Solo and Group Verse – Classes 301 to 337
Class 301 – Solo Verse (16 – 18)
The Ellis Trophy Certificate may be awarded.
Test Piece: The Trees’ Counselling (She is Fierce, pages 104-105) Christina Rossetti (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 302 – Solo Verse (14 & 15)
The Ellis Trophy Certificate may be awarded.
Test Piece: Ode on the Whole Duty of Parents (She is Fierce, pages 7-8) Frances Cornford (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 303 – Solo Verse (12 & 13)
Test Pieces: The Call (She is Fierce page 192) Charlotte Mew (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 304 – Solo Verse (11)
Test Piece: Mafia Cats (Read Me and Laugh, pages 260-261) Roger McGough (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 305 – Solo Verse (10)
Test Pieces: The Quiet Things (A First Poetry Book, pages 36-37) Eric Finney (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 306 – Solo Verse (9)
Test Pieces: Lollipopped (A First Poetry Book, page 127) Marian Swinger (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 307 – Solo Verse (8)
Test Piece: Run to the Hilltop (A First Poetry Book, pages 172-173) David Greygoose (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 308 – Solo Verse (7)
Test Piece: Oh, Oh, the Story Man (A First Poetry Book, page 123) Jan Dean (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 309 – Solo Verse (6) (non-competitive)
Performers will receive an adjudication but no comparison will be made between performances.
Test Piece: Lost Voice (Read Me and Laugh, page 341) Peter Dixon (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 310 – Solo Verse (5) (non-competitive)
Performers will receive an adjudication but no comparison will be made between performances.
Test Piece: My Baby Sister (A First Poetry Book, page 19) Marian Swinger (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £12.00
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: £20.00
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: £12.00
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: £12.00
Class 314 – Group Verse (14 & 15)
For unconducted groups. The Gilmour Barr Trophy Certificate may be awarded.
Test Pieces:
- (a) The Dragon Who Ate Our School (Read Me and Laugh, pages 8, 9 & 10) Nick Toczek (Macmillan Children’s Books)
- (b) Own choice (see regulations 19-25).
Entry fee: £30.00
Class 315 – Group Verse (12 & 13)
For unconducted groups. The Gilmour Barr Trophy Certificate may be awarded.
Test Pieces:
- (a) Mister Moore (Read Me and Laugh, pages 29, 30 & 31) David Harmer (Macmillan Children’s Books)
- (b) Own choice (see regulations 19-25).
Entry fee: £30.00
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) Sounds of School (A First Poetry Book, pages 194-195) Michaela Morgan (Macmillan Children’s Books)
- (b) Own choice (see regulations 19-25).
Entry fee: £30.00
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) We Share the Air . . . (A First Poetry Book, pages 284-285) Kevin McCann (Macmillan Children’s Books)
- (b) Own choice (see regulations 19-25).
Entry fee: £30.00
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: Big Red Boots (Off By Heart, page 51) Tony Mitton (Bloomsbury Education)
Entry fee: £30.00
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: £20.00
Class 320 – Scottish Verse (16 – 18)
The Ellis Trophy Certificate may be awarded.
Test Piece: The Muckle Broon Troot anon (electricscotland.com)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 321 – Scottish Verse (14 & 15)
The Ellis Trophy Certificate may be awarded.
Test Piece: Ma First Bawbee Archibald McKay (electricscotland.com)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 322 – Scottish Verse (12 & 13)
Test Piece: The Boy in the Train Mrs M C Smith (electricscotland.com)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 323 – Scottish Verse (10 & 11)
Test Piece: The Maister and the Bairns William Thomson (electricscotland.com)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 324 – Scottish Verse (8 & 9)
Test Piece: Hipperty Skipperty anon (electricscotland.com)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 325 – Scottish Verse (7 and under)
Test Piece: Mavis J K Annand (electricscotland.com)
Entry fee: £12.00
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: £20.00
Class 327 – Burns Verse (16 – 18)
Test Piece: Own choice (see regulations 19-25) – not to exceed 4 minutes.
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 328 – Burns Verse (14 & 15)
Test Piece: Own choice (see regulations 19-25) – not to exceed 4 minutes.
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 329 – Burns Verse (12 & 13)
Test Piece: Own choice (see regulations 19-25) – not to exceed 3 minutes.
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 330 – Burns Verse (10 & 11)
Test Piece: Own choice (see regulations 19-25) – not to exceed 3 minutes.
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 331 – Burns Verse (8 & 9)
Test Piece: Own choice (see regulations 19-25) – not to exceed 2 minutes.
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 332 – Burns Verse (7 and under)
Test Piece: Own choice (see regulations 19-25) – not to exceed 2 minutes.
Entry fee: £12.00
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: £20.00
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: £12.00
Class 335 – Write Your Own Poem (12 – 15)
Test Piece: As for class 334.
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 336 – Write Your Own Poem (9 – 11)
Test Piece: As for class 334.
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 337 – Write Your Own Poem (8 and under)
Test Piece: As for class 334.
Entry fee: £12.00