Speech And Drama Showcase
 | Author:
Patrick Plantenberg
Townsend Tree Board Chair, Townsend Rotary Club |
Speech And Drama Showcase Patrick Plantenberg BHS Speech and Drama Showcase Outstanding!
Last Tuesday, February 6, the Rotary Club of Townsend hosted the Third Broadwater High School (BHS) Speech and Drama Showcase at The Lodge of Townsend. Unlike football and basketball teams, the BHS speech and drama teams never get to perform in public.
The Showcase was an opportunity for each student to perform in front of their fellow speech and drama teammates, parents, and others. The speech and drama students have been winning divisional and state tournaments for the last four years. Coach Denise Bakkum was there with the trophies won by the teams over the last four years. The students performed to a full house!
The event was sponsored by Rotary, the Bulldog Booster Club, the Broadwater Lions Club, the Fun for Life Program and Broadwater Community Theater. The idea for the showcase originated when a Rotarian volunteered to judge a BHS speech and drama tournament. He was overwhelmed by the talent of all the regional high schools students presenting. He was surprised when he realized he was one of three judges in the room and no other people attended that event. After the tournament, he asked Coach Bakkum if the students ever get to perform in public and she said, “Only on limited occasions”.
Next year, please volunteer to help judge BHS speech and drama tournaments. You will be surprised at the talent of the students. And then come to Rotary’s Fourth Speech and Drama Showcase-you will not be disappointed!
During 2023, the Fun for Life Program, Broadwater Community Theater, and Rotary will be fundraising for several wireless microphones. Next year, the Speech and Drama Showcase students will use the new microphones.
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Image 1 Caption: Scarlett McDaniel and Jonah Wishman struggle through getting a date to the dance.
Image 2 Caption: Sienna Everett and Hayvn Vandenacre grit their teeth through a nightmarish airplane trip.
Image 3 Caption: High school student Cooper Hines uses “Google” (Will Lynde) to try to finish his homework.
