Mid-Prairie Speech Team advances to state contest

By Molly Roberts
Posted 3/3/21

Mid-Prairie sent 11 students to the High School Speech Association Individual Events Speech Contest on Feb. 27 and every one earned a Division 1 rating for each of their events and will advance to …

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Mid-Prairie Speech Team advances to state contest

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Mid-Prairie sent 11 students to the High School Speech Association Individual Events Speech Contest on Feb. 27 and every one earned a Division 1 rating for each of their events and will advance to the state competition later this month.

The following students competed by performing one or more event for an IHSSA certified judge at Mid-Prairie High School:

Diego Ayala: Spontaneous speaking;

Haydon Bailey: Reviewing (“Star Wars: The Last Jedi, an Unbiased Review”) and Solo Acting (“The Acupuncturist” by John Patrick Shanley);

Olivia Caskey: Solo Musical Theatre (“100 Easy Ways to Lose a Man” by Joseph A Fields and Jerome Chodorov) and Solo Acting (“Mrs. Michael James” by Olivia Caskey);

Gavin Frascht: Spontaneous Speaking;

Avery Frede: Solo Improvisation and Radio News Broadcasting;

Isadora Goode: Interpretive Reading Prose (“A New Adventure” by Isadora Goode);

Kyra Helmuth: Solo Musical Theatre (“Alto’s Lament” by Marcy Heisler) and Solo Acting (“The Perfect Girlfriend” by Kyra Helmuth);

Emily Marner: Solo Musical Theatre (“A Summer in Ohio” by Jason Robert Brown) and Solo Improvisation;

Elizabeth Meader: Storytelling (“The Little Match Girl” by Hans Christian Anderson) and Interpretive Reading Prose (“Northanger Abbey” by Jane Austen);

Jennifer Sanchez: Interpretive Reading Poetry (“The Face in the Mirror” by Catherine S. Liebenberg and “I Am Who I Am” by Tamara; and

Avery Slaubaugh: Interpretive Reading Prose (“Jealous? I’m Not Jealous” by Lyena Monis and “Hi Brian” by Brenna Allen.

Every member of the Mid-Prairie Individual Events Speech Team will advance to the State Individual Events Speech Contest on Saturday, March 13 at Mid-Prairie High School.

The speech coaches are Christine Meader and Lisa Helmuth, assisted by Meredith Caskey.