Results of the 56th Speech Festival

Results of the 53th Speech Festival

	Name	Class	Poem	Teacher-in-charge	Marks	Place	Comments
1.	Harmonic Choral Speaking	S1	In the dark (by A.A. Milne)	CL/MAL	88	1st	A crisp, lively start, full of vitality, and the faces were alive. Lovely variation in pitch, pace and volume, creating and enjoyable, and well-rehearsed performance. Imaginative work.
2.	Wan Pui Ting 溫佩婷	2A	Watching a Dancer (by James Berry)	SY	86	2nd	Pleasing vocal tone and clear speech. Lovely facial expression and a very musical voice. You were thinking all the time-good.
3.	Yu Sui Ying 余彗瑩	5B	White Rabbit (by John Latham)	CY/NET	86	3rd	Good clear, accurate title. Confidently recited, expressing your own interpretation of the poem. Well done. Well projected voice and good voice variation for effect
4.	Cheng Ka Lee 鄭嘉莉	4D	Snowing (by Carole Satyamurti)	CL	85		Good projection and clear speech. There was vitality in this performance and the face and voice were in harmony. The characters were clearly portrayed and brought to life. An effective end.
5.	Chan Man Ching 陳雯清	3A	Can it be? (by Stevie Smith)	SZ	82		Consider the reflective mood of the opening. Articulation is promising but explore your vocal range you should consider the changes of mood in the piece. Varying the pace-intensity.
6.	Cheug Hon Yeung 鄭漢陽	1C	Boy with kite (by Phoebe Hesketh)	SZ/MA	81		You have a very clear voice! Think of the meaning of lines 4 to 10. There was a pleasing change for the last verse form last line.
7.	Pau Wing Ka 鮑詠嘉	5B	White Rabbit (by John Latham)	CY/NET	80		Confidently recited. One small lapse of memory. Presented with understanding. Conveyed to the audience despite difficulty of pronunciation of some sound and word.
8.	Ip Kin Kei 葉健基	6B	Cape Horn (by Giles Dixey)	CL	80		Do project adequately throughout! Saw variety of pace and pitch, variety of word colour. Do match meaning and expressions carefully and thoughtfully throughout. Well tried!
9.	Chan Lai Yan 陳麗恩	2B	Very Early (by Karla Kuslin)	TP	80		Good posture and pleasant, cheerful appearance. Good understanding of the poem and a component delivery. A strong and flexible voice. Memory lapse. Clean and audible enunciation. Well done.
10.	Ho Chun Chong 何駿鏘	1A	The Flattered Flying Fish (by E.V. Rieu)	CL	80		Good deliberate announcement E V Roo. Take a longer pause before you open with the first line. You used your voice explosively without effecting character change in the voice. You like using the voice and you enjoyed the use of words rain, again. Well done! Now have the confidence to pause.
11.	Chan Wing Kiu 陳詠翹	2B	The Fight (by Fred Sedgwick)	AI	79		The pace is rattier hurried. Do slow down and THINK about the fight so you can be much more expressive. Work hard on the clarity. I think your delivery needs more vitality to fight the to life.
12.	Law Sze Nga 羅詩雅	3C	Can it be? (by Stevie Smith)	AI	79		Take a deep breath and it will help your vocal quality. Try to find more vocal power continue to work on your articulation. Overall pace is too even so that the different moods of the poem do not emerge.
13.	Law Sze Nga 羅詩雅	3B	Can it be? (by Stevie Smith)	YC	79		Try to find more vocal power to convey the meaning and the different moods of this poem. Pace was too even and I couldn’t hear many of the words. Try to relax more.
14.	Chung Ho Yin 鍾浩然	1B	The Flattered Flying Fish (by E.V. Rieu)	SA/NET	79		Take a deep breath before you begin. This will give your voice more strength. A good change of mood in the shark and you tried a lovely contrast for the fish. Do not run away at the end of the poem. You have some excellent ideas here but we cannot hear your lovely interpretation, work on breathing shall give the voice more strength.
15.	Chan Chung Ki t陳仲傑	1A	The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls (by H.W. Longfellow)	MAL	78		Neat and pleasant appearance. Good understanding of the poem, but try to 'project' more – audibility is important. Vary pauses and volume. Quite good rhythm. Well tried.
16.	Chan Fung Kwan 陳鳳關	1C	The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls (by H.W. Longfellow)	SZ/MA	77		Neat appearance. Talse care with pronunciation, e.g. 'curlew', 'traveller', 'steeds'. Vary pauses, pitch and volume more. Good understanding of the poem. Well done.
17.	Ricky Martin	2A	Scissors (by Allan Ahlberg)	SY	77		A little quiet at opening, pitch needs more control in place. Some good phrasing and variety of pitch. Well tried.
18.	Ho Wing Yan 何穎茵	1B	The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls (by H.W. Longfellow)	SA/NET	77		Neat appearance. Good posture. Pronunciation: 'Darkens', 'Darkness'. No need to rush, try to balance rhythm, volume and pace. Find variation of pitch and volume to develop the story. Consonants were crisp. Good try overall.
19.	Sung Yuk Ling 宋玉玲	3A	Tich Miller (by Wendy Cope)	SZ	76		Spoken with great care and some feeling. The dialogue was conveyed quite well, and the end was good. Use your face much more.
20.	So Sing Hang 蘇倩衡	2C	Watching a Dancer (by James Berry)	GT/SA	75		Restless hands and eyes ~ try to relax a little more, and really think about the meaning. Spoken with great care.