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
1st — Ronak Bose / Reagan Elementary
2nd — Reagan Contreras / Granite Pointe Elementary School
3rd — Samantha Coronado / Albany Park Elementary
Humorous Interpretation Solo
1st — Sidhan Ranganath / Reagan Elementary
2nd — Chyana Patterson / Our Lady of Perpetual Help School
3rd — Audrey Tapia / McKee Middle School
Serious Interpretation Duo
1st — Logan Duke and Cade Yoon / Old River Elementary
2nd — Valerie Macias and Annabelle Ortega / Valle Verde Elementary
3rd — Arianna Gonzalez and Irene Uribe / Valle Verde Elementary
Humorous Interpretation Duo
1st — Ansh Patel and Anjali Leva / Reagan Elementary
2nd — Marcella Guimarra and Madelyn Maxwell / Our Lady of Perpetual Help School
3rd — Demiana Mousa and Mark Mousa / Reagan Elementary
Verse Choir
1st — Anvika Thomas, Cymone Janel Canton, and Rupsa Daripa / Reagan Elementary
2nd — N/A (there was only one entry this year)
3rd — N/A (there was only one entry this year)
Grades 7/8
Serious Interpretation Solo
1st — Armindev Bhatti / La Vina Middle School
2nd — Bella Stine / Tevis Jr. High
3rd — Hannah Pacheco / Warren Jr. High
Humorous Interpretation Solo
1st — Bree Goessman / McKee Middle School
2nd — Mary Kim Park / St. John’s Lutheran
3rd — Ashley Wilson / Warren Jr. High
Humorous Interpretation Duo
1st — Anna Simone Resk and Justina Shehata / Warren Junior High
2nd — Emiliano Banuelos and Eric Cesenas / McKee Middle School
3rd — Jocelyn Fonseca Olivas and Jose David Fonseca Olivas / Stonecreek Jr. High