The Lola MacQuarrie Memorial Trophy was donated to the Winnipeg Music Festival in 1968 by a group of associates and admirers. This trophy was originally awarded in an annual competition of winners in School Choir Folk Song Choruses. Today it is awarded for the most outstanding performance of a Folk Song by a School Chorus, Kindergarten to Grade 6.
Lola MacQuarrie was born in 1910 and died in 1966. She was active in music circles, first as a competitor in musical events and then as a teacher, adjudicator and broadcaster. Mrs. MacQuarrie contributed to the musical life of her city and her province as director of music for Winnipeg schools, as an adjudicator in musical festivals across Canada and as a guiding hand behind school broadcasts.
| Year
|
Winner
|
| Year | Winner | Year | Winner |
| 1968
|
Grant Park Junior High School
|
1990
|
Lord Selkirk School
|
| 1969
|
Angus McKay School
|
1991
|
Tyndall Park School
|
| 1970
|
Brock-Corydon School
|
1992
|
Lord Selkirk School
|
| 1971
|
Ralph Brown School
|
1993
|
Phoenix School
|
| 1972
|
Ralph Brown School
|
1994
|
Lord Selkirk School
|
| 1973
|
Van Belleghem School
|
1995
|
Garden Grove School
|
| 1974
|
John Dafoe School
|
1996
|
Jameswood School
|
| 1975
|
Athlone School
|
1997
|
Salisbury Morse Place School
|
| 1976
|
Grosvenor School & Lord
Wolseley School
|
1998
|
Lord Selkirk School
|
| 1977
|
Champlain School
|
1999
|
Sansome School
|
| 1978
|
Springfield Heights School
|
2000
|
École Garden Grove School
|
| 1979
|
Bertrun E. Glavin School
|
2001
|
École Bannatyne
|
| 1980
|
Bertrun E. Glavin School
|
2002
|
Garden Grove School
|
| 1981
|
Neil Campbell School
|
2003
|
École Garden Grove School
|
| 1982
|
Balmoral Hall
|
2004
|
École Garden Grove School
|
| 1983
|
Donwood School
|
2005
|
John de Graff
|
| 1984
|
Balmoral Hall
|
2006 | Angus McKay Grades 3/4 Choir |
| 1985
|
Bertrun E. Glavin School
|
2007 | Princess Margaret School |
| 1986
|
Donwood School
|
2008 | Stanley Knowles Grade 5 & 6 Choir |
| 1987
|
Principal Sparling School
|
2009 | École Garden Grove School Girls’ Choir |
| 1988
|
Principal Sparling School
|
2010 | Lakewood School Intermediate Choir |
| 1989
|
Robert H. Smith School
|
2011 | Queenston School |