It all started with regional finals and, now, it is time for the grand finale for the 34th edition of the French Schools Drama Festival set for Stella Maris Secondary School in Blantyre Saturday.
Nine schools that prevailed during the regional finals will shrug it off for the crown in the competition that is running under the theme La lute contre la violence et le vandalism dans les ecoles (The fight against violence and vandalism in schools).
The nine schools in the grand finale are hosts Stella Maris, which came first in the Southern Region followed by Jacaranda School for Orphans, who are the defending champions, Zomba Catholic, Providence Girls, Luwinga Secondary School which came first in the Northern Region, Marymount Girls, Mzuzu Academy and Likuni Boys and Marist from the Central Region.
The drama competition led by Jacaranda Foundation and French Embassy in collaboration with Association of French Teachers in Malawi and Ministry of Education will see the top three schools walk away with trophies, gold, bronze and silver medals.
Director of French Studies at Jacaranda Cultural Centre (JCC) and Maison dela France, Poya Chapweteka, said Thursday that all the nine schools were prepared for the grand finale.
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“Those coming to watch the performances should rest be assured that they will be entertained and learn some lessons. As organisers, we are happy that the aims of the competition which include promoting arts and culture as well French language are being achieved,” Chapweteka said.
He also said that apart from the main prizes, there will also be individual prizes in the categories of Best Actor and Actress, Best French Speaker (Male) and Best French Speaker (Female).
“These prizes include bikes each and we also have consolation prizes of bags and books,” Chapweteka said.
JCC Director and French Honorary Consul to Malawi Luc Deschamps said the French Drama competition is a long tradition on their calendar and that the journey in the competition has been exciting and that they are looking forward to see the best during the grand finale.
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“Apart from the French Schools Drama competition, we have a French writing competition targeting three universities that teach French and these are –– University of Malawi, Domasi College of Education and Mzuzu University,” Deschamps said.
