Young performers achieve top credits
Freddie House (Y5) recited a poem called ‘Unstable Mabel’ and
came third with 86%, giving him a Distinction.
In addition, earlier this month, Freddie took his Speech and Drama
‘Silver’ exam and passed with Distinction. Freddie also entered the Solo Drama
Section and gained 84%, and was awarded Distinction.
Tim
Phillips (Y7) took part in the Solo Mime section and gained 90%,
awarding him a pass with Honours. Like Freddie, Tim took part in the Solo
Acting section, gaining 89% and awarded 1st in his Class. After this success, Tim was invited to perform again at the Gala Concert on Saturday, 24 March. At this event, he was awarded the Wilkinson Grant Trophy for the Most Promising Overall Competitor in this year's Speech and Drama Classes for the entire Festival.
Rebecca Thornton (Y6) won first prize in the most Original Poetry
section and, as a result, was invited to attend the Gala Concert on
Saturday, 24 March where she received the cup for Most Original Composition
for the entire festival. Rebecca also won 3rd prize in the Prose
Reading, and is awaiting exam results of the Intermediate Poetry class.