The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

Queen's Award for Voluntary Service The Isle of Wight Music, Dance and Drama Festival (IWMDDF) was honoured in 2020 with The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK. The Award, created in 2002 to celebrate the...

Community Action Awards 2017

On Friday 5th May 4 of us attended the Community Action Awards 2017 Ceremony at the Riverside Centre in Newport, having been entered into the top 3 finalists for an award in our category, Arts and Heritage, one of 8 categories eligible for the competition. The aim is...

June Cox

Many of you will be aware that June Cox died last June (2019), having suffered a short illness. She had been associated with the Festival over many decades, taking part as a child soon after the last war and in the mid-seventies joining the Music Committee. In 1999...