SPEECH AND DRAMA
The Speech & Drama Convener can be contacted here
Provisional Dates:		Saturday 12th; Saturday 19th November 2011
Venue:		Harris Academy Bromley (formerly Cator Park School), Lennard Road, Beckenham, BR3 1QR
Adjudicators:
VIVIENNE CUNNINGHAM		Vivienne trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has taught speech and drama, public speaking and performance techniques to all ages both privately and in educational establishments. She is also a director and specialist in mime and dance drama. Vivienne is Head of Drama at Thorpe Hall School where the drama department has established a strong reputation having won numerous awards nationally and staged ambitious and successful productions in the School’s two hundred seat theatre. Vivienne’s passion is to write plays and poetry and then to watch them come alive on stage. Her other interests are reading, walking and, of course, theatre visits. She has recently started drum lessons and this has proved to be somewhat of a surprise to her family! Vivienne was an examiner for the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and she has always enjoyed adjudicating and watching students share their work and experience the joy of performance.
NORMA REDFEARN		Norma Redfearn trained at the Northern College of Speech and Drama and researched at Leicester University.  She began her acting career in Rep', and then performed in professional tours all over the UK.,  As an examiner for Trinity College London she has examined students, lectured and performed on every continent, as well as setting and marking written examinations, and she was awarded the Chairman’s Award  for services to Trinity. Norma now examines extensively for LAMDA and has most recently visited Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.  She has made a major contribution to a recently published book on Public Speaking for Lamda and she regularly adjudicates Public Speaking at the National 'Youth Speaks'  Competitions in the UK.  Teaching is a constant joy to her and many of her students are pursuing  professional acting careers in Theatre and television and there are many others who are qualified Drama Teachers.  Her greatest joy however, is equipping students with life skills, and the ability to take there place in society confidently. She is proud to be an adjudicating member of the British and International Federation of Festivals and she believes the Festival movement is a wonderful tool to help the confidence and development of all who  enter and she looks forward to sharing once again with the students of Beckenham in this celebration of their achievement.
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SPEECH & DRAMA SECTION – ADDITIONAL RULES Please also see full General Rules 1. Scripts must be provided for adjudicators in all classes. 2. The time limit must be strictly adhered to, no awards will be given to any competitor exceeding the time limit. The announcement is part of the performance and will be counted in the time limit. The adjudicator’s decision will be final. 3. All work to be memorised with the exception of the Reading, Original Verse and Original Story Classes. 4. The adjudicator and/or convener will bring to a halt and disqualify any Speech & Drama item which, by reason of its unsuitability for a young audience, seems likely to give offence or cause embarrassment. 5. The committee reserve the right to cancel a class with fewer than three entries. 6. Late entries (if accepted) will incur a surcharge of £5.00. 7. Monetary awards will not be presented where there are fewer than three entries in the class. 8. No video recording or tape recording will be allowed as it is an offence and in breach of the copyright laws. 9. All trophies must be collected personally, or they will be retained by the Festival.
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The Diamond Jubilee Trophy and Festival Award of £50 will be awarded to the competitor aged 11 – 14 who, in the opinion of the adjudicators, is the most promising performer.
A Book Token for £10 and a Special Certificate to each finalist in the Mary Garfath Challenge Cup. Classes 223 to 228.
The Shaw Challenge Trophy to the most enterprising teacher.
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