The Fame Contest winners are . . .

THE winners of this year's Shipston-on-Stour Proms' Fame Contest have been announced.

Singer Savannah Eden won the Solo/Duet category and Rock Roots Revival won the Bands category.

Rock Roots Revival are Alex Lilley (electric drums), Rob Banfield (bass guitar), Andy Robinson (vocals/guitar) and Neil Pearson (guitar).

They were planning to play at last year’s Fame Contest, but due to the ill health of their guitarist Mike Seddon, who sadly passed away later in 2015, they had to pull out.

Other finalists in the Solo/Duet category were grunge band The Pettibones with Ben Bryan (vocals and guitar), and Grace Spalding (drums), and violin duet from Hannahflail (Hannah Porter and visiting American, Abigail Hobart).

In the Bands section final were Feedback with Sam Albury (vocals/bass), Shane Leahy (vocals/bass), Jamie Pullen (drums), Tom Cawley (rhythm guitar) from Shipston High School.

After each act had performed two songs at the Townsend Hall on Saturday, 18th June, the judging panel of Chris Davies, Alan Thompson (chairman), Dan Packer, Laura Furnell, and Richard and Louise Harvey then had to decide which point to give to each act.

After a short break the Shipston Proms chairman, Tim Porter, announced that Savannah Eden had won the solo/duet category, and Rock Roots Revival had won the bands section.

Tim thanked Charlie Thomas and Stephen Haynes for manning and setting up the sound and lights, along with James Thomas and Eleanor Stanley for loaning some of the sound equipment.

The Proms runs until 6th July. See www.shipstonproms.org