Glasgow's Speech and Drama Season Kicks Off

Glasgow High School's Speech and Drama season started with a spectacular open on Nov. 2 in Sidney, where the team came home with a first place finish in Class B Speech and a third place finish in Class B Drama Sweeps. Helping the team with these awards was Gabe Proctor placing first in humorous oral interpretation (HOI) and Ash James taking third in the same event. Connor Whitmer placed first in spontaneous oral interpretation (SPOI) while eighth-grader Henry Holte took fifth.

Eighth-grader Gabe Allen placed ninth in Lincoln Douglas Debate; Mirax Lipscomb took fifth in humorous solo and Kai Combs took second in dramatic oral interpretation (DOI).

The next meet saw the students travel to Miles City the following weekend, Nov. 9. The team had a few extra students able to join as a result of fall sports/activities being completed. The team once again were Class B Speech Champions with the assistance of Proctor's first place. The other results of the meet were:

Gabe Allen – eighth place in Lincoln Douglas Debate

Averylynn Terril- 13th place in Hum Solo

Sebastian Gregg-ninth in in a three-way tie in HOI

Emmy/Cody-Ninth Place in Hum Theater

Kai Combs -Sixth in Drama Solo

Ash James-Sixth in HOI

Mirax Lipscomb-Eighth Place

Henry Holte- Eighth Place

The team then traveled to Fairview on Nov. 16 to compete. Once again the team excelled, taking second place for Class B Speech and third place for Class B Drama. The results of the meet were:

In HOI : Gabe Proctor in first and Ash James in third

In SPOI: Connor Whitmer in second and Henry Holte in third

In Lincoln Douglas Debate: Gabe Allen in third place

In Hum Solo: Mirax Lipscomb in third and Averylynn Terrel in seventh

In DOI: Kai Combs in sixth

In Hum Theater: Emmy Gutow and Cody Lacock in seventh place

In Impromptu: James Pearson in fourth

Competitive Speech & Drama is an extra-curricular activity that provides students with the opportunity to compete at the local, divisional, and state level in 15 MHSA sanctioned events. An educational opportunity exists for students who participate in the sanctioned events.

Students participating in the Speech events learn about writing and/or presenting original informative and persuasive speeches (Original Oratory and Expository speaking), oral interpretations (HOI and SOI), speeches by famous authors (Memorized Public Address), speaking with little preparation time (Impromtu and Extemporaneous speaking), and using appropriate debate techniques (Policy or Team Debate, and Lincoln-Douglas Debate).

Students interested in honing their acting techniques can participate in Humorous or Serious Solo, Humorous or Serious Duo, Classical Duo, or Pantomime Acting events. Students participating in the drama events learn about selection and cutting of materials, setting, characterization, dialogue, blocking, costumes, setting a scene, and vocal techniques.