ORATION

* The topic must be original and relevant to the theme

* The piece must be in English
* Delivery must not be less than three (3) minutes nor more than five (5) minutes.

Criteria for Judging:

Expression
Gestures
Delivery 35%
Voice Projection
Mastery
Relevance to the theme
Content 30%
Worth and logical presentation of ideas
Pronunciation
Enunciation
Facility of English Language
Diction 25%
Stress and Accent
Audience appeal
Over-all impact 10%
Stage presence
Total 100%

DECLAMATION
 The piece must be in English. Contest piece must be of any topic suited for declamation: it can either be in poetry
or in prose.
 Delivery must not be less than five (5) minutes nor more than seven (7) minutes.
 The contestant must be in appropriate attire based on his/her character in the piece.

Criteria for Judging:

Expression
Interpretation 40%
Characterization
Pronunciation
Stress and Accent
Delivery Enunciation 30%
Fluency
Mastery
Personality
Stage Presence 20%
Poise
Audience appeal
Sustainability of the Piece 10%
Stage presence
Total 100%
EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING

 The topics will be based on current events.

 The contestant is given (3) minutes to prepare for his/her answer. Delivery must not exceed in three (3) minutes.

Criteria for Judging:

Worth of ideas
Content Comprehensive treatment and updatedness of 35%
the issues
Pronunciation
Facility of the English Enunciation
25%
Language Stress and Accent
Fluency
Style
Delivery Expressions and gestures 20%
Voice projection
Organization Logical presentation of ideas 10%
Stage presence
Over-all impact 10%
Audience appeal
Total 100%

VOCAL SOLO

 Only the use of accompaniment such as minus one and audio CD-recorded instruments is allowed.
 The song must be in English
 Contestants may be male or female
 The use of accompaniment such as minus one and audio CD-recorded instruments is allowed.

Criteria for Judging:

Quality
Voice 30%
Tone
Clarity
Pronunciation 30%
Enunciation
Pace
Timing 10%
Synchronized with music
Confidence
Stage Presence Audience appeal 20%
Suitable attire
Mastery of Lyrics No errors or lapses in memory 10%
Total 100%
VOCAL DUET

 Only the use of accompaniment such as minus one and audio CD-recorded instruments is allowed.
 The song must be in English
 Contestants may be both male or female or a combination of a male and female
 The use of accompaniment such as minus one and audio CD-recorded instruments is allowed.

Criteria for Judging:

Quality
Voice 30%
Tone
Clarity
Pronunciation 30%
Enunciation
Pace
Timing 10%
Synchronized with music
Confidence
Stage Presence Audience appeal 20%
Suitable attire
Mastery of Lyrics No errors or lapses in memory 10%
Total 100%

VERSE CHOIR COMPETITION

Title of the contest piece: The Bells

 There shall be one (1) contest piece. The contest piece shall be given two (2) weeks before the contest.
 The number of contestants shall not be less than ten (10) members. Maximum is twenty (20) participants.
 Costumes and props are allowed.

Criteria for judging:

Manner in which the piece is internalized &
Interpretation presented 30%

Quality of voice
Fluency
Delivery Pronunciation 30%
Blending
Harmony
Stage poise
Stage Presence Eye contact 20%
Audience Impact
Costume & Sound Effects Attire is related to concept, sound production 10%
Mastery of Piece No errors in delivery 10%
Total 100%
Each choir is allowed to have on stage a minimum of 16 singers and maximum of 30.
All songs must be performed in A CAPELLA. 

Though choreography and costumes enhance a performance, it will not be graded separately and will not earn a group
additional points.

Order of performance will be determined by drawing of lots on the day of the competition.

Performance time, Order of Performance of Chosen Repertoire and Penalties:

             3.a. Each choir is allotted 10 minutes to perform the two chosen pieces.
             3.b. Timer starts when the first note is sung.
             3.c. Choirs may perform their chosen repertoire in any order.
             3.d. Choirs who will exceed the allotted performance time will be penalized.
                    3.d.1. Exceeding 30 seconds or more but less than a minute = 1 point deduction from total  cumulative score.
                    3.d.2. Exceeding  1 minute to 2 minutes = 2 points deduction from total cumulative score.
                    3.d.3. Exceeding 2 minutes or more = 3 points deduction from the total cumulative score.

Criteria for judging:

TECHNIQUE (Intonation, Diction, Choral Blend and Balance) 40%

ARTISTRY AND MUSICALITY (Interpretation, Expression and Style) 30%

DIFFICULTY OF PIECE  20%

OVERALL PERFORMANCE and DEPORTMENT  5%
CHOREOGRAPHY and COSTUMES 5%
Total 100%
COMICAL SKIT

 The competition is in English.

 All participants must be current students of the school.
 A brief synopsis of the presentation must be included with the entry.
 Duration of Presentation is maximum of 10 minutes.
 Participants are required to provide their own costumes, props, sound effects, music accompaniment and make-up.
 Style of presentation to be any one or a combination of:
(a) drama
(b) musical
(c) dance and movement
 Entries must be original work by participants.

Criteria for Judging:

Overall composition of the skit in relation to
Content/Use of the Theme 30%
the given theme.
Creativity/Originality Level of novelty 20%
Audience appeal, overall quality of
Entertainment Value 20%
performance and theme development
Quality of sound, diction and creative use of
Theatrical Quality 15%
props
Evidence of Teamwork Involvement of team members 15%
Total 100%

TheBells What a world of merriment their melody foretells!

Edgar Allan Poe, 1809 - 1849 How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
I. In the icy air of night!
Hear the sledges with the bells-- While the stars that oversprinkle
Silver bells! All the heavens, seem to twinkle
 With a crystalline delight; On the bosom of the palpitating air!
Keeping time, time, time, Yet the ear, it fully knows,
In a sort of Runic rhyme, By the twanging,
To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells And the clanging,
From the bells, bells, bells, bells, How the danger ebbs and flows ;
Bells, bells, bells-- Yet, the ear distinctly tells,
From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells. In the jangling,
II. And the wrangling,
Hear the mellow wedding bells How the danger sinks and swells,
Golden bells! By the sinking or the swelling in the anger of the
What a world of happiness their harmony foretells! bells--
Through the balmy air of night Of the bells--
How they ring out their delight! Of the bells, bells, bells, bells,
From the molten-golden notes, Bells, bells, bells--
And all in tune, In the clamour and the clangour of the bells!
What a liquid ditty floats IV.
To the turtle-dove that listens, while she gloats Hear the tolling of the bells--
On the moon! Iron bells!
Oh, from out the sounding cells, What a world of solemn thought their monody
What a gush of euphony voluminously wells! compels!
How it swells! In the silence of the night,
How it dwells How we shiver with affright
On the Future! how it tells At the melancholy meaning of their tone!
Of the rapture that impels For every sound that floats
To the swinging and the ringing From the rust within their throats
Of the bells, bells, bells, Is a groan.
Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, And the people--ah, the people--
Bells, bells, bells-- They that dwell up in the steeple,
To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells! All alone,
III. And who, tolling, tolling, tolling,
Hear the loud alarum bells-- In that muffled monotone,
Brazen bells! Feel a glory in so rolling
What tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells! On the human heart a stone--
In the startled ear of night They are neither man nor woman--
How they scream out their affright! They are neither brute nor human--
Too much horrified to speak, They are Ghouls:--
They can only shriek, shriek, And their king it is who tolls ;
Out of tune, And he rolls, rolls, rolls, rolls,
In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire, Rolls
In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic A pæan from the bells!
fire, And his merry bosom swells
Leaping higher, higher, higher, With the pæan of the bells!
With a desperate desire, And he dances, and he yells ;
And a resolute endeavor Keeping time, time, time,
Now--now to sit or never, In a sort of Runic rhyme,
By the side of the pale-faced moon. To the pæan of the bells--
Oh, the bells, bells, bells! Of the bells :
What a tale their terror tells Keeping time, time, time,
Of Despair! In a sort of Runic rhyme,
How they clang, and clash, and roar! To the throbbing of the bells--
What a horror they outpour Of the bells, bells, bells--
To the sobbing of the bells ; Of the bells, bells, bells--
Keeping time, time, time, To the tolling of the bells,
As he knells, knells, knells, Of the bells, bells, bells, bells--
In a happy Runic rhyme, Bells, bells, bells--
To the rolling of the bells-- To the moaning and the groaning of the bells.