State Large Group Speech

This past Saturday was our State Large Group Speech Competition, which was held at my school this year. First of all Districts went really well, we received all ones which is the highest marking that you can get and therefore we qualified for State. As a school we were really successful at Districts, all most all of our pieces got a one rating.

This year I was in Group Mime and Radio Broadcasting. At State, our Mime went very well except our music started skipping in the middle and totally cut off at the end of our performance. I like to compare Mime to dancing because they are really similar in that you are moving to music without talking. So if you can imagine someones music stopping during their dance recital, that is pretty much what happened during our Mime. Music is crucial to Mime because you have certain cues in the music that lets you know how to be moving. Fortunately my group and I just kept going and the judges didn't score us down for it. As for Radio Broadcasting everything went as planned. We ended up getting all ones for Mime and for Radio at State but that does not mean that we move on to All-State. To move on to All-State you need to have two out of the three judges nominate you as well as having an overall one rating, it is a very selective process. Neither of the things that I was in made it to All-State.

The thing that makes me really mad is that no matter how well your scores are and how good the comments are on your ballot you still have a slim chance of making it to All-State. Wouldn't it make sense to score things lower that aren't going to go to All-State, so kids don't get their hopes up for nothing? It was very frustrating to look at the ballots and see that all most all of the comments were excellent and then not make All-State. The only justification for why you didn't make All-State is that some other group must have been better and it just wasn't good enough. Sorry, I'm done with my ranting, I guess there is always next year.

Anyway, I had a good time trying out new things this speech season and I'am looking forward to next year already. Thanks for reading :)

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