It’s that time of year again! Large Group Speech, Districts contest. Each year the Gladbrook-Reinbeck high school sends students to participate in the event. The students are directed by speech director, Mrs. Johanns. After about two months of practice they are ready and excited as ever. Districts will be held in La Porte City, IA, on January 24th. If the group event gets a 1 from the judge at Districts it means that they will be able to participate at State Speech. State Speech Contest will be held in Decorah, IA, on February 7. At State Contest they have an opportunity to participate at All State if they get a 1 by all the judges that they perform for, are nominated by a judge. All State Group Speech will be held in Ames, at ISU, on February 21. Here is the list of our members and what category they will be participating in. As you will see there are many students who participate in more than one event. You ask, What is Group Mime? What is Improv? Those are just some of the examples of the group categories. Group Mime is where you have a group of 1 to 5 people who have to create a scene without talking. If you haven’t seen a mime group, it can be quite entertaining and also difficult. Group Improv is where a group of two or three members are to pick from three “situations” and given a short amount of time to discuss. They then have to create a scene from that. If you’ve never seen an Improv group they can be really fun and hilarious to watch. If you have nothing going on those days, I encourage you to go to those events. The students have put a lot of work into and it will be fun and exciting to see them perform. Large Group Mime: *Cole Goos, Kelly Brockett, Kathryn Wild, Marina Strohbehn, Veronica Frieling Solo Mime: *Cydney Rose One Act: *Ashley Moore, *Alyona Strohbehn, *Cole Goos, *Jenny Schildroth, *Maddison Wild Improv Group 1: Brittany Yates, Carley Crozier Improv Group 2: Dan Robinett, Jesse Royer, Waverly Robinett Musical Theatre Group 1: *Cydney Rose, *Hanna Christopher, *Jenny Schildroth, *Zach Pierce, Tyler Pierce Musical Theatre Group 2: Amanda Grunklee, Ashley Sieh, Carley Crozier, Katy Thompson, Maddie Frischmeyer, Sadie Cahalan Readers Theatre: Amanda Grunklee, Amber Brandt, *Ashley Moore, Brandi Yates, Brittany Yates, Bryce Clark, Emily Moss, Jesse Royer, Kameron Shroyer, Kelly Brockett, *Maddison Wild, Marina Strohbehn, Waverly Robinett Choral Reading: *Alyona Strohbehn, Ashley Sieh, Audrey Leyen, Brandi Yates, Caitlyn Nunez *Hanna Christopher, Katy Thompson, Kathryn Wild, Lily Heinzel, Sadie Cahalan Short Film: Audrey Leyen, Cael Wyatt, Caitlyn Nunez, Joseph Pepe, Lily Heinzel, Sam Cahalan TV News: Bryce Clark, Cael Wyatt, Dan Robinett, Walker Thede , *Zach Pierce * Seniors