GHS Speech And Drama Take Home Third In Divisionals

The Glasgow High School Speech and Drama team traveled to Roundup this past weekend to participate in the Eastern B/C Divisional meet on Jan. 21. After staying in Roundup the night before and eating as a team, all seven students were ready to compete when it was competition time.

Each competitor had to compete in four rounds and then a finals round to see who will be attending the State B/C competition on Friday, Jan. 27, and Saturday, Jan. 28, in Manhattan. The top six in each event are able to complete at the State level.

Six of the seven students who participated in Divisionals will move onto the State meet. Caith "Vick" Overbey placed fifth in Divisional for dramatic solo; Mason Swenson performed in memorized public addressed and placed second; Chase Tarum performed in humorous oral interpretation and came in second; Kai Combs came in fourth in dramatic oral interpretation; and Connor Whitmer came in second for spontaneous oral interpretation. Gabe Proctor was the Divisional Champion in humorous oral interpretation. Harley Edwards placed ninth in dramatic solo and barely missed qualifying for finals and then state.

In addition to the successful individual finishes, the team took home third place hardware for Speech Sweeps as a team.

As the competition was underway the coaches were amazed at how well everyone was doing commenting that small improvements had been made through every round.

Leading up to the Divisional meet, students continued to practice their pieces. Five students presented their piece to the Glasgow Kiwanis Club regular meeting, two on Jan. 11, and three on Jan. 18, at the Cottonwood Inn. The students also presented their pieces to teachers within the School District for feedback.

Speech and Drama has been in full swing since their first day of practice in October, and have been seriously working on their pieces since November and December, continuing to perfect the different areas of delivery, based upon the category their performance is in. Overbey admits he has changed his pieces a few times, but felt comfortable enough while practicing that he didn't have to rely too much on cheat sheets during the performance on Jan. 18, at the Glasgow Kiwanis meeting.

The students will continue to practice their pieces throughout the week, taking into account all of the feedback they received during Divisionals, with the hopes of coming home with State hardware.