SOUTHPORT FESTIVAL OF MUSIC, SPEECH AND DRAMA

Congratulations to Lamont Drama School pupils. At the 2009 Southport Festival of Music, Speech and Drama, the school won the Nell Clarke Trophy for gaining the highest winning points in all the classes. Individual pupils won 15 trophies.

Tim Baker (15) won the Southport Dramatic Club Bursary for winning the Solo Act Under 16 class and 10-year-old Rory Rushton won the Lyndhurst Academy Bursary for the most promising competitor in the under 10 and under 12 acting classes, in the opinion of the adjudicator.

Rory was also awarded the Travis Trophy and a bursary of £50 when he was chosen as the overall winner of the speech and drama section at the Grand Final Concert, held at the Southport Arts Centre. He performed his solo acting piece from the Phantom Tollbooth.

The other finalists invited to appear at the concert from the Lamont Drama School were Tim Baker, who performed ‘This is a Play’, 9-year-old Nisha Kumari Webster, who read a prose excerpt from ‘Horrid Henry’ and 7-year-old Jessica Johnson, recited ‘W is for Witch’.

The individual results are as follow:

Verse Speaking
5 years: 1st Oliver Bigley 2nd Charlie Gillbanks
7 years: 1st Lewis Lambert 2nd Joe Houghton 3rd Amelia Rosin
8 years: 1st Lucia Shakeshaft 3rd Kathryn McEvilly
9 years: 3rd Nisha Kumari-Webster
10 years: 1st Rebecca Dorrity 3rd Rory Rushton
11 years: 2nd Lucy Gillbanks 3rd Amy Jackson and Jessica Brannan
12 & 13 years: 1st Christie Clark 2nd Emma Dorrity
16 and over: 2nd Dominique Durant 3rd Ailish George

Prose Reading
Under 10 years: 1st Nisha Kumari-Webster 3rd Kathryn McEvilly/ Lucia Shakeshaft
Under 12 years: 1st Lydia Seed 3rd Lucy Gillbanks/Amy Jackson
Under 14 years: 1st Holly Fletcher
Under 16 years: 3rd Imogen Free and Laura Lehan
16 years and over: 3rd Ailish George/Jennifer Kickhefer

Solo Acting
Under 10 years: 2nd Kathryn McEvilly 3rd Francesca Medlicott
Under 12 years: 1st Rory Rushton 2nd Lydia Seed 3rd William Gilby
Under 14 years: 2nd Christie Clark 3rd Emma Dorrity and Amelia Gilby
Under 16 years: 1st Tim Baker 3rd Chess Dolan
16 and over: 2nd Glyn Rogers

Duologues/Group Scenes
Under 10: 2nd Jessica Johnson and Francesca Medlicott
Under 12: 1st Rory Rushton/Rebecca Dorrity 2nd Rory Rushton/Ben Lewin
Under 14: 1st Ellie Hick/Emma Dorrity 2nd Christie Clark/Amy Jackson 3rd Lydia Seed/Christie Clark
Under 16: 2nd Tim Baker/Charlotte Hughes/Laura Lehan/Lauren Ogden/ Cameron Rushton/Georgia Gaudie
16 and over: 3rd: Dominique Durant/Amy Wilson/Chess Dolan Shakespeare
Under 16: 1st Lydia Seed 3rd Lauren Ogden and Tim Baker
16 and over: 1st Dominique Durant 3rd Arthur McBain

Gaining experience! Seven-year-old Francesca was performing at her second Southport Festival and scooped a handful of top places. Well done Francesca!

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CROSBY & WIRRAL DRAMA FESTIVALS

Pupils from the Lamont Drama School won more than 30 trophies at the recent Crosby Festival and the Wirral Drama Festival.

The school also won the teacher’s trophy for the school gaining the highest marks at both the Wirral Festival and the Crosby Festival.

Principal Diane Lamont said: “The children really enjoyed competing in both festivals. They all did exceptionally well and I’m very proud of them. They are now working hard towards their next LAMDA exams.”

Trophy winners at the Crosby Festival were Lucy Houghton (open verse), Tim Baker, Cameron Rushton, Charlotte Hughes, Laura Lehan, Lauren Ogden and Georgia Gaudie (highest mark in the drama classes), James Beglin (highest mark in the Character Solo acting classes), Emma Dorrity (highest mark in verse classes over 12), Ellie Hick and Emma Dorrity (improvisation), Chess Dolan (highest mark in prose reading classes), Christie Clark (bursary), Diane Lamont (teacher gaining highest aggregate winners points in the drama section).

CROSBY FESTIVAL

The individual results are as follow:

VERSE SPEAKING
6 Years: 2nd Connor Smith  3rd  Ella Burns
7 Years: 3rd Lewis Lambert
8 Years: 1st – Nisha Kumari-Webster  3rd  Charlotte Osborne
9 Years: 1st – Rebecca Dorrity
10 Years: 1st – Lydia Seed  3rd  Lucy Gillbanks
11 Years: 3rd – Amy Jackson
12 Years: 1st – Emma Dorrity 2nd Caitlin Ogden
13 Years: 1st – Faye Kavanagh  2nd  Chandini Kumari-Webster  3rd  Sofia Filipe
14 Years: 1st – Imogen Free
15 Years: Joint 2nd – Laura Lehan and Dominique Durant  Joint 3rd  Chess Dolan and Tim Baker
17/18 Years: 1st  - Amy Wilson  3rd Sergio Filipe
Open: 1st: Lucy Houghton

PROSE READING
Under 12 years: 2nd Lucy Gillbanks  3rd  Lydia Seed
Under 14 years: 1st – Faye Kavanagh Joint 2nd Isabelle Marland/Christie Clark/Chandini Kumari-Webster
Open: 1st Chess Dolan  3rd  Laura Lehan

SOLO ACTING
Under 10: 1st Jessica Johnson  2nd Kathryn McEvilly  3rd  Rebecca Dorrity
Under 13: 1st William Gilby  Joint 2nd  Tom Cosgrove/Ellie Hick/Lucy Gillbanks  3rd  Emma Dorrity
Under 16: 1st  Chess Dolan  Joint 2nd  Dominique Durant/Chandini Kumari-Webster  Joint 3rd  Cameron Rushton/Faye Kavanagh/Lauren Ogden
Open: 1st James Beglin  2nd  Sergio Filipe

DUOLOGUES/GROUP ACTING
Under 10: 1st Nisha Kumari-Webster/Rebecca Dorrity
Under 13: 1st Lydia Seed/Christie Clark  2nd  Rory Rushton/Rebecca Dorrity  3rd  Christie Clark/Amy Jackson
Under 16: 1st  Tim Baker/Charlotte Hughes/Laura Lehan/Georgia Gaudie/Cameron Rushton/Lauren Ogden  2nd  Ellie Hick/Ashleigh Balmer/Sofia Filipe
Open – 1st Dominique Durant/Amy Wilson/Chess Dolan

SHAKESPEARE
Under 16: 2nd   Dominique Durant 3rd Tim Baker
Open – 2nd Sergio Filipe

SIGHT READING
Under 13: 1st  Emma Dorrity  2nd  Christie Clark  3rd  Lydia Seed
Open: Joint 2nd  Chandini Kumari-Webster/Isabelle Marland

IMPROVISATION
Under 13: 1st  Emma Dorrity/Ellie Hick  3rd  Christie Clark/Lydia Seed

MISCELLANY
Under 13: 2nd Lydia Seed/Christie Clark/ Emma Dorrity/Rebecca Dorrity/Rory Rushton/ Guy Conlon/ Amy Jackson/ Tom Cosgrove/Ellie Hick

WIRRAL FESTIVAL

VERSE SPEAKING
Year 1 and under: 1st Charlie Gillbanks
Year 2: 1st Joe Houghton, 3rd Francesca Medlicott
Year 3: 1st Lucia Shakeshaft, 2nd Kathryn McEvilly, 3rd Charlotte Osborne
Year 5: 2nd Jess Houghton, 3rd Rory Rushton
Year 6: 1st Amy Jackson, 2nd Lydia Seed, 3rd Lucy Gillbanks
Year 7: 1st Christie Clark, 2nd Ellie Hick
Year 8: 1st Emma Dorrity, 2nd Caitlin Ogden
Year 9: 1st Faye Kavanagh, 2nd Cameron Rushton
Year 10 & 11: 1st Chess Dolan, 3rd Tim Baker
Open: 1st Paul Durie
Year 7 Own Choice: 1st Tom Cosgrove

PROSE READING
Year 4: 2nd Nisha Kumari-Webster
Year 5: 2nd Rory Rushton, 3rd Jess Houghton
Year 6: 1st Lucy Gillbanks, 2nd Lydia Seed, 3rd Amy Jackson
Year 7: 2nd Ellie Hick, 3rd Christie Clark
Year 8 & 9: 1st Cameron Rushton 2nd Emma Dorrity
Year 10 & 11: 1st Chess Dolan, 3rd Lauren Ogden

DUOLOGUES
Year 6 & Under:  1st Rory Rushton & Rebecca Dorrity, 2nd Lucy Gillbanks & Caroline Charnock, 3rd Rebecca Dorrity & Nisha Kumari-Webster
Year 7,8,9: 1st Emma Dorrity & Eleanor Hick, 3rd Amy Jackson & Christie Clark
Year 10 & Over: 1st Chess Dolan & Georgia Gaudie

GROUP ACT
Open: 1st Tim Baker/ Charlotte Hughes/Laura Lehan/Lauren Ogden/Cam Rushton/Georgia Gaudie, 2nd Lucy Gillbanks/Lydia Seed/Alice Rees

SOLO ACTING
Year 4 & under:  1st Kathryn McEvilly, 2nd Nisha Kumari-Webster, 3rd Francesca Medlicott
Year 5 & 6: 1st  Lydia Seed, 2nd Lucy Gillbanks, 3rd Rory Rushton
Year 7: 1st Christie Clark, 2nd Ellie Hick, 3rd Tom Cosgrove
Year 8 & 9: 1st Faye Kavanagh, 3rd Cameron Rushton, 3rd Emma Dorrity
Year 10 & 11: 1st Glyn Rogers, 2nd Tim Baker, 3rd Chess Dolan
Year 12 & Over: 1st James Beglin, 2nd Paul Durie

SHAKESPEARE
Year 9 & Under: 1st Lydia Seed
Open: 1st Chess Dolan, 3rd James Beglin

Lamont School also won the 2 teacher’s trophies for the school gaining highest marks in the under 12 sections and in the over 12 sections - well done to everyone