2009 Speech & Drama Syllabus
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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
The Oxford Book of Children’s Poetry       OUP

513 Speech    |   £6.20

Age 9 and under 11

Set Piece ‘Alphabet Stew’ by Jack Prelutsky from
The Oxford Book of Children’s Poetry        OUP

515 Speech    |   £6.20

Age 11 and under 13

Set Piece ‘Jabbermockery’ by Trevor Millum from The Works
Macmillan Childrens Books

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
Harper Collins

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
An excerpt to be chosen from any of the stories.

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 
Set Piece a) ‘An Ordinary Day’ by Norman MacCaig from
The Dragon Book of Verse       OUP

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
Set Piece a) 'Horses on the Camargue' by Roy Campbell from
The Dragon Book of Verse        OUP

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
an interesting conversation for 4 minutes on a topic handed to them immediately
beforehand. The topic will be one about which the performers might reasonably
be expected to have views.
Credit will be given for audibility, interest value, the attitude of team members
to each other and the quality with which each member of the team contributes
to the conversation. A warning bell will be sounded at 3½ minutes.

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
5 performers. Hand props allowed. No costumes. Music permitted but not vocals.

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
Presented By: Mrs I Summerfield
Award: The Radcliffe Group Silver Challenge Cup 'B'
For the best individual performance.

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
Presented By: The Radcliffe Group
Award: The Grant Memorial Challenge Cup
Presented by: Mrs C. Portch. For the best individual performance.

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
              For the winning players.
Award: The Kim Wooding Challenge Cup
              For the best individual performance.
Award: The Ron Gregory Producer's Challenge Cup
Presented by: Mrs Ron Gregory and the Bexhill Players.
              For the best producer.

 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.
Open to any style of dancing. A Narrator is permitted.

Award: The Sandra Noble Challenge Cup
Award: The John Lyford Cup
              For the most promising group other than the winner.

599 Dance Drama    |   £17.50

Age 12 and over    |   10 Mins    |   OPEN

Own Choice. Theme. Costume optional. Hand props only. Rostra allowed.
Open to any style of dancing. A Narrator is permitted. 

Award: The Hastings Players' Silver Challenge Cup
Award: The Virginia Isham Silver Challenge Cup
              For the most promising group other than the winner.
 

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