The Mount Vernon large group speech team competed at Districts  in Monticello on Saturday, Jan. 25, earning 8 division one ratings and two division two ratings. Events earning one ratings will advance to State competition at Linn-Mar on Feb. 8. The team is coached by Mary Sullivan, Tawnua Tenley, and Amy White.

One ratings:

Choral Reading – Matt Banwart, Cory Brannaman, Matt HermsenWhite, Paul Hines, Lucas Moran, Keanan Shannon and David Taylor.

Ensemble Acting, “Winners” – Nat Klein and Brenna Mills.

Ensemble Acting, “ Aberzombie” – Jenna Baumler, Simon Crocker, Brittany Ferguson, Lynn Lewis, Addie Rand and Chelsea Wallace.

Group Improv – Mickey Hines, Lucas Moran and David Taylor.

Group Improv – Matt Banwart, Trevor Baty, and Paul Hines.

Group Improv – Cory Brannaman, Theresa Gruber-Miller, Matt HermsenWhite and Keanan Shannon.

One-Act Play, “The First Trial of the Cherry Sisters” – Jenna Baumler, Brittany Ferguson, Stacey Jaeger, Sam Krapfl, Nicole Margheim, Brenna Mills, Addie Rand and Rehanna Rexroat.

Reader’s Theatre, “The Case of Four and Twenty Blackbirds” – Kate Baumler, Kelsi Dhondt, Theresa GruberMiller, Stacey Jaeger, Nat Klein, Aubrey Lyon, Nicole Margheim, Sydney Pratt and Rehanna Rexroat.

Two Ratings:
Short Film, “7,8,9” – Lyz Erlandson and Sam Krapfl.

Short Film, “Through our Eyes” – Kelsi Dhondt and Lynn Lewis.