{"id":45838,"date":"2026-06-05T12:31:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T02:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=45838"},"modified":"2026-06-05T12:31:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T02:31:39","slug":"speech-and-drama-students-excel-at-the-inner-west-eisteddfod-2","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/article\/speech-and-drama-students-excel-at-the-inner-west-eisteddfod-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Speech and Drama Students Excel at the Inner West Eisteddfod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Inner West Eisteddfod and Sydney Eisteddfod <\/strong>brought us another weekend of outstanding performances by our MLC school students 11\u201312 years and 13\u201314 years 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>PARRAMATTA EISTEDDFOD<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rachel Rodrigues<\/strong> (Year 4), 9-10 years \u2013 Verse<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>INNER WEST EISTEDDFOD<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Caitlyn Law<\/strong> (Year 6), 11-12 years \u2013 Verse Speaking<\/li>\n<li><strong>Daisy Han<\/strong> (Year 7),11-12 years \u2013 Verse Speaking, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Place<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vanilla Chen<\/strong> (Year 6), 11 years \u2013 Prepared Speech<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zoe Baker<\/strong> (Year 6), 11 years \u2013 Prepared Speech, Highly Commended<\/li>\n<li><strong>Catherine Coorey<\/strong> (Year 7), 11-12 years \u2013 Australian Themed Verse, 1<sup>st <\/sup>Place<\/li>\n<li><strong>Catherine Coorey<\/strong> (Year 7), 11-12 years \u2013 Memorised Prose<\/li>\n<li><strong>Daisy Han<\/strong> (Year 7), 11-12 years, Character Recital in Costume<\/li>\n<li><strong>Erin Chen<\/strong> (Year 6), 11-12 years, Character Recital in Costume<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jessica Nunn<\/strong> (Year 6), 11-12 years, Character Recital in Costume<\/li>\n<li><strong>Esme Jordan<\/strong> (Year 6),<strong> Leah Maidment<\/strong> (Year 6) and <strong>Jessica Nunn<\/strong> (Year 6), 11-12 years, Duologue\/Scene (Trio) in Costume, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Place<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brittany Mok<\/strong> (Year 6), <strong>Hayley Lam<\/strong> (Year 6) and <strong>Sienna Nguyen<\/strong> (Year 6), 11-12 years, Duologue\/Scene (Trio) in Costume<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vivienne Woon<\/strong> (Year 7) and <strong>Carla Di Leo<\/strong> (Year 7), 11-12 years, Duologue\/Scene (Trio) in Costume\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Charlotte Mok<\/strong> (Year 6) and <strong>Nina Bai<\/strong> (Year 6), 11-12 years, Duologue\/Scene (Trio) in Costume, 3rd Place<\/li>\n<li><strong>Poppy Frederick<\/strong> (Year 7) and <strong>Qaylah Mohamed<\/strong> (Year 7), 11-12 years, Duologue\/Scene (Trio) in Costume, 4th Place<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chloe Huang<\/strong> (Year 7) and <strong>Charlotte Pepper Craparotta<\/strong> (Year 7), 11-12 years, Duologue\/Scene (Trio) in Costume<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amanda Zhang<\/strong> (Year 6) and <strong>Leanna Shen<\/strong> (Year 6), 11-12 years, Duologue\/Scene (Trio) in Costume, Highly Commended<\/li>\n<li><strong>Natasha (Gem) McGuire<\/strong> (Year 5), 11-12 years, Duologue\/Scene (Trio) in Costume\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marina Chen<\/strong> (Year 5), 11-12 years, Duologue\/Scene (Trio) in Costume\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Esme Jordan<\/strong> (Year 6), <strong>Leah Maidment<\/strong> (Year 6) and <strong>Jessica Nunn<\/strong> (Year 6), 11-12 years, Improvisation\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Poppy Frederick<\/strong> (Year 7) and <strong>Qaylah Mohamed<\/strong> (Year 7), 11-12 years, Improvisation, 4th Place\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brittany Mok<\/strong> (Year 6) and <strong>Nina Bai<\/strong> (Year 6), 11-12 years, Improvisation<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rosy Nichols<\/strong> (Year 7), <strong>Tillie Bishop<\/strong> (Year 7) and <strong>Ines Vieira<\/strong> (Year 7), 11-12 years, Improvisation, 3rd Place<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tori McNamara<\/strong> (Year 7) and <strong>Leia Chang<\/strong> (Year 7), 11-12 years, Improvisation<\/li>\n<li><strong>Beatrice Bastin-Loy<\/strong> (Year 6), <strong>Amaya Clapham<\/strong> (Year 6) and <strong>Sabine Woodhouse<\/strong> (Year 6), 11-12 years, Improvisation<\/li>\n<li><strong>Asher Nevill<\/strong> (Year 6), <strong>Serena Li<\/strong> (Year 6) and <strong>Chloe Chan<\/strong> (Year 6), 11-12 years, Improvisation\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amanda Zhang<\/strong> (Year 6) and <strong>Leanna Shen<\/strong> (Year 6), 11-12 years, Improvisation<\/li>\n<li><strong>Natasha (Gem) McGuire<\/strong> (Year 5), 11-12 years, Duologue\/Scene (Trio) in Costume<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kaitlyn Yang<\/strong> (Year 9), 13-14 years, Verse Speaking, 1<sup>st<\/sup> Place<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\">Faith Huynh<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\"> (Year 8), 13-14 years, Prepared Speech<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\">T\u00e9a Costin<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\"> (Year 9), 13-14 years, Prepared Speech<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\">Olive Simmons<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\"> (Year 9), 13-14 years, Character Recital in Costume, 2nd Place<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\">Abira Sanan<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\"> (Year 8), 13-14 years, Character Recital in Costume, 1st Place<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\">Sahana Ramesh<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\"> (Year 8), 13-14 years, Character Recital in Costume<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\">Katie Zhang<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\"> (Year 8), 13-14 years, Character Recital in Costume, Highly Commended<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\">Angela Thorn<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\"> (Year 8), 13-14 years, Character Recital in Costume<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\">Chloe Nunn<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\"> (Year 8), 13-14 years, Character Recital in Costume, Highly Commended<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\">Charlotte Hing<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\"> (Year 8), 13-14 years, Character Recital in Costume<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\">Anaahat Kahlon<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\"> (Year 8), 13-14 years, Character Recital in Costume<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\">Zoe Zlamal<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\"> (Year 8), 13-14 years, Character Recital in Costume, Best Costume<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:mbrian@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au\"><em><strong>\u2013 Monica Brian<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nSpeech and Drama Studio Director<\/p>\n<p>Click on image gallery for full size images.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-45838 gallery-columns-4 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\/06\/Eisteddfod-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" 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Our students overcame nerves and performed brilliantly in front of a large audience. 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