Solo and Group Verse – Classes 301 to 337
Class 301 – Solo Verse (16 – 18)
The Ellis Trophy Certificate may be awarded.
Test Piece:
- EITHER It was long ago (Read Me, pages 18-19) Eleanor Farjeon (Macmillan Children’s Books)
- OR Rum Tum Tugger (Poems to Perform, pages 92-94) T S Elliot (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 302 – Solo Verse (14 & 15)
The Ellis Trophy Certificate may be awarded.
Test Piece:
- EITHER Home thoughts from abroad (Read Me, page 288) Robert Browning (Macmillan Children’s Books)
- OR The Duel (Read Me, pages 385-386) Eugene Field (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 303 – Solo Verse (12 & 13)
Test Pieces:
- EITHER The Song of Wandering Aengus (101 Poems for Children: A Laureate’s Choice, pages 114-115) W B Yeats (Macmillan Children’s Books)
- OR Strest (Bright Bursts of Colour, pages 58-59) Matt Goodfellow (Bloomsbury Education)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 304 – Solo Verse (11)
Test Piece:
- EITHER Let’s Hear It for Teachers (I Don’t Like Poetry, pages 50-51) Joshua Seigal (Bloomsbury Education)
- OR The Clouded House (Bright Bursts of Colour, pages 64-67) Matt Goodfellow (Bloomsbury Education)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 305 – Solo Verse (10)
Test Pieces:
- EITHER The Wet Goldfish (Juggling with Gerbils, page 20) Brian Patten (Puffin Books)
- OR Overheard on a Saltmarsh (101 Poems for Children: A Laureate’s Choice, pages 149-150) Harold Monro (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 306 – Solo Verse (9)
Test Pieces:
- EITHER Tell it to the Dog (I Don’t Like Poetry, pages16-17) Joshua Seigal (Bloomsbury Education)
- OR The Tree and the Pool (Poems to Perform, page 26) Brian Patten (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 307 – Solo Verse (8)
Test Piece:
- EITHER December Moon (Behind the Staff Room Door, page 49) Brian Moses (Macmillan Children’s Books)
- or Doggy (Bright Bursts of Colour, page 23) Matt Goodfellow (Bloomsbury Education)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 308 – Solo Verse (7)
Test Piece:
- EITHER Difficult (Bright Bursts of Colour, page 57) Matt Goodfellow (Bloomsbury Education)
- OR Out in the Desert (101 Poems for Children: A Laureate’s Choice, page 145) Charles Causley (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:
- EITHER I don’t want to go into school (Poems to Perform, page 59) Clare Bevan (Macmillan Children’s Books)
- OR Mice (Read Me, page 392) Rose Fyleman (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:
- EITHER A Dragonfly (The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems, page 4) Eleanor Farjeon (Puffin Books)
- OR Roger was a Razor Fish (The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems, page 2) Debra Bertulis (Puffin 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) A Star Here and A Star There (101 Poems for Children: A Laureate’s Choice, pages 176-177) Alice Oswald (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) The Dinosaur Rap (Poems to Perform, pages 74-75) Anon (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) Littlemouse (Read Me, pages 463-464) Richard Edwards (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) Voices of Water (Poems to Perform, pages 14-15) Tony Mitten (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: Zim Zam Zoom! (Off By Heart, pages 66-67) James Carter (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: Braid Claith Robert Fergusson (electricscotland.com)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 321 – Scottish Verse (14 & 15)
The Ellis Trophy Certificate may be awarded.
Test Piece: The Glasgow Lament? Anon (electricscotland.com)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 322 – Scottish Verse (12 & 13)
Test Piece: Dandie W D Cocker (electricscotland.com)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 323 – Scottish Verse (10 & 11)
Test Piece: A Dug, A Dug Bill Keys (electricscotland.com)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 324 – Scottish Verse (8 & 9)
Test Piece: Piper J K Annand (electricscotland.com)
Entry fee: £12.00
Class 325 – Scottish Verse (7 and under)
Test Piece: Postie 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