By Phil Buatti
2.5.10
Rooms were rampaged and classes were crowded at City High for the IHSSA Large Group Speech District competition on Jan 23rd.
Over 20 schools from around the area, including Regina, attended this competition to earn a “I” ranking and qualify for the state competition at Linn-Mar on Feb 6th.
City High entered ten teams, eight of which will be advancing to the state competition. Among the advancing are three Group Improvisation teams: Andy Fenneman, Phil Buatti, and Susan Graves; Tareq Abuissa, Zach Greimann, and Elena Fenneman; and lastly, James Offut, Max Willard, and Susanna Howard; Three Ensemble Acting groups, A Coupla’ Bimbos Sittin’ Around Talkin’: Francesca Lubecki-Wilde, Christina Sullivan, Lian Markovich, and Sage Behr; Mere Mortals: Josh Titler, Mike Sobaski, and Harrison Burke; A New York Minute: Cole Hotek and Shannon Bowling; Reader’s Theatre’s Bridal Terrorism: Will Massey, Fredrica Kenyon, Francesca Crutchfield-Stoker, Jason Arnold, Noah Danielson, and Melissa Malloy;
and Choral Reading’s Choral Reading: The Choral Reading: Jordan Dowdy, Della Nuno, Cole Hotek, Ada Cassell, Michael Gloer, Fidi Nagy, Meg Richardson, Maura Sullivan-Channon, Renata Stewart, Sarah Dvorsky, Magill Schumm, Nadia Razavi, Claire Myers, Emily Merritt, and Andy Fenneman.
The competition raised over 5,000 dollars for the Large Group Speech team.