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Speech team competes at State
Mar. 16, 2023 4:31 pm
Pekin’s Speech team competed in the State Individual Speech Contest Saturday, March 11. Each entry performs before a panel of three judges, with each judge then giving them a Division Rating.
Earning straight Division I Ratings were Izabella Earnest, Solo Musical Theatre; Izabella Earnest, Poetry; Andrea Hoy, Storytelling; and Ben Guise, Public Address.
Receiving a Division I Rating, and two Division II Ratings were Bo Latcham, Storytelling; Ayla Banes, Solo Imrovisation; and Andrea Hoy, Public Address.
Andrea Hoy received straight Division I Ratings at state for her Storytelling, The Monster at the End of This Book. Photo submitted
Ben Guise received Straight Division I Ratings at state for his Public Address entry, John Kerry's Statement Before The Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Photo submitted
Izabella Eearnest earned Straight Division I Ratings at state in both Musical Theatre for her performance of Alyssa Greene from the musical “The Prom,” and her Poetry entry, The Fall. Photo submitted

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