S & D Syllabus – Scunthorpe Musical Festival

2018 Class Schedules.

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Verse Speaking

REFERENCE BOOKS

A. The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems
B. Kingfisher book of Childrens Poetry
C. Poems for 9 years and under
D. Oxford book of First Poetry
E. Is a Caterpillar Ticklish
F. Poems For 7-Year-Olds And Under
G. Quintet of Poets
H. New Oxford Book of Childrens Poetry
I. The Works 5
j. Oxford fourth Poetry Book
K. Faces in a Crowd

Copies of all the set poems are available from the Secretary.

AGE TO ACCORD WITH THE RELEVANT SCHOOL YEAR

Class	Relevant School Year	Test Piece	Book ref./Page	Entry
Class 1A	Pre Reception Children	Own Choice of a traditional Nursery Rhyme		2.50
Class 1	Reception Class	The Park by James S Tippett	D/20	2.50
Class 2	Year 1 ( March– August Birthdays inclusive)	My Teddy Has a fright by Charles Thompson	A/102	2.50
Class 3	Year 1 ( September-February Birthdays inclusive)	The Vulture by Hillaire Belloc	D/33	2.50
Class 4	Year 2 ( March-August Birthdays inclusive)	Slugs by John Kitching	D/73	2.50
Class 5	Year 2 (September-February Birthdays inclusive)	My Brother by Theresa Heine	A/42	2.50
Class 6	Year 3 (March– August Birthdays inclusive)	’Dens’ by Stanley Cook	A/26	2.50
Class 7	Year 3 (Sept-February Birthdays inclusive)	If You Should Meet A Crocodile	F/60	2.50
Class 8	Year 4 (March-August Birthdays inclusive)	Upside Down by Aileen Fisher	L/19	2.50
Class 9	Year 4 (Sept-February Birthdays inclusive)	Windy Night by Robert Louis Stevenson	D/86	2.50
Class 10	Year 5 (March-August Birthdays inclusive)	I wish I were a Pirate by Tony Bradman	L/109	2.50
Class 11	Year 5 (Sept-February Birthdays inclusive)	The Black Pebble by James Reeves	C/22	2.50
Class 12	Year 6 (March-August Birthdays inclusive)	Twilight by Leonard Clark	E/199	2.50
Class 13	Year 6 (Sept-February Birthdays inclusive)	Night Walk by Max Fatchen	E/198	2.50
Class 14	Year 7	Overheard on a Saltmarsh by Harold Munro	H/144	2.50
Class 15	Year 8	Who by Charles Causley	G/7	2.50
Class 16	Year 9	It was Long Ago by Eleanor Farjeon	I/321	2.50
Class 17	Year 10	Price Kano by Edward Lowbury	J/86	2.50
Class 18	Year 11	The Lady Behind Me	K/123	2.50
Class 19	Year 12 and over	Flood Year by Judith Wright	B/213	2.50

Humorous Verse

Class	Relevant School Year	Test Piece	Time Limit	Entry
Class 20	Year 2 and under	Own Choice	2 minutes	2.50
Class 21	Years 3 and 4	Own Choice	2 minutes	2.50
Class 22	Year 5	Own Choice	3 minutes	2.50
Class 23	Year 6	Own Choice	3 minutes	2.50
Class 24	Years 7 and 8	Own Choice	4 minutes	2.50
Class 25	Years 9, 10 and 11	Own Choice	4 minutes	2.50

A Copy of Own Choice Poems to be submitted at time of entry please.

Prose Speaking

Class	Relevant School Year	Test Piece	Time Limit	Entry
Class 26	Year 6 and under	An extract from The Penguin Who Wanted to Find Out by Jill Tomlinson	1½ minutes	2.50
Class 27	Years 7 and 8	An Extract from the Snow Spider by Jenny Munro	2 minutes	2.50
Class 28	Years 9, 10 and 11	An extract from The Butterfly Lion by Micheal Morpurgo	3 minutes	2.50
Class 29	Years 12 and 13	An extract from 1984 by George Orwell	4 minutes	2.50

A Copy of Extract to be submitted at time of entry please.

Bible Reading

Class	Relevant School Year	Test Piece	Time Limit	Entry
Class 30 Bible Reading	Year 6 and under (Primary)	St Mark Chapter 5 verses 35-43		2.50
Class 31 Bible Reading	Year 7 and over (Secondary)	St. Mark Chapter 10 17- 27		2.50
Class 32 Religious Verse	Year 6 and under	either What the Donley Saw by Marion Swinger from Works 5 or The First Christmas by Marion Swinger from Read Me 2 or The Donkey by G K Chesterton from Works 5	2 minutes	2.50
Class 33 Religious Verse	Year 7 and over	Own Choice	3 minutes	2.50

Any version of the Bible may be used, but a copy must be provided for the adjudicator

Original Writing

The poem MUST be sent to the Secretary at the time of entry : 16th January 2018. For Classes 34 & 35 please include your date of birth.

Class	Original Verse	Test Piece	Entry
Class 34	Primary	own choice	2.50
Class 35	Secondary	own choice	2.50
Class 36	Adult	own choice	3.50

Performers are required to submit their own choice composition which may be either rhyming or free verse. The poem may be either spoken by the writer or another person chosen by the writer.

Mime Classes

Class	Mime	Test Piece	Time Limit	Entry
Class 38	Solo Mime Primary	The Parcel or Lost in the Woods	2 minutes	2.50
Class 39	Solo Mime Secondary	The Unexpected Visitor or Trapped	3 minutes	2.50
Class 40	Duo Mime Primary (no music)	We didn’t mean that to Happen or Noises in the night	3 minutes	3.50
Class 41	Duo Mime Secondary (no music)	Own Choice	3 minutes	3.50
Class 42	Group Mime Primary (not less than 4 people)	Own Choice	5 minutes	6.00
Class 43	Group Mime Secondary (not less than 4 people)	Own Choice	6 minutes	6.00

IN ALL MIME CLASSES NO PROPS, OTHER THAN CHAIRS, MAY BE USED. MUSIC IS PERMITTED. IF POSSIBLE PERFORM IN BLACK CLOTHING

Dramatic Classes

Class	Drama	Relevant School Year	Test Piece	Time Limit	Entry
Class 44	Solo Dramatic	Primary	Own Choice	3 minutes	2.50
Class 45	Solo Dramatic	Years 7 and 8	Own Choice	3 minutes	2.50
Class 46	Solo Dramatic	Years 9, 10 and 11	Own Choice	5 minutes	2.50
Class 47	Solo Dramatic	Age 16 years and over	Own Choice	5 minutes	2.50

Own Choice of an extract from a play or novel spoken by a character

Duologue Classes

Class	Duologue	Relevant School Year	Test Piece	Time Limit	Entry
Class 48	Duologue	Primary	Own Choice	5 minutes (including any prop setting)	3.50
Class 49	Duologue	Years 7 and 8	Own Choice	6 minutes (including any prop setting)	3.50
Class 50	Duologue	Years 9-12	Own Choice	6 minutes (including any prop setting)	3.50
Class 51	Dramatic Quartet	Years 1 and 2	Holiday or The Strange Visit	3 minutes	5.00
Class 52	Dramatic Quartet	Years 3, 4, 5 and 6	Where did that come from ? OR Oh,What a Mess	4 minutes	5.00
Class 53	Dramatic Quartet	Secondary	“Shock Result” or “Eureka”	4 minutes	5.00

Choral Speaking Choirs Are Not To Be Conducted

Class	Duologue	Relevant School Year	Test Piece	Time Limit	Entry
Class 54	Choral Speaking	Years 1 and 2	Ssh by Len Bayton from The Poetry Store or Ready,Steady Moo by June Cribben from The Puffin Book of Fantastic Poems & Own Choice	4 minutes	5.00
Class 55	Choral Speaking	Years 3, 4, 5 and 6	Sir’s A Secret Agent From read me 2 OR Meramid School from Works 4 and Own Choice	4 minutes	5.00
Class 56	Choral Speaking	Secondary	Colonel Fazackerley by Charles Caudley or Song of the Jellicles by T S Elliott and Own Choice	10 minutes	5.00
		Junior	Flight, Danger or Family Occasions	10 minutes	5.00
Class 57	Choral Speaking	Adult	Horses of the Carmague by Rod Campbell from the Puffin Book of One Hundred years of Poetry or The Trail of Thomas Drew by Alan Ahlberg from Read Me 2	10 minutes	6.00

Copies of these poems are available from the Secretary

Performers in Classes 58 to 60 must provide copies of Solo Verse, Prose and Choral Speaking which they may be including in their performance.

Class	Theme	Relevant School Year	Test Piece	Time Limit	Entry
Class 58	Junior	Years 6 and under (not less than 5 people)	A programme devised by the group illustrating one of the following : i Water ii Danger iii Escape	8 minutes	6.00
Class 59	Intermediate	Years 7 and 8 (not less than 5 people)	A programme devised by the group illustrating one of the following : i Water ii Time and Space iii Escape	10 minutes	6.00
Class 60	Senior	Years 9 to 11 (not less than 5 people)	A programme devised by the group illustrating one of the following :i Disguise ii Phobias iii Happy Days	12 minutes	6.00

The theme must include at least three of the following skills:

a. Solo Verse
b. Prosed
c. Choral Speaking
d.Recorded Music
e. Live Music
f. Mime and Movement

Class	Theme	Relevant School Year	Test Piece	Time Limit	Entry
Class 61	Shakespeare Character	Years 6, 7 and 8	Own Choice of a speech from one of the following plays i. Much Ado About Nothing ii. Romeo & Juliet iii. Midsummer Night’s Dream	2 minutes	2.50
Class 62	Shakespeare Character	Years 9, 10, and 11	Own Choice of a speech from any play by William Shakespeare	4 minutes	2.50
Class 63	Shakespeare Character	Years 12 and 13	Own Choice of a speech from any play by William Shakespeare	4 minutes	2.50
Class 64	Shakespeare Character	Adult	Own Choice of a speech from any play by William Shakespeare	4 minutes	5.00

The piece selected must be acted

Class	Theme	Relevant School Year	Test Piece	Time Limit	Entry
Class 65	Diary Reading	Years 7 and 8	Own Choice of an extract from a diary	3 minutes	2.50
Class 66	Diary Reading	Years 9, 10 and 11	Own Choice of an extract from a diary	3 minutes	2.50
Class 67	Verse Speaking	Years 3 , 4, 5 and 6	Own Choice of any poem by James Reeves		2.50
Class 68	Verse Speaking	Years 7 — 12	Own Choice of any poem by Charles Causley A copy must be provided for the adjudicator. This class may be divided.		2.50

Class	Theme	Test Piece	Time Limit	Entry
Class 69	Sonnet Class Open	Own Choice of two contrasting sonnets		2.50
Class 70	Prepared Prose Reading	An extract from any novel by Charles Dickens	3 minutes	2.50

Class	Theme	Test Piece	Time Limit	Entry
Class 71	Musical Theatre Group (not less than 4 people)	To perform an extract from a Musical which must include spoken word and 1 musical piece accompanied by either recorded or live music.	15 minutes	7.00

Please note: should entries be received from both Primary and Secondary ages, this class will be divided.

For Classes 72 – 75, Performers should prepare a news script which they will read as a radio news bulletin of the required duration. The script, which should be in the performer’s own words, should comprise news items which have been reported on radio, television or in the newspapers during January and February 2017. The adjudicator will assess both content and presentation.

Class	Theme	Relevant School Year	Test Piece	Time Limit	Entry
Class 72	Radio News Reading	Years 5 and 6	as above	2 minutes	2.50
Class 73	Radio News Reading	Years 7 and 8	as above	3 minutes	2.50
Class 74	Radio News Reading	Years 9 and 10	as above	4 minutes	2.50
Class 75	Radio News Reading	Years 11 and 12	as above	5 minutes	2.50

Class	Theme	Test Piece	Time Limit	Entry
Class 76	Musical Theatre Open	To introduce a character from a musical and perform one song.	4 minutes	2.50

Accompanist will be provided if necessary. CDs not allowed.
Music must be included with entry please.

Class	Theme	Test Piece	Time Limit	Entry
Class 77	Open Theme Class	A programme devised by the group illustrating any one of the options listed in Classes 58—60.	12 minutes	2.50