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The CAST Program at Julian Middle School has been part of the Oak Park Elementary School District #97's West 40 Speech and Drama Festival Team for over 20 years. They have won first place at that tournament for many of those years and are proud of their winning tradition!
The CAST Program at Julian Middle School has been part of the Oak Park Elementary School District #97's West 40 Speech and Drama Festival Team for over 20 years. They have won first place at that tournament for many of those years and are proud of their winning tradition!
Here are some of our recent team selections as well as our overall scores. Remember - the lowest team score wins. To be the best the judge has to award you a first (or a 1) in each of seven different criteria like volume, memorization, fluency or articulation. If your event receives the best score possible it would be a 7. A team score is made up of your best 10 events - so the best possible score is 70. No one has ever gotten a 70! But we have come pretty close.
Will we do it next year? Check back with us and see.
2020 West 40 Speech&Drama Festival Team from Oak Park D97
79 points (lowest score wins a perfect score would be 70 points)
D97 got one of two first place trophies awarded,
tied with Hauser Junior High of Riverside (D96)
1. Serious Presentation The Landlady by O'Henry 2. Oratorical Declamation Nobel Prize Acceptance 1993 by Toni Morrison3. Humorous Poetry Zebra Question/Happy Ending by Various 4. Humorous Monologue Just Follow Me by Unknown5. Serious Monologue Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams6. Humorous Duet Producers by Mel Brooks7. Serious Poetry If by Rudyard Kipling8. Trio Presentation Soup du Jour by Todd Meuller and Hank Boland9. Readers’ Theatre Kindertransport by Diane Samuels10. Dramatic Presentation Haymarket 8 by Jessica Thebus and Derek Goldman 11. Slam Poetry Wine Dark Sea by Lincoln Dean
2019 West 40 Speech&Drama Festival Team from Oak Park D97
82 points (lowest score wins a perfect score would be 70 points)
D97 got one of two first place trophies awarded,
finishing just behind St. Lukes
1. Serious Presentation The Last Leaf by O'Henry 2. Oratorical Declamation Second Inauguration Speech by Barack Obama3. Humorous Poetry How Doth the Little Croc, Larry's Such a Liar and Tell Me by Various 4. Humorous Monologue A Dog Birthday Party by Unknown5. Serious Monologue Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson6. Humorous Duet Gutenberg! By Anthony King and Scott Brown7. Serious Duet Kindertransport by Diane Samuels8. Trio Presentation Kindertransport by Diane Samuels9. Readers’ Theatre Waiting for the Parade by John Murrell10. Dramatic Presentation Cry Havoc by Allen R. Kenward 11. Slam Poetry Undo by Maya Souden
2018 West 40 Speech&Drama Festival Team from Oak Park D97
79 points (lowest score wins a perfect score would be 70 points)
D97 got one of two first place trophies awarded,
finishing 1 point behind D96 (Riverside)
1. Serious Presentation: The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell2. Oratorical Declamation: Speech at the Democratic National Convention 2004 by Barack Obama3. Humorous Poetry: I Want it Now by Roald Dahl4. Serious Poetry: My Tongue is Divided by Quiqui Aviles 5. Humorous Monologue: My Anniversary by Emily Carr6. Serious Monologue: Inspiration from the Land Where Dreams Come True by Geraldine Ferraro7. Humorous Duet: Go Getter by Scott Adsit and Adam McKay8. Serious Duet: Aftershock by Joe Calarco9. Trio Presentation: My Vacation in Paris by Joe Calarco10. Dramatic Presentation: Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis and Reginald Andre Jackson11. Slam Poetry Cinderella by Maya Souden**Did not compete due to contest reschedule brought on by inclement weather.
2017 West 40 Speech&Drama Festival Team from Oak Park D97
76 points (lowest score wins a perfect score would be 70 points)
1. Humorous Presentation: The Odd Couple by Neil Simon2. Serious Presentation: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton3. Oratorical Declamation: Speech at the Democratic National Convention 2016 by Cory Booker4. Humorous Poetry: Somebody Has To, Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout, Messy Room, and Tired by Shel Silverstein5. Serious Poetry: Various Poems About Humanity by Maya Angelou6. Humorous Monologue: Lego Wars by Michaela Blei7. Serious Monologue: Richard Fisher’s Funeral by Kellie Powell8. Humorous Duet: Crunch Time! by Mark Medoff9. Serious Duet: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck10. Trio Presentation: The Flick by Annie Baker11. Dramatic Presentation: Mahabharata Training Scene by Peter Brook
2016 West 40 Speech&Drama Festival Team from Oak Park D97
73 points (lowest score wins a perfect score would be 70 points)
1. Humorous Presentation: The Wiz Live by Harvey Fierstein2. Oratorical Declamation: Speech to the United Nations by Malala Yousafzai3. Humorous Poetry:The Ballad of Dirty Joe by Bill Harley4. Serious Poetry: The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe5. Humorous Monologue: The Dog Birthday Party by Peg Kehret6. Serious Monologue: The Diary of Anne Frank by Albert Hackett and Francis Goodrich7. Humorous Duet: As You Like It by William Shakespeare8. Serious Duet: Matahei the Stutterer by Malachy Boyle9. Trio Presentation: A Shayna Maidel by Barbara Lebow10. Dramatic Presentation: Brontë Sisters: Eccentric Lives by Robert Johanson
2015 West 40 Speech&Drama Festival Team from Oak Park D97
82 points (lowest score wins a perfect score would be 70 points)
1. Humorous Presentation: Park Bench by Robert Maury2. Oratorical Declamation: Democratic National Convention Speech by Elizabeth Warren3. Humorous Poetry: Various Thanksgiving Poems by Jack Pretlusky4. Humorous Monologue: A Curse Upon You, Sister by Peg Kehret5. Serious Monologue: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot6. Humorous Duet: Bullshot Crummond by Diz White7. Serious Duet: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard8. Trio Presentation: Translations by Brian Friel9. Readers’ Theatre: All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury10. Dramatic Presentation: 1000 Cranes by Kathryn Shultz Miller
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