Large Group State Information

The website for West Des Moines Valley is http://www.valleydrama.com/. At this point in time, the site says the schedule for State will be posted January 31. I will give our kids the schedule as soon as I can get it off the web on the 31st. If it's not until the afternoon, I will give the kids the schedule on the 1st. You are welcome to check the site and look through things yourself as well. There will be State T-shirts available for sale and it also looks like there will be picture opportunities if you are interested.

As always, if you have ANY questions at all, please don't hesitate to contact me :)

Large Group District Results

Terrific day today in Glenwood! :) Everyone did a terrific job - I'm so proud of everyone! We have 6 groups going to State. They are:

Musical Theatre - "Godspell" Katherine and Bevin
Group Improv - Brittany, Andrea, Stephanie and Kristi
Group Improv - Allison, Caitlyn and Casey
Group Improv - Brad, Sarah, Kelsey and Jasmine
Ensemble - "History of Television, Condensed" Kelsey and Sarah
Group Improv 9th - Maggie, Laura, Angelica and Ellen

Receiving a 2 rating were:

Ensemble 9th - "Stop Talking" Paige and Tiffany
Radio Broadcasting - Stephanie, Kristi, Andrea, Brittany, Jutta, German and Katty
Musical Theatre - "Gypsy" Allison and Caitlyn
Readers Theatre - collection of fairy tales - Brad, Brandy, Ashley, Kathryn and Devin
Group Improv 9th - Chase, Morgan and Erica
Solo Mime - Kai
Ensemble - "Gigolo in the Basement" Riley and Jasmine
Readers Theatre 9th - Nick, Chase, Morgan and Erica

Receiving a 3 rating was:

Radio Broadcasting - Chantal, Julie and Itzel

Just a few statistics:
17 of 34 qualified for State (50%)
6 of 15 groups qualified for State (40%)
15 of 34 were first time performers (44%)

I'm one proud speech coach!!! You all rock. Seriously, I have the best team in the State because of WHO I have on the team.

Large Group District Speech 2011

Okay, we have preliminary information about Large Group District speech. It's Jan 22 at Glenwood. We have groups that start at 8:00, so we'll be leaving at 7:00 am. That should give us a little under 30 minutes to register and scout out the classrooms.

I received the first draft of the schedule - remember it's only the first draft so there will probably be changes. We're having a meeting on Tuesday the 18th during seminar so hopefully things are a bit more finalized by then. That being said, here's the schedule as it stands now:

8:00 am - Musical Theatre "Godspell" - Center 3 E120
8:00 am - Group Improv (Carlson, et. al) - Center 7 B114
8:15 am - Ensemble "Stop Talking" - Center 12 B216
8:20 am - Radio Broadcasting #1 (Parris, et al.) - Center 4 B228
8:45 am - Group Improv (Behrens, et. al) - Center 7 B114
9:00 am - Group Improv (Black, et. al) - Center 7 B114
9:00 am - Radio Broadcasting #2 (Sperling/Mendez) - Center 4 B228
9:30 am - Ensemble "Litmus Test" - Center 12 B216
10:00 am - Musical Theatre "Gypsy" - Center 3 E120
10:15 am - Ensemble "History of TV" - Center 8 B221
10:30 am - Readers Theatre - Center 6 B206
10:30 am - Group Improv (Palmer, et. al) - Center 7 B114
10:45 am - Group Improv (Cerda, et. al) - Center 7 B114
11:15 am - Solo Mime - Center 2 A210
11:45 am - Ensemble "Gigolo in Basement" - Center 8 B221
1:45 pm - Readers Theatre 9th - Center 6 B206

I'll be giving the students copies of the schedule (with any changes I know of by the 18th) as well as a note with information about the 22nd.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me at school or by cell.

:) Mrs. Horn