Lisbon Large Group Speech team performed great at Conference speech Contest at Calamus-Wheatland on Saturday, Jan. 18. All six performing groups earned a Division I rating from the judges. Four groups also placed in their center. Those groups included:
• Ensemble Acting, “Keeping Score” starring Kaitlyn Silver, Payton Curtis, Caroline Morris and Gracie Cummings placed second in Center 1.
• Musical Theater, “Tick Tick Boom” starring Rachel Bartels and Bryce Boots Placed second in Center 6’s musical theaters
• Choral Reading, “Matilda” starring Ellie Beatty, Lynnlee Caspers, Olivia Davis, Ashlynn LeClere, Avery Long, Leila Mayhew, Caroline Morris, Ava Mollenhauer, Adalyn Ricke, Jenna Ries, Hallie Ries, Kaitlyn Silver, Sydney Techau and Joey Watson placed first in Center 4
• Group Mime, “Spell-ing Errors” starring Gracie Cummings, Ashlynn LeClere and Hermione Chalupa placed second in Center 6’s group mimes.
Those who earned Division I ratings but didn’t place were:
• Ensemble acting “Overtones” starring Rachel Bartels, Lynnlee Caspers, Natalie Pumphrey and Joey Watson
• Group Improvisation “Appel/Chalupa” starring Peyton Appel, Hermione Chalupa, Payton Curtis and Natalie Pumphrey.