"Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounc’d it to you, trippingly on the tongue."
                                                                                             -Hamlet's advice to The Players

Event Chairperson Émilie Huot eloquently introduced each of the speakers from Grades 6 to 11, who had impressed their peers and teachers enough in earlier presentations to have been chosen to represent their Grade at this final gathering. There were a wide variety of speeches in both French and English, on a wide variety of topics:

 

• Grade 6:  Jacqueline Webb on William Shakespeare’s,"Better three hours too soon than a minute too late."
• 1re secondaire:  Olivia Hegger "La technologie peut être utilisée pour le meilleur ou le pire.. . ."
• Grade 7: Carsyn Meloche on William Shakespeare’s, "The course of true love never did run smooth."
• 2e secondaire: Rana Gaffar sur Albert Camus N’être plus écouté: c’est cela qui est terrible lorsqu’on est vieux.
• Grade 8:  Rana Gaffar on William Shakespeare’s, "To do a great thing do a little wrong."
• Grade 9: Allie Bernstein on Stephen Leacock’s, "Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence. . . ."
• 3e secondaire: Eden Schwartz Voltaire : C’est un poids bien pesant qu’un nom trop tôt fameux.
• Grade 9: Athina Khalid on Henry David Thoreau’s, "Aim above morality.  Be not simply good, be good for something."
• Grade 10:  Natalie Pang on Carlo Collodi’s, "Whether we have a lesson more or a lesson less, we shall always remain the same donkeys."
• 4e secondaire: Stephanie Oliverio Alfred de Vigny: La raison parle, mais l’amour chante.
• 5e secondaire: Vallerie Markopoulos Wajdi Mouawad : La question « d’où êtes-vous ? »
• 5e secondaire:  Michelle Rossy Alfred de Vigny: La raison parle, mais l’amour chante.

The audience members clearly enjoyed the privilege of listening to these top ECS, as reflected in their warm applause and cheers when prizes were presented by Old Girls’ Association President Lucy Riddell.

Congratulations to everyone involved!