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| Sunday, 02 March 2003 |
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UK adjudicator to assess Performing Arts Festival Thousands of young amateur performers seeking the experience of public performance and a chance to be rated by an expert international adjudicator will have such an opportunity later this year at the Sri Lankan Festival for the Performing Arts. Organised by the Institute of Music, Speech and Speaking Skills, the three-month long multi-disciplinary festival will be open to soloists, duets and groups throughout Sri Lanka, including the north and east, the festival's Organising Directress Kamini Perera said. The festival is affiliated to the British and International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech, and will be open to performers in the disciplines of Western and Eastern Music, Western and Eastern Dance and Speech. All performances will be judged by an experienced British adjudicator, and performers will receive mark sheets, certificates and medals. Performances in Colombo and the provinces are open to the public at a nominal entrance. The festival builds up to a grand final performance in Colombo for the exceptionally talented participants who will receive trophies and special awards, a spokesperson said. Participation in the festival is by Class based on age groups. Entries for the Festival close on March 14, and performances are scheduled for May, June and July this year. Applications will be accepted for performers in Music (oriental/western instruments, solo or choral singing) speech and drama (choral speaking, story telling, news reading, Bible reading, prose and sight-reading, public speaking, mime, improvisation, creative writing or acting of a poem or drama) and dancing (classical ballet, freestyle, jazz, tap, folk, national, character and modern, drumming and oriental or western dancing). Public performances are due to take place in Colombo, Gampaha, Chilaw, Negombo, Puttalam, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Kegalle, Kurunegala, Kandy, Bandarawela, Diyatalawa, Badulla, Hatton, Ratnapura, Matugama, Kalutara, Galle, Matara, Vavuniya, Jaffna, Trincomalee and Batticaloa. The Institute of Music, Speech and Speaking Skills (Pvt) Ltd., (IMSSS) is an international member of the British and International Federation of Festivals, and is licensed to hold the festival in Sri Lanka in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Federation and employing Federation adjudicators. The Sri Lankan festival is registered as one of the international festivals in the year book of the British and International Federation of Festivals. The IMSSS is an examinations unit providing islandwide examinations in speech and drama, speaking skills, writing skills, pianoforte and theory of music to a set syllabus. Examinations are conducted throughout the year at centres islandwide. |
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