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       Olunde                                                    The other monologues were exceptional, of


                                                                 course. Days and weeks of practice shone like
                                                                 a beam and testified to their hard work.



                                                                  The performances were amazing, and I hope
                                                                 we, the performers, inspired someone to con-
                                                                                                                                                   Click Here To Watch
                                                                 sider taking Drama as a year 9 subject, to
                                                                 pursue the dream of acting. The monologue
                                                                 competition was truly awesome, and I can-                                         The Highlights From
                                                                 not wait until next year when the next one rolls
                                                                 around. I enjoyed performing, and I hope my
                                                                                                                                                           the Inter-House
                                                                 performance was enjoyed just as much by
                                                                 the audience.
                                                                                                                                            Monologue Competition

                                                                      Olunde is a character in the play, Death
                                                                *
                                                                      and the King’s Horseman by Wole Soy-
                                                                      inka



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     An Article Written by Jadon-Kachikwu Onwuegbuzie                                                                                                                                       congo                              2nd
                        | Year 8 Senegal

                he  monologue  competition  was
                                                                                                                                                                                           senegal                             3rd
                an experience that I will never for-
        T get. The rush of performing, and
        the thunderous roar of the crowd, made
                                                                                                                                                                                             volta                             4th
        it just a little bit better. I felt Jadon slip-
        ping away, as I stepped onto the stage,
        and Olunde* enveloped me. I felt him,
        his story, and his personality drop on me
        like a warm coat. I felt myself step into
        his shoes and walk in them, I learned of
        him as I performed.




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