SGNC Center Hemkunt Speech Competition - 2005

April 30th, 2005 - Saturday at SGNC

Competition Details

1. Time for answering the questions and marks for contents/presentation are as follows:

Group Age (years) Book Author Time Maximum Marks
Contents Presentation
I 6-8 Sikh Studies VIII (Misl Period) H. S. Singha 5:00 60 40
II 9-10

Stories from Sikh History VI

(Banda Bahadur and Rise of Sikhs)

Kartar Singh 6:00 60 40
III 11-13 Concepts of Sikhism Pritam  Singh Gill 6:00 60 40
IV 14-17 Sikhs and Sikhism I. J. Singh 7:00 75 25
V 18-22
Three Basic Sikh Religious Thought
Faith, Grace & Prayer 
Satnam Kaur 8:00 75 25

2. The questions should be answered in the course of a single presentation.

3. Effective and persuasive presentation should be focused and well narrated before the audience. Items like style, delivery, poise, eye contact, voice, diction, and language are effective tools for good presentation.

4. The use of Punjabi language is encouraged. Participants may use Punjabi as a medium of presentation. All the participants are judged by the same format. However, Punjabi-speaking participants will receive a special prize of $15.00 at the center level $25.00 at the Zonal level and $100.00 at the International level.

NOTE : Book for Group I are available in English & Punjabi. Others are in English only.

 

Registration

Registration Procedure:
The age of each participant will be determined as of December 31, 2003. Convener may allow a younger child to participate in a higher age group.
Example: If age on December 31, 2003 is one day less than 9 years then Age Group is 6-8 years (Group I). If age on December 31, 2003 is 9 years or 1 day more then Age Group is 9-10 years (Group II).

Registration Fee:  US $15.00/10.00/5.00 for the first/second/third child respectively of the parents.

Awards & Prizes:
1st, 2nd, 3rd Position Awards and Consolation Prizes for each age group. Only the first prize winner participates at the next level.

 

16th Hemkunt Symposium - 2004 Schedule

Center (Local SGNC) Saturday, April 30, 2005
Zonal by June 30, 2005
International (In Long Island, NY) August 4-7, 2005

 

17th International Symposium to be held in Long Island, NY on August 4-7, 2005. Visit http://www.hemkunt.org for more details.

 

For further questions and concerns please contact:

Daljit Singh
Tel: (919)362 1459 (home)
E-mail:
daljitsb@hotmail.com

 

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