Mount Vernon competed at the WaMaC East Conference Individual speech contest Monday, Feb. 24 at Marion. Mount Vernon claimed the trophy this year at Marion for the conference and had several students place at the event.
Placing in centers were:
First places – Edith Dawson in spontaneous speaking, Emma Hoffman in review, Korah Jo Robinson in public address, Michael Covington in solo improvisation, Natalie Thuerauf in acting, Norah Weber in poetry, Renee Vig in original oratory, Skye Rodman in expository address, Summer Bowie-Smith in prose
Second place – Cait O’Connor in solo improvisation, Mae Krapfl in storytelling, Mya Stoner in expository address, Natalie Thuerauf in public address, Penelope Vig in after dinner speaking, Summer Bowie-Smith in review
Third place – Carrie Bybee in expository address, Ellah Shook in original oratory, Emara Perreault in public address
Fourth place – Mae Krapfl in after dinner speaking, Natalee Glaister in poetry, Owen Francois in prose, and Penelope Vig in solo musical theater
Earning Division 1 ratings were:
• Allie Teague in acting “A Thousand Seconds”
• Bella Hasley in literary program “Memory”
• Carrie Bybee in expository address “How GPS Works”
• Edith Dawson in literary program “Constant Rearrangement” and spontaneous speaking
• Ellah Shook in original oratory “Emotional Detachment” and prose “Tucked In”
• Emara Perreault in public address “The Perils of Indifference”
• Emma Hoffman in review “She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy”
• Korah Jo Robinson in public address “Gender Equality is Your Issue, Too”
• Lyn Bauer in acting “All-Natural Addiction”
• Mae Krapfl in after dinner speaking “Real Elf Lives of the North Pole” and storytelling in “Not Your Typical Dragon”
• Meg Dye in review “How to Train Your Dragon”
• Megan Teage in literary program “Wild Beauty”
• Michael Covington in solo improvisation
• Mya Stoner in expository address “Head, Heart, Hands and Health”
• Natalie Thuerauf in acting “Captain Everything” and public address “Remarks on the Shootings in Newton, CT”
• Norah Weber in poetry “A Dreamer”
• Owen Francois in prose “There Will Come Soft Rains”
• Penelope Vig in after dinner speaking “One Direction’s Sixth Member” and solo musical theater “I Can’t Read”
• Renee Vig in original oratory “Respect”
• Skye Rodman in expository address “Realism Portrait”
• Summer Bowie-Smith in prose “Unpopular Gals” and review “Seedship”
• Danny Dye in acting “Birthday Burrito”
• Elliott McNulty in solo improvisation
• Everett Marshall in spontaneous speaking
• Marlena Rodenberg in poetry “One of Us”
• Teagan Finn in prose “The Audition”
Earning Division 2 ratings were:
• Bella Hasley in solo improvisation
• Cait O’Connor in solo improvisation
• Claire Thuerauf in poetry “Who She Was”
• Grant Tucker in after dinner speaking “Coach George” and spontaneous speaking
• Natalee Glaister in poetry “Type 1 Warrior”
• Skye Rodman in solo musical theatre “Suppertime”
• Will Turner in radio news announcing
• Elliott McNulty in after dinner speaking “FLAP”
• Emry Willems in review “Warrior Cats” and solo musical theatre “My Grand Plan”
• Fenn Jones in review “Animal Crossing New Horizons”
• Marlena Rodenberg in solo musical theatre “Last Midnight”