Over 500 of the best large group speech entries in the Southwest quadrant converged on Waukee High School Saturday for the 2018 Iowa High School Speech Association (IHSSA) State Large Group Speech Contest. Several Schools from the Raccoon Valley Radio listening area scored well, with all 44 entries receiving a “I” or “II” rating. An overall “I” rating qualifies an entry for a possible recommendation to the All State Festival in Ames on Saturday, February 17th.
The following schools and entries received a “I” rating from all three judges. In Guthrie County, Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center High School received the designation on Group Mime and Choral Reading. Panorama’s Ensemble Acting piece and a Group Improv entry from West Central Valley also received three “I” ratings.
Dallas County schools had the most successful day, particularly, Adel-Desoto-Minburn High School. The Tiger Speech team collected three “I” ratings on six of their twelve entries, including: Reader’s Theatre, Choral Reading, Group Improv, Group Mime, and two Ensemble Acting entries. Perry High School also received the designation on one of their two Ensemble Acting entries.
Greene County High School received three “I” ratings for their Choral Reading and Short Film entries. All-State selections will be announced at approximately 4:45pm on Monday on the IHSSA website.
Full Results:
Choral Reading: “Kate Shelley: Local Hero. National Heroine”- I, I, I (I)*
Musical Theatre: “Les Miserables”- II, II, I (II)
Musical Theatre: “Young Frankenstein”- II, II, I (II)
Group Improv: “Improv 3 Bates”- II, II, II (II)
Group Mime: “Inside the Shh! Cool Library”- I, I, I, (I)*
Group Improv: “Improv 2 Nelsen”- II, II, I (II)
Radio Broadcasting: “KDLX”- II, I, I (I)*
Readers Theatre: “Superheroes”- II, I, II (II)
Readers Theatre: “Fill a Heart”- II, I, I (I)*
Choral Reading: “Women of New York”- II, I, II (II)
Musical Theatre: “Avenue Q”- II, I, II (II)
Musical Theatre: “Spring Awakening”- II, II, I (II)
Group Improv: “Gibson Jarnagin Reinhart”- II, II, I (II)
Group Improv: “Carstens, Randel, Stagg, Knapp, Watson”- I, II, II (II)
Short Film: “Walk of Life”- II, I, I (I)*
Radio Broadcasting: “KDLA”- I, I, II (I)*
TV News: “MNL”- I, I, II (I)*
TV News: “VNN”- II, II, II (II)
Ensemble Acting: “A Streetcar Named Desire”- I, I, I (I)*
Ensemble Acting: “Little Women”- II, I, II (II)
Group Improv: “Group B Becker”- I, I, I (I)*
Group Improv: “Group C Jones”- II, II, II (II)
Group Improv: “Group A Pruitt”- II, II, II (II)
Choral Reading: “The Most Dangerous Game”- I, II, I (I)*
Readers Theatre: “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”- I, I, I (I)*
Choral Reading: “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore”- I, I, I (I)*
Musical Theatre: “Sweeney Todd”- II, I, I (I)*
Musical Theatre: “Into the Woods”- II, I, II (II)
Group Improv: “Goos”- I, II, I (I)*
Group Improv: “Richardson”- I, I, I (I)*
Group Mime: “I Had to Shoot”- I, I, I (I)*
Short Film: “Murder at Midnight”- II, II, II (II)
Ensemble Acting: “Elevator Games”- II, I, I (I)*
Ensemble Acting: “The Boy Book”- I, I, I (I)*
Ensemble Acting: “Abbot and Costello”- I, I, I (I)*
Readers Theatre: “Stand Up”- I, II, I (I)*
Short Film: “PHS 2”- I, I, II (I)*
Ensemble Acting: “Prom”- I, II, I (I)*
Ensemble Acting: “The Elevator”- I, I, I (I)*
Choral Reading: “Hooray for Diffendoofer Day”- I, I, I (I)*
Short Film: “Inner Bullies”- I, I, I (I)*
Group Improv: “Kaufman-Improv”- I, II, I (I)*
Radio Broadcasting: “KINS 99.3”- I, II, I (I)*
Ensemble Acting: “Crushed!”- II, II, II (II)
*Denotes All-State Eligibility
All State Selections: http://www.ihssa.org/all_state_nominations.html