By Northern Sport Culture and Recreation

Third Northern Drama Festival Reveals Our Talented Youth

Apr 19, 2011 | 11:43 AM

Congratulations to the five northern youth drama groups and their directors involved in the Northern Drama Festival on April 15 & 16 at Rossignol High School in Ile a la Crosse.

The plays were: Wēsahkecak (A Collective Creation by the Rossignol High School Drama Students), Ile a la Crosse; Culture With A Side O’ Ketchup (A Drama by Ashley L. Petite, produced by special arrangement with the Playwright); Rock! Sword! Firecracker! (A Drama by D.M. Bocaz-Larson, produced by special arrangement with www.freedrama.net); The Coming of the Seasons (A Native Legend as told by Nat Reed, produced by special arrangement with Rainbow Horizons Publishing Inc.), and And Then There Was One (A Comedy revised by Michael Druce, produced by special arrangement with Contemporary Drama Service).

The Festival started with rehearsals on Friday, followed by the performances from all five groups that evening.

The Northern Drama Festival was emceed by Maureen Belanger and Duane Favel, aka “Ernestine & Alphonse” who kept the audience entertained between the drama group’s performances.

The support from the host community of Ile a la Crosse was fantastic, with an estimated audience of 100 people in their beautiful facility.

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On Saturday, there were production workshops with the adjudicators for all five groups, as well as other drama games and workshops. The weekend concluded with an awards program.

Congratulations to the Cumberland House drama group, who came away the winner of the Northern Drama Festival for the third year!

They will represent the north (Region 12) at the Provincial Drama Festival on May 12-14, 2011 in Regina. Runner Up was Ile-a-la-Crosse.

All five drama groups received several other awards and certificates presented to actors, for visual and technical aspects of production, stage management, spirit of the festival awards and most courteous cast and crew, which went to the community drama group from Chief Moses Ratt School in Sucker River.

“It was our first time. We had a lot of fun. Students made positive comments on how much they learned.”, says Laura Nagy from Sucker River.

This was backed up by Amy Ratt, a youth also from Sucker River, “(The Northern Drama Project was …) Excellent because I learned more from the drama people and because I like doing drama and meeting new friends.” Rayne Bo Favel from Cumberland House has been in the Festival all three years, she said “When I am University next year I sure hope to find a drama club.”

“Ile a la Crosse were incredible hosts again this year – special thanks to Alice Ratt, Edna Daigneault, Ted Flett, Rossignol High principal Vince Ahenakew and the many other volunteers for all their work as host.

All of the participating youth did a great job whether it was their first time on stage, or experienced performers. The NSCRD is proud to be part of this Northern Drama Festival with the Saskatchewan Drama Association and working with the participating communities.

Thank you again to Saskatchewan Drama Association and this year’s adjudicators. We look forward to next year. It is so rewarding to see the experience and confidence grow with the youth and groups from year to year.”, says Judy MacLeod Campbell, Program Manager for Culture and Community Development with the Northern Sport, Culture and Recreation District.