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SPEECH AND DRAMA, MIME ETC. 1

Tues A VERSE SPEAKING Year 2 and under. One of the following: WINDY NIGHTS Robert Louis Stevenson Hutchinson's Treasury of Children's Poetry ISBN 0-09-176748 YELLOW Olive Dove Hutchinson's Treasury of Children's Poetry ISBN 0-09-176748 PEARLS Jean Little Hutchinson's Treasury of Children's Poetry ISBN 0-09-176748

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VERSE SPEAKING. Year 3. One of the following: Tues A WHAT IS PINK? Christina Rossetti Oxford Book of Children's Poetry ISBN 978-0-19-276276-4 CATS Eleanor Farjeon The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems ISBN 0-14-130898-2 UPSIDE DOWN Aileen Fisher I Like this Poem Puffin ISBN 0-14-031295-1

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VERSE SPEAKING. Year 4. One of the following: Tues A/E FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE Robert Louis Stevenson I Like this Poem Puffin ISBN 0-14-031295-1 THE MONTHS Christina Rossetti I Like this Poem Puffin ISBN 0-14-031295-1 WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND? Christina Rossetti The Book of a Thousand Poems Collins

4 VERSE SPEAKING. Year 5. One of the following: SHAKING THE BRANCHES Gerard Benson The Works 4 EASTER MONDAY Catherine Benson The Works 4 AT THE END OF A SCHOOL DAY Wes Magee The Works 4

Tues A/E ISBN 0-330-43644-9 ISBN 0-330-43644-9 ISBN 0-330-43644-9

5 VERSE SPEAKING. Year 6.

One of the following: Tues A/E STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING Robert Frost I Like this Poem PuffinISBN 0-14-031295-1 MY MUM'S PUT ME ON THE TRANSFER LIST David Harmer Read Me and Laugh MacMillan ISBSN 0-33043557-4 WHAT IS RED? Mary O'Neill Hutchinson's Treasury of Children's Poetry ISBN 0-09-176748 6

VERSE SPEAKING. Year 7. One of the following: Tues A/E PLEASANT SOUNDS John Clare I Like this Poem Puffin ISBN 0-14-031295-1 THE WAY THROUGH THE WOODS Rudyard Kipling I Like this Poem Puffin ISBN 0-14-031295-1 MAFIA CATS Roger McGough Hutchinson's Treasury of Children's Poetry ISBN 0-09-176748

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VERSE SPEAKING - NOVICE. Year 7 and under.

Time limit 2 minutes Tues E OWN CHOICE OF VERSE OR PROSE. This can be an original work written by the speaker. To be recited from memory.

Performers from LEA inner city schools ONLY who do not attend private or specialist speech and drama classes.

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VERSE SPEAKING. 15 years and under One of the following: Tues E WITCH VILLANELLE Catherine Benson The Poetry Store Hodder Children's Books ISBN 034089386-9 SNOW IN THE SUBURBS Thomas Hardy Puffin Book of Modern Children's Verse ISBN 0-141-32188-1 DRIVING HOME Gerard Benson The Works 4 ISBN 0-330-43644-9 9

VERSE SPEAKING. No age limit. One of the following: Tues E SEA FEVER John Masefield Oxford Book of Children's Poetry ISBN 978-0-19-276276 CARGOES John Masefield I Like this Poem Puffin ISBN 0-14-031295-1 ANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH Wilfred Owen I Like this Poem Puffin ISBN 0-14-031295-1

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SONNET. No age limit.

Tues E OWN CHOICE. Two sonnets, one to be by Shakespeare, the second to be from any of the following Poets: William Wordsworth; Wilfred Owen; Rupert Brooke. Copies to be provided for the Adjudicator.

WHARFEDALE'S GOT TALENT In a bid to eliminate single-entry classes, the following categories have been encompassed in one class. Performers may enter once in as man of the numbered sections as they wish. Copies of all material presented are required for the Adjudicator.

11/1 HUMOROUS VERSE. No age limit OWN CHOICE. Original or published. Time limit 2 minutes. Dialect accepted. (Copy as above) Tues E 11/2 "POET LAUREATE". No age limit. Two poems by any past or present Poet Laureate. Time limit 4 minutes.

Tues E (Each poem can be by the same or different Poets Laureate,) Copies to be provided for the Adjudicator.

11/3 WRITE A POEM. No age limit.

Time limit 2 minutes.

Tues E Recite a poem of your own creation on any subject.

Copy to be provided for the Adjudicator. Time limit 2 minutes.

11/4 "POEM AND POET". No age limit.

Time limit 5 minutes.

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Any poem by Siegrfried Sassoon, Robert Graves or Vernon Scannell. To recite the Poem from memory and to preface it with a short introduction about the chosen Poet. A copy to be provided for the Adjudicator.

11/5 STORYTELLING. No age limit.

Time limit 4 minutes.

Tues E To create an original story and tell it from memory, based on one of the following titles: WHAT WAS THAT?; THE PIRATE'S TREASURE; MY DOG RUSTY PLEASE NOTE: THE USE OF OFFENSIVE OR QUESTIONABLE DIALOGUE IN THE FOLLOWING CLASSES IS NOT PERMITTED AND WILL RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION. (See Rule 14 at www.wharfedalefestival.co.uk).

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DUOLOGUE. 14 years and under.

Time limit 5 minutes.

Tues E OWN CHOICE. A presentation by two speakers from any book or play. A copy to be provided for the Adjudicator.

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DUOLOGUE. 15 years and over.

Time limit 5 minutes.

Tues E OWN CHOICE. A presentation by two speakers from any book or play. A copy to be provided for the Adjudicator.

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SOLO CHARACTERISATION. 13 years and under.

Time limit 3 minutes.

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OWN CHOICE. From any book or play other than Shakespeare. A copy to be provided for the Adjudicator.

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SOLO CHARACTERISATION. 15 years and under. Time limit 3 minutes.

Tues E OWN CHOICE. From any book or play other than Shakespeare. A copy to be provided for the Adjudicator.

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SOLO CHARACTERISATION. 16 years and over. Time limit 3 minutes.

Tues E OWN CHOICE. From any book or play other than Shakespeare. A copy to be provided for the Adjudicator.

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SOLO SHAKESPEARE. 18 years and under. Time limit 3 minutes.

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OWN CHOICE. Any single speech, one character only. A copy to be provided for the Adjudicator.

42 MEMORISED PROSE. Year 2. Not more than 100 words from one of the following: M/A OLGA FOLLOWS HER NOSE Michael Bond OUP ISBN 978-0-19275490-5-

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43 MEMORISED PROSE. Year 3.

M/A

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Not more than 150 words from one of the following:

TALE OF A TAIL Margaret Mahy Orion Children's Books ISBN 978-1-440-1084-844 PREPARED PROSE READING. Year 4. Not more than 200 words from the following: M/A/E CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR Roald Dahl Puffin ISBN 0141-3406-465

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45 PREPARED PROSE READING. Year 5. Not more than 200 words from the following: A or E CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG Frank Cottrell Boyce MacMillan ISBN 978-0-330-54419-1

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PREPARED PROSE READING. Year 6. Not more than 200 words from the following: RUNNING WILD Michael Morpurgo

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Harper Collins ISBN 978-0-00-726702-6

PREPARED PROSE READING. Year 12 and under. Not more than 200 words from:

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OWN CHOICE from either: JANE EYRE Charlotte Bronte or: Any book by JRR TOLKIEN Copy to be provided for the Adjudicator.

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PREPARED PROSE READING. No age limit Not more than 200 words from: OWN CHOICE from either: FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD Thomas Hardy or: UNDER MILK WOOD Dylan Thomas

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49 PUBLIC SPEAKING. No age limit To present a speech on one of the following and target the audience in view: PROTECTING THE PLANET; THE PRICE OF FREEDOM; CO-OPERATION - A GLOBAL TREND

50 PREPARED TALK. No age limit An original Talk to be presented with notes (although visual aids may be used) based on o the following titles:; ENGLISH HERITAGE; CASTLES & MONUMENTS; A REMARKABLE PERSON 64

SIGHT READING.

No age limit

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Performers will be required to read a passage of approximately 250 words from a published story. A separate passage will be selected for each entry.

65 PREPARED BIBLE READING. No age limit.

Time limit 3 minutes.

Tues A/E Either: ST MATTHEW Chapter 5 verses 3 - 12; from the Authorised Version Or: PSALM 67 from the Authorised Version.

Please note, the readings must be taken from the Authorised Version.

70 GROUP MIME OR DANCE DRAMA. 14 years and under.

Time limit 8 minutes.

Tues A/E OWN CHOICE. Subject to be announced at performance. (Recorded music and/or sound effects may be used as an accompaniment - the tape/CD player to be brought by the Group). Groups of not more than 20. Fee £10.00.

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CHORAL SPEAKING. 15 years and under.

Fee £10.00 Tues A/E OWN CHOICE: Either: COLONEL FAZACKERLY Charles Causley Read Me and Laugh MacMillan ISBSN 0330-43557-4 Or: THE PRIME MINISTER IS TEN TODAY David Harmer " " " And one poem in contrasting style

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CHORAL SPEAKING. No age limit OWN CHOICE: Two poems in contrasting style

Fee £10.00

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THEATRE TIME. 13 years and under.

Time limit 15 minutes.

Tues E OWN CHOICE. An excerpt from any Stage Play excluding Musicals etc. (Please see Class 110). Costumes and light hand props optional. Maximum 20 performers ALL OF WHOM MUST BE OF AMATEUR STATUS. Fee £10.00 The Adjudicator will judge all aspects of the Performance.

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THEATRE TIME. No age limit.

Time limit 15 minutes.

Tues E OWN CHOICE. Details as for Class 83. ALL PERFORMERS MUST BE OF AMATEUR STATUS. Fee £10.00

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MUSICAL THEATRE. 13 years and under.

Time limit 15 minutes.

OWN CHOICE. Excerpt from any Musical Show or Operetta. Costume and light hand props optional.

Wed, Thurs or Fri

Maximum 20 performers ALL OF WHOM MUST BE OF AMATEUR STATUS. (See below) Fee £10.00.

The Adjudicator will judge all aspects of the performance, especially characterisation.

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MUSICAL THEATRE. No age limit.

Time limit 15 minutes.

OWN CHOICE. (As above).

ALL PERFORMERS MUST BE OF AMATEUR STATUS. (See below) Fee £10.00.

Wed, Thurs or Fri E

AMATEUR STATUS. An amateur is someone who does not derive his/her livelihood from the branch of performance defined by the Class title in which he/she seeks to enter the Festival. In any ensemble, all members must adhere to this principle.

In classes where more than one performer is required, any age is allowed providing ONE performer Is 21 years or over. In order to assist with the scheduling of classes, please indicate on the entry form whether or not you are able to attend afternoon sessions.