This Saturday is the Iowa High School Speech Association’s District Large Group Contest.

Greene County and Paton-Churdan School Districts will send several students to Perry High School to compete. Greene County Speech Coach Kelley Gray says six groups will be participating including: two group improv, radio news, choral reading presenting “Horton Hears a Who,” readers theater presenting “The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales,” and a one-act play entitled “Divided We Fall.” Close to 25 students will be attending.

As for Paton-Churdan, Speech Coach Stephanie Pace says they have three groups going, which include: readers theater, musical theater and tv news. There are ten students who are participating.

Admission is $3 per person and the public is invited to attend.

Greene County Groups:

One Act Play Divided We Fall:  Jordan Davis, Natalie Payan, Arthur Bardole, Morrgan Zmolek, Naomi Long, Madison Hall, Mitchell Stevens, Demir Bulut, Sydney Roberts

Readers Theater The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales: Lauryn Killion, Kendall Fecher, Andrea Grundon, Demir Bulut, Maggie St. Clair, Savannah Parker, Brianna Osterson, and Paige Egeland

Choral Reading  Horton Hears a Who:  Ashlee Harmeyer, Kirsten Lamoureux, Kassie Lamoureux, Lexi Miller, Ellie Madson, and Brianna Osterson

Radio News: Arthur Bardole, Kassie Lamoureux, Ashlee Harmeyer, Justice Phillips

Improv 1: Jordan Davis, Morrgan Zmolek, Natalie Payan

Improv 2:  Madison Truitt, Eliot Schilling

Paton-Churdan Groups:

Readers Theatre: Megan Carey, Briana Jewett, Eric Thompson, Madi Minnehan, Kyla Beyers, Karissa Stephenson, Hannah Bundt, Megan Palmer, and Carmyn Paup

Musical Theatre: Megan Carey, Briana Jewett, Madi Minnehan, and Kyla Beyers

TV News: Carmyn Paup and Megan Palmer