PLAN HIGH SCHOOLS DRAMA COMPETITIONS TSHOLOTSHO PRELIMINARIES HELD. The Plan High Schools Drama Competitions Tsholotsho district preliminaries were held this week on Tuesday 17th June at the Better Schools Project premises in Tsholotsho. Seven out of twelve schools that were trained during the pre-competitions workshop made it to the preliminaries where they battled it out for the two slots to represent Tsholotsho at the Intwasa Finals in September. Seven out of twelve was a good response. The other schools could not make it due to the on-going June examinations. Though the adjudicators were generally impressed by the presentations from the various schools they still felt the schools still need more training and practice so as to develop their skills and talent to satisfying levels that have been exhibited at the finals in previous years. The theme of the competition is Second Chance and it was fairly tackled by all schools. The majority of the stories highlighted the problem of children being irresponsible with money meant for fees or exams. However, three schools came up with unique concepts. Two schools tackled issues of disability thereby advocating for the empowerment of the disadvantaged and the other school dealt with issues of favouritism of children within families. The eventual winners were Bubude and Tsholotsho High Schools. These will represent Tsholotsho at the finals to be held in September during Intwasa. These will meet schools from Bulawayo, Kwekwe, Gweru, and Matabeleland South. Veteran artists and theatre trainers Nelson Mapako and Memory Kumbota sat on the adjudication panel assisted by Gertrude Ndlovu from Plan Zimbabwe. The Plan High Schools Drama Competition is a collaborative initiative between Plan Zimbabwe and Intwasa Arts Festival. This is an annual event that promotes High Schools Drama. The competition also seeks to promote the participation of children through identifying issues that affect them and producing plays around those matters. Drama is used as a vehicle to advocate child rights related issues with schools and their surrounding communities. More than 45 schools are taking part in the competition. Over 600 hundred students will actively participate in story creation, directing, acting and staging of the plays. Over 3000 students will watch the plays during the preliminaries. Bulawayo Preliminaries are scheduled for 2 - 4 July at Eveline, Townsend and Northlea High Schools.
Posted on: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 11:59:16 +0000
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