A wonderful speech made by one of our children who has attended our drama school in Fish Hoek for 5 year!

A SPEECH GIVEN BY COBEN MAISTRY (11YRS) ON RECEIVING HIS 5YR AWARD.

I AM REALLY HONOURED AND GRATEFUL FOR BEING WITH HELEN O'GRADY DRAMA ACADEMY FOR THE PAST 5YRS. THANK YOU TO ALL MY TEACHERS OVER THESE YEARS, ESPECIALLY ANGELA AND SCOTT.

HELEN O'GRADY HAS MOULDED ME INTO A CONFIDENT YOUNG LAD. THUS FAR, I HAVE BEEN CHOSEN ON THREE OCCASIONS AT MY SCHOOL FISH HOEK PRIMARY TO DELIVER MY CLASS SPEECHES IN THE ASSEMBLY AREA, IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE SCHOOL. I WAS ALSO CHOSEN TO PARTICIPATE IN A SPEAKER/READER COMPETITION AT SCHOOL,
OF WHICH I WAS THE ONLY BOY CHOSEN AS WINNER FROM GRADE 4 TO 7 LEVELS.

THE REAL HIGHLIGHT WAS WHEN I GOT CHOSEN TO BE A LEAD CHARACTER IN THE SCHOOL MUSICALS "OLIVER". I PLAYED MR BUMBLE AND WAS APPARENTLY 'THE STAR OF SHOW'. MY PARENTS WERE SHOCKED WHEN THEY HEARD ME SING,THEY
NEVER THOUGHT I HAD THE ABILITY TO SING.

FROM HERE ONWARDS MY CONFIDENCE LEVEL CAN ONLY GET BETTER. SO HERE'S TO THE MOST AWESOME, 'BESTEST' DRAMA SCHOOL EVER.

THANK YOU HELEN O'GRADY, THANK YOU DUNCAN RICE AND THANK YOU TO MY PARENTS.

COBEN MAISTRY

 

Coburn in his role of Carlos, the Matador, in the Fish Hoek Helen O'Grady Performance