Solo and Group Verse – Classes 301 to 337
Class 301 – Solo Verse (16 – 18)
The Ellis Trophy Certificate may be awarded.
Test Piece: The Flight of the Bumblebee (Read Me and Laugh, pages 279-280) Mick Gowar (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £14.00
Class 302 – Solo Verse (14 & 15)
The Ellis Trophy Certificate may be awarded.
Test Piece: Flight Radar (She is Fierce, page 24) Imtiaz Dharker (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £14.00
Class 303 – Solo Verse (12 & 13)
Test Pieces: Larks with Sharks (Read Me and Laugh, pages 268-269) David Orme (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £14.00
Class 304 – Solo Verse (11)
Test Piece: The Sound Collector (Poems to Perform, pages 16-17) Roger McGough (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £14.00
Class 305 – Solo Verse (10)
Test Pieces: The Pupil Control Gadget (Read Me and Laugh, page 317) Marian Swinger (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £14.00
Class 306 – Solo Verse (9)
Test Pieces: Shiver Me Timbers! Yo-Ho-Ho! (A First Poetry Book, page 151) John Foster (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £14.00
Class 307 – Solo Verse (8)
Test Piece: The Painting Lesson (Read Me and Laugh, pages 363-364) Trevor Harvey (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £14.00
Class 308 – Solo Verse (7)
Test Piece: I like the way you hop, Rabbit (A First Poetry Book, page 141) Jan Dean (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £14.00
Class 309 – Solo Verse (6) (non-competitive)
Performers will receive an adjudication but no comparison will be made between performances.
Test Piece: Moody (A First Poetry Book, page 39) Ann Bonner (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £14.00
Class 310 – Solo Verse (5) (non-competitive)
Performers will receive an adjudication but no comparison will be made between performances.
Test Piece: Happy (A First Poetry Book, page 40) Michaela Morgan (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Entry fee: £14.00
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: £23.00
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: £14.00
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: £14.00
Class 314 – Group Verse (14 & 15)
For unconducted groups. The Gilmour Barr Trophy Certificate may be awarded.
Test Pieces:
- (a) The Visitor (Poems to Perform, pages 108-109) Ian Serraillier (Macmillan Children’s Books)
- (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:
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) Cows (Poems to Perform, pages 96-97) James Reeves (Macmillan Children’s Books)
- (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) Baby Brother (A First Poetry Book, pages 22-23) Celia Gentles (Macmillan Children’s Books)
- (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: At the Seaside (A First Poetry Book, page 246) Coral Rumble (Macmillan Children’s Books)
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: £23.00
Class 320 – Scottish Verse (16 – 18)
The Ellis Trophy Certificate may be awarded.
Test Piece: Wee Joukydaidles J Smith (electricscotland.com)
Entry fee: £14.00
Class 321 – Scottish Verse (14 & 15)
The Ellis Trophy Certificate may be awarded.
Test Piece: The Tinkler’s Cuddie W D Cocker (electricscotland.com)
Entry fee: £14.00
Class 322 – Scottish Verse (12 & 13)
Test Piece: The Auld Troot Sandy Thomas Ross (electricscotland.com)
Entry fee: £14.00
Class 323 – Scottish Verse (10 & 11)
Test Piece: The Puddock J M Caie (electricscotland.com)
Entry fee: £14.00
Class 324 – Scottish Verse (8 & 9)
Test Piece: The Kings from the East Alexander Gray (electricscotland.com)
Entry fee: £14.00
Class 325 – Scottish Verse (7 and under)
Test Piece: Drum Major J K Annand (electricscotland.com)
Entry fee: £14.00
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: £23.00
Class 327 – Burns Verse (16 – 18)
Test Piece: Own choice (see regulations 19-25) – not to exceed 4 minutes.
Entry fee: £14.00
Class 328 – Burns Verse (14 & 15)
Test Piece: Own choice (see regulations 19-25) – not to exceed 4 minutes.
Entry fee: £14.00
Class 329 – Burns Verse (12 & 13)
Test Piece: Own choice (see regulations 19-25) – not to exceed 3 minutes.
Entry fee: £14.00
Class 330 – Burns Verse (10 & 11)
Test Piece: Own choice (see regulations 19-25) – not to exceed 3 minutes.
Entry fee: £14.00
Class 331 – Burns Verse (8 & 9)
Test Piece: Own choice (see regulations 19-25) – not to exceed 2 minutes.
Entry fee: £14.00
Class 332 – Burns Verse (7 and under)
Test Piece: Own choice (see regulations 19-25) – not to exceed 2 minutes.
Entry fee: £14.00
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: £23.00
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: £14.00
Class 335 – Write Your Own Poem (12 – 15)
Test Piece: As for class 334.
Entry fee: £14.00
Class 336 – Write Your Own Poem (9 – 11)
Test Piece: As for class 334.
Entry fee: £14.00
Class 337 – Write Your Own Poem (8 and under)
Test Piece: As for class 334.
Entry fee: £14.00