SPEECH FAQ LOCAL FESTIVAL. Check with your local festival.

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1 SPEECH Classes FAQ LOCAL FESTIVAL Are all Speech classes listed below available at most festivals? Check with your local festival. Do I need to enter more than one class if I hope to be recommended to the Provincials? You will need to perform 2 selections that were adjudicated at the local festival if you are hoping to be recommended to the Provincial Festival. Memorization Do I have to memorize my selection? Each festival sets its own regulations regarding memorization. At the Provincial Festival memorization is required. Copies of Speech /Poetry Materials School Speech Does the adjudicator need a published copy? What if I am using a selection from the old AMFA Speech Syllabi? Are there Speech classes for schools/groups? Yes. You will need to supply a published copy of both selections that you will be performing. Photocopies are not allowed. The three AMFA Speech Syllabi are no longer in use and if you use a selection from those syllabi you will need to have a published copy for the adjudicator. Yes. The Group Speech & Choral Speech sections are located on Pages 100 & 103. Time Limits How long will my performance be? Time limits apply to many speech classes and they are noted in the class details. All performances, unless otherwise noted, may not be longer than 20 minutes or as specified by your local festival. ALBERTA MUSIC FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION 2014 SYLLABUS PAGE 93

2 NARRATIVE/DRAMATIC POETRY SOLO ONE selection AND UNDER A. The Twins - Henry S. Leigh AND UNDER Random House A. Taking Off - Mary McB. Green B. Matilda, Who Told Lies And Was 20 th Century Poetry Burned To Death Hillaire Belloc B. A Mouse In Her Room Anonymous Oxford Treasury; Classic Poems; Hutchinson Treasury C. Missing A.A. Milne C. Meet-On-The-Road Anonymous Winnie the Pooh Oxford Story Poems D. Magical Eraser Shel Silverstein D. Sir Smashum Uppe E.V. Rieu Where the Sidewalk Ends AND UNDER AND UNDER A. My Tooth Ith Looth - George Ulrich A. The Galloping Cat - Stevie Smith 20 th Century Poetry Oxford Classic B. Mad Song - Myra Cohn Livingston B. The Complacent Tortoise Brian Patten 20 th Century Poetry y C. Hey, Bug! Lilian Moore Oxford Story Poems C. After Ever Happily Ian Serraillier D. Before Tea A.A. Milne Oxford Story Poems D. Legend Judith Wright Winnie the Pooh Oxford Classic Treasury AND UNDER AND UNDER A. The Crocodile - Michael Flanders A. Dulce Et Decorum Est Wilfred Owen 20 th Century Poetry Norton Anthology; Broadview Anthology B. Oh, To Be - Richard Edwards B. Jonah And The Whale Gareth Owen 20 th Century Poetry Oxford Story Poems C. The Flattered Flying Fish E.V. Rieu D. Bedtime Eleanor Farjeon C. Too Hot To Sleep Sid Marty D. The Highwayman Alfred Noyes Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young Part One or Part Two Oxford Classic Treasury, Hutchinson Treasury, Oxford Story Poems 8 AND UNDER A. The Girl Who Makes The Cymbals Ring - X.J. Kennedy AND UNDER 20 th Century Poetry A. Any Prince To Any Princess - Adrian Henri B. Frizzing - John Ciardi Good Poems for Hard Times 20 th Century Poetry B. David Earle Birney C. Ladies First Shel Silverstein (Approx lines, performer s choice) Light in the Attic D. Mummy Slept Late And Daddy Fixed The C. A Subaltern s Love Song John Betjeman Breakfast John Ciardi Norton Anthology D. The Journey Of The Magi T.S. Eliot Hutchinson Treasury, Broadview Anthology AND UNDER A. Genius - Nikki Grimes 20 th Century Poetry AND UNDER B. The Old Dog s Song - Leslie Norris A. Sir Patrick Spens - anonymous 20 th Century Poetry C. Messy Room Shel Silverstein Norton Anthology B. At The Long Sault: May 1660 Light in the Attic Archibald Lampman D. The Shark Lou Alfred Douglas Anthology of Canadian Literature C. The Titanic- E.J. Pratt ( The Final Moments or Approx lines, performer s choice) AND UNDER Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, The New A. A Social Mixer - X.J. Kennedy Oxford Book of Canadian Verse D. Toward The Last Spike E.J. Pratt B. Painting The Gate - May Swenson (Approx lines, performer s choice) C. Smart Remark Jean Little Anthology of Canadian Literature. Hey World, Here I Am! D. The Crocodile s Toothache AND OVER Shel Silverstein Where the Sidewalk Ends Own choice ALBERTA MUSIC FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION 2014 SYLLABUS PAGE 94

3 LYRIC POETRY SOLO ONE selection AND UNDER A. Sleeping Outdoors - Marchette Chute B. Kick A Little Stone - Dorothy Aldis C. The Little Whistler Frances Frost Piping Down the Valleys Wild D. The Wrong Start Marchette Chute AND UNDER A. First Day Of School - Aileen Fisher B. I Heard A Bird Sing - Oliver Herford C. Here Comes- Shel Silverstein A Light in the Attic D. Sunning James Tippett AND UNDER A. Green Grass And Dandelions - Margaret Wise Brown B. April Rain Song - Langston Hughes C. The Swallow Ogden Nash Read Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young D. Halfway Down A.A. Milne Read-Along Rhymes for the Very Young, Winnie-the-Pooh AND UNDER A. Foxes - Mary Ann Hoberman B. March - John Updike 20 th Century Poetry C. Forgotten Language Shel Silverstein Where the Sidewalk Ends D. Portrait By A Neighbour Edna St. Vincent Millay Piping Down the Valleys Wild AND UNDER A. The Dark - Myra Cohn Livingston B. Wise - Aileen L. Fisher C. Every Time I Climb A Tree David McCord D. To Dark Eyes Dreaming Zilpha K. Snyder AND UNDER A. In The Woods - Margaret Wise Brown B. Climbing - Aileen L. Fisher C. Introduction To Songs Of Innocence Piping Down The Valleys Wild William Blake, New Oxford Treasury, Norton Anthology D. Silver Walter de la Mare, New Oxford Treasury AND UNDER A. So Many Nights - Margaret Wise Brown B. The Wolf - Georgia Roberts Durston C. How And When And Where And Why Phyllis Gotlieb The New Wind Has Wings D. About Notebooks Jean Little Hey World, Here I Am! AND UNDER A. Once Upon A Time - Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson B. Waving At Trains - Roger McGough Oxford Classic Poems C. Upon Westminster Bridge William Wordsworth Norton Anthology; Classic Poems D. Gray Owl Joseph Payne Brennan Classic Poems AND UNDER A. Snow In The Suburbs - Thomas Hardy Good Poems for Hard Times B. Caged Bird - Maya Angelou Broadview C. The Naming Of Parts Henry Reed Norton Anthology D. Albertasaurus George Bowering 15 Canadian Poets X AND UNDER A. The Tuft Of Flowers - Robert Frost B. Invitation Carl Dennis Good Poems for Hard Times C. The Unknown Citizen W.H. Auden Broadview Anthology D. The River-Merchant s Wife: A Letter Ezra Pound Norton Anthology; Broadview Anthology ALBERTA MUSIC FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION 2014 SYLLABUS PAGE 95

4 AND UNDER A. When Death Comes - Mary Oliver Good Poems for Hard Times B. The Fish Elizabeth Bishop Good Poems for Hard Times C. Lament For The Dorsets Al Purdy Broadview Anthology D. The Hollow Men T.S. Elliot Broadview Anthology AND OVER Own choice CANADIAN POETRY SOLO ONE selection AND UNDER A. Toes In My Nose Sheree Fitch Toes in My Nose B. The Dinosaur Dinner Dennis Lee C. Being Five Dennis Lee Garbage Delight D. Bubble Gum Benny Sheree Fitch Toes in My Nose AND UNDER A. Anxious Miriam Waddington B. The Swing Dennis Lee Garbage Delight C. Get Lost Jean Little I Gave My Mom a Castle D. The Sneeze Sheree Fitch Toes in My Nose, Til All the Stars Have Fallen, Read Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young AND UNDER A. bye bye sean o huigan The New Wind Has Wings B. Halfway Dressed Dennis Lee Garbage Delight C. Silverly Dennis Lee ; Read Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young D. The Bratty Brother (Sister) Dennis Lee Garbage Delight AND UNDER A. The Brook In February Charles G.D. Roberts The New Wind Has Wings B. The Secret Song Dennis Lee Garbage Delight C. Stand-In Jean Little I Gave My Mom a Castle D. Jeremy s House Lois Simmie AND UNDER A. The Sky Is Falling Diane Dawber B. I Get High On Butterflies Joe Rosenblatt C. The Strangers A.A. Brown The New Wind Has Wings D. Mr. Toboggan and I Carve Winter Jane Wadley AND UNDER A. North Wind Joanne Lysyk ; New Oxford Treasury B. Squirrels In My Notebook Florence McNeil C. Path To The Moon bp Nichol, New Oxford Treasury D. And My Heart Soars Chief Dan George AND UNDER A. White Cat Raymond Souster The New Wind Has Wings B. yawn sean o huigan C. Noah Roy Daniells The New Wind Has Wings, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, D. The Rattlesnake Al Purdy The New Wind Has Wings, AND UNDER A. I, Icarus Alden Nowlan The New Wind Has Wings B. The Skater Charles G.D. Roberts ; Broadview Anthology C. The Blue Heron T.G. Roberts D. Flight of the Roller Coaster Raymond Souster The New Wind Has Wings, Penguin Book of Canadian Verse; The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse; AND UNDER A. The Lonely Land A.J.M. Smith ; Broadview Anthology B. A Kite Is A Victim Leonard Cohen ; Anthology of Canadian Literature; Broadview Anthology C. You Begin Margaret Atwood D. Two sonnets Charles G.D. Roberts OR Archibald Lampman. Performer s choice ; Anthology of Canadian Literature; Broadview Anthology; The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse ALBERTA MUSIC FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION 2014 SYLLABUS PAGE 96

5 AND UNDER A. Canoe Trip Douglas le Pan The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse B. How One Winter Came To The Lake Region Wilfred Campbell The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse; C. Looking For Strawberries In June Miriam Waddington Anthology of Canadian Literature D. The Snowman P.K. Page AND UNDER A. Vancouver Lights Earle Birney Anthology of Canadian Literature; Broadview Anthology B. Silences E.J. Pratt C. Icarus Gwendolyn MacEwan Anthology of Canadian Literature D. Whatever Else Poetry is Freedom Irving Layton Anthology of Canadian Literature AND OVER Own choice ENGLISH ROMANTIC POETRY SOLO Poetry from the period Romantic poets include Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Byron, Keats, Southey, Scott, Hunt, Hook and their contemporaries AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND OVER ENGLISH VICTORIAN POETRY SOLO Poetry from the period Victorian poets include Arnold, Tennyson, Browning, Rossetti, Carroll and their contemporaries AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND OVER ALBERTA POETRY SOLO AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND OVER FRENCH POETRY SOLO AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND OVER SONNET SEQUENCE SOLO Two sonnets thematically linked, not necessarily by the same author. TWO selections, own choice AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND OVER PROSE SOLO A prose selection from fiction or nonfiction from an authored story, essay or novel. It must be performed from memory. The passage may be abridged to form a unified whole AND UNDER Time limit: 03 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 05 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 06 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 07 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 08 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 08 minutes AND OVER Time limit: 08 minutes TWENTIETH/TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY POETRY SOLO Poetry written in English from 1901 to present AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND OVER ALBERTA MUSIC FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION 2014 SYLLABUS PAGE 97

6 CREATIVE STORY TELLING SOLO An original story which is invented, written and performed by the competitor, OR a retelling of a traditional story or folk tale, but it must be in the competitor s own words. Sounds and/or movement may be used if appropriate to the material. Simple props, where appropriate, may be used. Outline must be given to the adjudicator AND UNDER Time limit: 03 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 03 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 05 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 05 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 06 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 06 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 08 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 08 minutes AND OVER Time limit: 08 minutes SOLO SCENES Performers should ensure the scene is suitable for performance in a Festival environment. Stand-alone monologues not from a published play, story or novel are not acceptable in these classes. Scenes must be from a published play, or a dramatization from a story or novel. Scenes may be abridged to link the speeches of one character. SOLO SCENE CLASSICAL Any scene written before 1850 excluding Shakespeare AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 05 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 06 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 08 minutes AND OVER Time limit: 08 minutes SOLO SCENE MODERN Any scene written between 1850 and AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 05 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 06 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 08 minutes AND OVER Time limit: 08 minutes SOLO SCENE SHAKESPEARE AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 05 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 06 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 08 minutes AND OVER Time limit: 08 minutes SOLO SCENE CONTEMPORARY Any scene written after AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 05 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 06 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 08 minutes AND OVER Time limit: 08 minutes ALBERTA MUSIC FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION 2014 SYLLABUS PAGE 98

7 SPEECH SOLO - CONCERT The concert class allows the performer to build a continuous artistic program of TWO or THREE selections chosen from different styles and forms of literature e.g. poetry, excerpts from stories, essays, but NO SCENES all relating to a central idea or theme. Incorporating introductions and transitions to join the concert into a complete and unified whole is recommended. The artistic arrangement and the quality of the literature chosen will be taken into consideration by the adjudicator AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 05 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 05 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 06 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 06 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 07 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 08 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 10 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 12 minutes AND OVER Time limit: 12 minutes SPEECH SOLO RECITAL The recital class allows the performer to build a continuous artistic program of TWO or THREE selections chosen from different styles and forms of literature all relating to a central idea or theme. ONE selection must be a scene; the others from different styles and forms of literature e.g. poetry, excerpts from stories, essays. Incorporating introductions and transitions to join the recital into a complete and unified whole is recommended. The artistic arrangement and the quality of the literature chosen will be taken into consideration by the adjudicator AND UNDER Time limit: 05 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 06 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 07 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 08 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 10 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 12 minutes AND OVER Time limit: 12 minutes SACRED READING SOLO A sacred reading in English from any holy text. The selected passage is to be read, not memorized AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 05 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 06 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 07 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 08 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 08 minutes AND OVER Time limit: 08 minutes PUBLIC SPEAKING SOLO Cards may be used for reference. Outline must be given to the adjudicator. ONE selection, written by the competitor AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 05 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 06 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 06 minutes AND OVER Time limit: 06 minutes SOLO MIME A written outline, including theme, must be provided to the adjudicator. Simple costumes, music or sound effects may be used AND UNDER Time limit: 03 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 03 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 03 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 03 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 05 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 05 minutes AND OVER Time limit: 05 minutes ORIGINAL POETRY SOLO Adjudicator will address presentation as well as content. A photocopy or computer printout must be submitted before the festival starts AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND OVER ALBERTA MUSIC FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION 2014 SYLLABUS PAGE 99

8 GROUP SPEECH DUOLOGUE A scene from a play or other form of literature, acted by two individuals depicting two different characters. Simple costumes and props are allowed AND UNDER Time limit: 07 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 08 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 09 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 09 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 10 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 10 minutes AND OVER Time limit: 10 minutes GROUP MIME A written outline, including theme, must be provided to the adjudicator. Simple costumes, music or sound effects may be used AND UNDER Time limit: 03 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 03 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 03 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 03 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 03 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 04 minutes AND OVER Time limit: 05 minutes CHORIC DRAMA Read the Glossary definition carefully. Time limit, including preparation and performance: 8 minutes KINDERGARTEN/GRADE GRADES GRADES GRADES GRADES GROUP SCENES Performers should ensure the scene is suitable for performance in a Festival environment. Any published author AND UNDER Time limit: 10 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 10 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 10 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 10 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 10 minutes AND UNDER Time limit: 12 minutes AND OVER Time limit: 12 minutes READERS THEATRE Requires a minimum of three performers. Emphasis MUST be on the text, with the script performed in the Readers Theatre style, using an imaginative approach. See the Glossary. Participants should be stationary. May be sitting or standing. Performance Time: Maximum 20 minutes AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND OVER IMPROVISATION For groups of two or more actors. A theme will be suggested by the adjudicator. Time limit: 15 minutes for preparation with teacher s assistance if desired. 10 minutes for performance AND UNDER AND UNDER AND UNDER AND OVER ALBERTA MUSIC FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION 2014 SYLLABUS PAGE 100

9 FAQ - PROVINCIAL FESTIVAL SPEECH CLASSES Recommendations Classes Time Limits Selections Fees Entry Form Memorization National Dates Place How do I enter the Provincial Festival? What Speech classes are offered at the Provincial Festival? What are the time limits at the Provincial Festival? How many selections will I have to do at the Provincial Festival? How much are the fees for the Provincial classes If I have been recommended do I need to fill out an entry form for the Provincial Festival? Do I need to have my speech piece memorized? Are there Speech classes at the National Festival? When are the Speech classes at the 2014 Provincial Festival? Where is the Provincial Festival held? You cannot enter the Provincial Festival. The adjudicator at your local festival must recommend you to the appropriate Provincial Class 801 SPEECH SOLO - 12 YEARS & UNDER 802 SPEECH SOLO - 16 YEARS & UNDER 803 SPEECH SOLO - SENIOR Solo 12 and under - 18 minutes Solo 16 and under - 28 minutes Solo Senior - 40 minutes TWO pieces are required, preferably contrasting. You should enter at least two classes at your local festival so that you have sufficient repertoire from which to choose. $100 Solo 12 and under $100 Solo 16 and under $125 Solo Senior No, the entry form will be done by the Local festival. Yes. Memorization is mandatory. No, not at this time. Thursday, May 29 th to Friday, May 30. A copy of the solo festival schedule may be downloaded from At the Alberta College Campus of MacEwan University in Edmonton. Alberta College is located at MacDonald Drive (corner of MacDonald Drive and 100 th Street behind McDougall United Church). It is not part of the City Centre campus of MacEwan University which is located on 104 th Avenue. ALBERTA MUSIC FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION 2014 SYLLABUS PAGE 101

10 SPEECH BIBILIOGRAPHY 15 Canadian Poets X 2... Ed. Gary Geddes. Don Mills: Oxford, Canadian Poets x 2 20th Century Children s Poetry Treasury, The... Ed, Jack Prelutsky. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (20 th Century Poetry Treasury) A Child's Garden of Verses... Stevenson, Robert Louis. A Child s Garden of Verses. Wordsworth Editions, 1994 A Light in the Attic... Silverstein, Shel A Light in the Attic. New York: Harper Collins, An Anthology of Canadian Literature in English... Ed. Russell Brown and Donna Bennett. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1982, 1983 Anthology of Canadian Literature, The Bill Martin Jr.... Ed. Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson. Toronto: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, () Broadview Anthology of Poetry, The... Ed. Herbert Rosengarten and Amanda Goldrick-Jones. Peterborough: Broadview Books, Broadview Anthology Classic Poems to Read Aloud... Ed. James Berry. New York: Kingfisher, Classic Poems Garbage Delight... Lee, Dennis. Garbage Delight Toronto: Macmillan, 1977 Good Poems for Hard Times... Ed. Garrison Keeler. Toronto: Penguin Group, (Good Poems for Hard Times) Hey World, Here I Am!... Little, Jean Hey World, Here I Am! Toronto: Harper and Row, Hutchinson Treasury, The... Ed. Alison Sage. London: Random House, Hutchinson Treasury I Gave My Mom a Castle... Little, Jean I Gave My Mom a Castle. Victoria: Orca, Ice Cream Store, The... Lee, Dennis The Ice Cream Store. Toronto: Harper Collins, New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse, The... Ed. Margaret Atwood. Toronto: Oxford University Press, New Oxford Treasury of Children's Poems, The... Ed. Michael Harrison and Christopher Stuart-Clark. Toronto: Oxford University Press, New Oxford Treasury New Wind Has Wings, The... Ed. Mary Alice Downie and Barbara Robertson. Toronto: Oxford University Press, Norton Anthology of Poetry The New Wind Has Wings Fourth Edition, Shorter... Ed. Margaret Ferguson. New York: W. W. Norton, Norton Anthology Oxford Book of Story Poems, The... Ed. Michael Harrison and Christopher Stuart-Clark.Toronto: Oxford University Press, Oxford Story Poems Oxford Treasury of Classic Poems, The... Ed. Michael Harrison and Christopher Stuart-Clark,Toronto: Oxford University Press, Oxford Classic Treasury Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, The... Revised Edition. Ed. Ralph Gustafson. Middlesex, England: Penguin, 1969 The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse Piping Down The Valleys Wild... Poetry for the Young of All Ages. Ed. Nancy Larrick. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell, Piping Down the Valleys Wild Poetry Book, The... Ed. Fiona Waters. London: Orion Children's Books, The Poetry Book Random House Book of Poetry for Children, The... Ed. Jack Prelutsky New York: Random House, 1983 Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young... Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young. Ed. Jack Prelutsky. Toronto: Random House, Read-Aloud Rhymes Something Big Has Been Here... Prelutsky, Jack Something Big Has Been Here. Harper Collins Canada, 'Til All the Stars Have Fallen: Canadian Poems for Children... Ed. David Booth. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1990 'Til All the Stars Have Fallen Toes in My Nose and Other Poems... Fitch, Sheree. Toes in My Nose and Other Poems. Toronto: Doubleday, Where the Sidewalk Ends... Silverstein, Shel Where the Sidewalk Ends. New York: Harper Collins, Winnie-the-Pooh... Milne, A. A. The Complete Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh. New York: Dutton, ALBERTA MUSIC FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION 2014 SYLLABUS PAGE 102

11 CHORAL SPEECH Classes FAQ - LOCAL FESTIVAL Are all Choral Speech classes listed below available at most festivals? Most, but not all, festivals offer Choral Speech classes. Check with your local festival. Time Limits Number of Selections Memorization Performance Guidelines Copies of Speech /Poetry Materials Do we need to enter more than one class if we hope to be recommended to the Provincials? How long will my performance be? How many selections do we need to do? Do the selections have to be memorized? What should we watch for in our performance? Does the adjudicator need a published copy? May we use a selection from the old AMFA Speech Syllabi? As all classes require two selections you do not need to enter more than one class but you certainly may enter more than one class if you would like to have a choice of repertoire to take to the Provincial Festival. All performances, unless otherwise noted, may not be longer than 20 minutes or as specified in your local festival addendum. Two contrasting selections are required in all classes. If you are hoping to be recommended to the Provincial Festival you will need to make sure that one of your selections is listed in the Syllabus. Each festival sets its own regulations regarding memorization. At the Provincial Festival memorization is required. The presentation of the text is of utmost importance. Selections MUST NOT be Choric Drama. Yes. You will need to supply a published copy of both selections that you will be performing. The three AMFA Speech Syllabi are no longer in use and if you use a selection from those syllabi you MUST have a published copy for the adjudicator. LIST OF LOCAL CLASSES Classes CHORAL SPEECH PRESCRIBED SELECTION, which required the performance of a Prescribed piece have been deleted. A list of selections for each age has been provided on the next page. Groups needing help choosing grade appropriate selections may find the list helpful. CHORAL SPEECH TWO contrasting selections, own choice GRADES 1 to GRADES 4 to GRADES 7 to GRADES 10 to 12 FRENCH CHORAL SPEECH DICTION EN CHŒUR FRANÇAIS Des traductions en anglais doivent être soumises avec les sélections DEUX sélections contrastée, propre choix ère - 3 ème ANNÉES / GRADES 1 to ème - 6 ème ANNÉES / GRADES 4 to ème - 9 ème ANNÉES / GRADES 7 to ème - 12 ème ANNÉES / GRADES 10 to 12 ALBERTA MUSIC FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION 2014 SYLLABUS PAGE 103

12 FAQ - PROVINCIAL FESTIVAL CHORAL SPEECH CLASSES Recommendations Classes Memorization Entry Form Fees Time Limits Risers/boxes Props/Costumes Dates Place National How do we enter the Provincial Festival? May Kindergarten classes be recommended to Provincials? What Choral Speech classes are offered at the Provincial Festival? Do we have to memorize our selection? If I have been recommended do I need to fill out an entry form for the Provincial Festival? How much are the fees for the Provincial classes? What are the time limits at the Provincial Festival? Do we need to supply risers or boxes for the Provincial Festival class? May we use props or costumes? When are the Choral Speech classes at the is the 2014 Provincial Festival? Where is the Provincial Festival held? Are there Choral Speech classes at the National Festival? You cannot enter the Provincial Festival. The adjudicator at your local festival must recommend you to the appropriate Provincial Class No, they are not eligible. 851 CHORAL SPEECH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRADES CHORAL SPEECH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRADES 4-6 Yes, memorization is required. No, the entry form will be done by the Local festival. $ minutes No. If recommended to the Provincial festival a choir may use only the built-in risers or stage. The use of SIMPLE props and gestures and the suggestion of a costume is permitted. Wednesday, Mary 28 th. Class 851 Grades 1-3 Choral Speech will start at 9:30 am and Class 852 Grades 4-6 Choral Speech will start at 1:30 pm At McDougall United Church in Edmonton. Alberta McDougall is located at the corner of MacDonald Drive and 100 th Street adjacent to the Alberta College campus of MacEwan University. No, not at this time. ALBERTA MUSIC FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION 2014 SYLLABUS PAGE 104

13 SUGGESTED SELECTIONS LIST You may choose one or more of your selections from the list below. They are no longer prescribed, test or mandatory selections KINDERGARTEN Frog on a Log Ilo Orleans Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young Fish Mary Ann Hoberman Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young Good Morning Muriel Sipe Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young Jump or Jiggle Evelyn Beyer Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young GRADE 1 Squirrel In The Rain Frances Frost Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young Cats Eleanor Farjeon Random House Book of Poetry for Children The Elf and the Dormouse - Oliver Herford Random House Book of Poetry for Children Gold-Tinted Dragon Karla Kuskin Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young GRADE 2 It Fell in the City Eve Merriam Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young Ears Hear Lucia and James Hymes Jr. Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young Brontosaurus Gail Kredenser Yellow Butter Mary Ann Hoberman Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young GRADE 3 My Brother Bert Ted Hughes Jimmy Jet and His T.V. Set Shel Silverstein ; Where the Sidewalk Ends Creature In The Classroom Jack Prelutsky Cat Mary Britton Miller GRADE 4 First Day At School - Roger McGough Classic Poems The Bogeyman Jack Prelutsky A Mosquito In The Cabin - Myra Stilborn Lone Dog Irene McLeod GRADE 5 Augustus, Who Would Not Have Any Soup Heinrich Hoffman The Lion and The Echo Brian Patten Classic Poems; Oxford Story Poems I Met A Rat of Culture Jack Prelutsky Something Big Has Been Here Clarence Shel Silverstein A Light in the Attic GRADE 6 Foul Shot Edwin A. Hoey The Reformed Pirate T. G. Roberts The New Wind Has Wings Gluskap s Hound T.G. Roberts The New Wind has Wings Colonel Fazackerley Charles Causley GRADE 7 O Captain! My Captain! Walt Whitman Classic Poems; Broadview Anthology If Rudyard Kipling Classic Poems The Fisherman Jay McPherson ; Broadview Anthology The Song My Paddle Sings - E. Pauline Johnson Anthology of Canadian Literature GRADE 8 Charge of the Light Brigade Alfred, Lord Tennyson Classic Poems I Have a Dream Martin Luther King (Performer may use excerpt as printed, or choose a 40 line selection from the full text) Classic Poems The Cremation of Sam McGee - Robert W. Service (Approx lines) All The World s A Stage William Shakespeare (Jaques Speech from As You Like It ) Classic Poems GRADE 9 The Passionate Shepherd to His Love and The Nymph s Reply Christopher Marlowe and Sir Walter Raleigh Norton Anthology; Broadview Anthology The Night Mail W. H. Auden Classic Poems; Oxford Treasury She Walks In Beauty Lord Byron Norton Anthology; Classic Poems, Broadview Anthology Tarantella Hilaire Belloc Classic Poems, Oxford Classic Treasury ALBERTA MUSIC FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION 2014 SYLLABUS PAGE 105

14 SPEECH BIBILIOGRAPHY 15 Canadian Poets X 2... Ed. Gary Geddes. Don Mills: Oxford, Canadian Poets x 2 20th Century Children s Poetry Treasury, The... Ed, Jack Prelutsky. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (20 th Century Poetry Treasury) A Child's Garden of Verses... Stevenson, Robert Louis. A Child s Garden of Verses. Wordsworth Editions, 1994 A Light in the Attic... Silverstein, Shel A Light in the Attic. New York: Harper Collins, An Anthology of Canadian Literature in English... Ed. Russell Brown and Donna Bennett. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1982, 1983 Anthology of Canadian Literature, The Bill Martin Jr.... Ed. Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson. Toronto: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, () Broadview Anthology of Poetry, The... Ed. Herbert Rosengarten and Amanda Goldrick-Jones. Peterborough: Broadview Books, Broadview Anthology Classic Poems to Read Aloud... Ed. James Berry. New York: Kingfisher, Classic Poems Garbage Delight... Lee, Dennis. Garbage Delight Toronto: Macmillan, 1977 Good Poems for Hard Times... Ed. Garrison Keeler. Toronto: Penguin Group, 2005 (Good Poems for Hard Times) Hey World, Here I Am!... Little, Jean Hey World, Here I Am! Toronto: Harper and Row, Hutchinson Treasury, The... Ed. Alison Sage. London: Random House, Hutchinson Treasury I Gave My Mom a Castle... Little, Jean I Gave My Mom a Castle. Victoria: Orca, Ice Cream Store, The... Lee, Dennis The Ice Cream Store. Toronto: Harper Collins, New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse, The... Ed. Margaret Atwood. Toronto: Oxford University Press, New Oxford Treasury of Children's Poems, The... Ed. Michael Harrison and Christopher Stuart-Clark. Toronto: Oxford University Press, New Oxford Treasury New Wind Has Wings, The... Ed. Mary Alice Downie and Barbara Robertson. Toronto: Oxford University Press, Norton Anthology of Poetry The New Wind Has Wings Fourth Edition, Shorter... Ed. Margaret Ferguson. New York: W. W. Norton, Norton Anthology Oxford Book of Story Poems, The... Ed. Michael Harrison and Christopher Stuart-Clark.Toronto: Oxford University Press, Oxford Story Poems Oxford Treasury of Classic Poems, The... Ed. Michael Harrison and Christopher Stuart-Clark,Toronto: Oxford University Press, Oxford Classic Treasury Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, The... Revised Edition. Ed. Ralph Gustafson. Middlesex, England: Penguin, 1969 The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse Piping Down The Valleys Wild... Poetry for the Young of All Ages. Ed. Nancy Larrick. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell, Piping Down the Valleys Wild Poetry Book, The... Ed. Fiona Waters. London: Orion Children's Books, The Poetry Book Random House Book of Poetry for Children, The... Ed. Jack Prelutsky New York: Random House, 1983 Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young... Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young. Ed. Jack Prelutsky. Toronto: Random House, Read-Aloud Rhymes Something Big Has Been Here... Prelutsky, Jack Something Big Has Been Here. Harper Collins Canada, 'Til All the Stars Have Fallen: Canadian Poems for Children... Ed. David Booth. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1990 'Til All the Stars Have Fallen Toes in My Nose and Other Poems... Fitch, Sheree. Toes in My Nose and Other Poems. Toronto: Doubleday, Where the Sidewalk Ends... Silverstein, Shel Where the Sidewalk Ends. New York: Harper Collins, Winnie-the-Pooh... Milne, A. A. The Complete Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh. New York: Dutton, ALBERTA MUSIC FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION 2014 SYLLABUS PAGE 106