By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette
A record 16 ACGC students have been recognized as outstanding All State Large Group Speech participants and will be celebrated at the IHSSA All State Festival in Ames on Saturday, Feb. 21. Kelsey Dinkla shared information on the ACGC students that will be performing at the event.
Group Mime: Seams, Smoke, and Silence will perform at 2:15 p.m. in the Sukup Endzone Club (on the south side of Jack Trice Stadium). Their story is about the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911. Members include Kennedy Reinhart, Ilana Baumert, Cadence Petersen, Natalie Dinkla, Karlynn Wetzel and Olivia Mahaffey.
Additionally, ACGC’s Improv Team Dinkla/Knutter and “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” have earned special recognition in Group Improv and Musical Theatre, respectively. Group Improv members include Carter Dinkla, Max Trujillo-Garcia, Lucy Knutter, and Preston Kent. Musical Theatre members include Tanner Downing, Rohnin Grasty, Ilana Baumert, Megan Underwood, Natalie Dinkla, Montana Douglas, Blakely Buttler and Blair Brown.
Special congratulations to Ilana Baumert and Natalie Dinkla for being selected as double All Staters. The ACGC Large Group Speech Team is coached by Kelsey Dinkla and Manda Thomas.