by Vincent Bushong
Every year, Montezuma’s speech and drama participants prepare a variety of different performances for contest. On Thursday, Jan. 5, the students will perform all of these for their parents in a dress rehearsal. The performances begin at 7:00 p.m. at the junior high gym.
The rehearsal provides a chance for all the participants to perform in front of a live audience before they perform for the district large group competition on Jan. 21 at Grinnell High School. This gives them an idea of what kinds of reactions the audience might have and see what areas of their performance need to be polished up and improved. It also gives parents a chance to see the students’ acts if they are not able to attend the competition.
The performing groups include Freshman Choral Reading, Short Film, Ensemble Acting, Readers’ Theater, Musical Theater and Choral Reading. Derek Bates and Liesel Roorda direct Montezuma’s speech and drama activities with the assistance of Earlene Taylor and Anya Johnson.
Attending and watching the rehearsals is free; refreshments will be sold in the form of loose-meat hamburgers. All proceeds will help cover entry fees for the speech and drama competitions.
Montezuma’s speech and drama students put in many hours of practice preparing their performances for district contest.
Come see the fruits of their labors in action!
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