2017-Syllabus

JUNIOR and SENIOR – OPEN Please refer to Speech & Drama Rules on pages 23-24
THE FARNALL THURSTAN TROPHY Classes 25 and 26.
Time Limit: 90 secs
25 11½ - 12 years (birthdays 02/03/05 – 01/09/05)
I Hear by Berlie Doherty Ref 16
or Any Poem on the theme of SOUNDS
26 12 - 12½ years (birthdays 02/09/04 to 01/03/05)
Everything Touches by Roger McGough Ref 17
or Any Poem on the theme of SENSES
SPEECH & DRAMA
WHITING CHALLENGE TROPHY Classes 27 – 29.
Time Limit: 105 Secs
27 12½ - 13 years (birthdays 02/03/04 to 01/09/04)
Who by Charles Causley Ref 15
or Any Other Poem by CHARLES CAUSLEY
28 13 - 13½ years (birthdays 02/09/03 to 01/03/04)
The Harvest Moon by Ted Hughes Ref 18
or Any Other Poem by TED HUGHES
29 13½ - 14 years (birthdays 02/03/03 to 01/09/03 )
The Cherry Stump by Helen Dunmore Ref 19
or Any Other Poem by HELEN DUNMORE
DE REYES CHALLENGE TROPHY Classes 30 – 32.
Time Limit: 2½ mins
30* 14 years
Sandpiper by Elizabeth Bishop Ref 20
or Any Other Poem or Extract from a Poem by ELIZABETH BISHOP
31* 15 and 16 years
Pheasant by Sylvia Plath Ref 20
or Any Other Poem or Extract from a Poem by SYLVIA PLATH
32* 17 - 21 years
La Figlia Che Piange by T. S. Eliot Ref 21
or Any Other Poem or Extract from a Poem by T S ELIOT
33* SONNET 14 – 21 years
Sonnet 1 from The Glanmore Sonnets by Seamus Heaney Ref 22
or An Own Choice Sonnet
34 SHARED VERSE Time Limit: 4 mins
11 years and under. Fee : £12.00
2 - 6 speakers to be entered under a collective title. See Rule 4.
Movement, music or sound effects may be used. Hand props allowed.
The Visitor by Ian Serraillier Ref 23
BIBLE PREPARED READING CLASSES – SOLO
Own Choice from any version of THE BIBLE or THE THOMAS CRANMER PRAYER BOOK
35 10 years and under Time Limit: 1½ mins
36 11 -14 years Time Limit: 2 mins
37 15 years and over - OPEN Time Limit: 3 mins
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