2020 MEDICINE HAT ROTARY MUSIC FESTIVAL

SPEECH ARTS

Adjudicator: Bill Hamm

Bill Hamm has been the long time Music Director at Rosebud Centre of the Arts since 1989. He conducts choirs, teaches private voice and speech classes, and both directs the music and coaches speech for the Rosebud Theatre. He sings with the Canadian Chamber Choir & with Luminous Voices, a professional choir in Calgary. He is in demand across Alberta as an adjudicator for Speech, Musical Theatre, and Choral. Bill & his wife Renita have four grown children and two grandchildren. He enjoys running, mountain biking, hockey, home renos, & mechanical work.

ALL PERFORMERS – PLEASE BE AT THE VENUE 10 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE START OF YOUR SESSION. BE PREPARED TO HAND IN YOUR ORIGINAL COPY TO THE PERFORMER’S SECRETARY AT THE START OF EACH SESSION, AND STAY FOR THE ENTIRE SESSION TO GIVE YOUR PEERS A SUPPORTIVE AUDIENCE! THANK YOU, AND ENJOY FESTIVAL 2020!

A special thanks to all of our local Speech Arts Teachers - we’re so grateful for the ways in which you invest in our kids!

Deb Deans Kerrie Gauchier Kate Leeming Val Turcotte

Shannon Welsh Simon Clewlow

Monday, March 2, 2020 Black Box Theatre (Rehearsal Room 1)

Speech Arts Adjudicator: Bill Hamm

_________________________________________________________________ 9:00am 82800 CANADIAN POETRY SOLO - 5 & UNDER 1. Elliot Jensen - Digging A Hole to Australia .. Dennis Lee 82810 CANADIAN POETRY SOLO - 6 & UNDER 1. Meira Chaudhary - Rain .. Lois Simmie 2. Hania Riaz - The Swing .. Dennis Lee 82500 NARRATIVE/DRAMATIC POETRY SOLO - 5 & UNDER 1. Ella Burkart - Spring Rain .. Marchette Chute 2. Roczen Henderson - Kitty Caught A Caterpillar .. Jack Prelutsky 3. Quinn Osadchy - The Toad .. Elizabeth Coatsworth 83500 FRENCH POETRY SOLO - 5 & UNDER 1. Eowyn Erickson - Qui fait un .. trad. Selected .. Opal Dunn 83510 French POETRY SOLO - 6 & UNDER 1. Annalise Robins - A Sept Ans .. Anne Sylvestre 2. Evangeline Robins - Supermaman .. Corinne Albaut et Sophie Arnould 10:00am 82520 NARRATIVE/DRAMATIC POETRY SOLO - 7 & UNDER 1. Avani Gaekwad - Vacation .. Mary Ann Hoberman, Arranged .. None. 2.Vivaan Ajay Mysore- The Wrong Start .. Marchette Chute 3. Nikhil Gupta - Halloween Party .. Ken Nesbitt 4.Taranvir Chahal - December Days Are Short .. Jack Prelutsky 82530 NARRATIVE/DRAMATIC POETRY SOLO - 8 & UNDER 1. Om Singhal - A Pizza the Size of the Sun .. Jack Prelutsky 82540 NARRATIVE/DRAMATIC POETRY SOLO - 9 & UNDER 1. Tanya Acharya - Sick .. She'll Silverstein 11:00am 08530 CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUE 12 & UNDER 1. Sarah Herter - Wallflower .. S. Fairbanks 2. Fatema Riaz - Separate Ways .. Stephanie Fairbanks 3. Zainab Riaz- Scruffy Come Home .. Mary Depner 4. Afnan Rajab - Pig, Pig Pig Vs the Big Bad Wolf .. Martha Bolton 5. Jeeya Gupta - Like Totally .. Mary Depner 83660 SONNET SEQUENCE SOLO - 14 & UNDER 1. Sukanya Datta - The Fair Morning .. Jones - Very Mouse's Nest .. John Clare 2. Tanisha Acharya - A Thunderstorm .. Archibald Lampman - Winter Evening .. Archibald Lampman

1:00pm 84420 SOLO SCENE - MODERN - 9 & UNDER 1. Tanya Acharya - Alice in Wonderland .. Lewis Carroll 84540 SOLO SCENE - CONTEMPORARY - 12 & UNDER 1. Afnan Rajab -The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe .. C.s. Lewis 2. Sarah Herter - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory .. R. George 3. Fatema Riaz - Quilters .. Newman and Damashek 4. Zainab Riaz - Swimmers .. Clem Martini 5. Jeeya Gupta - The Judi Miller Show .. Marilyn Suzanne Miller 2:00pm 84550 SOLO SCENE - CONTEMPORARY - 14 & UNDER 1. Tarquin Galloway - The Rainmaker .. N. Richard Nash, Opus/Show Title: The Rainmaker 2. Stirling Clark - Eat Your Heart Out .. Nick Hall 3. Debasri Jena - Beautiful Deeds .. Marie-Lynn Hammond 4. Sukanya Datta - The Rainmaker .. N Richard Nash 5. Armaghan Mahmood - You're A Good Man Charlie Brown .. Clark Gesner 6. Tanisha Acharya - Harriet the Spy .. Louise Fitzhugh 3:00pm 84340 SOLO SCENE SHAKESPEARE - 16 & UNDER 1. Delaina Franks - Puck's Monologue, Act 3 Sc 2 .. Shakespeare 2. Krysa Schlenker - As You Like It .. Shakespeare 84350 SOLO SCENE SHAKESPEARE - 18 & UNDER 1. Emaan Mahmood - All's Well That Ends Well .. Shakespeare 08560 CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUE 18 & UNDER 1. Brody Thompson - I'm Not Sorry .. Kaheni Johnson 08550 CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUE 16 & UNDER 1. Delaina Franks - Colour The Flesh The Colour of Dust ..Michael Cook

Tuesday, March 3, 2020 Black Box Theatre (Rehearsal Room 1)

Speech Arts Adjudicator: Bill Hamm

_________________________________________________________________ 9:00am 82650 LYRIC POETRY SOLO - 5 & UNDER 1. Eowyn Erickson - Fuzzy Wuzzy, Creepy Crawly .. Lillian Schulz 2. Kayden Severin - Names of Bugs .. Betsy Franco 3. Averly Kergen - Cat Kisses .. Bobbi Katz 4. Lennix Gold - Fuzzy Wuzzy, Creepy Crawly .. Lillian Schulz 82660 LYRIC POETRY SOLO - 6 & UNDER 1. Meira Chaudhary - I Found A Tiny Starfish .. Dayle Ann Dodds 2. Savanna Yaholnitsky - Mice .. Rose Fyleman 08500 CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUE - 6 & UNDER 1. Hania Riaz - Art Class .. Kristin Dabrowski 84400 SOLO SCENE - MODERN - 7 & UNDER 1. Vivaan Ajay Mysore - The Secret Garden .. Frances Hodgkin Burnett 10:00am 84320 SOLO SCENE- SHAKESPEARE - 12 & UNDER 1. Afnan Rajab - Night's Dream. Puck .. Shakespeare 2. Fatema Riaz - The Merchant of Venice Portia .. Shakespeare 3. Zainab Riaz - A Midsummer Night's Dream. Helena .. Shakespeare 4. Jeeya Gupta - A Midsummer Night's Dream .. Shakespeare 11:00pm 84330 SOLO SCENE- SHAKESPEARE - 14 & UNDER 1. Tarquin Galloway - Twelfth Night, Sebastian .. Shakespeare 2. Debasri Jena - MacBeth .. Shakespeare 3. Sukanya Datta - Romeo and Juliet .. Shakespeare 4. Stirling Clark - A Midsummer Night's Dream .. Shakespeare 5. Tanisha Acharya - Much Ado About Nothing Act2 Sc 1 .. Shakespeare 1:00pm 08510 CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUE - 8 & UNDER 1. Avani Gaekwad - Class Trip .. Kristin Dabrowski 2. Om Singhal - Derrick-I Need A Nintendo .. Chambers Stevens 3. Nikhil Gupta - Cheater-Cheater .. Hollis McLachlan 4. Krish Shivade - The Firefighter Trick .. Alex Swenson 08520 CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUE - 10 & UNDER 1. Shaoni Datta - Secret Agent Little Red Riding Hood .. Rebecca Young 2. Angelina Poddar - Princess and the Pea-Brained Queen .. Rebecca Young 3. Tanya Acharya - Home Early .. Andy Wertner

2:00pm 83720 PROSE SOLO - 10 & UNDER 1. Shaoni Datta - James and the Giant Peach (excerpt ch 15) .. Roald Dahl 83730 PROSE SOLO - 12 & UNDER 1. Ashton Drew-Clewlow - Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day .. J. Viorst 83740 PROSE SOLO - 14 & UNDER 1. Sukanya Datta -The True Story of the Three Little Pigs .. Jon Scieszka 85000 DUOLOGUE - 8 & UNDER 1. Avani Gaekwad & Nikhil Gupta - The Boy Who Stole the Stars .. Julian Wiles 85010 DUOLOGUE - 10 & UNDER 1. Shaoni Datta & Tanya Acharya Beauty and the Beast .. N. S Gray 3:00pm 82730 LYRIC POETRY SOLO - 14 & UNDER 1. Stirling Clark - If .. Rudyard Kipling 2. Sukanya Datta - About Friends .. Brian Jones 3. Tanisha Acharya- Three or So .. Berlin Doherty 4. Debasri Jena - Remembrance .. Emily Bronte 82740 LYRIC POETRY SOLO - 16 & UNDER 1. Muhammad Ahmed -What I Love about School .. Roger McGough 2. Delaina Franks - Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes .. T. Gray

Wednesday, March 4, 2020 Black Box Theatre (Rehearsal Room 1)

Speech Arts Adjudicator: Bill Hamm

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9:00am 84500 SOLO SCENE - CONTEMPORARY - 7 & UNDER 1. Avani Gaekwad - Charlotte's Web .. Joseph Robinette 2. Hania Riaz - How To Eat Like A Child .. Delia Ephron 3. Nikhil Gupta - Charlotte's Web .. Joseph Robinette 84520 SOLO SCENE - CONTEMPORARY - 9 & UNDER 1. Shaoni Datta - Holka Polka .. D M Larson 82700 LYRIC POETRY SOLO - 10 & UNDER 1. Angelina Poddar - The Merchants .. Isabel Eccleston's Mackay 82720 LYRIC POETRY SOLO - 12 & UNDER 1. Fatema Riaz - The Cat and the Moon .. William Butler Yeats 10:00am 84450 SOLO SCENE - Modern - 14 & UNDER 1. Debasri Jena - Antigone .. Jean Anouilh 83130 ALBERTA POETRY SOLO - 14 & UNDER 1. Sukanya Datta - Rainy Days In The Hills .. David Carter 84530 SOLO SCENE - CONTEMPORARY - 10 & UNDER 1. Angelina Poddar - The Princess and the Goblin .. George MacDonald

1:00pm 82670 LYRIC POETRY SOLO - 7 & UNDER 1. Avani Gaekwad - I Chased A Butterfly .. Marianne Bluger 2. Moaz Sallam - Cats .. Eleanor Farjeon 3. Vivaan Ajay Mysore - A Boy's Place .. Rose Burgunder 4. Nikhil Gupta - Going to Bed .. Marchette Chute 5. Krish Shivade - A Kitten .. Eleanor Farjeon 82690 LYRIC POETRY SOLO - 9 & UNDER 1. Shaoni Datta -Farm Kitchen at Night .. Edna Jacques 2. Tanya Acharya - Life Doesn't Frighten Me .. Maya Anjelou 2:00pm 82560 Narrative/Dramatic POETRY SOLO - 11 & UNDER 1. Sarah Herter -AUNT SPONGE AND AUNT SPIKER .. ROALD DAHL 2. Afnan Rajab -Fifteen Maybe Sixteen Things To Worry About .. Judith Viorst 3. Mahad Azam - Self Portrait .. Edward Lear 4. Zainab Riaz - The Cookie Thief .. Valerie Cox 5. Jeeya Gupta -The Wind In a Frolic .. William Howitt 82570 Narrative/Dramatic POETRY SOLO - 12 & UNDER 1. Fatema Riaz -A Smuggler's Song .. Rudyard Kipling 3:00pm 82900 CANADIAN POETRY SOLO - 18 & UNDER 1. Haseeb Azam - Vancouver Lights ..Earl 84230 SOLO SCENE - CLASSIC - 14 & UNDER 1. Sukanya Datta - Medea ..Euripides 84560 SOLO SCENE - CONTEMPORARY - 16 & UNDER 1. Krysa Schlenker -Laughing Wild .. Christopher Durang 2. Muhammad Ahmed - The Alchemist's Book .. Kathy Hurley 84570 SOLO SCENE - CONTEMPORARY - 18 & UNDER 1. Emaan Mahmood -Cocktails at Pam's .. Stewart Lemoine 82750 LYRIC POETRY SOLO - 18 & UNDER 1. Haseeb Azam -Mending Wall .. Robert Frost

Wednesday, March 4, 2020 College Theatre Choral Speech

Adjudicator: Bill Hamm _________________________________________________________________

11:00am 85100 CHORIC DRAMA – KINDERGARTEN/GRADE 1 1. Montissori Children’s House a. Good Morning ..Muriel Sipe b. Recipe for a Hippopotamus S&wich ..Shel Silverstein 86200 CHORAL SPEECH – OWN CHOICE GRADES 1-3 1. Elm Street School Grade 1 a. The Longest Journey in the World ..M. Rosen

Thursday, March 5, 2020 Black Box Theatre (Rehearsal Room 1)

Speech Arts Adjudicator: Bill Hamm

_________________________________________________________________ 9:00am 82510 Narrative/Dramatic POETRY SOLO - 6 & UNDER 1. Meira Chaudhary - Squirrel In The Rain ..Frances Frost 2. Hania Riaz - Dressing Up ..Jane Clarke 3. Evangeline Robins - Sulk ..Felice Holman 4. Annalise Robins - Don't Tell Me That I Talk Too Much ..Arnold Spilka 82820 CANADIAN POETRY SOLO - 7 & UNDER 1. Avani Gaekwad - Unicorn ..Anne Corkett 2. Moaz Sallam - The Sneeze ..Sheree Fitch 3. Nikhil Gupta - Cleaning My Room ..William New 4. Taranvir Chahal - Being Invisible ..Mary Blakeslee 10:00am 82870 CANADIAN POETRY SOLO - 12 & UNDER 1. Fatema Riaz - A Kite Is a Victim ..Leonard Cohen 82880 CANADIAN POETRY SOLO - 14 & UNDER 1. Stirling Clark -The Cremation of Sam McGee ..Robert Service 2. Debasri Jena - Silences ..E J Pratt 3. Sukanya Datta - Green Rain ..Dorothy Livesay 4. Tanisha Acharya - Snow ..Archibald Lampman 82890 CANADIAN POETRY SOLO - 16 & UNDER 1. Krysa Schlenker - The Forsaken ..Duncan Campbell Scott 11:00am 82840 CANADIAN POETRY SOLO - 9 & UNDER 1. Shaoni Datta - The Bulb ..Jean Little 2. Tanya Acharya - Careful Connie ..Lois Simmie 82850 CANADIAN POETRY SOLO - 10 & UNDER 1. Angelina Poddar - Emily's Backpack ..Diane Dawber 82860 CANADIAN POETRY SOLO - 11 & UNDER 1. Sarah Herter –The Table Said ..JEAN LITTLE 2. Afnan Rajab - My Guilt ..Agnes Copithorne 3. Mahad Azam -The Diver ..W W E Ross 4. Zainab Riaz -The Winter Lakes ..William Wilfred Campbell 5. Jeeya Gupta - About Old People ..Jean Little

1:00pm 82710 LYRIC POETRY SOLO - 11 & UNDER 1. Sarah Herter - Milk for the Cat ..John Munro 2. Mahad Azam - Midnight ..Archibald Lampman 3. Zainab Riaz - Barter ..Sara Teasdale 4. Jeeya Gupta - Daffodils ..William Wordsworth 82550 Narrative/Dramatic POETRY SOLO - 10 & UNDER 1. Angelina Poddar - Hide and Seek ..Vernon Scannell 2. Shaoni Datta - The Crooked Man. ..Ian Serrallier 2:00pm 08540 CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUE - 14 & UNDER 1. Tarquin Galloway - What a Bargain ..Martha Bolton 2. Sukanya Datta - Life's Like That ..Mary Depner 3. Armaghan Mahmood - Wash Cycle ..Debbie Lamedman 4. Tanisha Acharya - Call Waiting ..Stephanie Fairbanks 82590 NARRATIVE/DRAMATIC POETRY SOLO - 16 & UNDER 1. Tristan Bray -Lord Lundy ..Hilliare Belloc 2. Krysa Schlenker - The Old Man ..Wilfred Gibson 3. Delaina Franks - Haunted Houses ..Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 3:00pm 82580 NARRATIVE/DRAMATIC POETRY SOLO - 14 & UNDER 1. Stirling Clark - The Owl Critic ..James Thomas Fields 2. Tarquin Galloway -When Dragons Ruled the Sky ..Unknown 3. Debasri Jena -The Laboratory ..Robert Browning 4. Tanisha Acharya -The Princess and the Gypsies ..Frances Cornford 5. Sukanya Datta -Ghost Village..the Shore ..Raymond Wilson