Speech & Drama

Copies of the poems are available on the Festival website www.cfmds.org.uk.  For further information please contact Mrs Mini Elliot on melliot@oakwoodschool.co.uk or 07814 745783

 101 POEM ACADEMIC YEAR 3

Award: Noreen Ayling Cup No. 2

Fee    £8.50

Up to 2 mins

Set Piece "The Lonely Dragon" by Theresa Heine

 102 POEM ACADEMIC YEAR 4

Award: Reginald Campion Cup

Fee    £8.50

Up to 2 mins

Set piece "The Sandwich" by Tony Bradman

 103 POEM ACADEMIC YEAR 5

Award: Hilda Jackman Cup

Fee    £8.50

Up to 3 mins

Set piece "The Sound Collector" by Roger McGough

 104 POEM ACADEMIC YEAR 6

Award: Chichester Players Cup

Fee    £8.50

Up to 3 mins

Set piece "Books" by Eleanor Farjeon

 105 POEM ACADEMIC YEAR 7

Award: Storrington Cup

Fee    £8.50

Up to 3 mins

Set piece "Stone" by Charles Simic

 106 POEM ACADEMIC YEARS 8 & 9

Award: Sir Eric Jansz Poetry Prize Cup

Fee    £8.50

Up to 3 mins

Set piece "From The Hill We Climb” by Amanda Gorman

 107 POEM ACADEMIC YEARS 10, 11 & 12

Award: Susan Brand Cup

Fee    £8.50

Up to 3 mins

Set piece "After We've Gone" by Fran Landesman

 108 OWN COMPOSITION ACADEMIC YEARS 3 & 4

Award: Jenifer Pressdee Trophy (with Class 109)

Fee    £8.50

Up to 2 mins

Write and learn your own poem. 

Please give the adjudicator a copy.

 109 OWN COMPOSITION ACADEMIC YEARS 5 & 6

Award: Jenifer Pressdee Trophy (with Class 108)

Fee    £8.50

Up to 3 mins

Write and learn your own poem.

Please give the adjudicator a copy.

110 CHORAL SPEAKING ACADEMIC YEARS 3 & 4

Award: Clarke-Jervoise Challenge Cup (with Class 111)

Fee   £20.00

Group of a minimum of 3 people

Up to 5 mins

Own choice

No conductor allowed

 111 CHORAL SPEAKING ACADEMIC YEARS 5 & 6

Award: Clarke-Jervoise Challenge Cup (with Class 110)

Fee   £20.00

Group of a minimum of 3 people

Up to 5 mins

Own choice

No conductor allowed

 112 PUBLIC SPEAKING ACADEMIC YEARS 5 & 6

Award: Richard Plowman Cup for Public Speaking (with Class 113)

Fee    £8.50

Up to 4 mins

Own Choice

Speak on a subject that interests you, for instance hobbies, sports, clubs you belong to.

 113 PUBLIC SPEAKING ACADEMIC YEARS 7, 8 & 9

Award: Richard Plowman Cup for Public Speaking (with Class 112)

Fee    £8.50

Up to 5 mins

Own Choice

'Be in Earnest' - speak on a subject on which you have definite convictions

Prose speaking needs to be taken from the LAMDA anthologies or own choice.  To be learnt off by heart and not read from text. Please can a copy of the prose be given to the adjudicator.

 114 PROSE SPEAKING ACADEMIC YEARS 5 & 6

Award: CMF Speech & Drama Cup (with Class 115)

Fee    £8.50

Up to 3 mins

Own choice

 115 PROSE SPEAKING ACADEMIC YEARS 7, 8 & 9

Award: CMF Speech & Drama Cup (with Class 114)

Fee    £8.50

Up to 3 mins

Own choice

Entrants may use a hint of costume, for instance character skirt, glasses, hat; otherwise performance blacks or Festival T-shirt or hoodie must be worn to allow fluidity of movement.  Please can a "clean" copy of the acting piece be given to the adjudicator.

 The venue (Oakwood) will provide the following basic props, chairs and up to 4 stage blocks (55cm by 55cm). However, if you require any additional props or furniture you must provide these yourself.

 116 DRAMATIC SOLO ACADEMIC YEARS 3 & 4

Award: Cavanagh Cup

Fee    £8.50

Up to 2 mins

Own choice

 117 DRAMATIC SOLO ACADEMIC YEARS 5 & 6

Award: John K Dixon Memorial Cup

Fee    £8.50

Up to 3 mins

Own choice

 118 DRAMATIC SOLO ACADEMIC YEARS 7 & 8

Award: Old Mime Cup

Fee    £8.50

Up to 3 mins

Own choice

 119 DRAMATIC SOLO ACADEMIC YEARS 9, 10 & 11

Award: Hoare Cup

Fee    £8.50

Up to 4 mins

Own choice

 120 DRAMATIC SOLO ACADEMIC YEARS 12 & ABOVE

Award: Beale Memorial Cup

Fee    £8.50

Up to 4 mins

Own choice

 121 DRAMATIC DUOLOGUE ACADEMIC YEARS 3 & 4

Award: Amy Gustar Cup

Fee   £12.50

Up to 3 mins

Own choice

 122 DRAMATIC DUOLOGUE ACADEMIC YEARS 5 & 6

Award: Cavanagh Duologue Cup (with Class 123)

Fee   £12.50

Up to 4 mins

Own choice

 123 DRAMATIC DUOLOGUE ACADEMIC YEARS 7 & 8

Award: Cavanagh Duologue Cup (with Class 122)

Fee   £12.50

Up to 4 mins

Own choice

 124 DRAMATIC DUOLOGUE ACADEMIC YEARS 9 & 10

Award: Kathleen Hoare Drama Cup (with Class 125)

Fee   £12.50

Up to 5 mins

Own choice

 125 DRAMATIC DUOLOGUE ACADEMIC YEARS 11 & 12

Award: Kathleen Hoare Drama Cup (with Class 124)

Fee   £12.50

Up to 5 mins

Own choice

 126 GROUP DRAMA ACADEMIC YEARS 5 & 6

Fee   £20.00

Group of 5 to 14 people

Up to 4 mins

Own choice

 127 GROUP DRAMA ACADEMIC YEARS 7, 8 & 9

Fee   £20.00

Group of 5 to 14 people

Up to 5 mins

Own choice

128 SHAKESPEARE SOLO ACADEMIC YEARS 5 & 6

Award: Clarke-Jervoise Cup No. 4 (with Class 129)

Fee    £8.50

Up to 3 mins

Own choice

 129 SHAKESPEARE SOLO ACADEMIC YEARS 7, 8 & 9

Award: Clarke-Jervoise Cup No. 4 (with Class 128)

Fee    £8.50

Up to 3 mins

Own choice

 130 SHAKESPEARE SOLO ACADEMIC YEARS 10, 11 & 12

Award: Audrey Bryant Challenge Cup (with Class 131)

Fee    £8.50

Up to 4 mins

Own choice

 131 SHAKESPEARE SOLO ACADEMIC YEARS 13 & ABOVE

Award: Audrey Bryant Challenge Cup (with Class 130)

Fee    £8.50

Up to 4 mins

Own choice