stuâ€" dents in the music festival for several years. She considers the festiâ€" By Ryan Conneut For The Chronicle val to be a valuable experiâ€" ence to her students that also helps the kids develop meaningful life skills. "It‘s quite a process {to learn how to play). "I don‘t really care about the end result, but the process is really quite valuâ€" able because it teaches you about discipline, managing vourself and getting yourâ€" self to do something on a daily basis." Wall had about 12 stuâ€" dents, from beginners to "It gives them the experience of performing in front of an audience..." â€" Shelly Weber coâ€"ordinator Grade 9, competing in variâ€" ous categories of the comâ€" petition, including duet and quartet piano . perforâ€" mances. The annual Kiwanis Music Festival took place last week from at several Waterloo churches, as well as the Conrad Grebel Uniâ€" versity College and St. Paul‘s United College, both in Waterioo. The annual event, hostâ€" ed by the Kiwanis Club of Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo, a nonâ€" profit organization that is dedicated primarily to helpâ€" ing children, takes place in coâ€"operation with the Kâ€"W branch of the Ontario Regâ€" istered Music Teachers‘ Association and the Waterâ€" loo County branch of the Ontario Music Educators. Aside from piano, stuâ€" dents also compete in sevâ€" Continued on page 26