Speech and Dramatic Art Classes

Speech Entry Form, 2011 (PDF)

Final Closing Date: January 15th
Late Entries: Will be accepted until January 22nd, but entry fee will be double.

Entries for Speech Arts to: UIMF Speech Section, c/o 2900B Robson Road, Nanaimo, B.C. V9T 2Z8

Fees

Please complete an entry for EACH class entered.

Solo Entries Fees Ensembles Fees
Ages 5 - 10 $10.00 Duos 10 and Under $ 7.00 per Entry
Ages 11 - 15 $12.00 Duos 11 - 15 $10.00 per Entry
Ages 16 - 18 $14.00 Duos 16 - Open $12.00 per Entry
Open $15.00 Groups $ 5.00 per Person
Speech Choir $15.00 per Entry

It is important that entries are submitted by the due date and are completed in every detail and accompanied by the appropriate fee. Incomplete entries will be returned.

Special Notice for Novices - Non-Competitive Classes for Adjudication Comments Only

To encourage participation of students entered by elementary schools, consideration is being given to establishing special classes for adjudication only, and which would not be eligible for either Bursary or Provincial selection. Such special classes for elementary schools would be for novice students entering solo selections for:

Poetry, own choice Grades 1 to 3 (Primary) Class 626
Poetry, own choice Grades 4 to 7 (Intermediate) Class 627
Monologue, own choice Grades 1 to 3 (Primary) Class 628
Monologue, own choice Grades 4 to 7 (Intermediate) Class 629

Similar consideration will be given to elementary teachers who enter elementary speech choirs in these grades categories. Selections would be two contrasting own choices.

Speech Choirs Grades 1 to 3 (Primary) Class 630
Speech Choirs Grades 4 to 7 (Intermediate) Class 631

NOTE: STUDENTS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO ENTER IN COMPETITIVE CLASSES RATHER THAN NON-COMPETITIVE, WHENEVER IT IS APPROPRIATE.

Speech Art Rules

  1. One good quality copy for each own choice selection MUST be received by the Speech Arts Chairperson by February 15th. Failure to observe this rule could result in withdrawal of the contestant in those classes in which Own Choice selections have not been received.

    ALL COPIES OF OWN CHOICE SELECTIONS SHOULD BE CLEARLY MARKED WITH BOTH THE COMPETITOR'S NAME AND CLASS NUMBER.

  2. Due to copyright laws, students should select work from school texts or readily available publications as they must have such publications available for the adjudicator's use at the performance. Copies are not acceptable for this purpose and will result in disqualification.
  3. OWN CHOICE SELECTIONS: YOU MUST BRING THE PUBLICATION CONTAINING THE SELECTION WITH YOU FOR THE ADJUDICATOR'S USE. Original publications must be presented to the adjudicator's secretary when proceeding to perform. Such must be opened to the appropriate page for the selection and indicate the start and the end of the selection being performed. Such publications will be available after the adjudication. The Festival does not accept responsibility for unclaimed publications.
  4. In duo and group entries the appropriate class is determined by the age of the OLDEST entrant.
  5. Groups should be entered under the name of the group, giving the number of participants rather than as individual entries. ONE entry for a duo or group with ONE complete form.
  6. In duos, substitutions may be allowed for one member if the Speech Arts Chairperson is notified immediately. Such substitutions will be at the discretion of the chairperson (see general rules).
  7. AWARDS AND BURSARIES: Competitors wishing to qualify for bursaries must enter a minimum of two solo classes within their age grouping. Winners will be chosen by the adjudicator (see General Rules).
  8. PROVINCIAL FINALS: For up to date information please go to: www.bcprovincials.com
    1. Performers aspiring to the Provincial recommendation are required to enter poetry, provincial prose and dramatic monologue classes, and should contact the chairperson regarding Provincial requirements.
  9. All speech presentations must be memorized, except for Sight Reading, Readers' Theatre and story-reading sections.
  10. Contestants are reminded that time limits must not be exceeded. If exceeded, a bell will sound and competitors must stop immediately.
  11. Competitors, teachers or parents must not communicate directly with the adjudicator (see general rules).
  • PROSE - The focus should be on the voice with a minimum of gesture. Competitors may stand or be seated. No acting. The selection should include both narration and dialogue. It should be concise (a few paragraphs from a novel/story forming a dramatic unit) and spoken in the story telling style, but should not be performed as a dramatic scene. Vocal characterization is encouraged and the quality of prose should be maintained.
  • DRAMA - A published play intended to be presented on stage by actors assuming language, movement and dress of original character. Selections from published anthologies of individual monologues ARE acceptable.
  • POETRY
    1. Lyric - a short unified poem expressing the poet's own experience and emotion in a relaxed stance with no movement. The speaker interprets but should not identify himself/herself with it: lyric does not tell a story but describes a scene or emotion: e.g. "Solitude" by Bliss Carman; "To Autumn" by Keats; Sonnets of Shakespeare and Wordsworth.
    2. Narrative- A poem which tells a story and usually has a dialogue, the telling of the story is the primary concern of the speaker: e.g. "Hiding" by Dorothy Aldis; "The King's Breakfast" by A.A. Milne, "The Raven" by E.A. Poe; "The Cattle Thief" by Pauline Johnson.

    Difference between poetry and prose - in verse we mould our language into some kind of pattern design; in prose we do not..

Costumes and Props - Costuming and props are only permitted for the Drama selection. Competitors should select material which requires an absolute minimum of props and these should be portable. All props and costumes remain the sole responsibility of the competitors. Competitors should use good judgment in selecting suitable dress for their presentations. It is not intended that students use elaborate costumes.

Classes

Canadian Poetry - Own Choice - Of Festival Standard

Class Age Level Time Limit
520 9 and Under 2 Minutes
521 11 and Under 2 Minutes
522 13 and Under 2 Minutes
523 16 and Under 3 Minutes
524 18 and Under 5 Minutes
525 Open 5 Minutes

Poetry - Own Choice - Of Festival Standard

Class Age Level Time Limit
526 7 and Under 2 Minutes
527 9 and Under 2 Minutes
528 11 and Under 2 Minutes
529 13 and Under 3 Minutes
530 16 and Under 3 Minutes
531 18 and Under 4 Minutes
532 Open 5 Minutes

Original Poetry - Written and Spoken by Entrant - Of Festival Standard

Class Age Level Time Limit
533 13 and Under 2 Minutes
534 16 and Under 3 Minutes
535 18 and Under 5 Minutes
536 Open 5 Minutes

Prose - Own Choice - Of Festival Standard

Class Age Level Time Limit
537 9 and Under 5 Minutes
538 11 and Under 5 Minutes
539 13 and Under 5 Minutes
540 16 and Under 8 Minutes
541 18 and Under 8 Minutes
542 Open 8 Minutes

Dramatic Monologue - Own Choice - Of Festival Standard

Class Age Level Time Limit
543 9 and Under 5 Minutes
544 11 and Under 5 Minutes
545 13 and Under 5 Minutes
546 16 and Under 6 Minutes
547 18 and Under 7 Minutes
548 Open 8 Minutes

Shakespeare Monologue - Own Choice

Class Age Level Time Limit
549 16 and Under 3 Minutes
550 18 and Under 4 Minutes
551 Open 6 Minutes

Dramatic Duologue - Own Choice - Of Festival Standard

Class Age Level Time Limit
552 9 and Under 5 Minutes
553 11 and Under 5 Minutes
554 13 and Under 5 Minutes
555 16 and Under 8 Minutes
556 18 and Under 10 Minutes

Mime

Class Age Level Time Limit
558 11 and Under 2 Minutes
559 13 and Under 3 Minutes
560 16 and Under 4 Minutes
561 18 and Under 5 Minutes
562 Open 5 Minutes

Duo - Mime

Class Age Level Time Limit
563 11 and Under 2 Minutes
564 13 and Under 3 Minutes
565 16 and Under 4 Minutes
566 18 and Under 5 Minutes
567 Open 5 Minutes

Group Mime

Class Age Level Time Limit
568 9 and Under 4 Minutes
569 11 and Under 5 Minutes
570 13 and Under 5 Minutes
571 16 and Under 7 Minutes
572 18 and Under 10 Minutes

Improvisation

CLASSES (573 - 578) WILL REQUIRE CONTESTANTS TO BE ISOLATED.

The Adjudicator will give each class a subject around which to improvise a scene.
Some preparation time will be given (3 to 5) minutes.

Class Age Level Time Limit
573 9 and Under 3 Minutes
574 11 and Under 3 Minutes
575 13 and Under 3 Minutes
576 16 and Under 5 Minutes
577 18 and Under 5 Minutes
578 Open 5 Minutes

Duo - Improvisation

CLASSES (579 - 584) WILL REQUIRE CONTESTANTS TO BE ISOLATED.

The Adjudicator will give each class a subject around which to improvise a scene.
Some preparation time will be given (3 to 5) minutes.

Class Age Level Time Limit
579 9 and Under 3 Minutes
580 11 and Under 3 Minutes
581 13 and Under 3 Minutes
582 16 and Under 5 Minutes
583 18 and Under 5 Minutes
584 Open 5 Minutes

Sight Reading

CLASSES (585 - 590) WILL REQUIRE CONTESTANTS TO BE ISOLATED.

The Adjudicator will select an unseen piece. No preparation time.

Class Age Level Time Limit
585 9 and Under -
586 11 and Under -
587 16 and Under -
588 16 and Under -
589 18 and Under -
590 Open -

Story Telling - Own Choice

Class Age Level Time Limit
591 13 and Under 4 Minutes
592 16 and Under 5 Minutes
593 18 and Under 6 Minutes

Group Scenes - Own Choice - Of Festival Standard

Minimum of 3 and maximum of 7 participants.

Class Age Level Time Limit
594 13 and Under 6 Minutes
595 16 and Under 8 Minutes
596 18 and Under 10 Minutes

Formal Speech - Own Choice

Class Age Level Time Limit
597 9 and Under 2 Minutes
598 11 and Under 2 Minutes
599 13 and Under 2 Minutes
600 16 and Under 3 Minutes
601 18 and Under 3 Minutes
602 Open 3 Minutes

Story Reading

CLASSES (606 - 608) WILL REQUIRE CONTESTANTS TO BE ISOLATED

Word - for - word memorization is forbidden - the book must be used.

Class Age Level Time Limit
606 7 and Under 3 Minutes
607 9 and Under 4 Minutes
608 11 and Under 5 Minutes

Speech Choirs And Readers Theatre

Marks will not be awarded and there will only be an adjudication comment given.

Readers Theatre - Own Choice

MAXIMUM TEN (10) PARTICIPANTS PER GROUP

Class Age Level Time Limit
609 9 and Under 8 Minutes
610 11 and Under 8 Minutes
611 13 and Under 10 Minutes
612 16 and Under 15 Minutes
613 18 and Under 20 Minutes

Speech Choirs - Own Choice - Two Contrasting Selections

Class Category Time Limit
614 Kindergarten 2 Minutes
615 Grade 1 2 Minutes
616 Grade 2 2 Minutes
617 Grades 3 & 4 2 Minutes
618 Grades 5 & 6 3 Minutes
619 Grade 7 3 Minutes
620 Grade 8 - 10 3 Minutes
621 Grade 11 - 12 3 Minutes

Humour - Own Choice - Any Selection

Class Age Level Time Limit
622 13 and Under 2 Minutes
623 16 and Under 4 Minutes
624 18 and Under 6 Minutes
625 Open 6 Minutes

Non Competitive Novice Classes

Poetry - Own Choice

Class Age Level Time Limit
626 Primary Grades 1- 3 2 Minutes
627 Intermediate Grades 4 - 7 3 Minutes

Prose - Own Choice

Class Age Level Time Limit
628 Primary Grades 1- 3 3 Minutes
629 Intermediate Grades 4 - 7 4 Minutes

Speech Choirs - Own Choice - Two Contrasting Selections

Class Age Level Time Limit
630 Primary Grades 1- 3 2 Minutes
631 Intermediate Grades 4 - 7 3 Minutes

Provincial

Provincial Prose - Own Choice

STUDENTS ASPIRING TO PROVINCIAL RECOMMENDATION MUST ENTER THIS SECTION.

Class Age Level Time Limit
632 13 and Under 5 Minutes
633 16 and Under 8 Minutes
634 17 and Under 10 Minutes

For more information check the provincial web site @ www.bcprovincials.com

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