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SDA
and SMFA Spoken Word E-Festival
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The Saskatchewan Drama Association (SDA) and the Saskatchewan
Music Festival Association (SMFA) collaborated to present the
first Spoken Word e-Festival for Saskatchewan students,
ages 5 to 19 years of age and any level.
| Objectives
of the Spoken Word e-Festival are: |
- to
develop awareness of other forms of stage and poetic
arts;
- to
enhance acting and speaking skills;
- to
develop confidence through stage performance;
- to
encourage crativity and help students become more critical
thinkers; and
- to
meet curricula goals of the Saskatchewan K-12 English
Arts, Arts Education and Theatre Arts
https://www.edonline.sk.ca/webapps/moe-curriculum-BBLEARN/
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| Performances
were judged by video recordings submitted by the competitors.
The judge's decision is final. |
| Entries
were adjudicated by Bradley Hawyward |
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Bradley
Hayward has been involved with the Saskatchewan Drama Association
for over
25 years, first as a student and now as an adult. He grew
up in Oxbow and acted in his very first SDA Drama Festival
way back in 1993. From that moment forward, he was hooked
on the theatre. He continued to participate in drama festivals
as an actor,
director, playwright and stage manager, winning many awards
for multiple disciplines,
including the Mary Ellen Burgess Award two years in a row.
He performed at the 1997
Provincial Festival in The Flattering Word. He graduated
from high school in 1998 and
went on to get a degree in screenwriting; however, he never
lost his passion for high
school theatre and eventually turned his attention to writing
plays for students.
Currently, he has written more than 62 published plays that
have been produced all
around the world, including dozens of productions at various
regional festivals across Saskatchewan. His plays I Don’t
Want to Talk About It, Selfie, Laughing Stock, Epic Fail,
Drama Geeks, Vamp Ire, and The Last Fill have all advanced
to SDA’s Provincial Festival. The Last Fill won the
Best Overall Production at SDA’s 2019 Provincial Festival.
In addition to writing, Bradley has worked for the SDA as
a front-of-house adjudicator at many regional festivals,
twice been the front-of-house clinician at the Middle Years
Festival, and recently, Front of House for SDA’s Provincial
Festival, and has facilitated many acting and writing workshops.
He is profoundly inspired by the high level of talent and
enthusiasm of the students he encounters each year, and
hopes to continue for many more years to come. He is thrilled
to adjudicator SDA and SMFA’s first Spoken Word Festival! |
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