About the Town Criers Championship
October 06 - October 14 2007.
The Hastings National Town Criers Championship is now in its 53rd year and sees Town Criers come from all over the country to compete for the coveted title.
The organisers have again chosen the Priory Meadow Shopping Centre as the venue because it brings the competition closer to the people of the town.
This year the performances of the Criers will be judged on:
Volume - Diction - Clarity - Inflection
Entrants will also be judged for their fit of costume, bearing, overall appearance and use of historically relevant props.
Hastings Town Crier John Bartholomew
The first ‘cry’ will be a ‘home cry’ about their town or place of origin.
The second, in the afternoon, will be a themed tribute which must include the introductory phrase ‘Oyez, Oyez, Oyez’ and the concluding coda ‘God Save the Queen’.
After these opening heats, just 7 criers will progress to a fiercely contested final where they must repeat their home cry to compete for the title!
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