This month, Pathways School Noida celebrated Literary Week. The events that took place all promoted reading. One of my personal favorites was the Elocution Competition, quite possibly because I participated as well!
The competition took place on 11th September, 2012. Two students participated from each house with one reciting a poem and the other a prose piece. It was practically a speaker’s paradise. Some of the poems recited were ‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling and ‘My Teacher Ate My Homework’ by Ken Nesbit. Some of the pieces included Shakespeare’s ‘The Quality of Mercy is Not Strain’d ’ and the all time famous speech ‘Friends, Romans, Countrymen’ that was once given by Mark Anthony. Speakers were allowed prompts if any lines were forgotten. They were judged on the basis of intonation, clarity, physical expression and presentation. Though all the speakers spoke quite well, Fire house won the competition with Earth coming second.
The competition was quite enjoyable and I loved participating in it. The nervousness is worth it. When you step onto that stage you know that you can speak and be assured that many are listening. The stage is in your hands.
-Ayona Sengupta
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