Greene County and Paton-Churdan High School students are once again preparing for this weekend’s Iowa High School Speech Association’s Large Group District Contest.
Greene County Speech Coach Kelley Gray says about 26 students will compete in six events. The events include: one act play, choral reading, ensemble acting, radio news, short film and group improvisation. Arthur Bardole is the returning all-state qualifier in radio news from last year, and hopes to repeat again this year in the same category. Gray adds that she has a good mix of experience and new students and she’s excited for them to compete.
Paton-Churdan Speech Coach Stephanie Pace says 13 students are competing in two events: short film and group mime. Pace points out that this is the first year students are competing in group mime. Last year, students qualified for state in short film.
Greene County and Paton-Churdan will travel to Des Moines Roosevelt Saturday for the district competition. The public is invited to attend and admission is $3.
A list of all of the students and the events they are scheduled to compete in can be found below.
Greene County High School:
One Act Play “Attention Detention”: Jordan Davis, Natalie Payan, Morrgan Zmolek, Blake Kaufman, Robert Arnold
Choral Reading “Hooray for Diffendoofer Day”: Chantel Flack, Megan Durbin, Brittany Harmeyer, Ashlee Harmeyer, Kara Betts, Samantha Hardaway, Ellie Madson, Sarah Erickson, Regan Lamoureux, Kassie Lamoureux, Kirsten Lamoureux
Ensemble Acting “Crushed!”: Paige Egeland, Kendall Fecher, Andrea Grundon, Alex Roberts
Radio News: Arthur Bardole, Avery Bardole, Kassie Lamoureux, Kirsten Lamoureux, Regan Lamoureux
Short Film: Arthur Bardole, Avery Bardole, Sydney Roberts, Jackson Gerdes, Cayden Gerdes, Blake Kaufman, Crawford Petterson
Group Improv: Jordan Davis, Natalie Payan
Paton-Churdan High School:
Group Mime: JJ Gannon, Kyla Beyers and Kalyssa Baker
Short Film: Megan Carey, Briana Jewett, Carter Meseck, Eric Sabus, Eric Thompson, Jack Bryson, Madi Minnehan, Kyla Beyers, JJ Gannon, Jacob Geisler, Hannah Bundt, and Karissa Stephenson.