Solo and Group Verse – Classes 301 to 337
Class 301 – Solo Verse (16 – 18)
The Ellis Trophy Certificate may be awarded.
Test Piece: Colonel Fazackerley (Read Me and Laugh, pages 249-250) Charles Causley (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 302 – Solo Verse (14 & 15)
The Ellis Trophy Certificate may be awarded.
Test Piece: The Charge of the Light Brigade (Read Me 2 – A Poem for Every Day of the Year, pages 347-349) Alfred Lord Tennyson (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 303 – Solo Verse (12 & 13)
Test Pieces: Timothy Winters (Read Me 2 – A Poem for Every Day of the Year, pages 101-102) Charles Causley (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 304 – Solo Verse (11)
Test Piece: Coats of Many Colours (Outside In: Nature Poems) Daniel Thompson (Collins)
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 305 – Solo Verse (10)
Test Pieces: The Blind Dog (Poems to Perform, page 90) Clare Bevan (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 306 – Solo Verse (9)
Test Pieces: When the Aliens Came to Dinner (Read Me and Laugh, page 228) Clare Bevan (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 307 – Solo Verse (8)
Test Piece: The Monster Under Your Bed (A First Poetry Book, pages 90-91) Clare Bevan (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 308 – Solo Verse (7)
Test Piece: I Did Not Eat the Goldfish (A First Poetry Book, page 138) Roger Stevens (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 309 – Solo Verse (6) (non-competitive)
Performers will receive an adjudication but no comparison will be made between performances.
Test Piece: Conversation (Poems to Perform, page 91) Rose Fyleman (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 310 – Solo Verse (5) (non-competitive)
Performers will receive an adjudication but no comparison will be made between performances.
Test Piece:
Ladybird (A First Poetry Book, page 87) Liz Brownlee (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 311 – Perform My Favourite Poem (adult performers)
For performers aged 19 and over. Performers will receive an adjudication but no comparison will be made between performances.
Test Piece: Own choice (see regulations 19-25) – not to exceed 3 minutes. Performers should introduce the poem. Duration, author and title must be stated on the Entry Form.
Entry fee: £25.00
Class 312 – Perform My Favourite Poem (Secondary)
For young people of secondary school age.
Test Piece: Own choice (see regulations 19-25) – not to exceed 3 minutes. Performers should introduce the poem. Duration, author and title must be stated on the Entry Form.
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 313 – Perform My Favourite Poem (Primary)
For children of primary school age.
Test Piece: Own choice (see regulations 19-25) – not to exceed 3 minutes. Performers should introduce the poem. Duration, author and title must be stated on the Entry Form.
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 314 – Group Verse (14 & 15)
For unconducted groups. The Gilmour Barr Trophy Certificate may be awarded.
Test Pieces:
- (a) We have to Nuture Nature (Outside In: Nature Poems, pages 86-87) Daniel Thompson (Collins)
- (b) Own choice (see regulations 19-25).
Entry fee: £35.00
Class 315 – Group Verse (12 & 13)
For unconducted groups. The Gilmour Barr Trophy Certificate may be awarded.
Test Pieces:
- (a) Exploring‘s Never Boring (Outside In: Nature Poems, pages 8-9) Daniel Thompson (Collins)
- (b) Own choice (see regulations 19-25).
Entry fee: £35.00
Class 316 – Group Verse (9 – 11)
For unconducted groups of no fewer than seven voices. The Gilmour Barr Trophy Certificate may be awarded.
Test Pieces:
- (a) Into the Woods (Outside In: Nature Poems, pages 64-65) Daniel Thompson (Collins)
- (b) Own choice (see regulations 19-25).
Entry fee: £35.00
Class 317 – Group Verse (5 – 8)
For groups of no fewer than seven voices. The group may be conducted. The Gilmour Barr Trophy Certificate may be awarded.
Test Pieces:
- (a) Goodbye Rhyme! (Off by Heart, page 108) James Carter (Bloomsbury)
- (b) Own choice (see regulations 19-25).
Entry fee: £35.00
Class 318 – Group Verse (under 5)
For groups of no fewer than seven voices. Performers will receive an adjudication but no comparison will be made between performances. The group may be conducted.
Test Piece: Mud (Outside In: Nature Poems, page 43) Daniel Thompson (Collins)
Entry fee: £35.00
Class 319 – Scottish Verse (adult performers)
For performers aged 19 and over. Performers will receive an adjudication but no comparison will be made between performances.
Test Piece: Own choice (see regulations 19-25) – not to exceed 3 minutes. Duration, author and title must be stated on the Entry Form.
Entry fee: £25.00
Class 320 – Scottish Verse (16 – 18)
The Ellis Trophy Certificate may be awarded.
Test Piece: Wauken Up Alexander Anderson (electricscotland.com)
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 321 – Scottish Verse (14 & 15)
The Ellis Trophy Certificate may be awarded.
Test Piece: ‘Glen’, A Sheep-Dog Hilton Brown (electricscotland.com)
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 322 – Scottish Verse (12 & 13)
Test Piece: The Rickety Bus Matt Freeland (electricscotland.com)
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 323 – Scottish Verse (10 & 11)
Test Piece: Granny Sleep Walter Wingate (electricscotland.com)
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 324 – Scottish Verse (8 & 9)
Test Piece: Steeplejakes J K Annand (electricscotland.com)
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 325 – Scottish Verse (7 and under)
Test Piece: Robin Reidbrest J K Annand (electricscotland.com)
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 326 – Burns Verse (adult performers)
For performers aged 19 and over. Performers will receive an adjudication but no comparison will be made between performances.
Test Piece: Own choice (see regulations 19-25) – not to exceed 4 minutes.
Entry fee: £25.00
Class 327 – Burns Verse (16 – 18)
Test Piece: Own choice (see regulations 19-25) – not to exceed 4 minutes.
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 328 – Burns Verse (14 & 15)
Test Piece: Own choice (see regulations 19-25) – not to exceed 4 minutes.
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 329 – Burns Verse (12 & 13)
Test Piece: Own choice (see regulations 19-25) – not to exceed 3 minutes.
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 330 – Burns Verse (10 & 11)
Test Piece: Own choice (see regulations 19-25) – not to exceed 3 minutes.
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 331 – Burns Verse (8 & 9)
Test Piece: Own choice (see regulations 19-25) – not to exceed 2 minutes.
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 332 – Burns Verse (7 and under)
Test Piece: Own choice (see regulations 19-25) – not to exceed 2 minutes.
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 333 – Write Your Own Poem (adult performers)
For performers aged 19 and over. Authors will receive an adjudication but no comparison will be made between poems.
Test Piece: Performers should submit an original poem of not less than 10 and not more than 50 lines, not more than five minutes’ duration. The manuscript should be submitted to the Secretary attached to the Entry Form. The adjudicator will assess the poems prior to the Festival. The author or a nominee will read or recite the poem at the Festival.
Entry fee: £25.00
Class 334 – Write Your Own Poem (16 – 18)
Test Piece: Performers should submit an original poem of not less than 10 and not more than 50 lines, not more than five minutes’ duration. The manuscript should be submitted to the Secretary attached to the Entry Form. The adjudicator will assess the poems prior to the Festival. The author or a nominee will read or recite the poem at the Festival.
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 335 – Write Your Own Poem (12 – 15)
Test Piece: As for class 334.
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 336 – Write Your Own Poem (9 – 11)
Test Piece: As for class 334.
Entry fee: £15.00
Class 337 – Write Your Own Poem (8 and under)
Test Piece: As for class 334.
Entry fee: £15.00