Here it is! Our response to challenge #3 - The Match! This challenge was about explaining the competitions that each school team partakes in. In Canada, there is a national competition called the Canadian Improv Games (CIG) which has been going on for over 30 years. It is a Olympic-style competition aimed at high school students in grades 9 through 12 which happens across the country. Each team has a choice of 5 events they can present - only 4 events have to be performed. Events have a time limit (four minutes for the senior teams and three minutes for the junior teams) and are scored by a panel of judges. While it is "competitive", the CIG promotes this as as a "loving competition" which is reflected in the way that all teams support each other. Our response has various team members explaining the events in their own words mixed in with footage from the events themselves.
The Victoria High School (Vic High) Improv Club is all about giving students the opportunity to build excellent team work and public speaking skills and above all, to have fun! The club is run by Jonathan Argue (Improviser, past Managing Director of the Impromaniacs Theatre Company Society) and Kim Sholinder (Drama Teacher, Vic High). Thanks to Zoe Schmit, Emily Fraser and Lily Macgregor who step in to coach as their schedules permit. You can reach us at imagination [at] vichighimprov.ca.