126 Iowa High Schools had groups named as Outstanding performers at the IHSSA State Large Group Speech Contest held February 7th Approximately 24,000 students started at the district level from over 347 schools. Now only 126 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 21st, 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 2009 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 2009:
ONE ACT-PLAY -- CLARINDA
READERS THEATRE -- SPALDING CATHOLIC, GRANVILLE
CHORAL READING -- ALTA
ENSEMBLE ACTING -- DUBUQUE SENIOR
SOLO MIME -- SIOUX CITY EAST
GROUP MIME -- MAHARISHI UPPER
TELEVISION NEWSCASTING-- GRINNELL-NEWBURG
RADIO BROADCASTING -- WEST DELAWARE
GROUP IMPROV -- LAKE MILLS
MUSICAL THEATRE -- SHELDON
SWEEPSTAKES AWARD-- WDM VALLEY
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