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Staff:
Director of Theatre/Speech:
Assistant Speech Coach:
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Mr. Marlo Van Peursem
Mrs. Helen Luhrs
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2010 Season:
District Large Group - Saturday, January 23, 2010 Grinnell HS
All-City Speech Festival - Friday evening, January 29, 2010 Here - Vermeer Auditorium
State Large Group - Saturday, February 6, 2010 Linn-Mar HS
All-State Large Group - Saturday, February 20, 2010 Iowa State University
Speech IE's Peer Review - Thursday evening, February 25, 2010 Here - Vermeer Auditorium
District Individuals - Saturday, February 27, 2010 Tri-County HS; Thornburg, IA
State Individuals - Saturday, March 13, 2010 CR Prairie HS
All-State Individuals - Monday, March 29, 2010 University of Northern Iowa
Current Competition Information:
CONGRATULATIONS to PC's One-Act play on being selected as as the "Critic's Choice" of all the one-acts presented at the IHSSA All-State Festival on Saturday, February 20, 2010 at Iowa State University! Receiving an All-State nomination at the State Large Group competition on February 6 qualified the group as only one of eight one-acts across the state of Iowa to perform at the All-State Festival--representing an elite group of the best of Iowa high school theatre and selected out of over 190 one-acts originally entered in the District Large Group event! For the next year, IHSSA's One-Act "Critic's Choice Traveling Banner" will hang in PCHS.
STATE INDIVIDUAL EVENTS will be held at Cedar Rapids Prairie High School on March 13, 2010 with the following schedule: (all times approximate)
8:55 Shayla De Jong Poetry Center 10
9:05 Jalissa Morgan Acting Center 5
10:35 Emily Visser Acting Center 5
10:40 Chess Van Wyk Musical Theatre Center 17
11:05 Jenna Fynaardt Storytelling Center 25
12:55 Chess Van Wyk Prose Center 2
1:15 Amber Attema Acting Center 5
2:05 Jenna Fynaardt Acting Center 9
2:30 Julie Jansen Storytelling Center 7
2:35 Kate Van Gilst Prose Center 2
2:55 Mara Keuning Prose Center 2
3:10 Nicole Vande Zande Musical Theatre Center 22
4:00 Kate Van Gilst Literary Program Center 9
Remember that neither you, nor anyone who comes to watch you perform, may wear anything that says Pella Christian on it.
The CAST LIST for all the school's competition entries can be found by returning to 'Speech' and clicking on the link that will follow to the right.
FOR THREE YEARS IN A ROW, Pella Christian's One-Act plays have been chosen as one of only eight schools across Iowa to perform at the IHSSA All-State Festival on the campus of Iowa State University! Selected as Outstanding Performers and receiving All-State Nominations in the State Large Group competitions qualified the school each year for the state's highest honor of representing Iowa's best in high school theatre. These students represented an elite group of only eight one-acts selected out of over 190 one-acts originally entered every year in Iowa's IHSSA Large Group event! In addition, the 2010 One-Act play was awarded the "Critic's Choice" top honor over all the one-acts performing at the Festival that year. PC's Theatre Troupe entries have included: Orphan Trains (2010), Rags (2009), and The Yellow Boat (2008).
Pella Christian's Theatre Troupe:
PC's Theatre Troupe is an organized group of students who enjoy doing all kinds of theatre and speech-both on stage and back stage. The Theatre Troupe inducts new members each May at their annual end of the year "Celebration!" based on points earned throughout the year. A student needs to earn a minimum of 75 points to become a member. Theatre Troupe Officers for 2009-2010 are:
President - Sara Van Gorp
Vice President - Chess Van Wyk
Secretary - Chris McLaughlin
Typical activities for Troupe members include holiday socials, trips to see professional shows in the area, and workshop opportunities.
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