{"id":45139,"date":"2026-05-08T12:55:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T02:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=45139"},"modified":"2026-05-08T12:55:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T02:55:52","slug":"inner-west-parramatta-and-sydney-eisteddfods-kick-off-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/article\/inner-west-parramatta-and-sydney-eisteddfods-kick-off-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Inner West, Parramatta and Sydney Eisteddfods Kick off this Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are very excited that the Inner West Eisteddfod, held in Burwood, commences this weekend with our younger students in the 5\u20137 years categories, who have been working incredibly hard in preparation for their performances.<\/p>\n<p>The Speech and Drama Studio has proudly supported the Inner West Eisteddfod for the past 30 years. While participation in eisteddfods is not compulsory, we are thrilled to have over 200 entries this year. As our local eisteddfod, it provides a wonderful opportunity for MLC School students to engage with and represent in the wider Burwood community.<\/p>\n<p>Our students are also participating in the Sydney and Parramatta Eisteddfods, which also begin this weekend and continue throughout May and June. The Ryde Eisteddfod will follow in July and August.<\/p>\n<p>Speech and Drama Studio students are looking forward to proudly representing MLC School across a range of sections including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prepared Speech<\/li>\n<li>Character Recital<\/li>\n<li>Duologue and Scene<\/li>\n<li>Set Prepared Reading<\/li>\n<li>Verse Speaking<\/li>\n<li>Prose<\/li>\n<li>Shakespeare<\/li>\n<li>Improvisation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We wish all Speech and Drama Studio students performing this weekend the very best of luck and look forward to sharing results and photos in next week\u2019s newsletter.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"mailto:mbrian@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au\"><strong>\u2013 Monica Brian<\/strong><\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Speech and Drama Studio Director<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45140\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/05\/Speech-and-Drama-eisteddfod-email--640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/05\/Speech-and-Drama-eisteddfod-email--640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/05\/Speech-and-Drama-eisteddfod-email--1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/05\/Speech-and-Drama-eisteddfod-email--768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/05\/Speech-and-Drama-eisteddfod-email--1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/05\/Speech-and-Drama-eisteddfod-email--960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/05\/Speech-and-Drama-eisteddfod-email--267x150.jpg 267w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/05\/Speech-and-Drama-eisteddfod-email-.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are very excited that the Inner West Eisteddfod, held in Burwood, commences this weekend with our younger students in the 5\u20137 years categories, who have been working incredibly hard in preparation for their performances. The Speech and Drama Studio has proudly supported the Inner West Eisteddfod for the past 30 years. While participation in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":45140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[15],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-45139","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-co-curricular"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/45139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=45139"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=45139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}