Winners of the 2022 Philadelphia Branch Shakespeare Competition
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In celebration of the Ninety-Fifth Birthday And Sixty-Ninth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II The Philadelphia Branch of The English-Speaking Union Invites you to A Royal Garden Party
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CONGRATULATIONS!!
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FIRST PLACE - $1,500 and a place at Nationals
SOFIA FOLGIA from Merion Mercy Academy
SECOND PLACE - $1,000
LUCY SHEA from Friends' Central School
THIRD PLACE - $500
QUILANA CASTRO CARDONA from Friends Select School
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The 38th Annual ESU National Shakespeare Competition: Philadelphia Branch will take place online due to COVID.
JUST ANNOUNCED: The top 3 winners of The Philadelphia Branch Shakespeare Competition will receive:
1ST PLACE: $1,500 and a spot at the National Competition.
2nd PLACE: $1,000
3RD PLACE: $500
All participants will receive a Certificate of Participation and other gifts via USPS.
The deadline to submit the School Participation Form is February 15th.
The deadline to submit the School Winner Form is February 22nd.
The winners of the competition will be judged solely on their submitted recorded performances.
Our Philadelphia Branch Finalists will be announced on March 1st.
There will be a Zoom reception on March 7th starting at 4pm that is mandatory for the top 3 winners to attend to receive their scholarship awards. They will be required to perform their winning monologue.
The Philadelphia Branch Branch of the ESU remains steadfast in its commitment to the teachers and students of our community. Please contact Judith Francis at philaesu@gmail.com for more information.
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The Philadelphia Branchinvites our members and friends to a Zoom Cock-tail (Mocktail) Party on Friday, June 19th at 5pm.
Submit a picture of you in your favorite Garden Party hat for a chance to win a certificate for Tea for Two at Sofitel (Tea is not currently being served, but the certificate is good for when they re-open).
To submit a photo, please email it to Philaesu@gmail.com by June 12th. Your photo will appear in the next newsletter.
We are requesting a $25 donation to participate. Checks can be mailed to the ESU office at 1221 Locust Street, Box 502, Philadelphia, PA 19107, or follow this link to pay on-line.
Questions: philaesu@gmail.com or 215-545-3619
Join in at 5:30pm to sing GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
God save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen:
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us:
God save the Queen.
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Performing in Philadelphia for one night only.
The Queen's Six were established in 2008, the 450th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth I, from whom they take their name.
Based at Windsor Castle, all the members of The Queen's Six are also Lay Clerks of St George's Chapel, whose homes lie within the Castle walls.
The English-Speaking Union
1221 Locust Street, Box 502
Philadelphia, PA 19107
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Phone: 215-545-3619
E-mail: philaesu@gmail.com
For reserved seating in the first five rows and dinner with the Queen's Six at the Prime Rib following the concert, please contact Judith at philaesu@gmail.com or call 215-545-3619. Space is limited
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Philadelphia Competition was held on February 15, 2016 at the Philadelphia Performing Arts: A String Theory Charter School. Seventeen schools from the Greater Philadelphia competed. The winners represented a cross section of the area: 
Left to right: Third Place: Thomas Van Dean, Central High School; First Place, Emma Muller, Perkiomen Valley High School; 2nd Place, Zillah Elcin, The Academy at Palumbo.
The Andrew F. Webster Scholarship was awarded at a reception for the winners and their families on Sunday, March 6, 2016. 
Left to right: Diana Evans, Shakespeare Competition Chairperson; Andrew F. Webster; winners Thomas Van Dean, Emma Muller, and Zillah Elcin.
Emma Muller will compete at the ESU National Competition in New York City.
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3 winners of the 2015 ESU National Shakespeare Competition. (l to r: Third place winner Elizabeth Mears, winner Sarah Spalding and Second place winner Evelyn Johnson.)
With a performance of a sonnet and monologue from Shakespeare, Evelyn Johnson (Evie), a student of Tom McFarlane at Friends Central School in Wynnewood, PA, won second prize at the 32nd annual ESU National Shakespeare Competition. The Competition brought together 57 high school students, the winners of ESU Branch competitions nationwide, for a two-day event in New York City culminating in the final competition on April 27th at Lincoln Center. Evie had previously won the Philadelphia Branch regional competition.
For placing second, Evie won a full scholarship to the American Shakespeare Center's Theater Camp in Staunton, VA.
To the right, Evie Johnson performing her winning monologue.
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