By Casey Jarmes | The News-Review
VINTON – The Southeast Iowa High School Speech Association State contest was held at Vinton-Shellsburg on March 14. Students who previously earned “I” ratings at the district level performed before a harsher panel of three judges.
The goal of every student competing at the State contests is to earn a coveted nomination to perform at the All State Festival, held on March 30 at the University of Northern Iowa. To reach the All State Festival, students must give impeccable performances and receive both a I rating and a recommendation from at least two judges.
Four local students received All-State nominations:
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Isaac Jones of Sigourney in Reviewing for a review of Terraria 1.4.4.
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Brinley Phillips of Pekin in Solo Musical Theatre for “Screw Loose” from “Cry Baby.”
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Zoe Heisdorffer of Pekin in Storytelling for “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak.
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Tatum Harbison of Pekin in Reviewing for “So This is Basically Labyrinth.”
All four of these acts received perfect scores from judges. Harbison also received one I and two IIs in Storytelling for “We All Ignore the Pit” from “The Magnus Archives.” Results for other students include:
Sigourney
Eden Hahn received three Is in Poetry for the Poe poem “Annabel Lee.” Chloe Martin received one I and two IIs in Spontaneous Speaking and two Is and one II in Prose for “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley and “Rhinoceros” by Eugène Ionesco. Chris Mclennan received two Is and one II in Solo Improvisation and two Is and one II in Reviewing for a review of the 2018 PS4 Spider-Man game. Tierney Greiner received three IIs in Poetry for “The Orchard” by Larry Lewis. Jacob Randall-Blaske received two Is and one I in Solo Improvisation and three Is in Reviewing for his review of “Batman: Arkham City.” Levi Weber received two Is and one II in Expository Address for “Y is for Yeast” and two Is and one II in Reviewing for his review “The Best Design Company,” about the graphic design suite Canva.
Tri-County
Leah Tripplett received three Is in Prose for “Boys” by Annabel Erwin. Lily McDonald received one I and two IIs in Literature Program for “English Teacher?” Paisley Allee received a three IIs in Solo Musical Theatre for the song “Dead Mom” from the musical “Beetlejuice. Drayvon Dennis received three IIs in Radio News Announcing and one I and two IIs in Prose for an excerpt of “The Murderbot Diaries” by Martha Wells. Alyssa Hadsell received a three IIs in Prose for an excerpt of the book “Forget Me Not” by Alyson Derrick. Cooper Vermillion received a three IIs in Prose for “Girls.” Grace Lindley received one I and two IIs in Poetry for “Please Hear What I’m Not Saying” by Cardinal Dearden. Nathan McDonald received three IIs in VideoCasting. Sloane McKain received three IIs in Prose for “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” by Judith Viorst.
English Valleys
Aliza Walker received three IIs in Original Oratory for “Choosing Our Own Futures.” Phoenix Sorden received one I and two IIs in Original Oratory for “Protecting Life on the Brink.” McKenna Rugg received one I and two IIs in Radio News Announcing. Jack Osborn received three IIs in Radio News Announcing. Ambryn Hoylman received a three IIs in Prose for “The Diamond D and the Dreadful Dragon.” Miley Clubb received two Is and one II in Prose for “The Elevator Ride.” Ellie Patterson received three IIs in Literature Program for “Don’t ask Me/Backward Fall/Long Goodbye” and three Is in Poetry for “Cinderella.” Kaylee Frazier received two Is and one II in Poetry for “Passing the Dream” and three IIs for Spontaneous Speaking. Tyler Wiseman received three IVs in Radio News Announcing. Kaylynne Hoylman received a two Is and one II in Prose for “A Letter to the Depressed Artists” and one I and two IIs in Solo Musical Theater for “Dead Mom” from the musical “Beetlejuice.” Betsy Wells received two Is and one II in Poetry for her self-written piece “I Talk a Lot.” Davis Burdick received three IIs in Video Casting for “The Stacked Deck.”
Pekin
Rannen Harbison received a two Is and a II in Acting for “Hamlet’s First Soliloquy” by William Shakespeare. Bo Latcham received two Is and a II in Solo Musical for “If I Can’t Love Her” from “Beauty and the Beast.” Brogan Spray received one I and two IIs in Storytelling for his performance of “Farmer Paul” by Phil Parsons. Natalie Hamilton received three Is I in Public Address for “Commencement Address” by Anna Q and three Is in Prose for “The Fall” by Isabella Earnest.
