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Incorporating Clare Festival Founded 1922
Registered Charity No. 284215
Sudbury
Festival of Music Speech and Dance is a competitive festival open to
people of all ages from under five to over eighty. It gives an
opportunity for people to perform, as a soloist or as part of a
group, in front of a sympathetic audience and to receive an expert
and friendly assessment from a professional adjudicator.
The
Festival offers about 400 competitive classes in the main branches of
performing arts: music, dance, speech and drama. Children and adults
with a wide range of abilities from all over East Anglia take part,
and benefit enormously from the experience - learning the discipline
of preparing their piece, taking the stage and watching and listening
to their peers.
New Entrants Welcome!
Syllabus available in September
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Music
Group Classes (for both schools and independent groups)
For all ages: Orchestras, Choirs, Barbershop, Ensembles
Solos,
Duets, Trios, Quartets
For
all ages: Instrumental -
Piano (including a Recital Class), Woodwind, Strings,
Electronic
Keyboard, Brass, Recorders, Harp, Guitar, Composition
Vocal
- For
all ages: Songs
from the Shows and Films, Folk Song, Ballads etc
For 18yrs and
over: Operatic Arias, Recital Class
There are non-competitive (but still adjudicated) classes in most of the above.
Speech and
Drama
Group Classes (for both schools and independent groups)
For all ages: Choral Verse Speaking, Acted Scene, Group Improvisation
Solos and Duos
For
all ages: Verse Speaking, Prose Reading, Bible Reading,
Original Story Telling, Solo Shakespeare, Solo Acting, Duologue
Poems
Dance
Group Classes
For all ages: Ballet, Character, National, Song and Dance, Modern, Tap
For
educational schools there
are classes in Creative Dance, Song and Dance
and Country Dancing
(solos, duets, trios, quartets and groups)
Solos, Duos, Trios and Quartets
For all ages:
Ballet, Character, National, Song and Dance, Modern, Tap.
Choreography Classes and Improvisation Classes
Please see the dance page for more information
You will need a syllabus. This has full details of classes, rules, fees and entry forms.
Click to
download a syllabus (Word
format. About 90 seconds at 56k. Select "save as").
You
will also need an entry form.
Click on the following link(s) to
download (all about 30 seconds at 56k. Select "save as").
Dance
Entry Form Music Entry Form
Speech Entry Form
Alternatively, the 2009 Festival Syllabus will be available in September 2008 from:
Sudbury
Local libraries
Tourist Office (Town Hall)
Compact Music/Classic Sounds (North Street)
Bury St Edmunds
Main library
Balaam's Music (Risbygate Street)
Dance Crazy (77d St John's Street)
Colchester
Main library
Body and Sole (St John's Street)
If these are not possible, email your name and postal address, and we can send one to you.
The
Festival takes place in Sudbury at
Delphi
Sports and Social Club
Sudbury
Town Hall Sudbury
Upper School
Uplands
Middle School
(click on links for maps courtesy of multimap.com)
Tickets and Programmes are available on the door
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Closing date for entries with discount |
October 2008 |
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Final closing date |
November 2008 |
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AGM (please email for more details) |
17 June 2008
7:00pm |
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Please return cups by |
14 January 2009 |
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Festival 2009 |
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14- 19 February |
3-8 March |
13-16 March |
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Festival Concert 29 March |
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To find out what
you can watch, when and where, please click the relevant link.
Bernard Johnson Award is given by the committee, on the recommendation of the adjudicators, to an outstanding performer, aged 16 - 25 in music, speech or dance. The Award is to be used by the winner towards further studies in the discipline in which he/she entered the Festival. Competitors must have entered the Festival for more than one year to be considered for this award.
Suffolk Free Press Anniversary Cup is given by the committee, on the recommendation of the adjudicators, to the most promising performer, aged 15 or under, in music, speech or dance. Competitors must have entered the Festival for more than one year to be considered for this award.
After
the conclusion of the Festival, a concert is held comprising a
selection of performances from each section.
At
this the Bernard Johnson Award and the Suffolk Free Press Anniversary
Cup are presented.
The 2009 Concert will be on Sunday 29th March at Sudbury Upper School. Entrance is by programme, available only at the door.
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