Young performer Robbi Milner sings "Keep on Dreaming" from The Painter's Dream by Richard Link for the 2026 Medicine Hat Rotary Music Festival. Thursday saw the beginning of the Musical Theatre performances, which will continue through to Saturday in St. Barnabas' Sanctuary and St. Barnabas Hall.--NEWS PHOTO ANNA SMITH
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MONDAY, MARCH 9 TO WEDNESDAY MARCH 11
(13YRS & UNDER ARE NON-COMPETITIVE)
SPEECH
– Stand-Alone Monologue Solo-15yrs&under – Tanya Acharya
– Stand-Alone Monologue Solo-17yrs&under – Jeeya Gupta
– Duologue-17yrs&under – Tanya Acharya and Miranda Dube-Vega
– Canadian Poetry Solo-15yrs&under – Emily Toews
– Canadian Poetry Solo-17yrs & under – Angelina Poddar, Jeeya Gupta
– Solo Scene-Modern-17yrs&under – Jeeya Gupta
– Sonnet Sequence Solo-17yrs&under – Jeeya Gupta
– French Poetry Solo-17yrs&under – Miranda Dube-Vega
– Narrative/Dramatic Poetry Solo-15yrs&under – Emily Toews
– Narrative/Dramatic Poetry Solo-17yrs&under – Jeeya Gupta
– Solo Scene-Modern-15yrs&under – Tanya Acharya
– Scene-Modern-17yrs&under – Jeeya Gupta
– Lyric Poetry Solo-15yrs&under – Tanya Acharya
– Lyric Poetry Solo-17yrs&under – Jeeya Gupta
– Solo Scene Contemporary-15yrs&under – Emily Toews
– Solo Scene Contemporary-17yrs&under – Angelina Poddar
– Solo Scene-Shakespeare-15yrs&under – Tanya Acharya
– Solo Scene-Shakespeare-17yrs&under – Jeeya Gupta
CHORAL SPEECH
– Kindergarten-Grade Three School Choral Speech – St. Louis Drama, Montessori Children’s House
– Grades 4-6 School Choral Speech-Choric Drama – St. Louis Drama
– Grades 4-6 School Choral Speech Sampler – St. Mary’s Grade 6