April 17th, 2010 – 9 am at St John’s School!
Drama Festival Guidelines:
For all county activities, groups may consist of any combination of enrolled 4-H members.
Use good judgment on your entry selection. Parents/leaders are asked to preview performances to make sure appropriate for all ages of youth. Profanity is prohibited.
Videotaping/recording of entries for any county contests will not be allowed.
Adults are encouraged to provide guidance and support in teaching youth as they prepare for and perform in these events. They may assist with stage/scenery design, costuming, practices, and serve as accompanists for musical performances. However, they may not perform with the youth. Remember, these are youth performances, and we want to keep them learning experiences for the youth.
Open to all 4-H members. (Youth may also participate in performance by serving as stage help (i.e. curtain pullers, scenery, costumes, make up, etc.) Youth participating in this manner should also be included on the registration indicating their role.)
- Each member can perform in two performances.
- Performance may be one person or a group.
- All performances should be one act style (limited curtain pulling).
- Adults should help with the behind-the-curtain action, teaching and guiding for youth (but remember, this is not an adult contest). Keep this a learning experience for the youth.
- Performances should be creative, educational and entertaining.
- Each performance is critiqued/judged (oral and written), except individual Cloverbuds or groups where the average grade is Cloverbud grade (K-2nd grade) who will receive a participation ribbon (not judged).
- Each performing member, whether on stage or behind the scene, will receive a ribbon and certificate.
- For each performance, outstanding actor/actress and best costume award certificates may be presented at the judge’s discretion.
- The outstanding performance may receive a merit ribbon at judge’s discretion.
- If you use props that create a mess (i.e. straw, hay, etc.), try to wrap them in something and ask coordinator of the event for equipment to clean up after yourself. This will help everyone involved.
If you have never seen or participated in the Drama Festival, there are videotapes/DVDs of past festivals for you to view. Stop by the UW-Extension Office to check one out. We also have lots of catalogs of plays and other drama resources for your use.
Please register your Drama Festival entries by completing the form in this newsletter and returning it by Monday, March 29th to the UW-Extension Office. Be thorough and exact, as the information will be printed in the program and put in news releases as noted on the entry forms. There will be no exceptions to this deadline.