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CHS CHORAL SPEAKING (GROUP)*
Award: The Barker Trophy
To perform a poem or poems - 5 minutes maximum
Entries invited in all age groups.
GVS GROUP VERSE SPEAKING (GROUP)*
To speak a poem or poems for more than one voice.
Entries invited in all age groups.
A to E - 4 minutes maximum, F to H - 3 minutes maximum.
SDS SMALL DRAMATIC SCENE (GROUP)
Entries invited in all age groups (12 characters maximum.) To perform a small dramatic scene of the entrants' own choice. Entrants may write their own scenes.
A & B - 15 minutes maximum, C & H - 10 minutes maximum.
We consider Choral Speaking to be work spoken by a choir of voices (probably more than 8) with soloists and small groups taking lines and parts. A substantial amount of the work will be performed in unison and this controlled speaking in chorus is an important part of the skill.
Group Verse Speaking is generally performed by smaller groups (less than 8). Most of the speaking is individual.
Both forms may be dramatised or simply spoken according to the needs of the poem.
You can download a hard copy of the syllabus from here
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