121 Iowa High Schools had groups named as Outstanding performers at the IHSSA State Large Group Speech Contest held February 2nd Approximately 24,000 students started at the district level from over 347 schools. Now only 121 schools had groups named as Outstanding Performers and less than 1,700 students earned the right to be named as Outstanding Performers. The All-State Festival was held February 16th, at The Iowa State Center, Ames. The following schools were selected as Critic's Choice for the IHSSA Large Group All-State Festival. This Critic's Choice is selected by a profession in the specific field as the top performer in the State of Iowa in that performance area for 2008 The Sweepstakes award is awarded to the school with the most entries performing at the All-State Festival. Listed below are the recipients of the awards for 2008:
ONE ACT-PLAY -- WOODWARD-GRANGER
READERS THEATRE -- DUBUQUE HEMPSTEAD
CHORAL READING -- FAIRFIELD
ENSEMBLE ACTING -- DUBUQUE SENIOR
SOLO MIME -- MAHARISHI UPPER
GROUP MIME -- WDM VALLEY
TELEVISION NEWSCASTING-- GRINNELL-NEWBURG
RADIO BROADCASTING -- BEDFORD
GROUP IMPROV -- DUBUQUE HEMPSTEAD
MUSICAL THEATRE -- SIOUX CITY EAST
SWEEPSTAKES AWARD-- WDM VALLEY
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