Youth

The Shelton speech team hosted its annual speech showcase on Tuesday, March 2, for family and friends and featured a large number of performances by team members. Just a few of the performances that night were, counter clockwise, top left, Lane Demilt offered “Crash Positions” in the Humorous Prose category; Kiersten Bennett presented a Persuasive speech called, “Tattoos,” and a Humorous Prose piece called, “Teenage Superhero;” the Oral Interpretation of Drama (OID) performed “Courting 101,” by Taylor Lewis, Coby Reutzel, and Xavier Hellerich; “Alien Baby,” was the name of the Duet performed by Breanna Plihal and Skyler Summers; Trace Lessig performed a Persuasive speech on social media and a Humorous Prose presentation titled, “Jeb and the Bank Loan;” and Noah Summers performed an Extemporaneous speech about current events. Also performed at the showcase was an Extemporaneous speech by Jose Montanez; “Rorschach Test,” an Informative speech by Samantha Snyder; Rose Fox’s “Mississippi Mirror,” a Serious Prose entry; Samantha Snyder’s Poetry presentation, “Different;” “Pennies,” a Persuasive speech by Steven Snyder; “Emergency Protocol,” a Serious Prose presentation by Samantha Snyder; a Duet titled “Airline Calamity” presented by Angel Lehn and Jaylea Pope; and an OID performance of “Bobby Wilson Can Eat His Own Face,” by Angel Lehn, Jaylea Pope, Will Roe, and Lane Demilt.