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Show Pleasant Grove High and Junior High Drama Departments as well as Chamber Choir Compete at Shakespeare Competition in Cedar City Both Pleasant Grove High School and Pleasant Grove Junior Ju-nior High have established a strong heritage for winning at the Shakespeare Competition and this year was no exception. excep-tion. On Thursday, October 7, through Saturday, October 9, Pleasant Grove High School's Drama Department and Chamber Cham-ber Choir, as well as the Junior Ju-nior High Drama Department, competed in the 34th Annual Shakespeare Festival in Cedar Ce-dar City. Over 2,400 students competed in this event representing repre-senting 99 schools from seven different states. Based on school enroll-, ment, the competition is divided divid-ed into six divisions. Pleasant Grove High School competed in the second largest division, the Oxford Division. Both the Drama Department and Chamber Cham-ber Choir represented Pleasant Grove High School with outstanding out-standing performances. Last year Pleasant Grove High School earned first place in the Shakespeare Festival setting high expectations for this year's team. This year they did not disappoint. Once again, they were awarded first place in the . overall competition tying Lehi High School. Pleasant Grove also earned second place for their ensemble scene of Henry V Act VI. Other performances included in-cluded monologues from Kylie Major, Celeste Lines, and Allan Walker. DuoTrio scenes were performed by Josh Brown and Luke Packer, and Jake Hale and Michelle Reid. High school drama member mem-ber Nick Varney said, "We competed in one of the toughest tough-est divisions. There were so many talented schools. We won because of teamwork. Shakespeare Competition is always al-ways the highlight of the year." Ryan Gordon competed in the Electronics Division of the Technician Olympics. Ryan dominated the competition earning first place with a time of eight seconds. Most other competitors scored slower times of 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Pleasant Grove Junior High's Drama Department earned second place in the Stanford Division with spectacular spec-tacular performances. Pleasant Grove High School's Chamber Choir competed at the Shakespeare Competition for the first time. Already they have established es-tablished a strong heritage. The Chamber Choir sang Fair Phyllis in the Madrigals Division and tied for first place with Tuachan High School. Both Drama Departments Depart-ments and the Chamber Choir's performances were spectacular and showcased talent from both the high school and the junior high. |
