Drama Team Wins Southern B Divisional Tournament
Author: Denise Bakkum, Speech and Drama Coach
Drama Team Wins Southern B Divisional Tournament"\ Denise Bakkum, Speech and Drama Coach The Townsend Bulldog Drama Team won the Southern B Divisional Tournament on Saturday, January 21 in Columbus, Montana. This is the fourth consecutive Southern Divisional Championship for the seniors, but this team continues to achieve in ways not seen in Townsend Speech & Drama history (at least as far back as Coach Bakkum can find!).
The three duos in Humorous Theater, for example, have set a precedent for taking the top three spots in finals. In Columbus, Will Lynde and Cooper Hines placed third, Sienna Everett and Havyn Vandenacre placed second, and Jonah Wishman and Scarlett McDaniel won first, earning 58 of the team’s 127 points-enough to have won the Divisional Championship on their own!
But they were not on their own! 17 actors placed in the top 8, earning them a trip to the State Tournament in Manhattan on January 27-28.
Kayden Greene and Nykia Mondragon lit up Classical Theater and brought home first place with a hilarious rendition of Rumplestiltskin
Senior Cassidy Johnson’s Dramatic Solo earned her second place, in a mind-boggling tiebreaker that had the coaches in the tab room grabbing their rule books. Johnson and her competitor were tied in five ways, but she came out on top after the sixth tiebreaker!
Junior Riley Rauser (Mime,) and Freshman Jenna Smucker (Hum Solo) both brought the fun, placing second in incredibly close competitions! Junior Aidan Easter took a shot at Pantomime and delivered a highly entertaining piece, earning him 5th place! Freshman Jenna Mainwaring brought five different characters to life in Humorous Solo, earning 8th in Humorous Solo.
Freshmen Creighton Wright, Hannah Hall, Logan Barkhurst and Ashley Sanderson turned up the drama at their first Divisional Competition, earning third (Wright/Hall) and 4th (Barkhurst/Sanderson) in Dramatic Theater. Freshman Noah Borror brought a shovel (literally) and got a taste of competition in Dramatic Solo.
Junior Trista Moos will represent as the lone member of the State Townsend Bulldog Speech Team. Moos qualified with her chilling Dramatic Interpretation piece entitled, “I’ll Always Know Where You Are”. Sophomore Anna Beatty entered the highly competitive, Spontaneous Interpretation (SPOI) and brought humor and humility to a tough event!
The bus leaves the school at 9:00 am Friday morning! Honk as we go by!
DIVISIONAL TOURNAMENT RESULTS: DRAMA: Jonah Wishman/Scarlett McDaniel (Humorous Theater) 1; Kayden Greene/Nykia Mondragon (Classical Theater) 1; Cassidy Johnson (Dramatic Solo) 2; Sienna Everett/Havyn Vandenacre (Humorous Theater) 2; Riley Rauser (Mime) 2; Jenna Smucker (Humorous Solo) 2; Will Lynde/Cooper Hines (Humorous Theater) 3; Creighton Wright/Hannah Hall (Dramatic Theater) 3; Logan Barkhurst/Ashley Sanderson (Dramatic Theater) 4; Aidan Easter (Mime) 5; Jenna Mainwaring (Humorous Solo) 8; Noah Borror (Dramatic Solo) SPEECH: Trista Moos (Dramatic Interpretation) 6; Anna Beatty (Spontaneous Interpretation)
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