Four Dell Rapids St Mary students and three Dell Rapids students have qualified for the 2017 South Dakota High School State Oral Interp Festival on Friday, December 1st and Saturday, December 2nd at Aberdeen Central High School.
Thomas Eining, Emma Nelson, Maggie Klein, and Jordan Eining from Dell Rapids St Mary earned a trip to the state festival after their regional performances in Sioux Falls on Tuesday, November 14th. T. Eining will be performing in the Humor category. Nelson will be in the Serious category. Klein and J. Eining will be performing a Duet.
Olvia Clark, Jay Holm, and Ella Lueders from Dell Rapids also earned a trip to the state festival for their regional performances in Brookings on Tuesday, November 14th. Clark will be performing in the Non-Original Oratory category. Holm will be in Story Telling, and Lueders will perform a piece in Serious. Holm and Lueders will also perform a Duet. Tim Jaycox is an alternate for the Humor category. Also earning an alternate position was the Readers Theater team of Morgan Nemmers, Lueders, Holm, Abby Stauffenecker, Jaycox, and Clark.