{"id":45593,"date":"2026-05-29T12:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T02:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=45593"},"modified":"2026-05-29T12:03:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T02:03:49","slug":"speech-and-drama-students-shine-at-the-inner-west-eisteddfod-8-10-categories","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/article\/speech-and-drama-students-shine-at-the-inner-west-eisteddfod-8-10-categories\/","title":{"rendered":"Speech and Drama Students Shine at the Inner West Eisteddfod 8\u201310 Categories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Inner West Eisteddfod and Sydney Eisteddfod brought us another weekend of outstanding performances by our MLC School students 8-10 year old categories with lots of excitement and anticipation. Our students overcame nerves and performed brilliantly in front of a large audience. They performed with confidence, energy, beautiful vocal and facial expression and focus. We could not be prouder and congratulate them for being wonderful representatives of MLC School.<\/p>\n<p>A huge congratulations to the following students for their outstanding performances at the Inner West and Sydney Eisteddfods:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sydney Eisteddfod<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sophia Ivannikova<\/strong> (Year 11) \u2013 Shakespeare 3rd Place<\/li>\n<li><strong>Madeleine Girgis<\/strong> (Year 10) \u2013 Character in Costume 4th Place<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nidhi Jaikanth<\/strong> (Year 3) \u2013 Australian Themed Verse 1st Place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Inner West Eisteddfod<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Yinuo Jin<\/strong> (Year 3) \u2013 Humorous Recitation Highly Commended<\/li>\n<li><strong>Isabella Cheng<\/strong> (Year 4) \u2013 Verse Speaking 3rd Place<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lara Zhuge<\/strong> (Year 3) \u2013 Prepared Reading 3rd Place<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nidhi Jaikanth<\/strong> (Year 3) \u2013 Prepared Reading Highly Commended<\/li>\n<li><strong>Christina Shi<\/strong> (Year 3) \u2013 Prepared Reading Highly Commended<\/li>\n<li><strong>Skylar Gu<\/strong> (Year 3) and <strong>Belle Weng<\/strong> (Year 3) \u2013 Duologue\/Scene (Trio) in Costume 3rd Place<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mavis Wang<\/strong> (Year 3) and<strong> Elyse Ma<\/strong> (Year 3) \u2013 Duologue\/Scene (Trio) in Costume Highly Commended<\/li>\n<li><strong>Charlotte Ho<\/strong> (Year 3) and <strong>Ruby Zhao<\/strong> (Year 3) \u2013 Duologue\/Scene (Trio) in Costume<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emma Yan<\/strong> (Year 4) and <strong>Elizabeth Feng<\/strong> (Year 4) \u2013 Duologue\/Scene (Trio) in Costume 4th Place<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ivy Youssef<\/strong> (Year 2) and <strong>Camilla Hutchison<\/strong> (Year 2) \u2013 Duologue\/Scene (Trio) in Costume<\/li>\n<li><strong>Camila Morcos<\/strong> (Year 5), <strong>Colette Myssy<\/strong> (Year 5), <strong>Cressida Marriott<\/strong> (Year 5) \u2013 Improvisation 1st Place<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elizabeth Feng<\/strong> (Year 4) \u2013 Verse Speaking 9 years 1st Place<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emma Yan<\/strong> (Year 4) \u2013 Verse Speaking 9 years<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rachel Rodrigues<\/strong> (Year 4) \u2013 Verse Speaking 9 years<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ayla Sumantri<\/strong> (Year 5) \u2013 Verse Speaking 10 years Highly Commended<\/li>\n<li><strong>Olivia Cheng<\/strong> (Year 6) \u2013 Verse Speaking 10 years Highly Commended<\/li>\n<li><strong>Olivia Li (<\/strong>Year 5) \u2013 Verse Speaking 10 years Highly Commended<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rachel Rodrigues<\/strong> (Year 4) \u2013 Australian Themed Verse 1st Place<\/li>\n<li><strong>Charlotte Qian<\/strong> (Year 4) \u2013 Memorised Prose Highly Commended<\/li>\n<li><strong>Evelyn Tsang<\/strong> (Year 5) \u2013 Prepared Speech 1st Place<\/li>\n<li><strong>Giselle Serravalle<\/strong> (Year 5) \u2013 Prepared Speech 2nd Place<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elizabeth Feng<\/strong> (Year 4) \u2013 Prepared Speech 3rd Place<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amelia Pang<\/strong> (Year 5) \u2013 Prepared Speech Highly Commended<\/li>\n<li><strong>Annabel Han<\/strong> (Year 3) \u2013 Prepared Speech Highly Commended<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alita (Yuechen) Wu<\/strong> (Year 3) \u2013 Prepared Speech Highly Commended<\/li>\n<li><strong>Serena Li<\/strong> (Year 6) \u2013 Character Recital in Costume Highly Commended<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nidhi Jaikanth<\/strong> (Year 3) \u2013 Character Recital in Costume 3rd Place<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elizabeth Feng<\/strong> (Year 4) \u2013 Character Recital in Costume Highly commended<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marina Chen<\/strong> (Year 5) \u2013 Character Recital in Costume Highly commended<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rachel Rodrigues<\/strong> (Year 4) \u2013 Character Recital in Costume Highly commended<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Speech and Drama Studio have been a proud supporter of the Inner West Eisteddfod for the past 29 years. We have 200 Speech and Drama Studio students representing MLC School in Prepared Speech, Character Recital, Duologue, Set Prepared Reading, Verse Speaking, Prose, Shakespeare and Improvisation categories. Speech and Drama students are also representing MLC School at the Parramatta, Ryde and Sydney Eisteddfods.<\/p>\n<p>We wish our students in 11-12 years sections the very best of luck for this weekend!<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"mailto:mbrian@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au\">\u2013 Monica Brian<\/a><\/em><br \/>\nSpeech and Drama Studio Director<\/p>\n<p><em>Click on image gallery for full size images.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-45593 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/05\/Eisteddfod-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/05\/Eisteddfod-1-640x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/05\/Eisteddfod-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/05\/Eisteddfod-2-640x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/05\/Eisteddfod-3.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/05\/Eisteddfod-3-640x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/05\/Eisteddfod-4.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/05\/Eisteddfod-4-640x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/05\/Eisteddfod-5.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/05\/Eisteddfod-5-640x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/05\/Eisteddfod-7.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/05\/Eisteddfod-7-640x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/05\/Eisteddfod-8.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/05\/Eisteddfod-8-640x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/05\/Eisteddfod-10.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/05\/Eisteddfod-10-640x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Inner West Eisteddfod and Sydney Eisteddfod brought us another weekend of outstanding performances by our MLC School students 8-10 year old categories with lots of excitement and anticipation. 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