Seven Washington High School students received a Division I rating at the district individual speech contest at Winfield-Mt. Union High School last weekend and are advancing to state.
Nine events have qualified overall for state: Quinn Wubbena and Hannah Rees with solo musical theatre, Mathew Osborn with poetry, Jenna Messer with public address, Molly Klinzman with storytelling and literary program, Keegan Colby with review and acting, and Brynn Beenblossom with prose. Emma Kaye also performed at the district contest in prose and after dinner speaking. The Washington team will perform for a panel of three Iowa High School Speech Association judges at Winfield-Mt. Union on March 13th for a shot at receiving All-State nominations. Though the All-State Festival won’t be held this year due to COVID-19.
Mid-Prairie High School will advance 11 students and Highland will send four to the state individual speech contest after receiving Division 1 ratings for their district performances on Saturday.
Both schools hired a certified Iowa High School Speech Association (IHSSA) judge to come to their school and rate the performances. Mid-Prairie students performed in 17 categories with every performance earning a Division 1 rating. Advancing to state are Diego Ayala and Gavin Frascht for spontaneous speaking, Haydon Bailey for reviewing and solo acting, Olivia Caskey and Kyra Helmuth for solo musical theatre and solo acting, Avery Frede for solo improvisation and radio news broadcasting, Isadora Goode and Avery Slaubaugh for interpretive reading prose, Emily Marner for solo musical theatre and solo improvisation, Elizabeth Meader for storytelling and interpretive reading prose, and Jennifer Sanchez for interpretive reading poetry.
The Washington High School speech team will be performing at the district individual contest tomorrow.
The Washington students will be performing with Keokuk High School at Winfield-Mt. Union High School from 9 a.m.-noon. Due to the pandemic there are three options for contest participation: in-person at a local school, virtually at a school, or virtually through the Iowa High School Speech Association state office site. Spectators are allowed for the Winfield-Mt. Union contest but masks are required. The public is asked to use the flagpole adjacent entrance, and performances will be held on the second floor. The state individual contests are to be held from March 10th-19th, with no All-State Festival this year.
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Thirteen Mid-Prairie High School students performing in six categories received top ratings during the state large group speech contest Saturday.
Students performed for three certified Iowa High School Speech Association (IHSSA) judges who came to Wellman. Mid-Prairie’s improv, readers theatre, two ensemble, and two theatre musical groups all earned overall 1 or superior state ratings making them eligible for all-state nominations. Those groups included Alexander Burnham, Christopher Burnham, Olivia Caskey, Gavin Frascht, Avery Frede, Kelby Gingerich, Magnolia Graber, Samuel Harris, Kyra Helmuth, Elizabeth Meader, Emily Marner, Terra Richardson and Avery Schlabaugh.
Speech Coach Chisty Meader says since the IHSSA has given schools a variety of contest options, and until February 10th to hold their large group state contests, Mid-Prairie won’t learn of potential All-State nominations until Wednesday, February 17th. There also won’t be an All-State Festival this year because