Kee Speech performs at State Individual Contest; Manning selected for All-State..

The Kee High School Speech program had five students perform in multiple categories at the State Individual Speech Contest held at Waldorf College in Forest City Saturday, March 11, with one of those performances being selected for All-State recognition. Kee senior MaKayla Manning (pictured at above right) had her expository address, entitled “EMOJI,” selected to advance on and perform at the All-State Individual Speech Festival being held Monday, March 27 at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. There were 93 schools that performed at the March 11 Northeast State Contest and five expository address speakers were selected to perform at All-State with the other 17 top expository address speakers from across the entire state. The All-State Speech Festival is a showcase honoring the best speakers in their events from the entire state. Manning's selected expository address is a six-minute informative/entertaining speech she wrote herself about the new form of communication called EMOJI.

Manning was one of the five Kee High School Speech participants to perform at the March 11 State Contest, those performances yielding the following results:

Emily Benzing received perfect scores in both her Literary Program and Storytelling;
MaKayla Manning received perfect scores in both her Expository Address and Prose;
Anthony Martin received a perfect score in Improvisational Acting and a one rating in his After Dinner performance;
Logan West received a perfect score in Storytelling and a two rating in Improvisational Acting;
and Theron Maddox received a two rating in his Review performance.

Pictured below are this year's Kee Speech State Contest performers: Left to right - Front row: MaKayla Manning and Emily Benzing. Back row: Theron Maddox, Anthony Martin and Logan West. Submitted photos.