Patch West Des Moines, IA --A news release from West Des Moines Community Schools:
Valley High School and Valley Southwoods Freshman High School will be sending 130 students in 13 performances to the Iowa High School Speech Association’s All-State Festival Saturday, February 16 at Iowa State University.
Entries receiving a I rating at districts advance to the state competition where three judges critique the performance. Performances that receive at least two all-state nominations and are in the upper percentages of point ratings advance to all-state.
At the All-State Festival, a professional artist adjudicates the performance. Those students performing at the All-State Festival are considered to be the highest in their areas.
Two entries also received special recognition and will be honored at the All-State Festival, but will not perform.
There will be a pep rally and send off for the students on Friday, February 15 at 12:30 p.m. in the VHS Auditorium.
Following are the entries:
*One-Act Play:* “Gossamar”
Directed by Kim Van Haecke,
Technical Directed by Thatcher Williams
Technical Crew: Maggie Clausman, Erin McCauley, Renee Socarras, Justin Tew, Brianne Tuttle, Maddie VanderSchoor, Claire Wright
Sammie Benson, Emily Bergez, Bailey Cook, Sam Dayton, Sammie Dehaai, Ashlee Fetters, David Forney, Lucy Gee, Sini Hamalainen, Mallory Heil, Maggie Hemken, Maddie Hurley-Boyd, Katelynn Janssen, Allison Kacer, Emily Kacer, Breanna Katcher, Maria Lind, Elle Little, Claire Maly, Alex McNunn, Savannah Mendenhall, Tessa Miksch, Anna Mokricky, Tori Muto, Olivia Novak, Lauren Pfeil, Marisa Potts, Kyle Rasmussen, Colton Redford, Elizabeth Reed, Ashley Ridgway, Megan Smith, Katherine Smoldt, Daniel Soto, Abby Tobin, Jaclyn Warden, Annie Weinberg
*Choral Reading:* “Bella and Boris”
Directed by Stacy Hansen
Stage Manager: Allison Streck
Sam Cacciatore, Sam Farrell, Chloe Goodman, Andy Han, Grace Harper, Tommy Lau, Jessica Martens, Abbie Martin, Elise Ramaekers, Kellen Schneider, Joel Snyder, Alyssa Soto, Emma Stier, Connor Wang
*Choral Reading:* “The Secret of the Great Houdini”
Directed by Katie Dorrell
Stage Managers: Kathryn Catellier, Grant Hillenbrand
Olivia Brock, Susannah Crichton, Lily DeTaeye, Matthew Hrdlicka, Ian Ksiazak, Paige Marshall, Nico Mulhern, Jason Nye, Caroline Stump, Jazlyn Talley, Pearl Tate, Maren Tuttle, Ramya Vemulapalli, Jake Wheeler, Ben Willcockson
*Readers Theatre:* “The Elephant’s Graveyard”
Directed by Stacy Hansen
Stage Manager: Julia Kilian
Sam Cohrs, Keaton Denker, Brandon Devine, Malique Drees, Caitlin Edwards, Jared Freiburg, Annie Howard, Michael Keay, Dani Lipman, Zach Love, Haley Melz, Chris Ortiz, Erin Sheffield, Ben Weinberg, Daniel Williams
*TV News:* Metro Nine News
Directed by Glen Biermann
Tanner Barkley, Rebekah Conard, Bailey Cook, Kyra Cooper, Broc Everett, Josh Farmer, Lauren Frederick, Cheyenne Hensley, Carolyn Hoemann, Fatima Husain, Tom Maigaard, Erin McCauley, Grace Nichols, Elizabeth Reed, Anja Schepp, Grady Stein, Chase Stine, Lee Thomsen
*Radio Broadcasting: *TOT
Directed by Glen Biermann
Dylan DeClerck, Jared Freiburg, Grace Nichols, Jessica Martens, Andy Han, Elise Ramaekers
*Musical Theatre:* “In The Heights”
Directed by Brianne Magel and Megan Helmers
Stage Manager: Julia Kilian
Casey Johnson, Emma Lind, Emma Stier, Connor Wang, Nick Wang, Ben Weinberg
*Musical Theatre:* “The Pirate Queen”
Directed by Megan Helmers and Brianne Magel
Stage Manager: Katherine Smoldt
Broc Everett, Sammy Jordan, Zach Lepperd, Shelby Reddig, Alyssa Soto, Will Ward
*Ensemble Acting:* “The Actor’s Nightmare”
Directed by Charlie Reese
Liz Cleven, Mary Hudson, Jake Leiberton, Zach Lepperd, Jessica Taylor
*Group Mime:* “Robin Hood”
Directed by Derek Claussen
Sammie Binns, Sam Farrell, Jake Leiberton, Mason McCoy, Emma Schulte, Joel Snyder
*Group Mime:* “Salem, 1692”
Directed by Derek Claussen
Hanna Anderson, Julia Anderson, Sam Cohrs, Kenzie Hamlett, Micala Johnson, Ryan Voggesser
*VSW Group Mime:* “The Dybbuk Box (A Haunted Jewish Wine Box)”
Directed by Katie Dorrell
Cody Thompson, Connor McCarville, Emily Carr, Ramya Vemulapalli, Sydney Sheffield, Taylor Denman
*Solo Mime: *“Choose the Life That Is or the Life That Can Be”
Directed by David Byrd
Daniel Soto
*Special Recognition*
*Solo Mime: *“For Better or For Worse”
Directed by David Byrd
Daniel Miller
*Ensemble Acting:* “Thistle Blossoms”
Directed by Jami Bassman
Abby Hudson, Kara Masteller
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