(Atlantic) The Atlantic High School and 9th-grade speech teams competed this past weekend at the District Individual Speech contest at Dallas Center-Grimes. Twenty of the twenty-nine individual events received a Division I rating and will compete in the State Speech contest in Ames on March 11.
“The amount of talent our team shows is astounding,” said Speech Coach Trisha Nicewanger. “We have students who have written in-depth analysis of movies and one who have blended poems and stories together to create beautiful pieces. We have students who sing and dance and ones who read news stories. It is fun to see the variety of pieces we take to contest and watch students push themselves to try new things.”
The Individual speech categories include acting, solo musical theater, storytelling, and public address. Other categories include poetry, prose, literary program, after-dinner speaking, expository address, reviewing, radio news, and spontaneous speaking.
Results:
Storytelling: Josie Handlos, 1 Rating
Literature Program: Kayla Atkinson, 1 Rating
After Dinner Speaking, Flether Toft, 2 Rating
Poetry, Megan Birge, 1 Rating
Poetry, Katie Birge, 1 Rating
Spontaneous Speaking, Nissa Molgaard, 2 Rating
Solo Musical Theater, Grace Mitchell, 1 Rating
Prose, Fletcher Toft, 2 Rating
Poetry, Eleanor McCalla, 1 Rating
After Dinner Speaking, Nissa Molgaard, 2 Rating
Spontaneous Speaking, Xander Cook, 2 Rating
Literature Program, Alix Nath, 1 Rating
Solo Musical Theater, Micaiah Andersen, 1 Rating
Radio News, Keira Olson, 1 Rating
Acting, Margaret McCurdy, 1 Rating
Prose, Aubrey Welsh, 2 Rating
Solo Musical Theater, Genevieve McCalla, 2 Rating
Expository Address, Xander Cook, 2 Rating
Literature Program, Josie Handlos, 1 Rating
Public Address, J. Molina, 2 Rating
Literature Program, Margaret McCurdy, 1 Rating
Solo Musical Theater, Addie Welsh, 1 Rating
Prose, Charlotte Saluk, 1 Rating
Acting, Kami Steffens, 1 Rating
Prose, Genevieve McCalla, 1 Rating
Reviewing, J. Molina, 1 Rating
Storytelling, Addie Welsh, 1 Rating
Radio News, Nick Bennett, 1 Rating
Reviewing, Kayla Atkinson, 1 Rating
