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28th January 2012
Schools’ Theatre Arts 2012
Merissa Stephen

(Photo) 1st Diaz Charlery CSS

At this year’s first ever Derek Walcott School’s Theatre Arts festival, Diaz Charlery from the Ciceron Secondary School emerged victorious amongst a pool of diverse talent.
The scarcity of Derek Walcott’s literary work in the school curriculum has long been lamented. The Curriculum And Materials Development Unit (CAMDU), in attempting to expose secondary school students to the beauty of the Walcott line, its syntax and its rhythm and meter, presented a monologue competition to secondary schools island wide.
Each school was allowed a maximum of two participants. The participants chose one of three monologues from the play “Malcochon- The Six in the Rain” to perform.
Sixteen students performed for the competition last Thursday afternoon. The students were from ten participating schools, namely the Ciceron Secondary, St. Jospeph’s Convent, Vide Boutielle Secondary, Bocage Secondary, Choiseul Secondary, Gros-Islet Secondary, Micoud Secondary, Leon Hess Comprehensive, George Charles Secondary and Bonne Terre Preparatory.
 
 

The students were judged based on characterization, worth thirty marks and Technique and Vocals worth twenty, a total of fifty marks. Mr. Adrian Augier, Ms. Valerie Regis-Constantine and Mr. Michael Fontenelle were the adjudicators. Caroline Springer from St. Joseph’s Convent who performed monologue one won second place and Nathaline Deterville from the Leon Hess Comprehensive performing monologue two placed third. The winner, Diaz Charlery, performed monologue three.
The performances were all of high energy, with each performer distinct in their interpretation of the character. In stating that the competition was the least important aspect of the activity, Kendal Hippolyte expressed that performers were given a platform on which to connect with tradition and explore that which is St. Lucian dramatic literature.

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