On Saturday,
October 24, the newest members of the Chesterton High School speech team
gave a strong performance in the first novice tournament of the 2015-2016
season.
Munster High School
was the host site for a novice only tournament, a competition meant to help
novices build their skills and confidence to perform. In the student-run
competition, varsity CHS speech team members served as judges along with
varsity students from other schools.
With approximately
10 participating Indiana schools, the eight-person CHS novice squad competed
in humorous interpretation, dramatic interpretation, and declamation
speaking.
In the humorous
interpretation event Alexandra Raudry placed 7th, Allen Smith placed 5th,
Hannah Thompson placed 2nd, and Pricilla Sabourin placed 1st as tournament
champion. In dramatic interpretation Christian Warren placed 2nd and Anjali
Dzarski placed 1st as tournament champion.
“Our novice team
did really well and I think they even had some fun in the process,” said
coach Kirsten Reed. “It’s important at these novice tournaments for students
to have the chance to learn their craft. Now they have a better
understanding of what they learned in class.”
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