SPEECH ORAL INTERPRETATION The speech program with the largest number of participating schools is the Oral Interpretation Program. Students from participating schools may enter any of seven categories available in the program. The schools are divided into three classes at the State Festival. Contestants from the Class “B” schools begin competition at the district level. The winners from the Class “B” district contests advance on to a region contest. It is at the regional level that students from Class “A” schools have their initial competition. The winners from the regional level contests go to the State Festival. Class "AA" schools automatically qualify for the State Festival. Statistics DISTRICT CONTESTS (“B” SCHOOLS ONLY) Number of participating schools ................................................................................................ 73 Number of entries ................................................................................................................... 459 REGION CONTESTS (“B” &”A” Schools) Number of participating “A” schools ........................................................................................ 34 Number of entries from “A” schools ...................................................................................... 214 Number of participating “B” schools......................................................................................... 62 Number of entries from “B” schools ...................................................................................... 240 STATE FESTIVAL Number of participating "AA" schools ...................................................................................... 15 Number of entries from "AA" schools..................................................................................... 105 Number of participating “A” schools ........................................................................................ 26 Number of entries from “A” schools ........................................................................................ 90 Number of participating “B” schools ........................................................................................ 43 Number of entries from “B” schools ...................................................................................... 105 104th ANNUAL STATE ORAL INTERPRETATION FESTIVAL RESULTS Watertown, South Dakota December 6 - 7, 2013 The 2013 State Oral Interpretation Festival was held at the Watertown Events Center and Watertown High School with students from 84 schools competing. During the Festival, the judges awarded 50 superiors to the Class “AA” competitors. The Class “A” competitors received 52 superior awards and Class "B" competitors earned 48 superior ratings. In addition to the Individual Superior Awards, Team Excellence Award plaques were presented to all schools whose contestants performed with overall excellence. Class “A” and Class “B” schools must achieve at least two Superiors and Class “AA” schools must achieve at least four Superiors to be recognized with a Team Excellence Award. Seven Class "AA" schools, 15 Class “A” schools and 13 Class “B” schools received the Team Excellence Award plaques. Class “AA” Team Excellence Awards Aberdeen Central Brandon Valley Brookings Pierre T. F. Riggs Sioux Falls Lincoln Sioux Falls O’Gorman Sturgis Brown 2013 Class AA Team Excellence Awards (Left to Right) Amanda Nelson, Sioux Falls Lincoln; Gina Koehn, Brandon Valley; Megan Jones, Sturgis Brown; Carrie Oorlog, Alyssa Laufmann, Brookings; Joshua Penrod, Jennifer Peacock, Sarah Burger, Pierre; Meredith Humphrey, Roger McCafferty, Aberdeen Central; Teresa Fester, Sioux Falls O'Gorman (Courtesy of SDPB) 20 CLASS “AA” INDIVIDUAL SUPERIOR RATINGS Class “AA: Non-Original Oratory Superiors (Back to Front, Left to Right) Anna Perry, Sioux Falls O'Gorman; Alliyah Greaver, Yankton; Ethan Marsland, Sturgis Brown; Desmond Hanan, Brookings; Annika Hindbjorgen, Brandon Valley; Kayla Dittenhauser, Sioux Falls Washington; Emily Meier, Aberdeen Central; Manaal Ali, Harrisburg; Shelby Kluver, Watertown (Courtesy of SDPB) Class “AA” Non-Original Oratory Anna Perry, Sioux Falls O'Gorman "Stuck in A Moment" Alliyah Greaver, Yankton "Fear Not" Ethan Marsland, Sturgis Brown "The Hope Message" Desmond Hanan, Brookings "The Me Me Me Generation" Annika Hindbjorgen, Brandon Valley "Bring on the Cheesecake!" Kayla Dittenhauser, Sioux Falls Washington "Julia Gillard's Misogyny Speech" Emily Meier, Aberdeen Central "How the Communist Poisoned American Education" Manaal Ali, Harrisburg "Good Grief" Shelby Kluver, Watertown "I am Malala: Address to the United Nations." Class “AA” Humorous Reading Lydia Kanz, Pierre T.F. Riggs "Fat Kids on Fire" Sarah Westerman, Harrisburg "The Hunger Pains A Parody" Conor Lanning, Brookings "I'm Not Ebenezer Scrooge!" Ryan Honaker, Sturgis Brown "The Birdcage" Jacob Womack, Aberdeen Central "Edgar and Ellen: Bad Seeds!" Christian Heisler, Sioux Falls O'Gorman "Radio Star" Class "AA" Humorous Superiors Grace Fjellanger, Sioux Falls Lincoln (Left to Right) Lydia Kanz, Pierre T.F. Riggs; Sarah Westerman, "Anna and August" Harrisburg; Conor Lanning, Brookings; Ryan Honaker, Sturgis Brown; Jacob Womack, Aberdeen Central; Christian Heisler, Sioux Falls O'Gorman; Grace Fjellanger, Sioux Falls Lincoln (Courtesy of SDPB) Class “AA” Interpretation of Serious Plays Bailey Quanbeck, Brandon Valley "Put Them All Together" Daniel Bergeson, Sioux Falls Lincoln "White People" Whitney Hansen, Sioux Falls Roosevelt "My Left Breast" Nolan Zoller, Rapid City Stevens "Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop Tristan Chasing Hawk, Harrisburg Class "AA" Serious Plays "The Age of Consent" (Front to Back, Left to Right) Whitney Hansen, Sioux Falls Clara Bentz, Sioux Falls O'Gorman Roosevelt; Bailey Quanbeck, Brandon Valley; Daniel Bergeson, "Allie Oops' Last Fantastic Day " Sioux Falls Lincoln; Kyle Anderson, Aberdeen Central; Nolan Kyle Anderson, Aberdeen Central Zoller, Rapid City Stevens; Tristan Chasing Hawk, Harrisburg; "Bums (Off, Off Broadway Festival Clara Bentz; Sioux Falls O'Gorman (Courtesy of SDPB) Plays, 14th Edition)" 21 Class “AA” Interpretation of Serious Prose Shreya Chandran, Sioux Falls O'Gorman "In the Name of Honor: A Memoir" Caleb Merritt, Brookings "Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend" Joe Hiatt, Sioux Falls Lincoln "Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead" Seth Gerberding, Sturgis Brown "The Death of Ivan Illych (From the Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy)" Tannon Tople, Aberdeen Central "Crash and Burn" Evan Wieser, Brandon Valley "Almost Normal" Emmi Lintner, Watertown "Prima Ballerina" Class “AA” Serious Prose Superiors (Left to Right) Shreya Chandran, Sioux Falls O'Gorman; Caleb Merritt, Brookings; Joe Hiatt, Sioux Falls Lincoln; Seth Gerberding, Sturgis Brown; Tannon Tople, Aberdeen Central; Evan Wieser, Brandon Valley; Emmi Lintner, Watertown (Courtesy of SDPB) Class "AA" Poetry Superiors (Left to Right) Desiree Rohrbach, Brandon Valley; Mikayla Haak, Rapid City Stevens; Sarah Kanz, Pierre T.F. Riggs; Amellia Klein, Sioux Falls Washington; Daphney Miller, Sioux Falls Roosevelt; Tucker Hammer, Sioux Falls Lincoln; Sam Maxwell, Sioux Falls O'Gorman (Courtesy of SDPB) Class “AA” Poetry Reading Sam Maxwell, Sioux Falls O'Gorman "Criminal Mind" Tucker Hammer, Sioux Falls Lincoln "Misunderstood" Daphney Miller, Sioux Falls Roosevelt Prism Review #15" Amellia Klein, Sioux Falls Washington "Hiding Behind the Humor A Compillation of Poems" Sarah Kanz, Pierre T.F. Riggs "To This Day" Mikayla Haak, Rapid City Stevens "A Woman's Worth" Desiree Rohrbach, Brandon Valley "On the Dark Path" Class “AA” Readers Theatre Pierre T.F. Riggs "The Newsies" Lydia Kanz, Justin Oakland, Joni Willoughby, Grant Erwin, Austin Lentsch, Louis Mehlhaff Sturgis Brown "The Very Potter Reader's Theater" Samantha Ricci, Chris Wheeler, Olivia Lyle, Willow Cowherd, Jordan Smith, Seth Gerberding Aberdeen Central -- "Dramatic RT" Jacob Womack, Evette Womack, Jon Wolfgram, Alec Wolfgram, Isaac Seaton, Max Langbehn Sioux Falls Lincoln -- "Stolen Youth" Kate McCoy, Madison Godschalk, Dakota Weisbecker, Alex Newcomb Weiland, Annie Deutscher Class “AA” Readers Theatre Superior Groups (Courtesy of SDPB) Rapid City Stevens -- "iHuman" Nolan Zoller, Josie Weiland, John Vargo, Arizona West, Isabel Anderson Sioux Falls O'Gorman -- "Ingest" James Carrell, Quinn Schoenfelder, Matthew Billion, Jessie Sadlon, Mary Motz, Nora Strom Huron -- "Escape" Maddy Gohn, Justin Jungemann, Maddy Klein 22 Class “AA” Duet Interpretation Sioux Falls Lincoln: "Gotta Get Brad Back" Daniel Bergeson & Taren Pfitzer Sioux Falls O'Gorman: "Professor Cromer Learns to Read" Meghan Kunkel & Cody Bloomer Pierre T.F. Riggs: "Beauty and Beast" Justin Oakland & Lydia Kanz Aberdeen Central: "Lives of Saints - Babels in Arms" Collin Rumpca & Jon Wolfgram Brookings: "The Jungle Book" Caleb Merritt & Carson Vanduch Sturgis Brown: "The Frog Prince Continued" Samantha Ricci & Chris Wheeler Class "AA" Duet Superiors: (Left to Right) Daniel Bergeson & Taren Pfitzer, Sioux Falls Lincoln; Meghan Kunkel & Cody Bloomer, Sioux Falls O'Gorman; Lydia Kanz & Justin Oakland, Pierre T.F. Riggs; Jon Wolfgram & Collin Rumpca, Aberdeen Central; Caleb Merritt & Carson Vanduch, Brookings; Samantha Ricci & Chris Wheeler, Sturgis Brown (Courtesy of SDPB) CLASS “A” STATE FESTIVAL RESULTS Britton-Hecla Dell Rapids Flandreau Lennox Little Wound Class “A” Team Excellence Awards Madison Tea Area Milbank Vermillion Sioux Falls Christian Wagner Sioux Valley West Central St. Thomas More Winner 2013 Class A Team Excellence Awards (Left to Right, Front to Back) Jeff Sand, Wagner; Mary Begley, Vermillion; Krista Bruggeman, Lennox; Cindy Schumacher, West Central; Jessica De Wit, Sioux Falls Christian; Douglas Tschetter, Milbank; Judy Duffy, Winner; Meagan Lembcke, Sioux Valley; (back) Matt Groce, Madison; Mieke Slaba, Wagner; Kathryn Wetzel, St. Thomas More; Joe Bob Geis, Vermillion; Kristi Fischer, Flandreau; Amy Smith, Tea Area, Daniel G. Snethen, Little Wound; Gretchen Christenson, Britton-Hecla; Christina Bosse, Britton-Hecla; Sharon Mitchell, Dell Rapids; Missy Schull, Dell Rapids (Courtesy of SDPB) 23 Class “A” Non-Original Oratory Superiors (Left to Right) Brian Niedert, Madison; Shivalio Soldier Wolf, Little Wound; Rachel West, Lennox; Lauren Buisker, Sioux Valley; Dustin Wahl, Sioux Falls Christian; Brianna Schreurs, Milbank; Catherine Stone, St. Thomas More; Duncan English, Winner; Matt Esche, Canton; Michael Sperry, Aberdeen Roncalli (Courtesy of SDPB) Class “A” Humorous Reading Katie Zimmerman, Vermillion "Beauty Queens" Megan Thomas, Milbank "Auntie Mame" Kendra Drew, Dell Rapids "And Thy Name Shall Be...Something" Nathan Kucera, Wagner "Afterlife" Jessi Schultz, Madison "Pipe Dreams" Tyler Kaul, Bon Homme "Boogers are My Beat" Coleman Peterson, Tea Area "Gums" Class “A” – Non-Original Oratory Brian Niedert, Madison "This is Water" Shivalio Soldier Wolf, Little Wound "The Ghost Dance" Rachel West, Lennox "The Power of Vulnerability" Lauren Buisker, Sioux Valley "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" Dustin Wahl, Sioux Falls Christian "Defense of Freedom" Brianna Schreurs, Milbank "Bring on the Cheesecake!" Catherine Stone, St. Thomas More "The Dying Art of the Complaint" Duncan English, Winner "A Matter of Honor" Matt Esche, Canton "The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" Michael Sperry , Aberdeen Roncalli "On Decency and Strength" Class “A” Humorous Reading - Superior Performances (Left to Right) Katie Zimmerman, Vermillion; Megan Thomas, Milbank; Kendra Drew, Dell Rapids; Nathan Kucera, Wagner; Jessi Schultz, Madison; Tyler Kaul, Bon Homme; Coleman Peterson, Tea Area (Courtesy of SDPB) Class “A” Interpretation of Serious Plays Savannah Kirsch, Vermillion "The Orange" Hannah Fleming, Wagner "Normalcy" Jaden Stout, Madison "4.48 Psychosis" Taiven Logan, Dell Rapids "Live to Tell" Jocelyn Peterson, Groton Area "Glas Marbles" Blaze Jones, Britton-Hecla "Grief Struck" Class “A” Serious Plays - Superior Performances (Left to Right) Savannah Kirsch, Vermillion; Hannah Fleming, Wagner; Jaden Stout, Madison; Taiven Logan, Dell Rapids; Jocelyn Peterson, Groton Area; Blaze Jones, Britton-Hecla (Courtesy of SDPB) 24 Class “A” Interpretation of Serious Prose Alexandra Farber, Britton-Hecla "Getting Through the M's" Natalie Gronlund, Winner "And the Award Goes To" James "Foghorn" Chief, Little Wound "Old Major's Speech (from Animal Farm)" Elsie West, West Central "The Glass Castle" Ben Morehead, Tea Area "The Boogeyman" Caitlyn Drietz, Flandreau "Gone Girl" Jaden Stout, Madison "Too Much Happiness" Mariah Halverson, Lennox "The Woman Who Walked Into Doors" Class “A” Serious Prose Superiors: (Left to Right) Alexandra Farber, Britton-Hecla; Natalie Gronlund, Winner; James "Foghorn" Chief, Little Wound; Ben Morehead, Tea Area; Caitlyn Drietz, Flandreau; Jaden Stout, Madison; Mariah Halverson, Lennox; Elsie West, West Central (not pictured) (Courtesy of SDPB) Class A – Poetry Reading Speaking Order Emily Pillatzki, Milbank -- "I Will Wait for You" Livie Stavick, Britton-Hecla -- "Story on Page Six" Tanner Ruth, Lead-Deadwood -- "Look Closely" Stefanie Blackbear, Little Wound -- "Joy Harjo Poetry" Julia Rankin, Belle Fourche -- "To This Day" Karissa Blum, Flandreau -- "The Voice of Maya Angelou" Katie Zimmerman, Vermillion -- "The Spoon River Anthology" Madison Monahan, West Central -- "To This Day" Poetry Superior Award Winners (Left to Right) Emily Pillatzki, Milbank; Livie Stavick, Britton-Hecla; Tanner Ruth, Lead-Deadwood; Stefanie Blackbear, Little Wound; Julia Rankin, Belle Fourche; Karissa Blum, Flandreau; Katie Zimmerman, Vermillion; Madison Monahan, West Central (Not pictured) (Courtesy of SDPB) Class “A” Readers Theatre Superior Groups (Courtesy of SDPB) Class “A” Readers Theatre Vermillion -- "Olympian Gods" Owen Mechling, Dustin Fischer, Wyatt Hansen , Genevieve Carey, Erica Moen, Rob McFall St. Thomas More -- "The Day the Crayons Quit" Audrey Cope, Jack Gibbon, Dillon Johnson, Corbin Olson, Catherine Stone, Grace Wittenberg Lead-Deadwood -- "There Will Come Soft Rains" Tanner Ruth, Selena Mascarenas, Hailee Hertel, Lauren Groeger, Nate Finster Milbank -- "Wizard of Oz" Brianna Schreurs, Michael Miller, Jamie Mundwiler, Sharon Folk, Megan Thomas, Rebecca Wieting Sioux Falls Christian -- "So Call Now!" Connor Engbers, Dustin Wahl, Nathan Bajema, Ross Ackerman West Central -- "The Interp Games" Riley Riepma, Madison Monahan, Kristie Schmidt, Anna Bosch, Tanner Crotty, Jordan Goldammer Madison -- "McDonald's" Amy Trivedi, Erin LeMair, Karli Tunendar, Jay Knutson 25 Class “A” Duet Superiors (Left to Right) Connor Engbers & Dustin Wahl, Sioux Falls Christian; Savannah Kirsch & Natalie Swanson, Vermillion; Natalie Gronlund & Ashley Meiners, Winner; Levi Ford & Tim Ganahi, Sioux Valley; Dustin Lehrke & Carly Goodhart, Sisseton; Garrett Miles & Sadie Swier, West Central (Courtesy of SDPB) Class “A” – Duet Interpretation "13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview" Connor Engbers & Dustin Wahl, Sioux Falls Christian "Peter Pan" Savannah Kirsch & Natalie Swanson, Vermillion "The Vonhefflehorn Therapy" Natalie Gronlund & Ashley Meiners, Winner "Who’s On First" Levi Ford & Tim Ganahi, Sioux Valley "The Prettiest Girl in Lafayette County" Carly Goodhart & Dustin Lehrke, Sisseton "Barbie and Ken" Sadie Swier & Garrett Miles, West Central CLASS “B” STATE FESTIVAL RESULTS Class “B” Team Excellence Awards Canistota Freeman Academy Chester Area Lyman Clark Mt. Vernon De Smet Parker Faulkton Rosholt 2013 Class B Team Excellence Awards (Left to Right, Front to Back) Jennifer Dobson, DeSmet; Cindy Froiland, Parker; Deb Smith, Lyman; Karen Bertsch, Mt. Vernon; Kim Davidson, Rosholt; (back) Tina Moyer, Chester Area; Sherray Hurlbert, Clark; Nancy Heidenreich, Faulkton; John Delle, Canistota; Todd Jones, Freeman Academy (Courtesy of SDPB) 26 Class “B” Non-Original Oratory Superiors (Left to Right) Madisen Swift, Chester Area; Jacob Carsten, Kimball; Brady Hamer, Lyman; Ryan Burket, James Valley Christian; Miranda Anderson, Rosholt; Bethany Wollman, Freeman Academy; Tory Makela, Ipswich (Courtesy of SDPB) Class “B” Humorous Readings Grant Preheim, Freeman "Stuff Christians Like" Rebecca Glanzer, Mt. Vernon "Falling (And Not Gettying Up)" Ashley Fink, Marion "Dear Dumb Diary: Let's pretend This Never Happened." Emily Muirhead, Lyman "Camp Sunshine" Nick Wood, Northwestern "Light's Out" Keana Jackson, Rosholt "The Primary English Class" Class “B” Non-Original Oratory Madisen Swift, Chester Area "I am Adam Lanza's Mother" Jacob Carsten, Kimball "Lessons From A Third Grade Drop-Out" Brady Hamer, Lyman "UVA Commencement Speech" Ryan Burket, James Valley Christian "I Have a Dream" Miranda Anderson, Rosholt "Dear Virginia" Bethany Wollman, Freeman Academy "A Long Walk in New Shoes" Tory Makela, Ipswich "B+ Is Just Fine" Class “B” Humorous Reading Superiors (Left to Right) Grant Preheim, Freeman; Rebecca Glanzer, Mt. Vernon; Ashley Fink, Marion; Emily Muirhead, Lyman; Nick Wood, Northwestern; Keana Jackson, Rosholt (Courtesy of SDPB) Class “B” Serious Plays Superiors (Left to Right) John Cassens, Faulkton Area; Ellen Weber, Warner; Mary Christianson, Rapid City Christian; Rowan Byrd, White Lake; Polly Carlson, Freeman Academy; Franchesca Poppinga, De Smet; Adam Anderson, Chester Area (Courtesy of SDPB) 27 Class “B” Interpretation of Serious Plays John Cassens, Faulkton Area "Assassins" Ellen Weber, Warner "Wispy Boy" Mary Christianson, Rapid City Christian "Clear Glass Marbles" Rowan Byrd, White Lake "Ice Cream for Dinner" Polly Carlson, Freeman Academy "Lady of Letters from The Complete Talking Heads" Franchesca Poppinga, De Smet "Bad Seed" Adam Anderson, Chester Area "Thirty-One Words" Class “B” Interpretation of Serious Prose Samantha Keifer, Rosholt "Mockingbird" Bobby Beach-Pattison, Mt. Vernon "Tuesdays With Morrie" James Mayclin, Plankinton "The Tell-Tale Heart" Franchesca Poppinga, De Smet "Light on Snow" Danielle Rang, Parker "A Child Called It" Johannah Jensen, Arlington "Mick Harte Was Here" Class “B” Poetry Superiors (Left to Right) Sierra Hokanson, Rosholt; Annemarie Gustafson, De Smet; Jennifer Hurlbert, Clark; Madisen Swift, Chester Area; Danielle Rang, Parker; Hannah Mogck, Scotland; Maggie Donovan, Henry; Tess Heidenreich, Faulkton Area (Courtesy of SDPB) Class “B” Duet Interpretation Kathy Jensen & Brodrick Wendland, Arlington "The Welcome Mat" Olivia Boese & Brooklyn Ries, Freeman Academy "Metatheatre" Tanisha Remer & Dominick Weber, Canistota "Check Please" John Cassens & Christopher Cassens, Faulkton Area "Pillow Talk" James Mayclin & Devon Moore, Plankinton "Bun-Gee!" Megan Eisenbeis & Grant Preheim, Freeman "To Every Coin" Jace Anderson & Ryan Hinrichs, Sully Buttes "Abbot and Costello" Class “B” Serious Prose Superiors (Left to Right) Samantha Keifer, Rosholt; Bobby Beach-Pattison, Mt. Vernon; James Mayclin, Plankinton; Franchesca Poppinga, De Smet; Danielle Rang, Parker; Johannah Jensen, Arlington (Courtesy of SDPB) Class “B” Poetry Reading Sierra Hokanson, Rosholt "After the Death of Anna Gonzales" Annemarie Gustafson, De Smet "Phenomenal Woman" Jennifer Hurlbert, Clark "I Could Pee on This" Madisen Swift, Chester Area "Crank" Danielle Rang, Parker "Missing Natalie" Hannah Mogck, Scotland “To This Day" Maggie Donovan, Henry "Daughter/Shrinking Woman" Tess Heidenreich, Faulkton Area "Shark Girl" Class “B” Duet Interpretation Superiors (Front to Back, Left to Right) Brodrick Wendland & Kathy Jensen, Arlington; Olivia Boese & Brooklyn Ries, Freeman Academy; Tanisha Remer & Dominick Weber, Canistota; John Cassens & Christopher Cassens, Faulkton Area; James Mayclin & Devon Moore, Plankinton; Megan Eisenbeis & Grant Preheim, Freeman; Jace Anderson & Ryan Hinrichs, Sully Buttes (Courtesy of SDPB) 28 Class “B” Readers Theatre Superiors (Courtesy of SDPB) Class “B” Readers Theatre Superior Awards Canistota -- "Reflections" Brianna Buseman, Chloe Nielsen, Mason Decker, Sydney Randall, Morgan Larson, Jenny Hofer Bridgewater-Emery -- "The Day I Discovered Women" Chesney Arend, Sadie Potter, Kelsey Kotas, Sam Tusha De Smet -- "A Tip of the Slongue" Ali Munger, Franchesca Poppinga, Dayton Trujillo Clark -- "Wonder" Brady Atherton, Rawson Yost, Skylar Welk, Morgan Nelson, Mackenzie Huber, Jill Warkenthien Waubay -- "Inside" Kayla Breske, Monica Larson, Jenna Larson, Sophie Beers, Sydney Swanson, Carson Zubke Freeman -- "Up, Up, and Away" Vanessa Dowden, Justin Eisenbeis, Megan Eisenbeis, Riley Mehlhaf, Grant Preheim Plankinton -- "Hamlet With Extra Cheese" Brady Brink, Matthew Fry, Tye Harris, James Mayclin, Devon Moore, Shelby Vissia 29
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