Speech is a competitive activity offered by Perry High School and sanctioned by the Iowa High School Speech Association.
Students may participate in individual and group contests at the district and state levels. Superior performances are recognized with an invitation to participate in the All-State Festivals.
Contest areas include:
- Acting
- After Dinner Speaking
- Choral Reading
- Ensemble Acting
- Improvisation
- Literary Program
- Mime
- Musical Theatre
- One Act Play
- Original Oratory
- Poetry Prose
- Public Address
- Radio News Broadcasting
- Reader’s Theatre
- Reviewing
- Short Film
- Solo Musical Theatre
- Spontaneous Speaking
- Story Telling
- Television Commentary