CONTENTS

The Festival Committee 3The 2003 Syllabus – Chairman’s Foreword 4Acknowledgements & Prizes 6Dudley Festival Web-Site 7Festival Rules 8Music Festival Adjudicators 13

Trophies 17Syllabus Piano 20

Electronic Keyboard 22Woodwind & Recorders 22Strings 23Guitar 24

Brass/Bands/Orchestra 24Vocal/Solo/Ensemble 26Choirs 28Composition 29

Drama Festival Syllabus 30Adjudicators 30Trophies 31Classes 32

Dance Festival Syllabus 36Adjudicator 37Trophies 38Classes 39

Use of Recorded Music - Statement 39

Dates For Your Diary 42

Advertisements: Dudley College (Rear Cover) Appeal for Volunteers 5Festival Website 7Friends of the Festival 37

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New Vocal/Speech Class 19,35Prizewinners Concert 12,41

Entry Forms - Drama & Music Centre PagesSYLLABUS FOR THE

43rd ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF MUSIC, DRAMA & DANCE

In association with the Dudley Arts Counciland affiliated to the British & International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech

Registered Charity No. 1048099

8, 15, 16, 21, 22 & 23 MARCH 2003Patron

SIR COLIN DAVIS C.B.E.

PresidentTHE WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR OF DUDLEY

Vice Presidents MYFANWY HUGHES

Chairman GILLIAN BLOORE

Vice ChairmanBERNARD BEALES

Honorary SecretaryMARY BURNS

Drama Secretary: Mrs MARY BURNS3 St. Michael’s Close, Pelsall, Walsall, WS3 4JH

Tel: 01922 691578

Dance Secretary: Mrs DOROTHY WILLIAMS2 Holden Road, Wolverhampton, WV4 5LP

Tel: 01902 823075

Music Secretary: Miss GILLIAN BLOORE6 Monteagle Drive, Kingswinford, DY6 7RY

Tel: 01384 837536

Treasurer: Mrs MANDY PHILPOTT31 Melrose Avenue, Pedmore, Stourbridge,

DY8 2LE Tel: 01384 860866

Trophy Secretary: Mr ROBERT BURNS3 St. Michael’s Close, Pelsall, Walsall, WS3 4JH

Tel: 01922 691578

Advertising Co-ordinator: Mr ROBERT BURNS3 St. Michael’s Close, Pelsall, Walsall, WS3 4JH

Tel: 01922 691578

Concert Secretary: Mrs MARGARET ALLEN14 Paganel Drive, Dudley, DY1 4AY. Tel: 01384 254429

Trustees

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Margaret Allen, Bernard Beales, Gillian Bloore, Steve Bryant, Mary Burns, Robert Burns Councillor Mike Heap, Susan Keasey, Mandy Philpott, Dorothy Williams, John Davies

The 2003 SyllabusOn behalf of the committee of Dudley Festival of Music, Drama & Dance, may I introduce the 2003 syllabus to you. There are some exciting changes of classes for the 2003 Festival, so please take time to browse through the whole syllabus, not just the part where your interest lies. Look at all that is offered, as I am sure you will be surprised at the range of classes.

After browsing, tell one or two of your colleagues about areas, you know they are interested in. It would be lovely to have more support in the newer classes – Strings for Beginners (Sadly last year there were no entries), Jazz Piano, Own musical composition for the instrument/s of own choice, own poems and the class for local people in Drama. It would be lovely to have more String, Brass Orchestras and Choir Entries. Please spread the word, to schools etc. that you know have enthusiastic choirs and a lot of musical, Dramatic or Dance activities taking place. This would make the Festival even more successful.

The new classes are as follows. For the first time there are a few classes which combine talents in more than one area. Two new classes combine the Drama with the Vocal Section. This has come about as a result of an approach made to the Festival by the Association of English Singers and Speakers. In these classes the competitor has to choose one of the set pieces to sing and speak the poem, or speak about the song, as well as sing it. One person will be chosen to go forward to a Regional Final and if successful there stands a chance of representing the Region at the National Finals. The winner of the Finals wins The National Junior English Song Prize which is a Bursary of £750 towards either their Musical or Speech development. I hope these classes are well supported. Two new classes combine woodwind and guitars in duets/trios. This was a suggestion made by an adjudicator we had one year. Perhaps your friend could join you to enter this class.There are some new classes in Dance for Novices in the various sections (encouraging those who have never won a class).

The Festival is very grateful for the support it receives from local people and organizations. Without this help the Festival would be struggling. The Friends of the Festival and The Dudley Rotary Club have helped in many ways over the years and I am delighted to say that The Gentlemen Songsters Male Voice Choir are supporting us again, with their trophy and a very generous money prize too. On Festival Day members of the choir will probably be helping us too.

In case this is the first time that you have received a syllabus, this trophy, given by The Songsters is in memory of Bert Bissell. Personally I feel that this is a great honour for the Festival. For those of you that have not heard of Bert Bissell, he was a well known and loved figure in the Dudley area. He devoted all of his time promoting peace throughout the world and spent a lot of time working with young people, always ready to listen and show interest in all they did. Because of his interest in

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young people, The Gentlemen Songsters felt this was a fitting way of remembering Bert over many years to come in the Dudley area.

How observant are you ? When surfing the net have you found the web site for the Festival. Hopefully by the time this syllabus reaches you, the syllabus, entry forms etc. will be on. If you did not realize the web site was in place please visit it and let us know your comments. http://www.dudleyfestival.org.uk

The Festival is for everyone, so if you enjoy the Arts, please join us either as a competitor or as a supporter. I can assure you that you will be very welcome. If you can spare a couple of hours helping with one of the many jobs, before and on the day, please get in touch with us.(Perhaps after your class has finished) As the Festival grows, more and more help is needed.

This year, the Festival Committee would like to make the Festival very successful, in memory of one of our Founder members – Miss Stella Cook, who sadly died a few months ago. Without her and the late Mr. Poole, there would be no Festival as we know it. Miss Stella Cook will be sadly missed by us all.

Gillian Bloore Chairman

DUDLEY FESTIVAL OF MUSIC DRAMA & DANCE

PLEASE LEND A HAND !Become a Festival volunteer

The Dudley Festival could not exist without the tremendous goodwill and practical help

given by a wide range of people who support the Festival as volunteers.

If you can spare a little time and are keen to lend a hand we would love to hear from you.

Give us a call on: 01384 837536

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe Dudley Festival acknowledges the generous assistance and support given by the following:

The Principal, Governors and Staff of the Dudley College of TechnologyDudley Arts Council Keith JacksonDudley Metropolitan Borough Council Christine AdamsDudley Music Services Brenda ArnoldThe Rotary Club of Dudley Kathryn ChrimesThe ‘Friends of the Festival’ Susan ClarkThe ‘Friends of Music in Dudley’ Lynn AllemannThe family & friends of the late Brenda Pearsall Cecilia WhitmoreCecil Drew All voluntary workersThe Gentlemen Songsters Male Voice Choir, Kingswinford

Everyone who has donated a trophy

PRIZESBrenda Pearsall Memorial Prizepresented by the family and friends of the late Brenda PearsallMusic voucher: £40 - for the pianist aged 18 years or under who, in the adjudicator’s opinion, gives the best performance in the piano classes.

‘Friends of Music in Dudley’ Recital Prizespresented by the ‘Friends of Music in Dudley’. £50 for the winners of classes 25, 53, 68, 77, 89 & 132

The Keith Jackson Choir Prize£75 for the choir from Dudley Central (DY1 & DY2) that gives the best performance in classes 134-141

Dudley Rotary Club Youth Choir Prizes£25 for the winners of classes 134, 135, 136, 137 and 139-141‘Friends of the Festival’ Adult Choir Prizes£25 for the winners of classes 142-144, 145, 146

National Folk Song Junior Choir Prizepresented by Cecil Drew-1st prize £60, 2nd prize £40 – for class 138

The Bert Bissell Trophy and AwardPresented by ‘The Gentlemen Songsters’Male Voice Choir, for a choir’s most promising performance of one piece. Trophy and £100

Dance Bursarypresented by The Friends of the Festival £50 for the best musical interpretation

Concert AwardsA concert with Coseley Male Voice Choir for the winners of the Coseley Male Voice Roseville Trophy & the Coseley Male Voice Choir TrophyAn invitation to perform at a future concert with The Gentlemen Songsters’ Male Voice Choir , Kingswinford, for the winners of the Bert Bissell Trophy

‘Friends of the Festival’ Individual Drama Recital Prize£50 for the winner of class 208

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ENTRY IS DEEMED TO BE AN ACCEPTANCE OF THESE RULES

Flash photography and video recording during any performance is prohibited.Video recorders may not be taken into competition rooms under any circumstances.

ALL SECTIONS

1) The competition is for amateurs and students who do not derive the main part of their income from payment of work in that branch of the art with which the competition is concerned. This rule does not apply to conductors.

2) No entry under an assumed name is permissible.

3) Competitors must comply with the age limit. The competitor’s age at the date of the commencement of the Festival (15 March 2003 for Music and Drama classes and 8 March 2003 for Dance classes) will be deemed to be their age for purposes of entry. Date of birth must be included on entry form as requested. In any case of dispute, competitors may be asked to produce their birth certificate.

4) Alternative or additional adjudicators may be appointed as necessary.

5) The adjudicator’s decision is final and no discussion or correspondence concerning such decision may ensue. Awards may be withheld if, in the opinion of the adjudicator, sufficient merit is not shown.

6) Objections will not be considered by the committee unless they are given to a member of the committee, in writing at the end of the session to which they refer.

7) The committee may combine sections or classes where entries are small, divide a class where entries are large, and has the power to make any other regulations or interpret or qualify any of these rules as occasion may arise.

8) Time limits must not be exceeded. Performances which overrun will be stopped and no mark awarded.

9) Winners of trophies MUST sign a receipt. Winners under the age of 18 must obtain the signature of a legally responsible person on the trophy receipt. In accepting a trophy the winner undertakes to keep it safely and return it in good, clean condition to the Trophies Secretary by the date requested on the form. Failure to do so may incur a penalty. LOST TROPHIES MUST BE REPLACED AND DAMAGED TROPHIES REPAIRED. A trophy may be engraved with the winner’s name at his, or her, expense.

10) Trophies, money prizes and 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize medals and certificates will only be awarded if the requisite mark is obtained. (See rule 28 – Dance, and rules 50 & 51– Music and Drama)

11) All entries must be made on the official form and forwarded with fees and S.A.E. to the appropriate secretary NO LATER THAN THE DATE SPECIFIED.

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12) The festival does not accept liability for the infringement of copyright, recording or performing rights arising out of any entrant’s accompaniment or performance. It contributes to a Group Licence to cover payment of fees for the use of recorded music at its events. Teachers and Choreographers using tapes created from commercial recordings are advised that they are themselves responsible for seeking permission to record, from the recording companies concerned.

13) Communication with the adjudicator concerning any matters relating to the competition by entrants, teachers or other interested parties prior to or during the competition may lead to disqualification. Infringements/queries should be brought to the attention of the ‘Dance Secretary’.

14) Performers must dance in the correct programme order unless the permission of the adjudicator is obtained. The committee reserves the right to rearrange the order of dance groups on the day of the festival. It is the responsibility of entrants to report 15 minutes before the start of the class.

15) It is the responsibility of the entrants to set tapes ready to play. All tapes should be clearly marked, and the organisers do not accept any responsibility for incorrect playing of any tape except in the event of equipment failure.

16) Where live music is used it is the responsibility of the entrant to bring both the accompanist and the instrument.

17) In solo classes competitors must dance within their age code only. The competitor’s age on 8 March 2003 will be deemed to be their age for purposes of entry. Date of birth must be given on entry forms. In any case of dispute, competitors may be asked to produce their birth certificate.

18) No performer may enter the same class more than once in their own age group for each solo section and once for each technique in a Duet/Trio section.

19) Solo dancers may not be substituted but in the event of the unavoidable absence of a partner one substitute will be allowed in a duet; two in a trio; three in a group. Rule 17 will still apply and the organisers must be warned a minimum of one day before the class.

20) Time limits must not be exceeded. Timing will begin at the first note or word of the accompaniment or first movement of the dancer, whichever occurs first.

21) In character dance, a short synopsis not exceeding 30 words will be allowed.

22) If pre-recorded music is used in any song and dance section it MUST NOT include any singing or chanting on the cassette. Pre-recorded music used in tap sections must not include any recorded tap or similar sound effect.

23) Pointe work is not allowed for any entrant under 13 years old.

24) Fixed taps (single sound) only may be used to tap dancing.

25) Gymnastic dance is permitted provided that it is combined with a modern dance technique.

26) In duets, trios and groups, entry forms must show the subject to be performed i.e. Tap, Modern, Song and Dance, Character, Greek, etc. Should entries be sufficiently large they will be split into sections according to the subject.

27) Unreasonable/unacceptable behaviour will not be tolerated and may result in disqualification & future entries refused.

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28) Competitors placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd will receive a 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize medal and certificate only if the mark obtained is at least 81 in classes with age codes Baby, Solo A, Solo B, and Junior. All solo competitors in these classes will receive a Certificate of Participation regardless of the mark given.

MUSIC CLASSES29) In graded and own choice pieces, it is important to complete the appropriate section on the entry form

regarding the time of the piece. This information is required in order for the timetable to be compiled. Failure to provide this information may result in the non-acceptance of the entry.

30) No competitor is allowed to perform the same item in more than one own choice class, except in the case of Choirs and Chamber Music classes providing a different instrument is played. Competitors may act as accompanists.

31) In all own choice classes a copy of the music must be given to the adjudicator’s steward just before performance. Failure to do so may result in disqualification. Own choice pieces may not be changed for any reason, and if changed, an adjudication will be given but no marks awarded.

32) STRINGS BEGINNERS CLASS. This class is for competitors who have been learning their instrument for less than one year and have not reached the standard of the Graded Classes

33) GRADED CLASSES are for competitors who have NOT YET achieved a standard which is higher than the specified grade, and the piece must be chosen from any of the standard graded examination syllabi of the revelant grade. Where a range of grades is included in one class the grade of the piece entered MUST be indicated on the entry form. The standard of difficulty will not influence the adjudicator's mark. Competitors may not perform the same piece in any other class.

34) The music chosen for the competition must be used in the edition and key specified.

35) In test pieces no repeats should be performed unless otherwise specified. Repeats in own choice pieces are optional.

36) COPYRIGHT. When an own choice work is selected from a volume and it is not published separately, one copy, which must be totally legible, may be made for the use of the Adjudicator provided that the copy is destroyed after the competition. This permission does not apply to making copies for the accompanist who must be supplied with the printed copy. Single copies of items selected may not be copied without the prior permission of the copyright holder. Failure to comply with this will result in disqualification. No photocopies to be used by the competitor or members of ensembles / bands unless they have written consent from the copyright holder.

37) INSTRUMENTAL WARM UP. For Brass, Woodwind, Recorders , String and Guitars, as a room will have been allocated for Warming Up of Instruments, only fine tuning will be allowed in the competition room – no more than one minute per individual, two minutes per ensemble & five minutes for School Bands with more than twelve players.

38) PIANO SOLO – 20th CENTURY The following composers are suggested as a stylistic guideline: Bartok, Copland, Chavez, Dallapiccola, Hindemith, Messiaen, Prokofiev, Schoënberg, Stravinsky, Tippett, Webern. Entries offering alternative choices will be considered, provided the style of music is deemed appropriate.

39) JAZZ PIANO - A copy of the original music on which the improvisation is based must be provided for the adjudicator on the day of the festival.The following are examples of possible choices for each of the 3 options:

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a) ‘Bedford Square Blues’ from grade 1 and ‘Ikon’ from grade 4b) ‘Viper’s Drag’ and ‘Handful of Keys’c) ‘How Deep is the Ocean’ and ‘Sweet Lorraine’

40) RECITAL CLASSES. A good standard of performance is expected, but performance from memory is not obligatory, and competitors should aim to give a balanced programme, wear suitable dress and display a good platform manner. Recital pieces must not be repeated in other classes.

41) COMPOSITION CLASSES. In all three classes the composition can be for any instrument/s and/or voice/s and in any musical style within the specified time limit. For class 147 the composition may be either an individual or group-devised composition. Classes 148 and 149 should be individual. A written score must be provided for classes 148 and 149. It may employ conventional or graphic notation, or both. Any unconventional notation employed should be fully explained. For class 147 a good quality taped recording of the composition will be accepted in place of a written score. Composers in all classes may, if they wish, supply both written score and taped performance of their work. Please send your completed entry form by the closing date (7th December) and your composition to the music secretary by 20 January 2003. For the purposes of adjudication on Festival Day, each composer must produce either a live or taped performance of their composition.

42) ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD CLASSES a) All competitors must provide their own keyboardb) Real time sequencing is permitted subject to the following regulations:

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That it has been actively performed by the participating student and no other personThat it is of a performance standard appropriate to the general musicianship shown by the participant during the performanceThat such features enhance the performance in a musical and appropriate way.That sequencing parts are clearly marked in the music score provided for the adjudicator.

Note: Marks will be deducted for overuse .c) Floppy disks may be used to allow for quick registration set-up.

43) ACCOMPANIMENTCompetitors requiring the services of the official accompanist must make the request on the entry form.A copy of the own choice music, clearly labelled with name of competitor and class number, must be sent to the Accompanists’ Secretary: Mrs. K Morgan, 3 Derwent Road, Palmers Cross, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, WV6 9ER, NO LATER THAN December 21st. (Mrs. Morgan will contact and send music to the accompanists). A further copy will be required for the adjudicator on the day. At the discretion of the Accompanist, a rehearsal may be arranged prior to the Festival. If this is required, the competitor should negotiate with the Accompanist, as an extra fee will be charged for this service.

Note: If music is not provided, or contact made, by December 21st, the accompanist reserves the right to refuse to play.

44) VOCAL/SPEECH CLASSES (110 and 114)In these classes the competitor is required to either speak the poem or speak about the song chosen etc. as Speech and Singing are adjudicated EQUALLY. One competitor will be chosen (if the standard of performance is good) to go onto Regional Finals and possibly the National Finals where the overall Winner could win a Bursary of £750.

DRAMA CLASSES45) No properties will be provided. Costumes, make-up and hand properties are allowed.

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46) The Dudley Festival is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with the Author’s Licensing and Collecting Society. This means that entrants do not have to seek copyright permission for any poetry, prose or solo dramatic items performed. DUOLOGUES AND GROUP DRAMATIC ACTIVITY ARE NOT COVERED BY THIS AGREEMENT, and the competitors in classes 173 and 203 (Choral Verse Speaking), 168,170,171,182,183,184,196,197,198,199,200,206,207, (Acted Scene) and 172,185,202 (Duologue) are responsible for obtaining Performing Rights by application to the publishers and by payment of any stipulated fee, before the date of the competition.

47) Dance Drama groups are responsible for providing their own music, live or taped.

48) For classes 169, 186 and 210, copies of own composition poems should be sent with entry.

49) In own composition and group–devised classes a short introduction of not more than 60 words will be allowed.

MUSIC AND DRAMA CLASSES50) 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize certificates will be awarded in all classes provided the mark obtained is at least 81 in

classes for 12 years and under and Grade 1-3 classes, and 84 marks in all other classes. All competitors in classes for 12 years and under, Grade 1-3 classes and beginners class for Strings who are not placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd will receive a Certificate of Participation.

51) A 1st prize medal will be awarded in all classes (except bands, choirs, ensembles and choral speech groups) with specified age limit up to 18 years, provided the mark is high enough. See rule 50

Dudley Festival of Music,Drama & Dance presents:

PRIZEWINNERS’ CONCERT

Your chance to see invited Festival prizewinners perform their winning pieces

5 th April 2003

Make a note in your diary !

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MUSIC SYLLABUS 2003

MUSIC ADJUDICATORSPIANO

Peter Element John LambertELECTRONIC KEYBOARD

Steven Roberts

WOODWIND and RECORDERSAnn-Frances Ellis David Straughan

STRINGS Rachel Greenwood

CHOIRS & VOCAL SOLO Margaret Duckworth Gabrielle Burgen-Lister Steven Roberts

GUITARGraham Roberts

BRASS/BANDS Steven Roberts

COMPOSITIONJohn Lambert

PIANOPETER ELEMENT FRCMPeter Element began his career as a Concert Pianist after he was engaged to appear twice as a soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra in 1951. He made his London debut in 1954 & soon became well known as a broadcaster, recitalist and concerto performer. His numerous concerto performances, with all major British orchestras, included those in the Sir Henry Wood Promenade Series. He has travelled extensively overseas combining performing with lecturing & giving master classes. Mr Element has recently completed 40 years working as Professor of Pianoforte at the Royal College of Music. As well as his normal duties teaching individual students to perform, accompany & teach, he was also responsible for taking overseas students offered travel scholarships by the Associated Board with the intended aim to complete & take LRSM diploma by the end of a one term course. His freelance activities have included adjudicating internationally & giving professional consultations to performing artists & established teachers. In 1998, he began a pilot scheme in Hong Kong for students wishing to take part in a short concentrated course of study in preparation for performing & teaching diplomas. This course is now an annual event following successful achievements by many of those taking part. He is delighted to be invited to adjudicate piano classes again in the Dudley Festival.

JOHN LAMBERT MA (OXON) BmusJohn Lambert studied as a Junior Exhibitioner at the Royal College of Music before attending Magdalen College, Oxford where he read music. He subsequently gained a French Government scholarship for further study in Paris. In addition to pursuing a varied career in education including posts as head of music in schools and in higher education, he has been active as conductor and pianist. He is now a freelance performer and teacher and is in demand as a chamber music pianist and accompanist. He has considerable experience of adjudicating throughout Britain and also examines for the Associated Board.

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STEVEN ROBERTS BA, MEd, CertEd, BBCMSteven Roberts combines his job as Head of Performing Arts with his work as a Conductor & Adjudicator, regularly working throught the UK and within Europe as guest conductor and choir trainer. Instruments include piano, voice and brass. Steven graduated with a first class honours degree in music in 1988 and received the Daphne Bird Memorial Award for a high standard of musical achievement in the same year. Since graduating, he has conducted many choirs including The Huddersfield Choral Society, most notably for concerts with Jose Carreras and Kiri Te Kanawa. In 1991, he won the British Federation of Young Choirs Award for a Choral Conductor. He was awarded a Certificate of Education and Master of Education in 1992 and 1995 respectively. He has also worked as chorus master, training choirs for concerts with Laszlo Heltay, David Coleman, Elio Boncompagni, Nicholas Cleobury and Stephen Barlow. Steven has also worked in North and South America, conducting the Coro Jubilate choir in Peru during 1993 and a student choir in Los Angeles in 1997. He acted as Chorus Director for the Liverpool Welsh Choral Union during the 1998-99 season and was Chorus Master in October 2001 for concerts with the Halle Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra performing Symphonic Queen and as ‘backing vocals’ for ‘The Orchestra’, featuring former members of ELO and ELO Part 11. He has conducted numerous ensembles, primarily as a choral and orchestral conductor but has also worked with youth voices, wind orchestras and brass bands. As accompanist he has played for the National Student Drama Festival and the National Festival of Youth Dance, as well as numerous occasions as accompanist for ABRSM examinations. Steven has made a number of recordings with a variety of choirs and choral societies. Despite his many commitments on the concert platform, he has in recent years worked in the theatre as musical director for various productions. His work within Performing Arts continues to support the education and training of young musicians across a wide age range and experience. He continues to be in demand as a music director for choral days and workshops, as well as giving numerous talks to recorded music societies. He adjudicated the ‘Young Musicians of the Gulf’ competition in Bahrain in 2001 & 2002 and will return again in February 2003. He currently has engagements stretching into the year 2005.

WOODWIND and RECORDERSANN-FRANCES ELLIS FTCL, AGSMAnn-Frances Ellis won a Junior Exhibition to study recorder and clarinet at The Royal Academy of Music, completing her musical education at The Guildhall School of Music. She then spent several years teaching and examining at The Guildhall School of Music and performing as a soloist on clarinet and recorder both nationally and internationally. She was a member of the Dolmetch Ensemble, playing regularly at the Hazelmere Festival and teaching at the International Summer School at Chichester. Her adjudicating has recently taken her as far afield as Hong Kong. She is currently directing and teaching music at private and state schools and annually directs the South-East Infant Music Festival.

DAVID STRAUGHAN BA, ARCM David Straughan has been involved with education and youth music making, for some thirty-five years. Having trained as a teacher, he spent most of his teaching career in the West Midlands as a classroom teacher of secondary music and as an instrumental brass teacher to pupils and adults of all ages. After a period as head of music in secondary schools and a senior position as Head of Arts Faculty, he took on the responsibilities of a local authority schools’ inspector for music for Wirral. This post, which he has held for eighteen years, now includes responsibility for the Visual Arts. As an educationalist, he has worked with all ages of children and his work as an OFSTED inspector continues to take him into all sectors of education. As a musician, he has performed at a professional level across a wide spectrum of musical styles but now is more active as a conductor of youth groups, particularly wind bands. He has travelled and worked extensively throughout Europe with youth and adult ensembles. He works as an adjudicator across the country

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RACHEL GREENWOOD MA(Mus), LRAMStudied the violin with Peter Mountain & was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. She read music at Bristol University, where she conducted the Chamber Orchestra. She organised the music for productions by playwright David Mowat & in 1975, was appointed musical director for the Drama Department Summer School. She attended conducting summer schools by Arthur Davison & continued violin studies with Leonard Hirsch. She has taken part in numerous master-classes & also plays the piano & viola. Recently she has taken conducting lessons from Denise Ham & attended Canford Summer School of Conducting.Rachel has worked as a freelance musician in Bristol, Exeter & now Bewdley – teaching, lecturing for the WEA, performing & recently, arranging & writing. Her work in the south-west included visits to schools with new-music group ‘The Carnival Players’, touring with Southwest Music Theatre, running the PGC string class at St. Luke’s College Exeter & coaching adult string players at E. Devon College of Further Education.In Bewdley after the birth of her 2 children, she completed a Masters degree The Viola in Mozart’s Lifetime (1987). A year later she established a Children’s Concert Series with string-playing colleagues. She has always enjoyed 20th century music & these concerts have featured pieces by Bartok, Prokofiev & (in the presence of the composer) John Joubert. With Mary Cohen she has given open-classes & teaching demonstrations. She has also collaborated with pianists David Gaukroger & the late John Engleheart.In 1989, as part of her private teaching practice, Rachel formed Bewdley String Ensemble, a training orchestra for string players. She has made arrangements for this, which have been published by Corda Music & has brought these as guest conductor to Beauchamp House, Gloucester & Alcester String Ensemble. In 1997, she expanded Bewdley String Ensemble to form a full repertoire orchestra, which meets once a term for an afternoon workshop. Her senior students have provided concerts for the local community & several have won awards or places in National Music Groups. In 1999, she was invited (together with CBSO violinist Byron Parish) to conduct Alveley Village Band. In 2001, she was appointed conductor of Bewdley Choral Society. Both these positions have involved her in performances of community music by Judith Weir.Other publications include 50 Ways to Practice Scales & Arpeggios for Piccolo Press, Creeping Cat for Corda Music & reviews of educational material for The Strad & The European String Teacher’s Association. Rachel is an active member of ESTA & from 1992-7, was on the National Committee. From 1996-9, she was Festival Director for the West Midlands ESTA Festival & in 1999, Secretary of the W. Midlands branch. In 2000, she helped setup the Wyre Forest Young Musician’s Platform. She has lectured at Birmingham Conservatoire about her teaching & her adjudicating for the British Federation of Music Festivals has taken her to many parts of the country including Ipswich, London & CheltenhamIn her spare time, encouraged by her husband, she walks, reads & draws.

GUITARSGRAHAM ROBERTS GRSM Hons LRAM ARAMGraham studied at The Royal Academy where he won The Julian Bream Prize for guitar playing. He has since enjoyed a flourishing freelance career where he has performed in over 25 countries both as a soloist and in various ensembles. These are as diverse as The Pasadena Roof Orchestra to The BBC Symphony Orchestra. Basement Jazz Clubs one moment and The Last Night of the Proms the next !! As well as adjudicating Festivals he also examines for The Guildhall School of Music and in recognition of his distinguished career was in 2001 awarded an Honorary Associateship of The Royal Academy of Music.

VOCAL SOLOMARGARET DUCKWORTH ARCM

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Margaret Duckworth was born in St Annes on Sea, Lancashire but moved to Yorkshire where she was educated and trained to diploma standard as a pianist, before changing to singing. She studied with a local teacher, took her ARCM and then went to Manchester to study with the tenor, Frank Mullings. At the age of 22, she started broadcasting with the BBC, doing morning and afternoon recitals, whilst also appearing with many choral societies in the North of England. For further study, she travelled to London for weekly lessons with Roy Henderson and became a finalist for the Queens Prize at the Royal College of Music. The Worshipful Company of Musicians awarded her the Percival-Hart prize which included a recital debut at the Wigmore Hall in London, together with a substantial grant to further her career. She won the Kathleen Ferrier Award at the S’Hertogenbosch International Competition for Professional Singers in Holland which opened up radio and television work in Holland, Germany, Belgium, France. Portugal and the rest of Europe, singing with major orchestras. She did two performances of ‘St Matthew Passion’ in Berlin with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. She has broadcast from the Bath Festival and sung with many of Britain’s major orchestras under the batons of Barbirolli, Boult, Sargent, Groves, Bertini and others. From 1964-1968, Margaret was a lecturer in singing at the Birmingham School of Music. She now teaches both amateur and professional singers in South Yorkshire where she resides, her wide knowledge of repertoire for all voices being an invaluable asset. Some of her students are members of Opera North, Leeds and the English National Opera, London, while she also gives Master Classes for young singers, which are proving very popular. Margaret has been connected with the Festival movement from her teenage years, starting off as a programme seller and later a competitor. She then progressed to accompanist, entries secretary and in recent years, has selected music for a number of Festivals in the North of England. This overall experience has given her a wide knowledge of all aspects of the movement and she has now become a well-known adjudicator in many parts of the country. Since retiring from professional singing, Margaret has organised many concerts for charity–especially for the hospices and hospitals in South Yorkshire, raising many thousands of pounds. She has been helped on these occasions by her many friends in the musical profession and in broadcasting, as well as her own choir which was formed twelve years ago. Margaret is an Honorary Member of the Inner Wheel Club of Mexborough and District. In 1995 the Rotary Club of Mexborough and District presented her with the Golden Jubilee award in recognition of her services to the community and charity.GABRIELLE BURGIN LISTER GRSM, ARMCM, PGCAGabrille Burgin Lister is a graduate of the Royal Manchester College of Music where she won the Jeanne Bretey Scholarship for singing. The early part of her career was spent in full time education as Head of Music in a Grammar School but she now enjoys the busy schedule of a freelance musician. As a teacher she has worked with pupils of all ages, from very young singers to adult professionals. She has taught privately, in schools & at University & she was invited to be the first singing teacher at the Birmingham Conservatoire Junior Department. A firm believer in the Festival system, Gabrielle was one of the first adjudicators to be awarded the Post Graduate Certificate for Adjudicating & Performance Assessment. She was also one of eight adjudicators to compere the Federation’s anniversary celebrations at Warwick University.Gabrielle has studied with several distinguished teachers, notably Ena Mitchell, John Carol Case & the late Erich Vietheer; she has worked with Federico Davia in his Italian Opera Academy. She is an experienced soprano soloist, in choral works such as Elijah, Verdi Requiem, African Sanctus; her repertoire also includes opera, English, French, Italian Song & Lieder. Gabrille now lives with her husband in South West France, surrounded by sunflowers & armagnac but she continues her freelance work & is still in demand as an adjudicator, making frequent journeys back to the United Kingdom.

MUSIC TROPHIESMUSIC TROPHIES16

PIANOBASIL POOLE ROSE BOWL – presented by Mr B. E. Poole for class 22BERYL CHEMPIN TROPHY – presented by Beryl Chempin for class 24BERYL CHEMPIN TROPHY ( 18 years and under) – presented by Beryl Chempin for class 18CHARLES BADHAM MEMORIAL TROPHY – for class 15GERVASE CUP – presented by the late Miss M.Ball for class 10GWENYTH POOLE CUP – presented by the late Mrs B E Poole for classes 1-6HAROLD CRAXTON MEMORIAL TROPHY – presented by a former pupil for class 23HAZEL NICHOLSON MEMORIAL TROPHY – for classes 20 & 26JAZZ PIANO SHIELD – presented by Mr M Thirlby to the most promising competitor in the Jazz Piano classesJOHN CHADWICK TROPHY – presented by Mr J Chadwick for class 13JUNIOR PIANO CUP – for class 2LEVINE TROPHY – presented by Mr & Mrs Levine for class 19MANTLE CHILDE TROPHY – presented by a former pupil for class 17NORMAN DARLINGTON MEMORIAL TROPHIES – presented by the friends and family of the late Norman Darlington for classes 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32.OLWYNNE HUTT JUNIOR TROPHY – presented by Olwynne Hutt for class 12OLWYNNE HUTT SENIOR TROPHY – presented by Olwynne Hutt for class 25PAMELA FLORENCE TROPHY – presented by a local Music Teacher for class 6SUMMER GARDEN TROPHY – presented by Friends of the Festival who supported a garden open day at 30, Holbeache Road, Wallheath, on July 10th 1994, for class 8WOLVERHAMPTON & DUDLEY BREWERIES SALVER – for class 21YOUNG PIANIST’S TROPHY – for class 4

ELECTRONIC KEYBOARDROLAND ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD TROPHY – for class 40ROY JEVONS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – for class 37STOURBRIDGE MUSIC CENTRE TROPHY – for class 38TECHNICS MUSICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – for class 39WOLVERHAMPTON ORGAN & PIANO CENTRE TROPHY – for class 36

WOODWIND AND RECORDERASHOVER CUP – presented by Stella Cook for classes 46HELEN BAILEY CUP – presented by Helen Bailey for class 52JOHN FRANCIS TROPHY – presented by Joyce Mildren for class 50JOYCE MILDREN CUP – for class 49JUNIOR RECORDER CUP – presented by Mrs .Cowley for class 42JUNIOR WOODWIND TROPHY – for class 43RECORDER CONSORT CUP – presented by Mrs. A H. Crump for class 59SET OF THREE BOWLS – presented by the late Mrs. D. C. Temple for class 57SUMMERSONG TROPHY - presented by Helen Bailey for class 47 and 56WOODWIND RECITAL TROPHY – presented by the ‘Friends of the Festival’ for class 53WOODWIND TROPHY – presented by Joyce Mildren for class 44

STRINGSAUDREY PRICE TROPHY – presented by Miss Olive Dean for classes 69 - 71ENGLISH PHILHARMONIC ROSE BOWL – for class 76EVELYN CLIFF CUP – for classes 64 - 65GUITAR RECITAL TROPHY –– presented by the ‘Friends of the Festival’ for class 77

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H.D. POOLE CUP – presented by the late Mr. H D Poole for class 67MARJORIE DEAN TROPHY - presented by Miss Olive Dean for classes 74 - 75OLIVE DEAN TROPHY - presented by Miss Olive Dean for classes 78 - 80STRING RECITAL TROPHY – presented by the ‘Friends of the Festival’ for class 68VANCOUVER CUP – presented by Mrs R A Dunford and family for class 73WILLIAM HAND CUP - presented by the late Mr. W. Hand for class 66

BRASS AND ENSEMBLE CLASSESAMBLECOTE TROPHY – presented by Mrs M Leedham for class 84BRASS BAND TROPHY – presented by the ‘Friends of the Festival’ for classes 96 - 97BRASS ENSEMBLE TROPHY – for class 93BRASS RECITAL TROPHY – presented by the ‘Friends of the Festival’ for class 89BRASS SOLO TROPHY – for the most promising competitor aged 16 years and underGOULDS ELECTRICAL TROPHY – presented by Goulds TV and Video for classes 100 - 101JAMES HOUGH TROPHY – for classes 85 - 87SEDGLEY TOWNSWOMEN’S GUILD TROPHY– presented for class 88

VOCAL SOLO AND ENSEMBLE

ALEXANDER CUP – presented by the late Madame Tonks for class 131BARRETT TROPHY – for class 125BRENDA ARNOLD TROPHY – presented by Brenda Arnold for classes 111-112CHARLES BADHAM MEMORIAL TROPHY- for class 122DORA MANNING CUP – presented by Mrs Manning for class 126DUDLEY BUILDING SOCIETY CUP – for classes 116 and 120EDWILL TROPHY – for class 123FRANK RICHARDS JUNIOR CUP – presented by Clive Richards for class 107FRANK RICHARDS INTERMEDIATE CUP – presented by Clive Richards for class 113FRANK RICHARDS SENIOR CUP – presented by Clive Richards for class 115FRANK RICHARDS TROPHY – presented by Clive Richards for class 119FREDA ROUND CUP – presented by Freda Round for class 104GEORGE SAUNDERS LIEDER TROPHY presented by his pupils and friends for class 128JOHN SINFIELD MEMORIAL CUP – presented by Mrs Haigh for class 124JUNIOR FOLK CUP – presented by the ‘Friends of the Festival’ for class 108MADAME TONKS CUP – presented by the late Madame Tonks for class 132MARGARET FISHER TROPHY – presented by Mrs Margaret Fisher for classes 129 - 130MARJORIE DAVIES TROPHY – presented by Pamela Davies for class 117OSBORNE TROPHY – for class 121PAMELA DAVIES VOCAL ENSEMBLE TROPHY – presented by Pamela Davies for class 133ROLAND DEAN TROPHY – presented by Mrs Marian E. Dean for class 103SARAH MARRISON TROPHY – presented by Mr and Mrs D S Marrison for class 102VINCENT KNIGHT TROPHY – for classes 105 - 106

CHOIRSBERT BISSELL TROPHY – presented by the ‘Gentlemen Songsters’ Male Voice ChoirCECIL DREW TROPHY – presented by Cecil Drew for class 138COSELEY MALE VOICE CHOIR ROSEVILLE TROPHY – for classes 139 - 141COSELEY MALE VOICE CHOIR TROPHY – for class 137EVA PREECE CUP – presented by Mrs E J Bowen for class 136FESTIVAL HONOURS BOARD – for the most promising choir in classes 134 - 135

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FRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL CUP – presented by the ‘Friends of the Festival’ for class 144FRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL TROPHY – presented by the ‘Friends of the Festival’ for class 145MARGUERITE HODSON CUP – presented my Mrs T C V Hodson for class 143SIMPSON TROPHY – presented by the late Miss E M Simpson for class 142

COMPOSITIONHARRY WILLETTS MEMORIAL TROPHY – presented by Mrs Margaret Mills for class 148MARGARET MILLS TROPHY – presented by Matthew Mills for class 147MATTHEW MILLS TROPHY – presented by Matthew Mills for class 149

OVERALL RECITAL TROPHYGWENYTH & BASIL POOLE MEMORIAL TROPHY – for the best music recitalist

New for 2003……………

VOCAL/SPEECH CLASSES

A class that spans both music & drama - where speech & singing are adjudicated EQUALLY !

With potential to progress to Regional & National Finals for a bursary of £750

(For further details, see rule 44 and classes 110 & 114 of this syllabus)

MUSIC SYLLABUSPIANO CLASSES

Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 MarchPlease see Rules 1 – 11, 29 – 44, 50– 51

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The BRENDA PEARSALL MEMORIAL PRIZE (£40 Music Voucher) will be awarded to the pianist aged 18 years and under who, in the adjudicator’s opinion, gives the most promising performance in the Piano Classes.

1 PIANO SOLO 7 years and under £3.00Test piece: On the Lake & The Squirrel – Walter Carroll (from Scenes at a Farm, Forsyth)2 PIANO SOLO 7 years and under Junior Piano Cup £3.00Own choice: limit 2m3 PIANO SOLO 8 years and under £3.00Test piece: The Grandfather Clock – Cuthbert Harris (from Album of first Pieces Book 1, Forsyth)4 PIANO SOLO 8 years and under Young Pianist’s Trophy £3.00Own choice: limit 3m5 PIANO SOLO 9 years and under £3.00Test piece: Pluto – Pamela Wedgwood (from Up-Grade! 0-1, Faber)6 PIANO SOLO 9 years and under Pamela Florence Trophy £3.00Own choice: limit 3m

Gwenyth Poole Cup for 1 – 67 PIANO SOLO 10 years and under £3.00Test piece: Lazy Days – Pamela Wedgwood (from Up-Grade! 1-2, Faber)8 PIANO SOLO 10 years and under Summer Garden Trophy £3.00Own choice: limit 3m9 PIANO SOLO 11 years and under Test piece: Game of Patience – Karganov (from Album of the Young Op 25, ABRSM) £3.0010 PIANO SOLO 11 years and under Gervase Cup £3.00Own choice: limit 3m11 PIANO SOLO 12 years and under £3.00Test piece: Mazurka in F Op.68 No.3 – Chopin (A Romantic Sketchbook for Piano Bk 3, ABRSM) 12 PIANO SOLO 12 years and under Olwynne Hutt Junior Trophy £3.00Own choice: limit 3m13 PIANO DUET 12 years and under John Chadwick Trophy £5.00 Own choice: limit 4m14 PIANO SOLO 13 - 14 years £3.50Test piece: Klavierstck Op.12 No.2 – Bruch (A Romantic Sketchbook for Piano Bk 4, ABRSM)15 PIANO SOLO 13 - 14 years Charles Badham Memorial Trophy £3.50Own choice: limit 4m 16 PIANO SOLO 14 – 16 years £4.00Test piece: Sonata in E Op.14 No.1 – 1st Movt, ABRSM17 PIANO SOLO 14 – 16 years Mantle Childe Trophy £4.00Own choice: limit 5m18 PIANO SOLO 15 – 18 years Beryl Chempin Trophy £4.50Test piece: Les Cloches de Genève (from Années de Pèlerinage–Première Année – Schirmer)19 PIANO SOLO 17 – 18 years Levine Trophy £4.50Own choice: limit 6m

20 PIANO DUET 16 years and under Hazel Nicholson Memorial Trophy for 20 and 26 £5.50Own choice: limit 5m21 PIANO SOLO CHOPIN Open Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries Salver £5.00Own choice: limit 10m

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22 PIANO SOLO SONATA Open Basil Poole Rose Bowl £5.00Own choice: limit 10m. One movement from any sonata.23 PIANO SOLO Open Harold Craxton Memorial Trophy £5.00Own choice: limit 10m24 PIANO SOLO 20th CENTURY Open Beryl Chempin Trophy £5.00Own choice: limit 10m. (see rule 38)

25 PIANO RECITAL 30 years and under Olwynne Hutt Senior Trophy £10.00Own choice: limit 15m (see rule 40)

‘Friends of Music in Dudley’ Prize: £50

26 PIANO DUET Open Hazel Nicholson Memorial Trophy for 20 & 26 £6.00Own choice: limit 8m

GRADED PIANO CLASSES : See rules 29 – 36.One piece, own choice – chosen from any of the standard graded examination syllabi.

27 PIANO SOLO Grade 1 Open Norman Darlington Memorial Trophy £3.0028 PIANO SOLO Grade 2 Open Norman Darlington Memorial Trophy £3.0029 PIANO SOLO Grade 3 Open Norman Darlington Memorial Trophy £3.0030 PIANO SOLO Grade 4 Open Norman Darlington Memorial Trophy £3.5031 PIANO SOLO Grade 5 Open Norman Darlington Memorial Trophy £3.5032 PIANO SOLO Grades 6-7 Open Norman Darlington Memorial Trophy £4.00

JAZZ PIANO CLASSES - See Rules 1-11, 29-31, 36, 39, 50 - 51

33 JAZZ / BLUES OR RAGTIME PIANO SOLO 14 years and under £4.00Own choice: Limit 5m. Any 2 pieces 34 JAZZ / BLUES OR RAGTIME PIANO SOLO 15 – 17 years £4.00Own choice: Limit 5m. Any 2 pieces.

*Pieces can be selected from different grades but each piece must be of a different genre ie. Blues / Standard / Contemporary. Competitors should play the Head and as many different choruses as time permits concluding with a repeat of the Head and the Coda.

35 JAZZ / BLUES OR RAGTIME PIANO Open ( See Rule 39 ) £5.00Limit 10m. 2 contrasting pieces

The Dudley Jazz Piano Shield will be awarded to the most promising competitor in the Jazz Piano classes

ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD CLASSESSunday 16 March

Please see rules 1 – 11, 29 – 36, 42, 50 - 51

36 KEYBOARD SOLO 10 years and under Wolverhampton Organ & Piano Centre Trophy £3.00Own Choice: limit 3m37 KEYBOARD SOLO 11 – 12 years Roy Jeavons Achievement Award £3.50Own Choice: limit 4m38 KEYBOARD SOLO 13 – 15 years Stourbridge Music Centre Trophy £4.00

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Own Choice: limit 5m39 KEYBOARD SOLO 16 – 18 years Technics Music Achievement Award £4.75Own Choice: limit 6m 40 KEYBOARD SOLO Open Roland Electronic Keyboard Trophy £4.75Own Choice: limit 6m

WOODWIND AND RECORDER CLASSESSaturday 15 & Sunday 16 March

Please see rules 1-11, 29-37, 40, 43, 50-51

41 RECORDER SOLO 9 years and under £3.00Own choice: limit 3m42 RECORDER SOLO 10 – 12 years Junior Recorder Cup £3.50Own choice: limit 4m43 WOODWIND SOLO (excluding recorders) 10 years & under Junior Woodwind Trophy £3.50Own choice: limit 4m44 WOODWIND SOLO (excluding recorders) 11 - 12 years Woodwind Trophy £3.50Own choice: limit 4m45 WOODWIND OR RECORDER DUET/TRIO 12 years and under £5.00 Own choice: limit 4m (with or without accompaniment)46 RECORDER CONSORT 12 years and under Ashover Cup £9.50Own choice: limit 4m 47 WOODWIND ENSEMBLE 12 years and under £8.00 Own choice: limit 6m (4– 8 players) Summersong Trophy for 47 & 5648 RECORDER SOLO 13 – 16 years £3.50Own choice: limit 4m49 WOODWIND SOLO (excluding recorders) 13 - 14 years Joyce Mildren Cup £3.50Own choice: limit 4m50 WOODWIND SOLO (excluding recorders) 15 - 16 years John Francis Trophy £4.00Own choice: limit 5m51 WOODWIND SOLO (including recorders) 17- 18 years £4.00Own choice: limit 5m52 WOODWIND SOLO (including recorders) Open Helen Bailey Cup £5.00 Own choice: limit 7m53 WOODWIND SOLO RECITAL (including recorders) 30 years & under £10.00Own choice: limit 15m (see rule 40) Woodwind Recital Trophy

‘Friends of Music in Dudley’ Prize: £5054 WOODWIND OR RECORDER DUET/TRIO 16 years and under £5.50 Own choice: limit 4m (with or without accompaniment)

55 WOODWIND AND GUITAR DUET / TRIO 16 years and under £5.50** Own choice: limit 4m (either 1 flute & 1guitar or 2 flutes & 1 guitar or 2 guitars & 1 flute)flute

56 WOODWIND ENSEMBLE 16 years and under £8.00 Own choice: limit 8m (4 – 8 players) ) Summersong Trophy for 47 & 56

57 WOODWIND ENSEMBLE Open £10.00Own choice: limit 10m (2– 8 players including recorders) Set of 3 Bowls58 WOODWIND AND GUITAR DUET / TRIO Open £8.00** Own choice: limit 5m (either 1 flute & 1 guitar or 2 flutes & 1 guitar or 2 guitars & 1 flute)

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59 RECORDER CONSORT Open Recorder Consort Cup £10.00Own choice: limit 5mGRADED WOODWIND CLASSES (including recorders)One piece - own choice. – chosen from any of the standard graded examination syllabi See rules 29-37.60 WOODWIND SOLO Grades 1 – 3 Open £3.0061 WOODWIND SOLO Grades 4 – 5 Open £3.5062 WOODWIND SOLO Grades 6 – 7 Open £4.00

(** These classes will be held on Sunday 23 March)

STRING CLASSESSunday 23 March

Please see rules 1–11, 29–37, 43, 50-51

63 STRINGS-BEGINNERS (See rule 32) £3.00Own Choice: limit 3m64 VIOLIN/VIOLA/CELLO SOLO 12 years and under. Evelyn Cliff Cup for 64 - 65 £3.00Own choice: limit 3m65 VIOLIN/VIOLA/CELLO SOLO 13 -16 years. Evelyn Cliff Cup for 64 - 65 £3.50Own choice: limit 4m66 VIOLIN/VIOLA SOLO Open William Hand Cup £4.00 Own choice: limit 5m67 VIOLONCELLO SOLO Open H.D.Poole Cup £4.00Own choice: limit 5m68 STRING SOLO RECITAL 30 years & under - any string instrument excluding guitar £10.00Own choice: limit 15m. See rule 40. String Recital Trophy

‘Friends of Music in Dudley’ Prize: £50GRADED CLASSES - any stringed instrument excluding guitarOne piece - own choice. – chosen from any of the standard graded examination syllabi See rules 29–3769 STRING SOLO Grades 1 – 3 Open Audrey Price Trophy for 69 - 71 £3.00

70 STRING SOLO Grades 4 – 5 Open £3.5071 STRING SOLO Grades 6 – 7 Open £4.00ENSEMBLE CLASSES72 STRING DUET Open £5.00Own choice: limit 5m (with or without accompaniment)73 STRING ENSEMBLE Open (excluding guitar) From 3 – 6 players £8.00 Own choice: limit 5m Vancouver Cup

CLASSICAL GUITAR CLASSESSunday 23 March

Please see rules 1–11, 29–37, 50-51

74 CLASSICAL GUITAR 12 years and under Marjorie Dean Trophy for 74 - 75 £3.00Own choice: limit 3m 75 CLASSICAL GUITAR 13 -16 years Marjorie Dean Trophy for 74 - 75 £3.50Own choice: limit 4m

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76 CLASSICAL GUITAR Open English Philharmonic Rose Bowl £5.00Own choice: limit 4m

77 CLASSICAL GUITAR RECITAL 30 years & under Guitar Recital Trophy £10.00Own choice: limit 15m. See rule 40

‘Friends of Music in Dudley’ Prize: £50

GRADED GUITAR CLASSES Olive Dean Trophy for 78 – 80

One piece - own choice. – chosen from any of the standard graded examination syllabi See rules 29–37

78 GUITAR SOLO GRADES 1 – 3 Open £3.0079 GUITAR SOLO GRADES 4 – 5 Open £3.5080 GUITAR SOLO GRADES 6 – 7 Open £4.00

ENSEMBLE CLASSES

81 CLASSICAL GUITAR DUET Open £5.00Own choice: limit 5m55 WOODWIND AND GUITAR DUET / TRIO 16 years and under £5.50

(see class 55 in Woodwind & Recorder Section of Syllabus)* Own choice: limit 4m (either 1 flute & 1 guitar or 2 flutes & 1 guitar or 2 guitars & 1 flute)

58 WOODWIND AND GUITAR DUET / TRIO Open £8.00 (see class 58 in Woodwind & Recorder Section of Syllabus)* Own choice: limit 5m (either 1 flute & 1 guitar or 2 flutes & 1 guitar or 2 guitars & 1 flute)

82 CLASSICAL GUITAR ENSEMBLE 16 years & under .From 3 - 6 players £5.50 Own choice: limit 4m (The ensemble may include one orchestral string instrument)

83 CLASSICAL GUITAR ENSEMBLE Open .From 3 - 6 players £8.00 Own choice: limit 5m (The ensemble may include one orchestral string instrument)

BRASS CLASSESSaturday 15 March

Please see rules 1-11, 29-37, 43, 50-51

The Brass Solo Trophy will be awarded to the most promising competitor aged 16 years and under

84 BRASS SOLO 12 years and under Amblecote Trophy £3.00Own choice: limit 3m85 BRASS SOLO 13 – 14 years £3.50Own choice: limit 4m86 BRASS SOLO 15 - 16 years £3.50Own choice: limit 4m

87 BRASS SOLO 18 years and under £4.00Own choice: limit 5m

The James Hough Trophy for the best performance in classes 85, 86 and 87

88 BRASS SOLO Open Sedgley Townswomen’s Guild Trophy £5.00Own choice: limit 7m

89 BRASS SOLO RECITAL 30 years and under Brass Recital Trophy £10.0024

Own choice: limit 15m. See rule 40‘Friends of Music in Dudley’ Prize: £50

GRADED CLASSESOne piece - own choice. – chosen from any of the standard graded examination syllabi. See rules 29-3790 BRASS SOLO Grades 1 – 3 Open £3.0091 BRASS SOLO Grades 4 – 5 Open £3.5092 BRASS SOLO Grades 6 – 7 Open £4.00

BAND/ORCHESTRA/ENSEMBLE CLASSES

93 BRASS ENSEMBLE 16 years and under Brass Ensemble Trophy £10.00From 3 – 12 players. Own choice: limit 6m94 BRASS ENSEMBLE 21 years and under £12.00From 3 – 12 players. Own choice: limit 8m95 BRASS ENSEMBLE Open £12.00From 3 – 12 players. Own choice: limit 10m96 BRASS BAND 21 years and under £14.00Own choice: limit 10m97 BRASS BAND Open £14.00Own choice: limit 10m

The Brass Band Trophy for the best performance in classes 96 and 9798 WIND BANDS ( WOODWIND, BRASS & OPTIONAL PERCUSSION) Open £14.00Own Choice: limit 10m 99 MISCELLANEOUS CLASS Open Own Choice: limit 5m £10.00

Any group not already mentioned in any idiom or style ( eg. Pop, Jazz, Swing Bands, Steel Bands, Bell Ringers etc.)

100 SCHOOL ORCHESTRAS 11 years and under £10.00Own choice: limit 5m101 YOUTH BANDS 21 years and under Goulds Electrical Trophy for 100 and 101 £12.00Own choice: limit 8m

VOCAL SOLO AND ENSEMBLE CLASSESSaturday 22 March & Sunday 23 March

Please see rules 1–11, 29-36, 43, 44, 50-51

102 VOCAL SOLO 8 years and under Sarah Marrison Trophy £3.00Own choice: limit 3m

103 VOCAL SOLO 9-10 years Roland Dean Trophy £3.00Own choice: limit 3m

104 VOCAL SOLO 11-12 year Freda Round Cup £3.50

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Own choice: limit 4m

105 SONGS FROM SHOWS/MUSICALS Solo 8 years & under £4.00Own choice: limit 4m

106 SONGS FROM SHOWS/MUSICALS Solo 9 - 10 years £4.00Own choice: limit 4m

Vincent Knight Trophy for the best performance in classes 105 and 106

107 SONGS FROM SHOWS/MUSICALS Solo 11 – 12 years £4.00Own choice: limit 4m Frank Richards Junior Cup

108 FOLK SONG 12 years and under £3.50One unaccompanied song: limit: 4m Junior Folk Cup

109 VOCAL DUET 12 years and under £5.00Own choice: limit 4m, with or without accompaniment

110 VOCAL/ SPEECH 11yrs – 13yrs See Rule 44 £5.00Test Piece: One to be chosen from the followingBoys Blakes Cradle Song - Roberton or Girls Blakes Cradle Song or London Birds - Geof Shaw or London Birds or The Coconut Man – A Beswick or Water-Melon Seller - A Beswick A Pirate Song - Wm. R Smith Cloths of Heaven - Thomas Dunhill

111 VOCAL SOLO 13-15 years Brenda Arnold Trophy for111 -112 £4.00Own choice: limit 5m

112 VOCAL SOLO 16-17 years Brenda Arnold Trophy for111 -112 £4.00Own choice: limit 5m

113 SONGS FROM SHOWS/MUSICALS Solo 13 - 15 years £4.00Own choice: limit 5m Frank Richards Intermediate Cup

114 VOCAL/ SPEECH 14yrs – 16yrs See Rule 44 £5.00Test Piece: One to be chosen from the followingBoys A Sailors Song - Haydn or Girls Mermaids Song - Haydn or A Sailors life is a Dog’s Life - R. Quilter or Nightingale Bird - A. Beswick or My Own Country - Warlock or Winds Work - A Benjamin or Corpus Christi Carol - Benjamin Britten Twilight Fancies - Delius

115 SONGS FROM SHOWS/MUSICALS Solo 16 – 17 years £4.00Own choice: limit 5m Frank Richards Senior Cup

116 FOLK SONG 13 - 17 years £4.00One unaccompanied song: limit 4m Dudley Building Society Cup for 116 & 120

117 VOCAL DUET / TRIO 17 years and under Marjorie Davies Memorial Trophy £6.00Own choice: limit 5m, with or without accompaniment.

118 VOCAL SOLO 18 – 21 years £4.00Own choice: limit 5m

119 SONGS FROM SHOWS/MUSICALS Solo 18 years and over £4.00Own choice: limit 5m Frank Richards Trophy

120 FOLK SONG 18 years and over £4.00One unaccompanied song: limit 4m Dudley Building Society Cup for 116 & 120

121 LADIES SOLO Open Osborne Trophy £4.00

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Own choice: limit 5m

122 LADIES SOLO Open Charles Badham Memorial Trophy £4.00Test piece: If Thou Wilt Ease Thine Heart- Benjamin Britten (No.6 from ‘The Red Cockatoo & Other Songs’ in Key of D or B flat (High or Medium/Low), pub. Faber

123 MENS SOLO Open Edwill Trophy £4.00Own choice: limit 5m

124 MENS SOLO Open John Sinfield Memorial Cup £4.00Test piece: Linden Lea- Vaughan Williams (Key A, G or F), pub. Boosey Hawkes

125 OPERATIC SOLO Open Barrett Trophy £4.00Own choice: limit 5m

126 GILBERT AND SULLIVAN/LIGHT OPERATIC Open £4.00Own choice: limit 5m Dora Manning Cup

127 VICTORIAN PARLOUR SONGS, MUSIC HALL SONGS AND BALLADS Open £4.00Own choice – One song fromVictorian / Edwardian Era (1840 – 1910) such as Parlour Songs or Ballads. Opera, Operetta,Musicals excluded: limit 5m128 LIEDER Open George Saunders Lieder Trophy £4.00Own choice: limit 5m

129 BRITISH SONG Open Margaret Fisher Trophy for 129 - 130 £4.00Own choice: limit 5m

130 FRENCH or ITALIAN SONG Open Margaret Fisher Trophy for 129 - 130 £4.00Own choice: limit 5m

131 ORATORIO/RELIGIOUS SONG Open Alexander Cup £4.00Own choice: limit 5m

132 VOCAL RECITAL Open – any voice Madame Tonks Cup £10.00Two or three songs of own choice. Limit 10m. See rule 40

The ‘Friends of Music in Dudley’ Prize: £50

133 VOCAL ENSEMBLE Open Pamela Davies Vocal Ensemble Trophy £8.00 From 2 – 8 voices with or without accompaniment. Own choice: limit 6m

CHOIR CLASSES

Saturday 15 MarchPlease see rules 1-11, 29-36, 43, 50-51

Note: classes 134 and 135 are for L.E.A. school choirs only. Choirs entering more than one class must offer a different programme in each class. If needed help can be offered towards the cost of a coach.

The KEITH JACKSON CHOIR PRIZE: £75 for the choir from a Central Dudley School (DY1 and DY2) which gives the best performance in classes 134 to 141

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The BERT BISSELL TROPHY : awarded by The Gentlemen Songsters Male Voice Choir for the Junior or Youth choir who gives the most promising performance of one piece during the day. This Trophy will be presented at the Gentlemen Songsters Male Voice Choirs Spring Concert on March 29th 2003 at Dudley Town Hall & the winning choir will be invited to perform at a future concert.

134 CHILDREN’S CHOIRS 8 years and under £10.00Own choice: a programme of contrasting pieces: total performance time should not exceed 6mDudley Rotary Club Prize:£25

135 CHILDREN’S CHOIRS 11 years and under £10.00Own choice: a programme of contrasting pieces: total performance time should not exceed 8mDudley Rotary Club Prize:£25

The Festival Honours Board will be awarded to the most promising choir in 134 and 135

136 CHILDREN’S CHOIRS 8 years and under Eva Preece Cup £10.00Own choice: a programme of contrasting pieces: total performance time should not exceed 6m Dudley Rotary Club Prize: £25

137 CHILDREN’S CHOIRS 11 years and under Coseley Male Voice Choir Trophy £10.00Own choice: a programme of contrasting pieces: total performance time should not exceed 8m Dudley Rotary Club Prize: £25

The winners of the Coseley Male Voice Choir Trophy & the Coseley Male Voice Roseville Trophy will be offered a concert with Coseley Male Voice Choir.

138 CHILDREN’S CHOIRS 9 – 11 years Cecil Drew Trophy £10.001st Prize: £60; 2nd Prize: £40

1 No. 68 - Blow Away the Morning Dew2 No. 30 – The Shepherdess* All join in with No. 16 – ‘Michael Finnegan’ Note: this class has been introduced and sponsored by Cecil Drew. Choirs will receive a written and verbal adjudication but no marks will be given. All choirs will receive Certificates of Participation and the 1st and 2nd Prize winners will receive 1st and 2nd Prize Certificates.The songs are taken from Oxford Song Book, ‘Sing Together’ (100 unison songs), arr. Appleby & Fowler, pub. O.U.P. No other arrangement to be used.

139 CHILDREN’S CHOIRS 15 years & under Coseley Male Voice Roseville Trophy 139 - 141 £10.00Own choice: a programme of contrasting pieces: total performance time should not exceed 8m

140 YOUTH CHOIRS (Male or Female voices) £12.50Majority of singers to be aged 20 years or under Coseley Male Voice Choir Roseville Trophy 139-141Own choice: a programme of contrasting pieces: total performance time should not exceed 10m

141 YOUTH CHOIRS (Mixed voices) £12.50Majority of singers to be aged 20 years or under Coseley Male Voice Choir Roseville Trophy 139 - 141Own choice: a programme of contrasting pieces: total performance time should not exceed 10mDudley Rotary Club Prize: £25 for the best performance in 139, 140 and 141

The winners of the Coseley Male Voice Choir Trophy & the Coseley Male Voice Roseville Trophy will be offered a concert with Coseley Male Voice Choir.

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142 ADULT CHOIRS (either all Male or all Female voices, excluding Barbershop Choirs) £12.50Majority of singers to be aged 21 years or above Simpson Trophy Own choice: a programme of contrasting pieces: total performance time should not exceed 10m ‘Friends of the Festival’ Prize: £25 for the best performance in 142, 143 and 144

143 ADULT CHOIRS (Mixed voices) Marguerite Hodson Cup £12.50Majority of singers to be aged 21 years or above.Own choice: a programme of contrasting pieces: total performance time should not exceed 10m ‘Friends of the Festival’ Prize: £25 for the best performance in 142, 143 and 144

144 SINGING FOR PLEASURE GROUPS (any voices) ‘Friends of the Festival’ Cup £12.50Majority of singers to be 60 years and overOwn choice: a programme of contrasting pieces: total performance time should not exceed 10m ‘Friends of the Festival’ Prize: £25 for the best performance in 142, 143 and 144

145 BARBERSHOP CHOIRS Open ‘Friends of the Festival’ Trophy £12.50Own choice: a programme of contrasting pieces: total performance time should not exceed 10m‘Friends of the Festival’ Prize: £25

146 OPEN CHOIR CLASS including Music HallOwn choice: a programme of contrasting pieces: total performance time should not exceed 10m £12.50‘Friends of the Festival’ Prize: £25

OWN COMPOSITION CLASSES

Please see rules 1–11, 41, 50-51.

147 COMPOSITION 14 years and under Margaret Mills Trophy £5.50Individual or group composition. Limit 5m

148 COMPOSITION 15 – 18 years Harry Willetts Memorial Trophy £8.00Individual composition. Limit 8m

149 COMPOSITION 19 years and over Matthew Mills Trophy £12.50Individual composition. Limit 10m.

DRAMA SYLLABUS 2003

DRAMA ADJUDICATORSSPEECH AND DRAMA

Paul Bench Jill O’Hare June Rayner

PAUL BENCHPaul Bench works for the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA) & travels widely in this capacity throughout the UK & other parts of the world. He has worked extensively in Europe, Nairobi,

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Mombasa, Sri Lanka, Singapore, USA, Middle East, and South Africa. He adjudicated the Hong Kong Festival for their 50th anniversary. He has most recently returned from working with students in Australia. He also provides a consultancy for actors, lecturers, teachers, doctors & professional business people in stress management & presentation skills, giving training programmes & workshops drawn from a wide range of Western & Eastern cultures. Having initially trained for the stage in London where he was awarded The Jackson Prize, he also attended both London & Birmingham Universities to study Drama & Literary Theory & later specialised in relaxation & stress management with the International Federation of Aromatherapists, Associated Stress Consultants & Japanese Usui Reiki. He is a member of Voice Care Network & the British Voice Association. His work on literary theory was published in Enjoying Texts & he is the author of Victorians to the Present Day, a study guide to poetry & dramatic texts of that period. He has written two diploma course work examinations for Schools of Natural Therapy & devised internet study modules in Shakespeare for GCSE students.

JILL O’HARE BA LGSM LLAM GODA PGCA Jill O’Hare trained at The Guildhall School of Speech & Drama. She has run her own Drama Studio, taught drama, communication skills & A-Level Theatre Studies at schools & specialist colleges. She is a member of the LAMDA Board & examines all over the UK & internationally. Jill is a professional actress & director & enjoys playing & directing in London’s West End & Fringe Theatres & for television. She is an adjudicator of The British & International Federation of Festivals & has officiated in Ireland, UK & Hong Kong. Jill is also a busy member of The Guild of Drama Adjudicators for one & three act play festivals & has a special interest in Youth Theatre & all Festival work.

JUNE RAYNER AGSM LRAM FRSA Since training at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, June Rayner has performed, directed & lectured on speech & drama all her working life. An experienced & widely travelled adjudicator & an examiner of the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art, she is an international judge of public speaking & an authority on the spoken word in worship. Her conference presentations on combining the three disciplines of music, dance & speech & on preparing the Festival syllabus are an indication of her interest in every area of performance. Mrs Rayner chaired the Federation of Festivals’ committee, which conducted a nationwide review of Festivals & adjudicators. At the Federation celebrations in Leeds she was honoured to present speech & drama sessions in the theatre. She is delighted to make a first visit to Dudley Festival & looks forward to enjoying some splendid performances.

DRAMA TROPHIESDRAMA TROPHIES

ADA JACKSON TROPHY – presented by the late Mr B J M Jackson for class 158

ARTHUR ELWIN COOK TROPHY – for class 156

BAYLIES CHARITY CUP – presented by Miss Stella Cook for classes 167 and 181

BERNARD JACKSON MEMORIAL TROPHY – for class 195

CHAIRMAN’S TROPHY – for class 200

DORA H. TURNER CUP – for class 178

DRAMA RECITAL TROPHY – presented by the Friends of the Festival for class 208

DUDLEY CORPORATION CHALLENGE CUP – for class 190

DUDLEY CUP – presented by the late Mrs T E Dudley for classes 192 - 19330

DUDLEY HERALD CUP – for class 188

DUDLEY PRINT JUNIOR TROPHY – for class 168

DUDLEY PRINT SENIOR TROPHY – for class 196

DUDLEY PRINT YOUTH TROPHY – for class 182

DUDLEY ROTARY CLUB TROPHY – for class 185

DUOLOGUE TROPHIES – presented by Carole Danbury for class 172

E.J. THOMPSON TRUST CUP – for class 164

L.E.A.P.OVER 60s CUP – presented by Age Concern, Dudley for classes 206 - 207

MARJORIE MILLS CUP – presented by Marjorie Mills for class 176

MIKE SWINNERTON TROPHY – presented by Mr M Swinnerton for class 210

PENSNETT PRINTING CUP – presented by the late Mr F T.Rowley for class 173

POETRY CUP – presented by Betty Mulcahy for class 162

PREEDY TROPHY – for class 202

PRIORY SALVER – presented by Mrs O Lester for classes 194

PUBLIC SPEAKING CUP – presented by the late Mr Arthur Hodgson for classes 201 and 209

RONALD CLARK TROPHY – presented by Susan Clark for class 154

SOLARI ROSE BOWL – presented by Mr & Mrs G Solari for class 160

ZOE GRIFFITHS TROPHY – presented by Mr & Mrs A J Griffiths for classes 166 and 180

DRAMA PRIZESDRAMA PRIZES‘Friends of the Festival’ Individual Drama Recital Prize £50 for the winner of class 208

DRAMA CLASSESSaturday 15 and Sunday 16 March

Please see rules 1-11, 45 – 51

150 VERSE SPEAKING 6 years and under £3.00Own choice: Limit 2m

151 VERSE SPEAKING (Set Poem) 6 years and under £3.00Test Piece: In the Rain – Rene Cloke (The Young Puffin Book of Verse, page 56)

152 VERSE SPEAKING 7 years and under £3.00Own choice: Limit 2m

153 VERSE SPEAKING (Set Poem) 7 years and under £3.00Test piece: There Are Big Waves– Eleanor Farjeon (The Young Puffin Book of Verse, page 66)

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154 VERSE SPEAKING 8 years and under Ronald Clark Trophy £3.00Own choice: Limit 2m

155 VERSE SPEAKING (Set Poem) 8 years and under £3.00Test piece: Noses– Aileen Fisher (The Young Puffin Book of Verse, page 38)

156 VERSE SPEAKING 9 years and under Arthur Elwin Cook Trophy £3.00Own choice: Limit 2m

157 VERSE SPEAKING (Set Poem) 9 years and under £3.00Test piece: As Fit as a Fiddle – Pauline Clarke (The Young Puffin Book of Verse, page 48)

158 VERSE SPEAKING 10 years and under Ada Jackson Trophy £3.00Own choice: Limit 2m

159 VERSE SPEAKING (Set Poem) 10 years and under £3.00Test piece: If I Could Have a Pair of Wings – Anita E Posey (The Young Puffin Book of Verse, page 119)

160 VERSE SPEAKING 11 years and under Solari Rose Bowl £3.00Own choice: Limit 2m

161 VERSE SPEAKING (Set Poem) 11 years and under £3.00Test piece: Moths & Moonshine – James Reeves (The Young Puffin Book of Verse, page 113)

162 VERSE SPEAKING 12 years and under The Poetry Cup £3.00Own choice: Limit 2m

163 VERSE SPEAKING (Set Poem) 12 years and under £3.00Test piece: Meeting – Rachel Field (The Young Puffin Book of Verse, page 112)

164 PROSE READING 12 years and under E J Thompson Trust Cup £3.00Own choice: Limit 2m

165 POETRY READING 12 years and under £3.00Open to any competitor who has never won first place in speech or drama at any competitive FestivalOwn choice: Limit 2m

166 SHAKESPEARE, INDIVIDUAL 12 years and under Zoe Griffiths Cup for 166 & 180 £3.25Own choice: Limit 3m

167 BIBLE READING 12 years and under Baylies Charity Cup for 167 & 181£3.25 Own choice: Limit 3m

168 INDIVIDUAL ACTED SCENE 12 years and under Dudley Print Junior Trophy £4.25Own choice: Limit 5m

169 OWN COMPOSITION POEM 12 years and under £3.00Own choice: Limit 3m See rule 48

170 ACTED SCENE 12 years and under £5.00Own choice: limit 5 – 10m

171 ACTED SCENE GROUP DEVISED 12 years and under £5.00Own choice: Limit 5-10m. See rule 49At least three actors must take part in the Acted Scenes (the Individual Acted Scenes excepted)

172 DUOLOGUE 12 years and under Duologue Trophies £3.25Own choice: Limit 3m

173 CHORAL VERSE 12 years and under Pensnett Printing Cup £10.00Test Piece: Cold Feet – Brian Lee (A First Poetry Book) Oxford, page 116and Own Choice: total time limit 10m

174 DANCE DRAMA 5-8 years, 2-15 dancers. £7.5032

Own choice: Limit 4m. See rule 47

175 DANCE DRAMA 8-12 years, 2-15 dancers £7.50Own choice: Limit 4m. See rule 47

176 VERSE SPEAKING 13-15 years incl. Marjorie Mills Cup £3.25Own choice: Limit 3m

177 VERSE SPEAKING (Set Poem) 13-15 years incl. £3.25Test piece: Truant – Phoebe Hesketh (The Puffin Book of 20th Century Children’s Verse, Page 212)

178 PROSE READING 13-15 years incl. Dora H. Turner Cup £3.25Own choice: Limit 3m

179 POETRY READING 13-15 years incl. £3.25Open to any competitor who has never won first place in speech or drama at any competitive FestivalOwn choice: Limit 3m

180 SHAKESPEARE, INDIVIDUAL 13-15 years incl. Zoe Griffiths Trophy for 166 & 180 £3.75 Own choice: Limit 4m

181 BIBLE READING 13 -15 years incl. Baylies Charity Cup for 167 & 181 £3.25Own choice: Limit 3m

182 INDIVIDUAL ACTED SCENE 13-15 years incl. Dudley Print Youth Trophy £4.25Own choice: Limit 5m

183 ACTED SCENE 13 - 15 years incl. £8.00Own choice: Limit 8-15mAt least three actors must take part in the Acted Scenes (the Individual Acted Scenes excepted)

184 ACTED SCENE GROUP DEVISED 13-15 years incl. £8.00Own choice: Limit 8-15m. See rule 49At least three actors must take part in the Acted Scenes (the Individual Acted Scenes excepted)

185 DUOLOGUE 13 -15 years incl. Dudley Rotary Club Trophy £5.00Own choice: Limit 5m

186 OWN COMPOSITION POEM 13 -15 years incl. £3.00Own choice: Limit 3m. See rule 48

187 DANCE DRAMA 12-15 years, 2-15 dancers £10.00Own choice: Limit 6m. See rule 47

188 VERSE SPEAKING 16 years and over Dudley Herald Cup £3.75Own choice: Limit 4m

189 VERSE SPEAKING (Set Poem) 16 years and over £3.75Test piece: These I Have Loved- Robert Brooke (The Puffin Book of 20th Century Children’s Verse, Pg 279)

190 PROSE READING 16 years and over Dudley Corporation Challenge Cup £3.75Own choice: Limit 4m

191 POETRY READING 16 years and over £3.75Open to any competitor who has never won first place in speech or drama at any competitive FestivalOwn choice: Limit 3m

192 SHAKESPEARE, INDIVIDUAL 16 – 21 years incl. Dudley Cup for 192 - 193 £4.25Own choice: Limit 5m

193 SHAKESPEARE, INDIVIDUAL over 21 years Dudley Cup for 192 - 193 £4.25

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Own choice: Limit 5m

194 BIBLE READING 16 years and over Priory Salver £3.25Own choice: Limit 3m

195 SONNET READING Open Bernard Jackson Memorial Trophy £3.25Own choice: Limit 3m

196 INDIVIDUAL ACTED SCENE 16 years and over Dudley Print Senior Trophy £4.25Own choice: Limit 5m

197 ACTED SCENE 16 -21 years incl. £12.00Own choice: Limit 12-20mAt least three actors must take part in the Acted Scenes (the Individual Acted Scenes excepted)

198 ACTED SCENE over 21 years £12.00Own choice: Limit 12-20mAt least three actors must take part in the Acted Scenes (the Individual Acted Scenes excepted)

199 ACTED SCENE GROUP DEVISED 16-21 years incl. £12.00Own choice: Limit 12-20mAt least three actors must take part in the Acted Scenes (the Individual Acted Scenes excepted)

200 ACTED SCENE GROUP DEVISED over 21 years . Chairman’s Trophy £12.00Own choice: Limit 12-20mAt least three actors must take part in the Acted Scenes (the Individual Acted Scenes excepted)

201 PUBLIC SPEAKING 16 - 21 years incl. Public Speaking Cup for 201 & 209 £3.75Own choice: Limit 4m

202 DUOLOGUE 16 years and over The Preedy Trophy £5.50Own choice: Limit 6m

203 CHORAL VERSE 18 years and under £10.00 Test Piece: The Ruined Maid - Thomas Hardyand Own choice: total time limit 10m

204 DANCE DRAMA 16 -21 years, 2-15 dancers £10.00Own choice: Limit 6m. See rule 47

205 DANCE DRAMA over 21 years, 2-15 dancers £10.00Own choice: Limit 6m. See rule 47

206 ACTED SCENE over 60 years L.E.A.P. Cup for 206 - 207Own choice: Limit 12 – 20mAt least three actors must take part in the Acted Scenes (the Individual Acted Scenes excepted)

207 ACTED SCENE GROUP DEVISED 60 years and over L.E.A.P. Cup for 206 - 207 £12.00Own choice: Limit 12-20m. See rule 49At least three actors must take part in the Acted Scenes (the Individual Acted Scenes excepted)

208 INDIVIDUAL RECITAL Open Drama Recital Trophy £5.50 ‘Friends of the Festival’ prize of £50Mixed verse speaking, prose reading & acting on a theme of the entrant’s own choice: Limit 10m

209 PUBLIC SPEAKING Open Public Speaking Cup for 201 & 209 £3.75Own choice: Limit 4m

210 OWN COMPOSITION POEM Open Mike Swinnerton Trophy £3.00Own choice: Limit 3m. See rule 48

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New for 2003……………

VOCAL/SPEECH CLASSES

A class that spans both music & drama - where speech & singing are adjudicated EQUALLY !

With potential to progress to Regional & National Finals for a bursary of £750

(For further details, see rule 44 and classes 110 & 114 of this syllabus)

DANCE SYLLABUS

Saturday 8th, Friday 21st, Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd March at Dudley College of Technology, The Broadway, Dudley

ENTRIESENTRY FORMS SHOULD BE OBTAINED FROM THE DANCE SECRETARY

(NOTE: PLEASE DO NOT USE THE MUSIC/DRAMA ENTRY FORM IN CENTRE PAGES)

Mrs. Dorothy Williams2 Holden Road, Wolverhampton, WV4 5LP

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Tel: 01902 823075 Please indicate the number of forms required for solos, duets, trios and troupes, and

include a large S.A.E. for their return. Fees and a further S.A.E. must also be enclosed with the entry.

No entries will be accepted unless accompanied by the correct fees, made payable to ‘DUDLEY FESTIVAL’, no later than the entry closing date. (FEES MUST NOT BE MADE PAYABLE TO THE DANCE SECRETARY).

***CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES - 7 DECEMBER 2002***NO ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THIS DATE

IMPORTANT : PLEASE READ RULES 1 TO 28 BEFORE COMPLETING THE ENTRY FORMTEACHERS ARE KINDLY ADVISED TO CHECK ENTRIES CAREFULLY BEFORE

SUBMITTING THEM AS LATE CHANGES CANNOT BE ACCEPTED

AGE CODES ENTRY FEESSOLO SECTIONS DUET/TRIO/GROUP SECTIONS

Baby 6 yrs & underA - 7–8 yrs Junior - 9yrs & under Solos - £3.00B - 9–10 yrs Intermediate - 12 yrs & under Duets - £4.00C - 11–12 yrs Senior A - 15 yrs & under Trios - £6.00D - 13–14 yrs Senior B - 21 yrs & under Troupes - £1.50 (perE - 15–21 yrs Dancer)

New Dance Classes for 2003 : Novice Classes Amateur Adult Class

NOVICE:A Novice is a competitor who has not been awarded a medal in any Festival in the solo section they are entering. Having entered the Novice class, the competitor is NOT eligible to enter the ordinary solo class in the same subject.

AMATEUR ADULT:For adults (where adult means anyone over the age of 18) who dance as a hobby & have not received any full-time training & do not earn a living from the teaching of, or performance, of dance.

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DANCE ADJUDICATOR :

Shirley Rees EdwardsShirley began her dance career with the Sadlers Wells Ballet School where she performed with the Royal Ballet first company. Her professional dance career began at Ballet Rambert where she became the youngest soloist ever at the age of 16 years & went on to perform many principal roles during her 7 years with the company. After a varied career in musicals, films & TV, she taught in West Germany, founded the Southern Ballet School & Co and has held the role of Ballet Mistress in Mexico, Tel Aviv & Spain. Shirley is now Head of Ballet at ‘Bodywork Company Dance Studios’ in Cambridge. In addition to her teaching commitments (she is a former R.A.D examiner), she is now a dance adjudicator as a member of All England Dance & the British Federation. Recently Shirley was guest adjudicator for the G.I.O scholarships at the Sidney Opera House in Australia.

You are invited to join …..‘The Friends of the Festival’

The Friends of the Festival is a support group of enthusiastic people who wish to help and be kept informed about the FestivalA membership fee of £5 entitles you to free admission on all Festival days and concessionary rates for all concerts

For further details, please contact Mrs Margaret Allen, 14 Paganel Drive, Dudley, DY1 4AY. Tel: 01384 254429

DANCEDANCE TROPHIESACORN DANCE TROPHY –presented by Ann Cornes ATKINS LYRICAL MODERN TROPHY –presented by Mrs J Atkins AUTO CYCLES ENGINEERING TROPHY -presented by Auto Cycles Engineering Company THE AZHAARIS TROPHY –presented by Azhaaris dog breedersBABY ABIGAIL CUP –presented by Mrs Margaret Y Clark BABY DANCE TROPHY THE BERNARD BEALES LYRICAL MODERN TROPHY -presented by Dudley PrintBEVERLEY SCOTT DANCE SCHOOL TROPHY – presented by Beverley Scott THE BRYANT CLASSICAL & CABARET TROUPE TROPHY THE BURNS MODERN TROPHY CAVENDISH TROPHY –presented by Cavendish Pet SuppliesCHARADES TROPHY –presented by Charades Dancewear DANCE IN STYLE TROPHY –presented by Anita Walker DORIS HAZELDINE MEMORIAL TROPHY –presented by Mr & Mrs R W Hazeldine DOROTHY WILLIAMS TROPHY –presented by Dorothy Williams GRACE ELLIOTT TROPHY –presented by Linda Elliott GREENSFORGE CUP –presented by Greensforge Horse FeedsTHE HADLEY MODERN DANCE TROPHY –presented by Mr S Hadley HARRIS TROPHY – presented by Marilyn Harris JENNY’S TROPHY – presented by Miss Stella Cook

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THE JONES CABARET TROPHY THE JUVENILE NATIONAL TROPHY –presented by Dudley Print THE LANDSCAPE TROPHY –presented by P L LandscapesTHE LEACH TROPHY –presented by Mr & Mrs T LeachL.E.A.P OVER 60s TROPHY – presented by Age Concern Dudley THE JONES TROPHY –presented by Jones Plumbing ServicesLIVINGSTON TROPHY – presented by the Livingston Academy of Dance MARGARET ALLEN TROPHY –presented by Mrs Margaret Allen MEB TROPHY – presented by Midlands Electricity Board MERRY HILL CENTRE JUNIOR CLASSICAL CUP – presented by The Merry Hill CentreMERRY HILL CENTRE JUNIOR CABARET CUP –presented by The Merry Hill Centre MERRY HILL BODY SHOP TROPHY – presented by The Body Shop MERRY HILL CENTRE SENIOR CLASSICAL CUP –presented by The Merry Hill Centre MERRY HILL CENTRE SENIOR CABARET CUP – presented by The Merry Hill Centre MIDLAND PHONES TROPHY – presented by the Midland Phones MUSIC JUNCTION AWARD – presented by Music Junction PETRA GWILLIAM TROPHY –presented by Mr & Mrs S T Gwilliam in memory of Bernard Jackson THE PHILPOTT CHARACTER CUP PLAYFORD CUP – presented by Miss Stella Cook THE ROGERS TROPHY –presented by Jayne RogersTHE ROSSINGTON TROPHY –presented by Cecilia Rossington THE SANDIACRE FARM SHOP TROPHY –presented by Sandiacre Farm ShopSANDRA CRANE TROPHY – presented by Mrs Sandra Gwilliam SARAH-MAY ELLIOTT TROPHY SPECIAL CLASS SHIELD THE STAFFORDSHIRE CAVY CLUB TROPHYSUE LATHAM TROPHY – presented by Sue Latham TROPHY SHOP TROPHY –presented by Wolverhampton Trophy Shop VERNA MANN TROPHY – presented by Verna Mann VICTORIA TROPHY – presented by Miss Marilyn Harris

DANCE CLASSESSolo Classes: 211 Solo BALLET (Baby) Limit 1.5m 235 Solo MODERN (Baby) Limit 1.5m

212 Solo BALLET (A) Limit 1.5m 236 Solo MODERN (A) Limit 1.5m

213 Solo BALLET (B) Limit 1.5m 237 Solo MODERN (B) Limit 1.5m

214 Solo BALLET (C) Limit 2m 238 Solo MODERN (C) Limit 2m

215 Solo BALLET (D) Limit 2m 239 Solo MODERN (D) Limit 2m

216 Solo BALLET (E) Limit 2m 240 Solo MODERN (E) Limit 2m

217 Solo CHARACTER (Baby) Limit 2m 241 Solo TAP DANCE (Baby) Limit 1.5m218 Solo CHARACTER (A) Limit 2m 242 Solo TAP DANCE (A) Limit 1.5m

219 Solo CHARACTER (B) Limit 2m 243 Solo TAP DANCE (B) Limit 1.5m

220 Solo CHARACTER (C) Limit 2.5m 244 Solo TAP DANCE (C) Limit 2m

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221 Solo CHARACTER (D) Limit 2.5m 245 Solo TAP DANCE (D) Limit 2m

222 Solo CHARACTER (E) Limit 2.5m 246 Solo TAP DANCE (E) Limit 2m

223 Solo NATIONAL (Baby) Limit 1.5m 247 Solo SONG & DANCE (Baby) Limit 2m

224 Solo NATIONAL (A) Limit 1.5m 248 Solo SONG & DANCE (A) Limit 2m

225 Solo NATIONAL (B) Limit 1.5m 249 Solo SONG & DANCE (B) Limit 2m

226 Solo NATIONAL (C) Limit 2m 250 Solo SONG & DANCE (C) Limit 2.5m

227 Solo NATIONAL (D) Limit 2m 251 Solo SONG & DANCE (D) Limit 2.5m

228 Solo NATIONAL (E) Limit 2m 252 Solo SONG & DANCE (E) Limit 2.5m

229 Solo GREEK (Baby) Limit 1.5m 253 Solo LYRICAL MODERN(Baby)

Limit 1.5m

230 Solo GREEK (A) Limit 1.5m 254 Solo LYRICAL MODERN (A) Limit 1.5m

231 Solo GREEK (B) Limit 1.5m 255 Solo LYRICAL MODERN (B) Limit 1.5m

232 Solo GREEK (C) Limit 2m 256 Solo LYRICAL MODERN (C) Limit 2m

233 Solo GREEK (D) Limit 2m 257 Solo LYRICAL MODERN (D) Limit 2m

234 Solo GREEK (E) Limit 2m 258 Solo LYRICAL MODERN (E) Limit 2m

Important Information for all Dancers :The Use of Recorded Music at the Festival

This Festival is affiliated to the British & International Federation of Festivals & participates in it’s group licence to cover payment of fees for use of recorded music at it’s events. Teachers using tapes created from commercial recordings are advised that they should seek permission to re-record from the companies concerned as the Festival cannot take responsibility in this area. All performers using music from shows in current production are subject to copyright law. Songs from shows in current production may be sung as a concert item ie with no costume or movement, without need for copyright permission. Where movement or costume are included in the performance copyright, permission is required & the Festival committee accepts these entries on the basis that the appropriate copyright permission has been sought. Performers or teachers with queries on how to obtain copyright permission for performance items should contact Festivals House on 0906 302 1302 before making their entries.

Duets, Trios & Group Classes:259 Duet CABARET Junior 9 yrs & under )Time Limits260 Duet CABARET Intermediate 12 yrs & under )2.5m & 3m for261 Duet CABARET Senior A 15 yrs & under )Song & Dance262 Duet CABARET Senior B 21 yrs & under )

263 Duet CLASSICAL Junior 9 yrs & under )Time Limits264 Duet CLASSICAL Intermediate 12 yrs & under )2.5m & 3m for265 Duet CLASSICAL Senior A 15 yrs & under )character266 Duet CLASSICAL Senior B 21 yrs & under )

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267 Trio CABARET Junior 9 yrs & under )Time Limits268 Trio CABARET Intermediate 12 yrs & under ) 3m269 Trio CABARET Senior A 15 yrs & under )270 Trio CABARET Senior B 21 yrs & under )

271 Trio CLASSICAL Junior 9 yrs & under )Time Limits272 Trio CLASSICAL Intermediate 12 yrs & under ) 3m273 Trio CLASSICAL Senior A 15 yrs & under )274 Trio CLASSICAL Senior B 21 yrs & under )

275 Groups CLASSICAL Junior 9 yrs & under )Time Limits276 Groups CLASSICAL Intermediate 12 yrs & under ) 5m277 Groups CLASSICAL Senior A 15 yrs & under )Minimum 4278 Groups CLASSICAL Senior B 21 yrs & under ) dancers

279 Groups CABARET Junior 9 yrs & under )Time Limits280 Groups CABARET Intermediate 12 yrs & under ) 5m281 Groups CABARET Senior A 15 yrs & under )Minimum 4282 Groups CABARET Senior B 21 yrs & under ) dancers

283 Groups Dance Exercise Group for Over 60’s Time Limit 4m284 Groups Special Class Time Limit 4m

285 Groups Amateur Adult Miscellaneous Class - Open Time Limit 4mAny group not already mentioned, in any idiom or style ie Bhangra Dance,Break Dance, Ethnic Dance, Highland Dance, Irish Dance etcVocal Optional

**Duet & trio classes will be amalgamated if there are too few entrants

Novice Classes:Solo CLASSICAL : Ballet, National, Character & Greek

286 Solo CLASSICAL 6 yrs & under Limit 1.5m, 2m for character287 Solo CLASSICAL 9 yrs & under Limit 1.5m, 2m for character288 Solo CLASSICAL 12 yrs & under Limit 2m, 2.5m for character

Solo CABARET : Modern, Tap, Song and Dance & Lyrical Modern

289 Solo CABARET 6 yrs & under Limit 1.5m, 2m for song and dance290 Solo CABARET 9 yrs & under Limit 1.5m, 2m for song and dance291 Solo CABARET 12 yrs & under Limit 2m, 2.5m for song and dance

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The Timpson Shoes Trophy will be awarded to the competitor who gains the highest mark in the Festival

The M.I.D.A.A Cupwill be awarded for the most original costume

Bursary Award£50 donated by ‘The Friends of the Festival’ for the best musical interpretation

Dudley Festival of Music,Drama & Dance presents:

PRIZEWINNERS’ CONCERT

Your chance to see invited Festival prizewinners perform their winning pieces

5 th April 2003

Festival performers – don’t forget to note the date in your diary !

(Selected Festival 2003 class winners will be invited to perform)

Dates for your DiarySaturday 8 March 2003 Dudley College of TechnologyDance Festival

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Dudley College of TechnologyMusic & Drama Festival Music Festival: Choirs, Piano, Woodwind, Brass Sunday 16 March 2003 Dudley College of TechnologyMusic & Drama Festival Music Festival :Piano, Woodwind, Keyboard

Friday 21 March 2003Dudley College of TechnologyDance Festival

Saturday 22 March 2003Dudley College of TechnologyMusic & Dance FestivalMusic Festival: Vocal

Sunday 23 March 2003 Dudley College of TechnologyMusic & Dance FestivalMusic Festival: Vocal, Strings, Guitar

Saturday 5 April 2003Prizewinners’ Concert Dudley College of Technology

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