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5 Wins in a Row - Thematic Group Speaking Team Crowned Champion!

12/8/2018

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Our winners with the Adjudicator Mr Barry Prince.
[8 Dec 2018] Our Thematic Group Speaking Team achieved the impossible by winning the title in this category for 5 times in as many years and receiving an incredible 91 marks (Honours) this time from the adjudicator Mr Barry Prince who wrote in his comments:

An excellent and very clear opening to the performance. The choral speaking was excellent, well synchronized and expressive. The boy spoke expressively and engagingly. Your voice was clear and rhythmic. A unifying force throughout. The movement from piece to the next was flawless. The staging was excellent. Each individual performance was very well understood and showed the sense of each character's importance to the piece overall. The whole group were totally engaged throughout the performance. The Shakespeare was very well performed and understood. Some superb ideas used to create a well linked & clearly Thematic programme. Very well done. Excellent conclusion to the performance.

We simply could not ask for a better result or comment from the judge especially that, just 2 days prior to this competition, we had to swap roles and recruit an entirely new member into the group as the lead actor had to leave for another contest that clashed with this one. The group underwent an intensive training the day before for this miracle to happen.

My deepest salute to the two actors, Sirius Kwan and Jonathan Ford for accepting the challenge of respectively role-changing and learning the act 48 hours prior to the competition, and also to the entire Thematic Group Speaking Team for their tremendous effort all these months to perform and appreciate the arts of English literature.

Thanks must also go to the boys' parents for their support, to the PTA for helping with the initial team member recruitment and prop hunting, to Mr Mickey Kong and Mr Kelvin Fan for assisting the team during the contest, and to all my English teaching teammates' support and inspiration.

Dr H C Lee


P.S. Thematic Group Speaking is a 15-min act of a combination of text types (poetry, drama, prose etc) performed under an originally designed theme. YWPS has been joining this category since 2014.
My brave team and I right after the competition ^o^
Sirius Kwan (left) & Jonathan Ford (right) with the Adjudicator
18 Comments
Calvin Tong
12/8/2018 08:04:24 pm

Thanks Dr. Lee!
I’m very pleased to participate in this Thematic Group Speaking Team. I was really surprised when you invited me to read the title. I’m very glad to say that our efforts paid off in the end and we won the first place. (Even with the disaster) Again, I thank you, Dr. Lee, for helping us correct our mistakes throughout all the practices.

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Dr H C Lee
12/8/2018 09:40:48 pm

Thanks Calvin! You made a difference. Such a powerful start you gave us! Great job ^.^

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Jonathan Ford link
12/9/2018 09:13:23 am

Thank you Dr Lee!
I feel really privileged to have been able to join the Thematic Group Speaking Team (even though I was not originally supposed to!) and I also feel extremely happy to be able to share our 91-mark win with all of our wonderful teammates.

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Dr H C Lee
12/9/2018 09:47:32 am

You know how difficult it was to recruit someone for this complicated act the last minute. But if someone could achieve this feat, it would have to be you. Proud of you Jonathan!

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Edgar Cheng
12/9/2018 09:31:23 am

Hi Dr Lee

Thanks you for being patient in training us in the Thematic speaking. We were nervous because of the sudden change but I am happy we won!

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Dr H C Lee
12/9/2018 09:45:55 am

You did great Edgar! Thanks for helping both the senior choral and thematic groups!

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Jeremy Ford
12/9/2018 09:38:13 am

Thank you, Dr. Lee, for your kind words for Sirius, Jonathan and the whole Thematic Group Speaking Team.

It was a remarkable effort by everyone involved, and a tribute to you that you had the confidence in the team, and especially Sirius and Jonathan, to make such a miracle happen.

Thanks are also due to you for your inspirational training in the 48 hours leading up to the event... without that there would have been no 5th consecutive win.

Congratulations everyone!

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Dr H C Lee
12/9/2018 09:49:42 am

Thanks Mr Ford for allowing this miracle to happen! Will share with you once the videoed performance is ready to broadcast. Everyone is number one!

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Hadwin Ying
12/9/2018 10:25:54 am

It is such a pleasure to be able to join this Thematic Group Spaeking. It is such a memorable experience for me!

Although an incident of having the main character leaving the team 2 days before the competition occurred, we didn't give up.

After tons of trainings, we did our best and at last our efforts paid off and we are pleased to get an unexpected 91 marks.

Thank you Dr. Lee for creating this amazing story, training us patiently and bearing with our mistakes.

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Dr H C Lee
12/9/2018 10:45:54 am

You're such a lovely boy Hadwin! You performed marvelously in my team (and in my class!) and I'm so glad that you enjoyed the process and did embrace the challenge. Well done!

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Lincoln Kong "Shakespeare"
12/9/2018 12:53:15 pm

Hi Dr Lee,
Thank you for leading us to victory in this"Battle"!
It was such a dream come true for me to join in the Thematic Group Speaking Team. *Best birthday present ever.* Plus, thank you for pouring out your heart to teach us, and awakening a new like for poetry, literature and drama.
As William Shakespeare quote states :
** It is not in the stars to hold our destiny , but in ourselves. **
So, I think that we deserve our destiny to get First Place and 91 marks , especially with Dr Lee training us , and with 5 Wins in a Row!
( I must join next year, and make 6 Wins in a Row)

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Dr H C Lee
12/9/2018 01:24:32 pm

Oh Master Shakespeare! It's such an honour to have recruited you! Haha! Lincoln, you did a fantastic job in my group. I apologize to have given you extra hard work on your birthday but I'm glad you found it rewarding! Surely you are welcome to play in this group again next year!

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Sirius Kwan
12/9/2018 03:08:34 pm

Dear Dr. Lee,
It was a great opportunity for us to join the Group Thematic Speaking team, and we all learnt a lot from you. We were very glad to know that our efforts paid off in the end and I give the deepest salute to you for bearing with us for so long and coaching us patiently. Thank you!

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Dr H C Lee
12/9/2018 03:36:25 pm

Thanks Sirius. You are unbelievable! Thanks for your marvelous effort and patience to make this miracle happen. I'm proud of you! Interestingly, you were my chosen actor to be in the lead during the first lesson when Mrs Carrie Lam visited, you remember? Somehow you're destined to take this role!

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Andrzej So
12/14/2018 07:48:52 pm

Thank you Dr Lee for such a wonderful chance to join the English Thematic Speaking Team . Though we went through a lot of troubles , we still made it to the end with endless effort .

But also , we could not make it to first place without your wonderful script , it was quite a masterpiece . It was a great honour to act it out , I had lots of fun doing it .

It was definitely a dream come true to be taught by you , Dr Lee , I have longed for this dream since first grade and thank you for making it come true

I have enjoyed this experience which has become an important page in my life , I cannot not go for the Thematic tryouts next year and help continue with our record !

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Dr H C Lee
12/16/2018 08:45:52 pm

Thanks for your kind words Andrzej. You played professionally and of course you are welcome to be in my team again in the future!

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Matthew Chan
12/18/2018 01:29:19 pm

Congratulations guys! Still remember the time when I did thematic group speaking and it was such a memorable experience. Keep it up and continue to love drama!

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Dr H C Lee
12/18/2018 11:20:17 pm

Hi Matthew. Glad to see your words here. Coincidentally I was watching our past thematic performances with you being there. You and your brother Jonathan added so much value to the acts! BTW, do come to me to collect "Fire in Flame" with your works in there. ^^

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