The two sisters blew away the competition and won the award for Best Solo Performance in their age categories in the Brass Section.

And if that wasn’t enough, Mailli participated in a further contest and picked up top prize for her Recital performance as well.

Affiliated to the Federation of Music Festivals, the Saltash Music, Speech and Drama Festival has been running for over 30 years and offers activities and events covering a variety of genres including poetry, drama, pop music, classical, folk and jazz.

Organisers claim they involve ‘highly experienced’ artists in the events and that the activities attract approximately 1000 entries.

Well done to Mailli and Tansy – we are extremely proud of their successes.