CROSBY & WIRRAL DRAMA FESTIVALS

Pupils from the Lamont Drama School won more than 30 trophies at the 2010 Crosby Festival and the 2010 Wirral Drama Festival.

At Crosby, pupils excelled in their verse speaking, prose reading and acting classes. We once again won the trophy for the teacher winning the most classes, as well as trophies for -

Highest mark in Miscellany classes
Highest marks in Solo Act classes
Highest marks in Verse/Shakespeare/Solo Act
Highest mark in Shakespeare classes
Highest mark in Junior Verse classes
Highest mark in Senior Verse classes
Highest mark in Bible classes
Highest mark in Drama classes
Best Junior Improvisation

The school also won the teacher’s trophy for the school gaining the highest marks at Wirral 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 and many are enjoying being background artistes on Hollyoaks.”

CROSBY FESTIVAL RESULTS

Verse Speaking
6 years and under: 2nd Elizabeth McEvilly, 3rd Charlie Gillbanks
7 years: 2nd Libby Smith
8 years: 1st Amelia Rosin, 3rd Jessica Johnson
9 years: 2nd Daniel Dunne, 3rd Kathryn McEvilly
10 years: 2nd Rebecca Dorrity
11 years: 1st Rory Rushton, 2nd Lucy Gillbanks, 3rd Lydia Seed
12 years: 1st Lottie Holloway, 2nd Oishi Sikdar/Amy Jackson
13 years: 1st Emma Dorrity, 2nd Christie Clark
14 years: 2nd Faye Kavanagh, 3rd Cameron Rushton
15 years: 1st Imogen Free, 2nd Elena Vacca
16 years: 1st Laura Lehan, 2nd Tim Baker
17/18 years: 1st Ailish George
Open: 2nd Amy Wilson

Prose Reading
Under 10: 3rd Amelia Rosin
Under 12: 1st Jessica Houghton, 2nd Rebecca Dorrity, 3rd Ben Lewin
Under 14: 3rd Jessica Brannan

Prose Speaking
Under 18: 2nd Laura Lehan

Solo Acting
Under 10: 2nd Kathryn McEvilly, 3rd Nisha Kumari-Webster
Under 13: 1st Lucy Gillbanks, 2nd Lydia Seed
Under 16: 3rd Christie Clark
16 and Over: 1st James Beglin, 2nd Tim Baker and Alexander Medlicott

Shakespeare
Under 16: 1st Lydia Seed, 3rd Emma Dorrity
Open: 1st James Beglin, 3rd Lauren Ogden/Tim Baker

Duologue/Group Acting
Under 10: 1st Kathryn McEvilly/Lucia Shakeshaft, 2nd Nisha Kumari-Webster/Kathryn McEvilly
Under 13: 1st Rory Rushton/Rebecca Dorrity, 2nd Rebecca Dorrity/Nisha Kumari-Webster/Jess Johnson, 3rd Lucy Gillbanks/Lydia Seed
Under 16: 2nd Christie Clark/Lydia Seed, 3rd Sofia Filipe/Ellie Hick/Amy Jackson/Emma Dorrity/Faye Kavanagh/Isabelle Marland
Over 16: 1st Tim Baker/Cameron Rushton/Laura Lehan/Charlotte Hughes/Georgia Gaudie/Lauren Ogden

Miscellany
Junior: 1st Lamont School of Speech and Drama (91 marks)
Senior: 1st Lamont School of Speech and Drama (95 marks)

Sight Reading
Under 13: 1st Rebecca Dorrity, 2nd Lydia Seed, 3rd Nisha Kumari-Webster
Over 13: 1st Isabelle Marland, 2nd Emma Dorrity, 3rd Ailish George

Improvisation
Under 13: 1st Ben Lewin/Rory Rushton, 2nd Oishi Sikdar/Jessica Brannan
Over 13: 2nd Tim Baker/Imogen Free

Bible Reading
Under 15: 1st Lydia Seed, 3rd Ben Milton
Open: 1st Imogen Free

Trophies
Lamont School won the teacher’s trophy for winning the most classes.
Lamont School won the trophy for highest marks in the Miscellany classes.
Lamont School won the trophy for highest points in the drama classes.
Lucy Gillbanks won the trophy for highest marks in any of the Solo Acting Classes.
Rory Rushton won the trophy for the highest marks in the Junior Verse Speaking classes.
Emma Dorrity, Imogen Free and Laura Lehan shared the trophy for highest marks in the Senior Verse Speaking classes.
Lydia Seed won the Lamont Challenge Trophy for gaining highest aggregate winners’ marks in Verse Speaking, Shakespeare and Solo Acting.
Lydia Seed won the trophy for highest points in Shakespeare classes.
Lydia Seed won the trophy for highest points in Bible classes.
Ben Lewin and Rory Rushton won the trophy for highest marks in the Junior Improvisation classes.

WIRRAL FESTIVAL RESULTS

Verse Speaking
Year 1: 1st Charlie Gillbanks, 2nd Oliver Bigley
Year 2: 3rd Madison Williams
Year 3: 1st Francesca Medlicott, 2nd Amelia Rosin

Set Poem
Year 3: 1st Joe Houghton, 2nd Jess Johnson, 3rd Joshua Reais

Own Choice Poem
Year 4: 1st Daniel Dunne, 2nd Alex Turnbull, 3rd Kathryn McEvilly
Year 5: 2nd Erin Clarke
Year 6: 2nd Caroline Charnock, 3rd Ben Lewin and Jessica Houghton
Year 8: 1st Lottie Holloway, 2nd Christie Clark, 3rd Tom Cosgrove
Year 9: 1st Emma Dorrity, 3rd Ashleigh Balmer and Caitlin Ogden
Year 10/11: 1st Isabelle Marland, 2nd Tim Baker, 3rd Imogen Free

Prose Reading
Year 3: 1st Francesca Medlicott, 2nd Amelia Rosin, 3rd Jess Johnson and
Lewis Lambert
Year 4: 1st Kathryn McEvilly, 3rd Alex Turnbull
Year 5: 1st Nisha Kumari-Webster
Year 6: 1st Rory Rushton, 3rd Caroline Charnock
Year 7: 1st Amy Jackson, 2nd Lucy Gillbanks
Year 8/9: 1st Lottie Holloway, 2nd Ashleigh Balmer
Year 10/11: 1st Chandini Kumari-Webster, 2nd Isabelle Marland, 3rd Faye Kavanagh/
Imogen Free

Solo Acting
Year 4 And Under: 2nd Kathryn McEvilly
Year 5/6: 1st Ben Lewin, 3rd Nisha Kumari-Webster
Year 7: 1st Lydia Seed, 2nd Jess Brannan, 3rd Lucy Gillbanks
Year 8/9: 2nd Tom Cosgrove
Year 10/11: 1st Tim Baker, 3rd Imogen Free/Isabelle Marland

Shakespeare
Yr 9 And Under: 3rd Christie Clark
Open: 1st Lauren Ogden/Tim Baker

Duologues
Year 6 And Under: 1st Rory Rushton/Ben Lewin, 2nd Lucia Shakeshaft/Kathryn McEvilly, 3rd Jessica Johnson/Francesca Medlicott and Joe Houghton/Josh Reais
Years 7/8/9/: 1st Emma Dorrity/Ellie Hick, 2nd Lucy Gillbanks/Lydia Seed
Year 10 And Over: 1st Faye Kavanagh/Isabelle Marland

Group Acting
Open: 1st Laura Lehan/Lauren Ogden/Tim Baker/Cameron Rushton/Georgia Gaudie/Charlotte Hughes, 2nd Ellie Hick/Emma Dorrity/Sofia Filipe/Faye Kavanagh/Amy Jackson/Isabelle Marland, 2nd Karl Rawsthorne/Simon Lennon/Ben Milton, 3rd Rebecca Dorrity/Nisha Kumari-Webster/Jessica Johnson

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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