Oral Language Festival Results

 

50th annual Kern County Oral Language Festival winners announced

Dozens of students who rose through their school, district and regional competitions presented their interpretations of a published literary work during the 50th annual Kern County Oral Language Festival. The event was held virtually this year and took place on Saturday, Feb. 20.

Presentations were 3-5 minutes in length with grades 4-6 and grades 7-8 competing separately. Categories of competition were: Verse Choir, Humorous Interpretation Solo, Humorous Interpretation Duo, Serious Interpretation Solo and Serious Interpretation Duo.

Trophies were awarded to first through third place finishers. Those results are:

 Grades 4-6

Serious Interpretation Solo

1^st — Ronak Bose / Reagan Elementary
2^nd — Reagan Contreras / Granite Pointe Elementary School
3^rd — Samantha Coronado / Albany Park Elementary

Humorous Interpretation Solo
1^st — Sidhan Ranganath / Reagan Elementary
2^nd — Chyana Patterson / Our Lady of Perpetual Help School
3^rd — Audrey Tapia / McKee Middle School

Serious Interpretation Duo
1^st — Logan Duke and Cade Yoon / Old River Elementary
2^nd — Valerie Macias and Annabelle Ortega / Valle Verde Elementary
3^rd — Arianna Gonzalez and Irene Uribe / Valle Verde Elementary

Humorous Interpretation Duo
1^st — Ansh Patel and Anjali Leva / Reagan Elementary
2^nd — Marcella Guimarra and Madelyn Maxwell / Our Lady of Perpetual Help School
3^rd —  Demiana Mousa and Mark Mousa / Reagan Elementary

Verse Choir
1^st —  Anvika Thomas, Cymone Janel Canton, and Rupsa Daripa / Reagan Elementary
2^nd — N/A (there was only one entry this year)
3^rd — N/A (there was only one entry this year)

 

Grades 7/8

Serious Interpretation Solo
1^st — Armindev Bhatti / La Vina Middle School
2^nd —  Bella Stine / Tevis Jr. High
3^rd — Hannah Pacheco / Warren Jr. High

Humorous Interpretation Solo
1^st —  Bree Goessman / McKee Middle School
2^nd — Mary Kim Park / St. John’s Lutheran
3^rd —  Ashley Wilson / Warren Jr. High

Humorous Interpretation Duo
1^st —  Anna Simone Resk and Justina Shehata / Warren Junior High
2^nd — Emiliano Banuelos and Eric Cesenas / McKee Middle School
3^rd — Jocelyn Fonseca Olivas and Jose David Fonseca Olivas / Stonecreek Jr. High