141 Iowa High Schools had groups named as Outstanding performers at the IHSSA State Large Group Speech Contest held February 5th Approximately 24,000 students started at the district level from over 347 schools. Now only 141 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 will be held February 19th, 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 one the top performer in the State of Iowa in that performance area for 2011 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 2011:
ONE ACT PLAY - DUBUQUE SENIOR
READERS THEATRE - ADM, ADEL
CHORAL READING - WDM VALLEY
ENSEMBLE ACTING - DUBUQUE SENIOR
SOLO MIME - CEDAR RAPIDS WASHINGTON
GROUP MIME - ROCKWELL CITY/LYTTON
TV NEWSCASTING - DECORAH
RADIO BROADCASTING - FOREST CITY
GROUP IMPROV - CEDAR RAPIDS KENNEDY
MUSICAL THEATRE - WATERLOO WEST
E. WAYNE COOLEY SWEEPSTAKES - WDM VALLEY
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