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2 1 Category 5: Speech and Drama The classes in which groups may participate, the different sections and the MAXIMUM duration of each section are listed below: CLASS Foundation (Gr 1-3) PRIMARY SCHOOL SECTIONS Section a: Individual Poetry (1 minute) Section b: Individual Prose (1 minute) Section c: Choral Verse (1 minute 30 seconds) Intermediate Primary School (Gr 4-6) Section a: Individual Poetry (2 minutes) Section b: Individual Prose (2 minutes) Section c: Solo Dramatisation (2 minutes) Section d: Group Dramatisation: The performance of a short scene with a small cast (10 minutes) Section e: Choral Verse (2 minutes 30 seconds) Senior Primary School (Gr 7) Section a: Individual Poetry (2 minutes 30 seconds) Section b: Individual Prose (2 minutes 30 seconds) Section c: Solo Dramatisation (2 minutes) Section d: Group Dramatisation: The performance of a short scene with a small cast (10 minutes) Section e: Choral Verse (2 minutes 30 seconds) HIGH SCHOOL SECTIONS Intermediate High School (Gr 8-9) Section a: Individual Poetry (3 minutes) Section b: Individual Prose (3 minutes) Section c: Solo Dramatisation (3 minutes) Section d: Group Dramatisation: The performance of a short scene with a small cast (10 minutes) Section e: Public Speaking (3 minutes)

3 Senior High School (Gr 10-12) Section a: Individual Poetry (3 minutes) Section b: Individual Prose (3 minutes) Section c: Solo Dramatisation (3 minutes) Section d: Group Dramatisation : The performance of a short scene with a small cast (10 minutes) Section e: Public Speaking (3 minutes) GENERAL RULES PERTAINING TO CATEGORY 5 (SPEECH AND DRAMA): There are no restrictions on the number of entries per school in the Speech and Drama Category. Entries in English, Afrikaans and Xhosa are welcome in all Speech and Drama sections except the Intermediate and Senior High School Public Speaking section (Section E), where the mediums are restricted to English and Afrikaans. The same pupil may enter into different sections within the category. All pieces, with the exception of speeches, must be memorised. A copy of all work, with the exception of the speeches, must be handed to the adjudicator upon registration. No prompting from instructors may take place during a performance. Poems and prose from published works must be used for the Individual Poetry, Individual Prose, Choral Verse and Solo Dramatisation Sections. Within the Solo Dramatisation Section scripts may be edited and pieced together to create a suitable solo performance. Either a published or original script may be used for the Group Dramatisation. Simple props and costumes may only be used in the Solo Dramatisation, Group Dramatisation and Choral Verse Sections. Please ensure that material chosen complies with the specifications.

4 As this is a schools festival, it is also important that material does not contain any inappropriate content. 1.1 Sub-Category PDM: Primary School Drama Sub-Category Co-ordinator: Renay Bellingham renay.bellingham@woodridge.co.za (cell) (work) SPECIFIC RULES PERTAINING TO SUB-CATEGORY PDM (FOUNDATION, INTERMEDIATE PRIMARY AND SENIOR PRIMARY) No conductor may be used for the Choral Verse Numbers of participants in groups sections: Choral Verse Minimum 5 and Maximum 30 Group Dramatisation Intermediate Phase: Maximum 6 Senior Phase: Maximum 6 Please provide a programme (with photographs) that introduces cast members to the adjudicator within both the Intermediate and Senior Phases of Group Dramatisation. 1.2 Sub-Category HDM: High School Drama Sub-Category Co-ordinator: Caren Bestbier caren.bestbier@woodridge.co.za (cell) (work)

5 SPECIFIC RULES / INFORMATION PERTAINING TO SUB-CATEGORY HDM (INTERMEDIATE HIGH AND SENIOR HIGH) Numbers of participants in groups sections: Group Dramatisation Maximum 6 Public Speaking Topics for both the Intermediate and Senior High School Classes. Select ONE: (1) Should teachers be allowed to friend pupils on Facebook? Behoort onderwysers toegelaat te word om hul leerlinge op Facebook te bevriend? (2) Are South Africans getting fatter? Does it matter? Word Suid-Afrikaners vetter? Maak dit saak? (3) Is it fair to expect of sports stars to be good role models? Is dit regverdig om van sportsterre te verwag om goeie rolmodelle te wees? (4) How the rich stay rich and the poor, poor. Hoe die rykes ryk bly en die armes armer word. (5) Intelligence depends on environmental factors, not genetic factors. Intelligensie word nie bepaal deur genetiese faktore nie, maar deur omgewingsfaktore. (6) Reasons why we must all keep up with the Kardashians? Is daar enige redes waarom ons almal moet bybly by die Kardashians? (7) Does the internet influence young people to engage in risky behaviour? Moedig die internet roekelose gedrag aan in jong mense? (8) My day as a window washer. My dag as n vensterwasser. (9) What to do when you are stuck in an elevator. Jy sit vas in n hysbak. Hoe nou gemaak? (10) Should girls be allowed to play on boys sports teams? Behoort meisies toegelaat te word om saam met seuns in sportspanne mee te ding? (11) Is veganism an unhealthy way to raise kids? Is dit ongesond om kinders as veganiste groot te maak? (12) Do nice girls finish last? Is gawe meisies altyd aan die verloorkant? (13) Does school detention do any good in high schools? Is detensie in hoërskole van enige waarde? (14) Are single sex schools more effective than co-ed schools? Is skole ekslusief tot een geslag meer effektief? (15) Do celebrities get away with more crime than non-celebrities? Is die gereg meer genaakbaar teenoor glanspersoonlikhede? (16) Should teen depression and suicide be addressed in schools? Behoort skole te fokus op probleme soos depressie en tiener-selfmoord?

6 (17) Are beauty pageants a way of objectifying women? Stel skoonheidskompetisies vroue as objekte voor? (18) Do we have less face-to-face interaction because of Facebook? Veroorsaak Facebook n afname in ware interpersoonlike kontak? (19) Is the cloning of animals ethical? Is die kloning van diere eties?

ENGLISH SPEECH AND DRAMA

ENGLISH SPEECH AND DRAMA 27 th July 1 st August 2015 Chairperson: Lexa van der Berg 083 600 1775 Please read the general rules, as well as the specific rules ENTRY FEES Solo R 80-00 Duet R 100-00 Trio