The Rotary Club of Lincoln continues its long tradition of support and encouraging Lincolnshire young musical talent with the presentation of a Trophy at the annual Music Festival, held at Central Methodist Church, Lincoln. President Stephen Pope is pictured presenting the Lincoln Rotary Club Trophy to Olivia Warburton.

Olivia was placed first out of a strong class of seven contenders, all of secondary school age (school years 10-13) each having sung two contrasting songs of their own choice.

The Lincoln Rotary Club Trophy is one of the original festival trophies, having been first awarded in 1936 and since 2002 the Trophy has been awarded to the winner of the Vocal Repertoire class (secondary school age).

The Club also organises two Youth Concerts, in July and November of each year, featuring young musicians in the Lincolnshire Youth Orchestras.

What happens on a cold winter’s morning in Market Rasen? Whilst the rest of the country was either complaining about, or enjoying, the snow, a group of volunteers from the New Life Church of Market Rasen, led by Rhona Sheppard, had joined forces with the railway station support group, led by John Skelton, and were busily planting daffodil bulbs and apple trees, donated by the Rotary Club, on the land at the side of the station approach.

The New Life Church were runners up in the recent Rotary Environmental Award Competition, and Andrew Dalrymple, President of Rotary presented a cheque for £300.00 to James Burdett of the church youth group. They will use the money for further enhancement of the Market Rasen area, involving particularly the youth section and the Xstream section of the Church. Matilda Troughton, shown in the picture, is a member of the Xstream team.

The land had been pre-prepared by Rotarian Trevor Lyle, to make the work a little easier. Rotarian Harold Bates, chairman of the Rotary Environmental committee, was very pleased to see the enthusiasm, with which the work was being carried out, to further enhance the appearance of part of the town, for the benefit of all.