On February 4, 2006, we held the 2006 Delaware County Shakespeare Monologue Competition for homeschoolers. This competition is the first step, with the winner going to the regional competition in downtown Philadelphia, that winner going to the national trials in New York, and the national winner receiving a trip to Great Britain. The contest is sponsored by the ESUUS (English Speaking Union, United States) (official contest web page.)
The contest is for 10-12th graders, but to encourage future talent we began with a non-judged recital hour of Shakespeare monologues for 6-9th graders. Last year's competition was fun. Here is a link with photos of last year's winners.
This year, the winner was Nick Furton who recited Jacques' "All the world's a stage"
Second place was Melanie Styer.
Here is a photo of the 10-12 grade participants:
In addition to the official competition for 10-12 graders, we had 6-9 graders give excellent though unjudged monologues.
Thanks to Joel and Jason Collier, we enjoyed improvisations while the judges were sequestered trying to decide a winner:
Overall, a wonderful success! We hope even more join us next year!
01/08/2007