Tulip City High School students earned the highest possible honor in Iowa High School Speech. The following large group speech teams from Pella and Pella Christian received All-State Nominations from the Iowa High School Speech Association:

Pella:
Readers’ Theatre – Appropriate Behavior (Non-Performing)
Improv – Mitchell (Non-Performing)
Musical Theatre – Nunsense (Non-Performing)
Musical Theatre – Spongebob Squarepants The Musical (Non-Performing)

Pella Christian:
Choral Reading – And (Performing)
Readers’ Theatre – And Others (Performing)
One-Act Play – Rags (Non-Performing)

Pella High School Students Will Rasmussen, Hannah Tschetter, and John DeBruin all earned All-State recognition in various categories, which they say shows the depth and strength of the Pella Speech and Drama tradition.

In total, 25 Pella High School students earned the All-State distinction. The 2020 Iowa High School All-State Speech Large Group Festival will be held at Iowa State University on Saturday, February 22nd, where those who received the “performing” distinction will showcase their acts. Hear from the All-State Speech students at Pella High School on today’s Let’s Talk Pella.