Drama Department Scores High At District Competition
CHS Drama Students. From Top Left to Right: Joseph Kaylor, Kaden Moss, Phillip Kushuba, Lukas Hurley, August Villalobos. Bottom Left to Right: Alex Vue, Christopher Mendez, Melody Howard, Trenton Ruffin, and Aliya Falls.
Saturday, January 6 was a good day for the 31 students from the drama department at CHS, where many competitors took home awards.
The January Mt. Hood Acting Competition (Districts) took place at Gresham High School this year, where competitors either competed in solo monologues, or duo scenes, which consist of two actors.
Honorable mentions consist of the top 20% of scenes, and superior is the top 10% of scenes.
The drama department members who placed are:
Solo Monologues:
August Villalobos-Honorable Mention
Alex Vue-Honorable Mention
Lukas Hurley-Honorable Mention
Aliya Falls-Honorable Mention
Kaden Moss-Honorable Mention
Christopher Mendez-Superior
Joseph Kaylor-Superior
Duo Scenes:
Melody Howard & Trenton Ruffin-Honorable Mention
Joseph Kaylor and Phillip Kushuba-Superior
Aliya Falls & Lukas Hurley-Superior

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