A former speech and drama teacher is being remembered at the Royal South Street Eisteddfod this week.
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The late Sally Vawdrey was involved in the Speech and Drama section of the eisteddfod for more than 25 years.
Discipline chair of Speech and Drama at Royal South Street, Mary-Rose McLaren said a ‘Sticky notes for Sal’ tribute wall will honour Ms Vawdrey who taught at Clarendon College and Ballarat Grammar as well as privately.
“One of our very established teachers, Sally Vawdrey, sadly died during the year, so there is a little bit of sadness and that has effected the entries in some ways,” Ms McLaren said.
“During the course of the week we are asking kids to write down a memory of Sally and we are going to stick all the notes up on the wall.
“We will collect them and eventually pass them on to her family.”
Speech and Drama began at The Diocesan Centre on Friday. It covers public speaking, poetry recital, acting, improvisation and reading over six days.
Ms McLaren said the youngest competitors are about eight years old in the nursery rhythms section, while a man in his 60s who will recite Shakespeare is the oldest.
The eisteddfod is in its 124th year and will see about 10,000 performers visit between now and October.