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Ten students from grades 9-12 will be speaking in iambic pentameter this Saturday, Jan. 21 as Churchville-Chili’s participates in the first level of the National Shakespeare Competition, sponsored by the English Speaking Union of the United States.Competition at Churchville-Chili will begin at 10 a.m. in the middle school auditorium, which can be accessed through door No. 24. Admission is free and open to the public. Doors will open at 9:45 a.m.
Each student will perform a Shakespeare monologue of 20 lines or less without the use of props, costumes or affected speech. Four judges, with varying qualifying backgrounds, will crown the first, second and third place winners. Churchville-Chili’s first place winner will go on to the Rochester competition on Saturday, March 3 at Multi-use Community Cultural Center on Atlantic Ave. at 1 p.m.
At the city level event, students will perform a monologue and a sonnet while competing against students from Rochester and the surrounding areas. The Rochester winner will go on to compete in April in New York City at Lincoln Center against students from across the United States.
The U.S. winner will be awarded an all-expenses-paid trip to study acting in Shakespeare’s homeland, England. Monetary prizes will be given for the second and third place national finishers, $1,000 and $500, respectively.
Ten students from grades 9-12 will be speaking in iambic pentameter this Saturday, Jan. 21 as Churchville-Chili’s participates in the first level of the National Shakespeare Competition, sponsored by the English Speaking Union of the United States.Competition at Churchville-Chili will begin at 10 a.m. in the middle school auditorium, which can be accessed through door No. 24. Admission is free and open to the public. Doors will open at 9:45 a.m.
Each student will perform a Shakespeare monologue of 20 lines or less without the use of props, costumes or affected speech. Four judges, with varying qualifying backgrounds, will crown the first, second and third place winners. Churchville-Chili’s first place winner will go on to the Rochester competition on Saturday, March 3 at Multi-use Community Cultural Center on Atlantic Ave. at 1 p.m.
At the city level event, students will perform a monologue and a sonnet while competing against students from Rochester and the surrounding areas. The Rochester winner will go on to compete in April in New York City at Lincoln Center against students from across the United States.
The U.S. winner will be awarded an all-expenses-paid trip to study acting in Shakespeare’s homeland, England. Monetary prizes will be given for the second and third place national finishers, $1,000 and $500, respectively.
