2009 Speech & Drama Syllabus
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Click here to Download a PDF version of this syllabus 500 Reading Prose at Sight | £6.20 Age under 12 | No time limit 501 Reading Prose at Sight | £6.20 Age 12 and under 15 | No time limit Note: Performers in classes 503 and 505, must supply a copy of their Bible reading for the adjudicator.
503 Reading The Bible | £6.20 Age 11 and under 15 | 2 Mins Own Choice. Any version. 505 Reading The Bible | £6.20 | Open Age 15 and over | 2½ Mins Own Choice. Any version. Note: In all speech solo classes, 507 to 539, costume is not permitted.
507 Speech | £6.20 Age under 6 | No time limit Own Choice. Verse or prose. Award: The Craiglynne Trophy 509 Speech | £6.20 Age 6 years only | No time limit Own Choice. 511 Speech | £6.20 Age 7 and under 9 Set Piece ‘That Old Haunted House’ by Judith Viorst from 513 Speech | £6.20 Age 9 and under 11 Set Piece ‘Alphabet Stew’ by Jack Prelutsky from 515 Speech | £6.20 Age 11 and under 13 Set Piece ‘Jabbermockery’ by Trevor Millum from The Works 516 Solo Speech | £6.20 Age 13 and under 16 Set Piece ‘Town Owl’ by Laurie Lee from The Dragon Book of Verse OUP 519 Speech Share-a-Poem | £9.50 Any Age | 2½ Mins Own Choice. Two persons. Some movement allowed. No costumes. 520 Speech Prose Speaking | £6.20 Age under 7 | 1 Mins Own Choice. Award: The Barton School Award 522 Speech Prose Speaking | £6.20 Age under 10 | 2 Mins Set Piece ‘Just So Stories’ by Rudyard Kipling Penguin Books 524 Speech Prose Speaking | £6.20 Age 10 and under 12 | 2½ Mins Set Piece ‘The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips’ by Michael Morpurgo Award: The Christine Lewis Cup 526 Speech Prose Speaking | £6.20 Age 12 and under 15 | 2½ Mins Set Piece ‘Thursday’s Child’ by Sonya Hartnett Walker Books Ltd Award: The Mollie & Basil Northen Cup 528 Speech Prose Speaking | £6.20 Age 15 and under 18 | 3 Mins Set Piece ‘The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency’ by Alexander McCall Smith Abacus 530 Speech Humorous Verse | £6.20 Age under 8 | 2 Mins Own Choice. Speech not to be acted. Award: The Ralph Cup 531 Speech Humorous Verse | £6.20 Age 8 years only | 2 Mins Own Choice. Speech not to be acted. 532 Speech Humorous Verse | £6.20 Age 9 years only | 2 Mins Own Choice. Speech not to be acted. 533 Speech Humorous Verse | £6.20 Age 10 years only | 2 Mins Own Choice. Speech not to be acted. Award: The Bosworth Cup 534 Speech Humorous Verse | £6.20 Age 11 years only | 2 Mins Own Choice. Speech not to be acted. Award: The Ernest Hills Memorial Cup 535 Speech Humorous Verse | £6.20 Age 12 years only | 2½ Mins Own Choice. Speech not to be acted. 536 Speech Humorous Verse | £6.20 Age 13 years only | 2½ Mins Own Choice. Speech not to be acted. Award: A Challenge Cup Presented By: Miss Lena Copping, LTCL 537 Speech Humorous Verse | £6.20 Age 14 and under 16 | 2½ Mins Own Choice. Speech not to be acted. Award: The Di Davidson Memorial Cup 538 Speech Humorous Verse or Prose | £6.20 Age 16 and under 18 | 3 Mins Own Choice. Speech not to be acted. Award: The Adele Cup 539 Speech Humorous Verse | £8.40 Age 18 and over | 3 Mins Own Choice. Speech not to be acted. Award: The Sophie Dann Challenge Trophy Presented By: Michael & Audrey Dann 540 Speech Dramatic Dialogue | £6.20 Age under 12 | 4 Mins Own Choice. Dialogue from a play. Introducing at least two characters. 541 Speech Dramatic Dialogue | £6.20 Age 12 and under 15 | 4 Minutes Own Choice. Dialogue from a play. Introducing at least two characters. 543 Speech Dramatic Dialogue | £6.20 Age 15 and under 18 | 4 Mins Own Choice. Dialogue from a play. Introducing at least two characters. 545 Speech Monologue | £6.20 Age under 12 | 3 Mins Own Choice. Other than Shakespeare. 546 Speech Monologue | £6.20 Age 12 and under 15 | 3 Mins Own Choice. Other than Shakespeare. 548 Speech Monologue | £6.20 Age 15 and under 18 | 3 Mins Own Choice. Other than Shakespeare. 550 Speech Monologue | £8.40 Age 18 and over | 3 Mins Own Choice. Other than Shakespeare. 551 Speech Monologue | £6.20 Age 12 and under 15 | 3 Mins Own Choice. From Shakespeare. Award: The Shakespeare Trophy Presented By: Silvia Cavalier 553 Speech Monologue | £6.20 Age 15 and under 18 | 5 Mins Own Choice. From Shakespeare. Award: The Bards Challenge Cup Presented By: Liz O'Rourke 555 Speech Monologue | £8.40 Age 18 and over | 5 Mins Own Choice. From Shakespeare. Award: The Anneliese Dann Challenge Trophy Presented By: Michael & Audrey Dann 556 Speech Lyrical Verse | £6.20 Age 15 and under 18 b) Own Choice. Not to exceed 3 Minutes. Award: The Robert Cleland Challenge Cup Presented By: Mrs and Misses Cleland Note: For classes 558, 559 and 560: Own Choice of subject. Two duplicate copies must be supplied a month before the Festival begins. Performers must retain the original. Certificates and mark sheets may be collected from the Festival office within a day of the class.
558 Speech Original Verse | £6.20 Age under 12 | 2 Mins Own Choice. As written and spoken or read. 559 Speech Original Verse | £6.20 Age 12 and under 16 | 3 Mins Own Choice. As written and spoken or read. Award: The Josephine Austin Cup 560 Speech Original Verse | £6.20 Age 16 and over | 3 Mins | OPEN Own Choice. As written and spoken or read. Award: The Bridget Mose Memorial Cup Presented By: Mrs Mollie Mose Note: The winner of a Bronze Medal may enter for the Silver Medal and the winner of a Silver Medal may enter for a Gold Medal even if under the minimum age for the class, but not in the same year.
561 Speech Bronze Medal | £8.40 Age 13 and under 15 Set Piece ‘Hide and Seek’ by Vernon Scannell from The Dragon Book of Verse OUP Award: Bronze Medal 562 Speech Silver Medal | £10.50 Age 15 and under 18 Set Piece a)‘Work and Play’ by Ted Hughes from The Dragon Book of Verse OUP b) Own Contrasting Choice: Not to exceed 3 Minutes. Award: Silver Medal 563 Speech Gold Medal | £16.00 Age 18 and over | OPEN b) Own Choice. Verse or prose, not from a play. Not to exceed 4 Minutes Award: Gold Medal Note: Costume is not permitted for any duologue or dramatic class. Properties are restricted to table, chairs and rostra only. No hand properties or screens. In duologues, any minimum age limit applies only to the elder partner, but the younger must not perform in another age group of an exactly similar class.
564 Duologue Shakespeare | £9.50 Age under 15 | 5 Mins Own Choice. Any duologue from Shakespeare. Award: A Challenge Trophy Presented By: Miss Dorothy Catt 565 Duologue Shakespeare | £9.50 Age 15 and under 18 | 5 Mins Own Choice. Any duologue from Shakespeare. Award: The Gwendoline Crane Challenge Cup Presented By: Mrs J Spurr 567 Duologue | £9.50 Age under 10 | 4 Mins Own Choice. Duologue from any play other than Shakespeare. Award: The Hastings Stage Studio Trophy 568 Duologue | £9.50 Age 10 and under 12 | 4 Mins Own Choice. Duologue from any play other than Shakespeare. Award: The McCormack Memorial Cup Presented By: Mrs. McCormack 569 Duologue | £9.50 Age 12 and under 14 | 5 Mins Own Choice. Duologue from any play other than Shakespeare. 571 Duologue | £9.50 Age 14 and under 16 | 5 Mins Own Choice. Duologue from any play other than Shakespeare. Award: The Miss Gwen Watford Silver Challenge Cup 572 Duologue | £10.50 Age 16 and over | 5 Mins Own Choice. Duologue from any play other than Shakespeare. Award: The Radcliffe Group Silver Challenge Cup "A" 573 Dramatic Class Shakespeare | £12.50 Age under 16 | 10 Mins Own Choice. Any scene from Shakespeare. No less than three speaking parts. Award: The Arthur Chevalier Silver Memorial Challenge Cup Presented By: Mr Paul Chevalier 574 Dramatic Class Shakespeare | £12.50 Any Age | 10 Mins Own Choice. Any scene from Shakespeare. No less than three speaking parts. Award: The Agnes Cleland Challenge Cup Presented By: Mrs P Barnett & Miss Cleland 575 Group Conversation | £12.50 Age under 16 | Teams of 4 Persons | 4 Mins Group Conversation. Each team will appoint a leader and be required to maintain Award: The Hilary Clulow Trophy 577 Choral Speaking | £15.50 Age under 12 | 6 Mins Own Choice. One or more pieces from verse, prose or from the Bible. 578 Choral Speaking | £15.50 Age 12 and under 15 | 5 Mins Own Choice. One or more pieces from verse, prose or from the Bible. Award: The Harry Gould Silver Challenge Cup Presented By: Mrs W Gould 579 Recital Class | £16.00 Any Age | 12 Mins Own Choice. Any combination of verse, mime, prose and acting. Not less than 580 Nursery Rhyme (or Ballad) | £10.50 Age under 9 | 5 Mins Own Choice. Nursery rhyme or ballad. Costume Optional. Award: The Mrs E G Reid Challenge Banner "A" 581 Acted Ballad | £12.50 Age under 12 | 7 Mins Own Choice. Acted ballad. No particular metre. Costume Optional. Award: The Mrs E G Reid Challenge Banner "B" Note: To encourage entries in the under 21 One Act Play classes, the Executive is offering a prize of £100 in each class 582, 583 and 584 providing there are entries from at least three different schools in each class, and that a minimum of 85 marks is awarded. Not less than three speaking parts. If entries for these classes is more than can be accommodated, the earliest applications will be given preference. The same school may not perform the same play within three years in any age group. Staging:- Curtains are provided but backdrops and hanging effects are not permitted. Furniture and props must be kept to a minimum as space backstage is limited. Lighting must be agreed beforehand and no candles or other naked lights are allowed. Only authorised helpers are allowed in the wings.
582 One Act Plays | £21.00 Age under 12 | 30 Mins and not less than 17minutes Own Choice. A one act play or scenes from any play other than Shakespeare. Award: The Summerfield Blackman Challenge Shield 583 One Act Plays | £21.00 Age under 16 | 30 Mins and not less than 17 minutes. Own Choice. A one act play or scenes from a play other than Shakespeare. Award: The Winifred M. Gould Memorial Cup 584 One Act Plays | £21.00 Age under 21 | 40 Mins and not less than 25 minutes. Own Choice. A one act play or scenes from any play other than Shakespeare. Award: Challenge Cup "B" Presented By: The Hastleon Operatic & Dramatic Society 585 One Act Plays | £21.00 Age 16 and over | 45 Mins and not less than 30 minutes. Own Choice. A one act play or scenes from a play other than Shakespeare. Award: The Gwendoline Crane Silver Challenge Bowl Note: Mime classes: Performers must mime a piece of their own choice without audible articulation. The subject of the mime must be announced by the performer or by the Platform Steward. If the latter, performers should hand the Steward a card showing the mime title. Music is permitted for Classwork and Dance Drama only. Make-up is not permitted. Costume is not permitted for any mime class. No scenery other than curtains. No properties whatsoever, not even hand props. Chairs, table and rostra as provided by the Festival may be used.
587 Mime - Solo | £6.20 Age under 9 | 3 Mins Own Choice. 588 Mime - Solo | £6.20 Age 9 and under 12 | 3 Mins Own Choice. Award: The Pierrot and Columbine Goblet Presented By: Doreen Cleland & Patricia and Adrian Barnett 589 Mime - Solo | £6.20 Age 12 and under 15 | 4 Mins Own Choice. Award: A Challenge Cup Presented By: Miss F. Penfold 590 Mime - Solo | £6.20 Age 15 and over | 4 Mins Own Choice. Award: A Challenge Cup Presented By: Mrs C Portch Note: In duologues, any minimum age limit applies only to the elder partner, but the younger must not perform in another age group of an exactly similar class.
591 Mime Duologue | £9.50 Age 9 and under 12 | 4 Mins Own Choice. Award: The Martha Nicholson Trophy 592 Mime - Duologue | £9.50 Age 12 and under 15 | 5 Mins Own Choice. Award: The Urquhart Goblets 593 Mime - Duologue | £9.50 Age 15 and over | 5 Mins Own Choice. 594 Mime Group Work Telling a Story | £12.50 Any Age | 8 Mins Own Choice. Not less than three characters. 596 Mime Classwork Telling a Story | £12.50 Age 10 and under 14 | 8 Mins Own Choice. Not less than 3 characters. 597 Mime Classwork Telling a Story | £12.50 Age 14 and over | 10 Mins | OPEN Own Choice. Not less than 3 characters. Note: Dance Drama should reflect creative dance developed from an original idea. The stimulus may be taken from music, art, poetry or prose etc. Emphasis is to be placed on the use of the whole body as opposed to any specific dancing technique. Costume, if used, should be simple, encouraging the use of flexible body movements. Bare feet or simple shoes are appropriate.
598 Dance Drama | £15.50 Age under 12 | 10 Mins Own Choice. Theme. Costume optional,Hand props only,Rostra allowed. Award: The Sandra Noble Challenge Cup 599 Dance Drama | £17.50 Age 12 and over | 10 Mins | OPEN Own Choice. Theme. Costume optional. Hand props only. Rostra allowed. Click here to Download a PDF of the entry form  Subscribe to our RSS News Feed
 
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