The Instituto Cientifico Motolinia, through the
Language Department, invites all the groups to participate in the 2012 Christmas
Festival by preparing a Carol presentation. Our Christmas Festival will
take place on December 18th in the Auditorio de la Benemérita Escuela
Normal Veracruzana.
This year’s Christmas Festival will have a general
theme: Musical Genres. Therefore, each
group will choose a GENRE as the main topic for their presentation.
An outside jury (formed by a group of experts in different fields) will
evaluate the following aspects to select the winner carol/ group:
1.
Correct
English Diction, Good Intonation and an Audible Tone of voice
2.
Choreography related to the Festival’s
theme
3.
Costumes’
originality, elaboration and punctuality
I.
About the Christmas Carol
The most important aspects of the
Carol presentation are: the speaking, singing and performance.
a. The Christmas Carols will be raffled to avoid having the same Carol used
by more than one group. The raffle will take place on Monday, October 29 in the
Coordination Office. Therefore, a member of each group will participate in the raffle.
b. Each group can prepare their own
re-mix. The chosen lyrics must be respectful and in English.
c. The whole song must not be longer than 5 minutes. All the carols need to have the same number of
verses and chorus lines (four and four).
d. A copy of the lyrics of the remix) needs to be delivered during the
recess on Friday, November 16th to the Coordination Office. No
changes to the songs will be allowed after that date.
e. The copy of CD (no MP3 format) only WNA containing the recorder
Christmas Carol remix of each level must be handed in by Monday, November 26 at
the Coordination Office as well during the recess time.
II.
About the Costume
Students should design and TOTALLY elaborate
the costumes with ENVIROMENTAL-FRIENDLY MATERIALS. This means not using
toxic or polluting substances, such as spray, plastic, foam, etc. The costumes
will be made ONLY during the English classes. If a group sends their
costumes to the tailor/seamstress or having outside help, it will be banned
from participating in the contest. If any student is working in the Christmas
Carols’ material at different times from the already established, he/she will
have his/her material taken away by a teacher or prefecto.
From November 12th to 16th students
will present their ideas for the costumes in the form of a drawing to their
classmates and teacher. Each teacher will carry out an inside-classroom contest
to choose the best idea. The winning costume will be handed in a handmade drawing,
by putting material labels that will be used for the students’ outfits. This
“example-costume” has to be handed in by Tuesday, November 20th. in the Coordination Office (from 9:00 o’clock
to 12:00 o’clock).
All the costumes have to be made from November 20th
to the 30th By Monday December 3rd all the
costumes will be evaluated. The costumes will be compared to the
“example-costume” given to the Coordination. Points will be awarded for
creativity, similarity to the original idea, group-work/hand-made and punctuality.
III.
About the Choreography and Scenery
The points awarded to the choreography depend on the
creativity and originality of the dance, as well as the general coordination
and appropriateness to the chosen music. For no reason, there could be external
help in the setting of the steps. In addition, all the students must actively
participate in the dance.
The Scenery DOES NOT award any points for the contest.
However, it is fine if the group chooses to make one. But any scenery used in
the Christmas Festival ought to be made with carton board or tetra packs.
IV.
About the Rehearsals
The rehearsals outside the classroom
will start on Tuesday, December 4 untilL Friday, December 14
according to the schedule programmed by the English teachers, the Lenguages
Department, and the Junior and Senior High School Directions. There will be a
general rehearsal on December 17th at 12:00 o’clock.
V.
Others
Once the lyrics and costumes have been registered
there will be NO modifications.
The Junior High School students do not compete against
the Senior High Students. In other words, each level competes with itself.
Thus, repeating or singing the same carol in Junior and Senior high school does
not represent any problem as long as the steps and the choreography are not the
same. In the event of a tie, the two tied groups will perform again to obtain
the winner and the runner-up.
Every student in each group must take part in the
Festival. Active participation is expected. Collaboration, helpful and positive
attitude is necessary. If a student does
not participate, s/he will not receive the 20% of their grade, equivalent to
the oral exam for the final partial or third bimestrial. The first-place will
obtain an additional point for the January-February term, while the rest of the
participating groups will only get .5. The prizes will be awarded to the First,
Second and Third place of each department in February.
God bless you all!
