70th POWELL RIVER FESTIVAL
OF THE PERFORMING ARTS 2014
SPEECH ARTS
Susan Bertoia – Speech Arts
Susan Bertoia is a Vancouver-based professional theatre actor, teacher and
practitioner. She also serves as a Speech Arts adjudicator at festivals and as an
artist in residence at many schools in the province. She holds a Bachelor of
Fine Arts Degree in Theatre from University of British Columbia and has
advanced studies in commedia dell’arte and movement-based theatre from
institutions in Canada and Italy.
Her unique and fun approach to teaching theatre classics of commedia
dell’arte and mask, make her a sought-out teacher both in secondary schools and universities.
As a performer she has worked with Vancouver’s Arts Club Theatre, Kamloops’ Western Canada
Theatre, The Richmond Gateway Theatre and many other well-established theatre companies.
Ms. Bertoia also devises and writes her own solo shows, youth theatre shows and entertaining
productions for her company BellaLuna.
Her recent accolades include: The Vancouver Jessie Richardson Award for Outstanding Performance
in a Lead Role and The Gordon Armstrong Theatre Artist Award.
Susan is Artistic Director of Vancouver’s only Italian-Canadian theatre company BellaLuna
Productions and is mom to three fantastic kids!
Monday, March 3rd – 1:00pm
Evergreen Theatre
INDIVIDUAL SPOKEN POETRY
Class 608 – Grade 1
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Marek Harris
Teresa Allen
Sebastien Bleaney
Ian Bomprezzi
Rylon Chard-Collicutt
Mia Curtis
Earl Fisk
Nicole Hawkins
Ethan Hamilton
Piper Leahy-McHugh
Tera McCormick
Madelina van Arkel
Stacey Rebue
Brenden Street
Rebekah Hall
Anna Walton
Erik Wessel
Brooklyn Scott
Hope Alescio
Corbyn Mazzelli
Victoria Hart
Logan McNeil
Charla Funes-Venables
James Reed
Osker Paquette
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Someone
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Walter de la Mare
Monday, March 3rd – 7:00pm
Evergreen Theatre
INDIVIDUAL SPOKEN POETRY
Class 613 – Grade 6
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7
8
9
10
Dakota Budgell
Madeline Burt
Elle Aguis
Mitchell Clements
Alenor Boyd
Paige Hodgins
Rebecca Sheard
Olivia Hopkins
Cam Bennett
Chloe Welde
Class 614 – Grade 7 and 8
1
Lucy Dalpiaz
2
Olivia Brunel
Millennium Trophy
Homework! Oh, Homework
Homework
TBA
The Pit
Sir Smasham Uppe
Excuses, Excuses
Valentine
TBA
I'm Glad the Sky is Painted Blue
Hey World, Here I Am
Jack Prelutsky
Russell Hoban
Roald Dahl
E.V. Rieu
Joyce Armor
Silverstein
Anon.
Jean Little
Alexander Martinuk Memorial Trophy
Totally Like Whatever, you
Know?
TBA
Taylor Mali
Tuesday, March 4th – 9:30am
Evergreen Theatre
SCHOOL CLASSES POETRY – One selection.
Class 601A – Grade K-3
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Assumption Kindergarten
2
Kelly Creek Kindergarten/Grade 1
3
Westview Elementary K - 3
4
Assumption Grade 1
5
James Thomson Grade 1 & 2
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7
8
9
Kelly Creek Grade 1 & 2
Assumption Grade 2
Assumption Grade 3
James Thomson Div. 4
Adjudication only
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A Pets Duet
Someone
I Ripped My Pants at School
Today
TBA
Valentine for Earth
The Crocodile's Toothache
Yuck
Eloise Wilkin
Walter de la Mare
Robert Pottle
Francis Frost
Shel Silverstein
Shel Silverstein
Tuesday, March 4th – 11:00am
Evergreen Theatre
SCHOOL CLASSES POETRY
Class 602A – Grade 4-7
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2
3
Kelly Creek Grade 3/4
The Kelly Creekers
Henderson Div. 2
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Daffodils
Last One Into Bed
William Wordsworth
Michael Rosen
Class 603A – Grade 8-9
1
Ecole Cote Du Soleil Grade 7,8 &9
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CHORAL SPEAKING – Two contrasting poems, own choice
Class 605 – Intermediate Grade 4-7
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2
Edgehill
Henderson Division 2
The Tall Tale Heart, TBA
Cows, School Daze Rap
3
Assumption Grade 6
The Creature in the Classroom,
Pirate Wind
Edgar Allan Poe
James Reeves,
Carol Diggory Shields
Jack Prelutsky, Carr
Tuesday, March 4th – 1:00pm
Evergreen Theatre
MONOLOGUE
Class 640 – Grade 4-5
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8
Chelsea Thomas-Riddle
Brooklyn Vanderkemp
Mia Woodward
Moriah Barkman
Amber Schur
Hillary English
Eli Forsyth
Alexa Trevisanutto
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11
12
13
Finn Thoms
Brayden Brown
Melusine Yerna
Reeve Morwood
Lauren Huguet
Red Takes the Offensive
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Cinderella Takes the Throne
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Maggie - A Deam
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Eddie
Snow White's Distress
Prince Patrick - Slaying the
Dragon
Jack Complains
Lindsey - I'm a Star
Tanner - No Meat for Me
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Chamber Stevens
Raff Mauro
Larry Hillhouse
Chamber Stephens
Stephanie Fairbanks
Chamber Stephens
Chamber Stephens
MONOLOGUE
Class 641 – Grade 6 -7
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2
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4
5
6
Elle Aguis
Jenna Kowal
Andrew Crookshank
Alenor Boyd
Aoife Owton
Katie Trevisanutto
Class 642 – Grade 8-12
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2
3
Jamie Owton
Teresa Coe
Lucy Dalpiaz
The New Kid
Stepsister Speaks Out
Morris - As Good As It Gets
D'randa Marie
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Peg Kehret
Peg Kehret
Chamber Stephens
Raf Mauro
Monologue Trophy Grade 8-12
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The Stepsister Speaks Out
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Peg Kehert
Tuesday, March 4th – 7:00pm
Evergreen Theatre
DUET SPOKEN POETRY
Class 632 – Grade 6 - 7
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5
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7
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9
10
Ben Strom & Tyler Thomas-Riddle
Raylyn Weber & Kimberly Maxwell
Chyler Strom & Victoria LeCouteur
Emma Gustafson & Ellayna Brown
Sydni Piccinin & Dakota Budgell
Jenna Kowal & Amy Ruegg
Jaxyn Oele & Cameron Devereaux
Camryn Cline & Ally Boyd
Kristina Rubletz & Rylyn Christensen
Fiona Chae & Rooda Lee
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12
13
14
15
16
Damian Altenhofen & Hunter Hatch
Phoenix Strom & Kate Fraser
Ethan Redekopp & Darby Kealey
Francesca Anderson & Ashley Groshak
Delaney Merrick & Ailisan Wrotny
Misty MacDonald
& Cayce Hollingsworth
The Teacher's Show
TBA
My Dad, Your Dad
Clear As Mud
Friends
Mirror, Mirror
Sunflakes
Henry VIII
Traffic Light
The Meehoo With an Exactly
Watt
Homework, Homework
The Generals
Unscratchable Itch
A Prayer in Spring
One Two
Honeybees
Bruce Lansky
Kit Wright
Bruce Lansky
Timothy V. Rasinsk
Shel Silverstein
Frank Asch
Eleanor & Herbert Farjeon
Shel Silverstein
Shel Silverstein
Jack Prelutsky
Shel Silverstein
Shel Silverstein
Robert Frost
Shel Silverstein
P. Fleishman
MONOLOGUE – SHAKESPEARE
Class 645 – 13 years and under. Time limit four minutes.
1
Mitchell Clements
2
Alenor Boyd
Polonius Advice to Laertes
(Hamlet Act 1, Scene 3)
Midsummer's Night Dream –
Fairy verse Act II: 4
Shakespeare
Shakespeare
Class 646 – 16 years and under. Time limit five minutes.
1
2
Sydney Spenst
Jamie Owton
Twelth Night Act II Scene 2
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Shakespeare
Wednesday, March 5th – 9:00am
Evergreen Theatre
INDIVIDUAL SPOKEN POETRY
Class 609 – Grade 2
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29
Abby Chesney
Landen Brockington
Angel Cunningham-McRae
Jesse Collett-Ahola
Ella Percy
Ty Hatch
Ryan Falconer
Justin Dendewicz
Kyle Piazza
Nicholas Hearty
Dylan Christensen
Carson Jantz
Braedon Fraser
Ryan Langlands
Jacob Brown
Charlotte Leahy-McHugh
Chenoa McIntyre
Rachel Alescio
Isabelle Fidock
Neve Winmill
Haaken McLean
Nova Andrews
Graden Fraser
Hannah Harry
Theresa McNaughton
Payton Anderson-Kelly
Myles Peterson
Bennett Welde
Emily Trowsdale
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The Naughty Word
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The Tea Party
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Summer
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Class 610 – Grade 3 (cont’d at 1:00pm)
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Miranda Huetzelmann
Sydney Hepting
Lily Frost
Landon Frausel
Danica Falconer
Ethan Hall
Kolbee Lipka
Sophia Reed
Ella Kealey
Bill Dodds
Eloise Wilkin
Frank Asch
Elizabeth O’Flynn Memorial Trophy
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Wednesday, March 5th – 1:00pm
Evergreen Theatre
INDIVIDUAL SPOKEN POETRY
Class 610 – Grade 3 (cont’d)
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Anna Owton
Benjamin Patterson
Hunter Street
Griffin Leach
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Jack Rekve
Josh McCormick
Macklan Boyd
Zayda Neeme
Donavin Lloyd
Liedewij van Arkel
Dreydan Harris
Raiden Hansen
Jacob Gustafson
Jassie-Leigh Chadney
Liam Buholzer
Jordan Walton
Nikki Specht
Raine Thistlethwaite
Emma Dupuis
Michael Hughes
30
Alex Bomprezzi
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Class 611 – Grade 4
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3
Chloe Trowsdale
Alanna Logan
Reanna Gendron
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5
6
Lexie Ladret
Makayla Nelles
Sydney Gagnon
Elizabeth O’Flynn Memorial Trophy
Today
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My Mother Says I’m Sickening
Be Glad Your Nose is on Your
Face
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You Need to Have an Iron Rear
Psalm 119:1-16
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Baby Brother
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A Puzzled Python
Pinocchio
The World’s Fastest Turtle
Weird!
I Wonder Why Dad Is So
Thoroughly Mad
The Prophecy of Gray
Jean Little
Bruce Lansky Raine
Jack Prelutsky
Jack Prelutsky
Babs Bell Hajdusiewicz
Jack Prelutsky
Shel Silverstein
Jack Prelutsky
Judith Viorst
Jack Prelutsky
Susan Collins
John V. Buller Trophy (class 611 and 612)
Sidewalking
My Little Sister
To Our Missing Classmate Get Well
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My Sster Shrieked, Astonished
Lazy Jane
Shel Silverstein
William Wise
Bruce Lansky
Jack Prelutsky
Shel Silverstein
Class 612 – Grade 5
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5
6
7
8
Julia Austin
Bronwyn Christmann
Ying Zhong
Riley Andrews
Skye Renolds
Helena Holthuysen
Kaiyana Huot
Anneke van Arkel
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One Two
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Messy Room
The Little Turtle
Jabberwocky
The Captain's Daughter
Shel Silverstein
Shel Silverstein
Vachel Lindsay
Lewis Carroll
T.J. Fields
Wednesday, March 5th – 1:00pm (Continued)
Evergreen Theatre
DUET SPOKEN POETRY
Class 631 – Grade 4-5
1
Alanna Logan & Sydney Gagnon
TBA
Wednesday, March 5th – 7:00pm
Evergreen Theatre
IMPROMPTU TALK
Class 675 – Grade 4-7
1
Alenor Boyd
IMPROMPTU TALK
Class 678 – Adult
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2
3
4
Sunshine Speakers Toastmasters Club Trophy
James Petrig
Barb Rees
Isabelle Southcott
Janet May
NARRATIVE POETRY
Class 620 – Grade 12 and Adult
1
Janet May
Mending Wall
Robert Frost
Canticle
Quarles
LYRIC
Class 622 – Grade 12 and Adult
1
Susan van Arkel
BIBLE READING
Class 684 – Adult – Maximum time 4 min.
1
2
Susan van Arkel
Linda Wegner
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ORATORY
Class 672 – Grade 10-12 – Maximum time 5 minutes
1
William van Arkel
Class 673 – Adult – Maximum time 6 minutes
1
2
Neil McKenzie
Isabelle Southcott
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Frank McCloskey Trophy
A Deadly Wonderful Game
The Land that Christy Forgot
Thursday, March 6th – 9:30am
Evergreen Theatre
READERS’ THEATRE
Class 660A – Grade 1-3
1
Westview School Div 8
Class 661 – Grade 4 & 5
1
2
3
Henderson Division 2
Assumption Grade 5
Academy Drama Kids
Adjudication only
The Cremation of Sam MacGee
Robert W. Service
Jeanette MacArthur Scott Trophy (661and662)
Holes - Learning the Letters
Fox and the Stork
TBA
Louis Sachar
Elizabeth A. McCann
Class 662 – Grade 6 & 7
1
2
3
Edgehill Grade 7 Ladies
Assumption Actors
Academy Drama Kids
4
5
Assumption Grade 7 Girls
Henderson Division 2
Ladies First
Cinderella
TBA
…..Snow White Never Told You
About
Holes - Zero's Last Hole
Shel Silverstein
Anthony Fredericks
Anthony Fredericks
Louis Sachar
Thursday, March 6th – 1:00pm
Evergreen Theatre
DUET SPOKEN POETRY
Class 630 – Grade 1-3
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2
3
4
5
Colston Perry & Colter Gurney
Hope Franklin & Anna Owton
Brooklyn Miller
& Katelyn McKamey
Dylan Anderson-Kelly
& Kayla Baker
Macklan Boyd
& Aaron Schweitzer
Class 631 - Grade 4-5
1
Kaitlyn Poulton & Ashlynn Smith
1
Bronwyn Christmann & Aliyah
Rachkowski
2
Ilia McKamey & Hayley Miller
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
12
Chyanna Nivens & Kaylie Keays
Grace Wrotny & Paige Wilson
Matteo Porechetta & Ethan Sinotte
Kennedy Newport & Emily Hudson
Sarah Schweitzer & Sarah Maguire
Chelsea Thomas-Riddle & Olivia
Warman
Jett Schreiber & Leo Head
Maru Lee & Alison Ruegg
Estelle Milsom & Alana Kondra
The Pouting Chair
Early to Bed
The Tea Party
Eloise Wilkin
John Foster
Eloise Wilkin
If I were Ruler of the World
Bill Dodds
TBA
Honeybees
Paul Fleishman
TBA
TBA
The Turkey Shot Out Of The
Oven
Nature Is
A Nauseous Nocturne
The Two Mice
Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker
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Mother Doesn't Want a Dog
Daydream
TBA
Us
Judith Viorst
Joyce Armor
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Shel Silverstein
Jack Prelutsky
Jack Prelutsky
Bill Watterson
Mary Ann Hoberman
Roald Dahl
Thursdayday, March 6th – 7:00pm
Evergreen Theatre
ORIGINAL POETRY
Class 625 – Grade 1-3
1
Macklan Boyd
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Class 626 – Grade 4-7
1
2
3
Will Rice
Rebecca Sheard
Alenor Boyd
Before I Fell Asleep
Bubble Gum Bubble Gum
My Mother
Will Rice
Rebecca Sheard
Alenor Boyd
BIBLE READING
Class 680 – Primary – Maximum time 3 min.
1
Macklan Boyd
TBA
Class 681 – Grade 4-7 – Maximum time 3 min.
1
2
3
Will Rice
Samatha Baron
Alenor Boyd
Annie Savage Memorial Trophy
Psalm 139 Verses 1-12
Luke 4 Chapter 4 Verse 1 The Temptation of Jesus
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Class 682 – Grade 8 -9 – Maximum time 3min.
1
Emily White
Proverbs 8: 1 - 11
PROSE – One selection only
Class 652 – Grade 6 & 7
1
2
3
Amy Ruegg
Elle Aguis
Mitchell Clements
The Seven Silly Eaters
TBA
A River Runs Through It
Class 653 – Grade 8-12
1
Jamie Owton
TBA
Mary-Ann Hoberman
Norman MacLean