City's youth in fine voice for contest
Monday, November 17, 2008, 16:30
Children from across the city have been showing off their skills in music, speech and drama at the Athenaeum Theatre and the Methodist Central Hall.
Results from Friday are as follows.
MUSIC MORNING SESSION Methodist Central Hall
SCHOOL CHOIRS. Choir with 20 or fewer singers, Year 6 and under
THE TAVISTOCK CUP; St Budeaux Foundation School 84
THE GREENBANK METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL CUP, Year 9 and under; Ivybridge Community College Youth Choir 84
THE THOMAS BAKER SHIELD, Year 11 and under; Tower House School 85
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ST GEORGE SHIELD, Year 9 and under, and £75 donated by the Plymouth and West Devon Branch
Two English Folk Songs or Traditional English Songs:
St Budeaux Foundation School 84, Stoodley Knowle 86
THE MAY RICHARDSON MEMORIAL CUP, Year 6 and under;
St Peter's Roman Catholic School 86, Stoodley Knowle 85
Choir with 20 or fewer singers, Year 6 and under,
THE WINNICOTT SHIELD;
1 St Budeaux Foundation School 84
Year 6 and under, THE MILLBAY LAUNDRY CUP;
Kings School Musicmakers 87, Stoodley Knowle 85
THE TRAVERS – STUBBS TROPHY is awarded for the Highest Mark in Classes 200 – 207 inclusive;
Kings School Musicmakers
AFTERNOON SESSION Athenaeum Theatre
A SONG FROM A SHOW OR FILM, Boy or Girl, 12-14 years inclusive, The Brian Gerry Cup;
Sarah Ackroyd 87, Edward Hirst 84, Jessica Cronk 81, Phoebe Hirst 82, Hannah Aird 85, Cerys Reading 84, Chloe Harris 85, Charlotte Badham 84, Jessica Atkins 86
JUNIOR RECITAL CLASS
Three contrasting songs (not performed in any other class in this Festival by the competitor) to be announced by the competitor as part of the presentation, Boy or Girl, 17 years and under, THE PETER CONWAY MEMORIAL CUP;
Charlotte Badham 88, Laura Henwood 87, Alice Chappell 87,
Jessica Ackroyd 86
The LAURA POMEROY CUP is awarded to the competitor with the highest mark in all the Junior Vocal Solo Classes; Charlotte Badham
EVENING SESSION Athenaeum Theatre
ADULT VOCAL CLASSES
SOPRANO SOLO, The H.J. Nelson Trophy; Kirsty McEvoy 85
MEZZO-SOPRANO SOLO
The Edna Harper Memorial Trophy; Hilary Jarratt 86
BARITONE SOLO; Paul Trayes 79
PLYMOUTH SOCIETY OF MUSIC MILLENNIUM CUP is awarded for the Highest Mark in the Single Voice Classes 239 –244; Hilary Jarratt
ORATORIO – LADIES
The Gwen Fugler Cup
Any aria from a sacred work; Audrey Strachan 85,
Hilary Jarratt 84
LIEDER – ANY VOICE
The Gladys Nicholls Cup; Hilary Jarratt 87
GILBERT AND SULLIVAN
Any voice, The Cunliffe Cup, Any song by Gilbert and Sullivan, not in costume; Hilary Jarratt 86
SONG FROM THE SHOWS
Any voice, The Joan Tremeer Cup; Nick Conway 84, Rebecca Stringer 80, Sally Meen 82, Maureen Parry 82, Kirsty McEvoy 86, Alice Chappell 87, Paul Trayes 80, Pauline Rowland 84, Tim Farmer 85
SPEECH AND DRAMA MORNING SESSION
Class 573C, DUOLOGUES POETIC, 11-16 years, own choice, The Festival Duologue Cup;
1 Darcey Ball and Milly Thomas "Guide cats for the blind" by Les Barker 90; 2 Connie Veale and Amy Sluggett "Are we nearly there yet" by Jane Clarke 88; 3 Jordan Guest and Harriet Coates "Talking Turkeys" by Benjamin Zephaniah 87; 4 Emily Hawkins and Sarah Heracleous "The whopper cushion is waiting on the teachers chair" by Paul Cookson 87.
Class 561, SOLO ACTING, 15 years and under 18, The T.K. Stevens Trophy:
1 Sammy Jo Murphy "Power of the Dog" by Ellen Dryden 83; 2 Emma Hooper "Plaza Suite" by Neil Simon 85; 3 Tessa Mason "Bold Girls" by Rona Munro 84; 5 Rosie Cotter "Anna's Room" by Ellen Dryden 83; 6 Hollie Goodall "The Seagull" by Anton Tchekov 87; 7 Ellie Bailey "The cagebirds" 83
Class 566, SOLO MIME, 12years and Under 18, own choice, The Vallance Cup;
1 Claire Hooper 85 3; 2 Katy Gamble 87; 3 Sinead Davies 83
Class 600, SOLO SPONTANEOUS IMPROVISATION, theme by Adjudicator, 12 years and under 14 years;
1 Sinead Davies 87
Class 547, TELEVISION NEWS READER, 16 years and over, The Laurence Massey Memorial Cup;
1 Alexander Lea 85 2; Rebecca Parlby 85
AFTERNOON SESSION
Class 510A, NOVICE VERSE SPEAKING, 11 years and under 15, own choice, any poem or lines from a poem;
1 Daisy Trewartha "Cats" by Eleanor Farjon 83; 2 Selena Radford "In the Mirror" by Elizabeth Fleming 82; 3 Olivia Chamberlain "Duck Weather" by Shirley Hughes 84;
4 Amy Turner "The Swing" by Robert Louis Stevenson 84; 5 Verity Germon "Mice" by Rose Fyleman 86; 6 Selwin Hulme-Teague "Cecil the Caterpillar" 87; 7 Chiara Thomas Apple Pie" Anon 82
Class 504, SOLO VERSE SPEAKING, 10 years only, The Earl Trophy, either (a) "Waving at Trains" by John Walsh or (b) "Good Company" by Leonard Clark;
1 Bel Germon 84; 2 Harriet Cazely 83; Eve Lindsey 82; Grace Hillier 81; Oliver Holdup 86; 6 Emma Jackman 83; 7 Imogen Dickenson 83; 8 Molly Sellers 83; 9 Phoebe Jourdan 85
Class 539, DICKENS READING, under 18 years, own choice;
1 Sam Crawley "The Old Curiosity Shop" 84; Alexandra Blacklock "Ghost Stories" 86
Class 586, PUBLIC SPEAKING SOLO, own choice, 16 years and under 18;
1 Sophie Wilson 86
The Barrett Drama Trophy is awarded for the highest mark in Classes 584 – 587 inclusive
Class 594, ORIGINAL COMPOSITION-STORY, 12 years and under, The Sheila Gregory Cup;
1 Rachel Driscoll 87
EVENING SESSION
Class 510B, NOVICE VERSE SPEAKING, 11 years to 14 years inclusive, own choice, The Beau McCarty Cup;
1 James Hawkings "Boring" by John Whitworth 86; 2 Sylvie Ball "Matilda" by Hilaire Belloc 84; 4 Kate Blackwell "The Day I Fell Down the Toilet" by Steve Turner 82; 5 Henry Chamberlain "The Man Who Invented Football" by Kit Wright 83; 6 Anna Chow "Blind Boy on the Shore" by John Walsh 87; 7 Kyle Telford "Supermarket" by Felice Holman 84; 8 Elizabeth Barnes "Excuses" by Gareth Owen 87; 9 Alex Boswell "My Mum's Put me on the Transfer List" by David Harmer 82; 10 Chantel Whitfield "The Snowman" by Roger McGough 83; 12 Jonathan Ball "Talking Turkeys" by Benjamin Zaphenire 84; 13 Lauren Ross "Complaint" by Allan Ahlberg 83; 14 Brogan Pennington "I've got my Head Stuck in the Railings" by David Wood 84; 15 Lewis Knight "ABC" by Spike Milligan 84; 16 Toby Broadhead "Vegetarians" by Roger McGough 85; 17 Tilly Barnes "Greedy Dog" by James Hurley 82; 19 Leah Pritchard "Timothy Winters" by Charles Causley 81; 20 Georgia Donelly "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll, 83; 21 Victoria Black "Greedy Dog" by James Hurley 83; 22 Olivia Hampden-Smith, "The Magic Cat" by Peter Dixon 84; 24 Anouska Andriunas "The Song of the Mischievous Dog" by Dylan Thomas, 84
Class 507, SOLO VERSE SPEAKING, 13 years only, The Tamar Cup, either (a) "Adelstrop" by Edward Thomas or (b) "Blake Leads a Walk on the Milky Way" by Nancy Willard;
1 Katy Gamble 85; 2 Emily Hawkings 84; 3 Claire Hooper 86
Class 508, SOLO VERSE SPEAKING 14 years only, The Sanders Cup, either (a)"Cats No Less Liquid Than Their Shadows" by A.S.J. Tessimond or (b) "Leisure" by W.H. Davies;
1 Alexandra Blacklock 86; 2 Georgina Walsh 85; 4 Olivia Ford 87
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WELL SPOKEN: Selena Radford, Selwin Hulme-Teague, Chiara Thomas and Daisy Trewartha competing in The Novice Verse speaking (The Quinn Cup)
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