AACS National Competition

Well, here is the group that I took to the AACS national competition at Bob Jones last week. What a wonderful experience it was for all of these students. We competed in choric speaking, religious reading and duet acting. All of the performers did well and handled the pressure of this level of competition like the pros. Going to nationals always reminds me of my high school experiences there -- it was always the highlight of my year.

After the first round of speech competition on Wednesday we were thrilled to see our choric speaking group had made it to the final round which was the top 6. How exciting it was to see the group "nail" their performance the next day. We knew we were up against stiff competition, so I told the group that the outcome didn't matter. They had done their best and had made it into the final round which we had never done before in this competition category.

During the final awards program we were even more elated when the final three teams were announced, and we came in third place. Killian Hill from Georgia was first and Gloucester Christian from New Jersey was second. Killian Hill, where my good friend is the speech teacher, performed at the program. They did "The Pied Piper of Hamlin" and were outstanding. Anyway, I took a picture of the screen where our name was listed even though it is difficult to see -- it is there!

Here is the group celebrating in the snack shop after our final round. They were all smiles and were definitely in the mood for a snack before heading to chapel.

These two pictures are actually from the awards program at our state competition in which the group performed. Our choric speaking group had 13 students and we did a cutting from "Chitty-chitty, Bang-bang." They chanted the tune, spoke, sang, acted, clapped. . .just about anything you can imagine. I did have a dad record our performance, so I'll try to figure out how to post it. Anyway, it was really neat!

Here is the beginning where Jeremy, Jemima, Professor and Grandpa are interacting at breakfast. Our favorite line is Grandpa's:

"I got up this morning. . . and shot an elephant in my pajamas. . . how an elephant got in my pajamas . . . I shall never know !!!" :) Have a good day!