Ōdate Kitaakita JHS Recitation and Speech Contest 2019
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| Details | |
|---|---|
| Date | 30 August, 2019 |
| Location | Kitaakita, Bunka Kaikan |
| No. of participants | 87 |
| Speech winner | |
| Title | Following Through |
| Gender | F |
| Grade | 3 |
| School | Shimokawazoi |
| ALT | Philip Vyas |
| JTE | Tokiharu(?) Kimura, Kyosuke Akibayashi |
| Recitation winner | |
| Title | A Mother's Lullaby |
| Gender | F |
| Grade | 2 |
| School | Takanosu Minami |
| ALT | Katrina Perry |
| JTE | Tamotsu Ito |
| ← 2018 | 2020 → |
The 2019 Ōdate Kitaakita JHS Recitation & Speech Contest (第５１回大館北秋田中学校英語暗唱弁論大会) was held on Friday 30th August at Bunka Kaikan (北秋田市文化会館), also known as Falcon, in Kitaakita.
87 students took part in the competition, performing a total of 63 performances (15 speeches, 42 recitations, and 6 skits).
This year was the 51st annual competition.
Program
| 8:30 ~ | Reception |
| 8:50 ~ | Opening Ceremony |
| 9:10 ~ | Recitations (2nd grade) |
| 11:00 ~ | Recitations (1st grade) |
| 11:40 ~ | Recitations (3rd grade) |
| 12:30 ~ | Lunch |
| 13:30 ~ | 1st grade skits |
| 14:00 ~ | Speeches |
| 15:15 ~ | Judging |
| 15:50 ~ | Closing ceremony (awards) |
| 16:15 | End |
Judges
- Ms. Fumiko Asari (浅利 布美子 先生) - Hanawa Dai Ichi Junior High School
- Ms. Yasuko Takahashi (高橋 矢壽子 先生) - Akita Hokuyō High School
- Ms. Allison Conner - Akita Hokuyō High School
Rules
- Speeches and recitations should be under 5 minutes in length. Skits should be under 3 minutes.
- If time take is between 5:01~5:10 the student will have 1 point deducted for each second they are overtime. e.g. a student whose time is 5:04 will have 4 points deducted from their score.
- If a student goes over 5:11 they will be disqualified.
- Recitation
- English 60%, delivery 40%
- Speech
- Content 50%, English 30%, delivery 20%
- Students don't have to bow or announce title before speaking.
- Students may bring script with them to the podium, but if they use it they will lose points.
- If a students forgets part of their speech for more than 10 seconds, they will reminded.
- Similar to the JHS Prefectural Speech Contest
- No overacting, and no props.
- Students must not stand beside of or in front of the podium at any point.
- All judges must be in agreement before a student will be deducted points.
Results
The top award is the Most excellent award. This award is given to 2 students, one for the speech and one for recitation. Other students who were impressive are given an Excellent award, and all other students who partake in the competition are awarded a Very good. All students received a certificate.
2nd Grade Recitations
1st Grade Recitations
| # | Students | Gender | School | Recitation | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tadaharu Hatakeyama | M | Tashiro | Pete and the Orange Men | |
| 2 | Yua Takaseki | F | Moriyoshi | Can Anyone Hear Me? | Excellent |
| 3 | Runa Hasebe | F | Kokusai Jōhō | Zorba's Promise | |
| 4 | Rinto Iizuka | M | Ōdate Higashi | Echo | Excellent |
| 5 | Karin Saito | F | Takanosu Minami | Pete and the Orange Men | Excellent |
| 6 | Aoi Nakajima | F | Kamikoani | "Meow!" | |
| 7 | Mizuki Osanai | F | Kokusai Jōhō | A Mother's Lullaby |
3rd Grade Recitations
| # | Students | Gender | School | Recitation | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naru Kijiya | F | Kokusai Jōhō | The Spider's Thread | Excellent |
| 2 | Madoka Ebata | F | Ōdate Dai Ichi | The Fall of Freddie the Leaf | |
| 3 | Ayane Ishikawa | F | Hokuyō | A Mother's Lullaby | |
| 4 | Sora Narita | F | Takanosu | Malala Yousafzai: Education First | |
| 5 | Yuzuki Yasui | F | Ōdate Higashi | Limelight | Excellent |
| 6 | Seiwa Sato | M | Aikawa | The Spider's Thread | |
| 7 | Harune Majima | F | Takanosu Minami | The Fall of Freddie the Leaf | Excellent |
| 8 | Natsuki Fujimoto | F | Moriyoshi | Malala Yousafzai: Education First | Excellent |
| 9 | Izumi Tozawa | F | Kokusai Jōhō | The Letter | |
| 10 | Mika Iwasawa | F | Tashiro | The Mountain that Loved a Bird | |
| 11 | Haruka Hatakeyama | F | Seishō | The Spider's Thread | |
| 12 | Shiho Sato | F | Hinai | The Fall of Freddie the Leaf |
1st Grade Skits
| # | Students | Gender | School | Recitation | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yushi Inomata Riku Ishida Sota Nemoto Rihito Sato Kazuki Handa |
M M M M M |
Ōdate Higashi | The Rice Boy, Kometaro | |
| 2 | Hyo Ito Yugo Sasaki Ryosei Hatakeyama Chieri Oe Fumika Matsuyama |
M M M F F |
Hokuyō | A New ALT Coming to Our School! | |
| 3 | Kenshiro Haga Riho Arakawa Miu Ogasawara Toko Takahashi Rin Torigata |
M F F F F |
Ōdate Minami | Afrolocks and the Three Bears | |
| 4 | Shinta Matsuhashi Non Akibayashi Maimu Kikuchi Miyu Matsuhashi Rua Matsuhashi |
M F F F F |
Ani | Little Red Riding Hoodie in Ani | Excellent |
| 5 | Yuya Otsuka Taisei Ito Keitoku Nagasaki Moemi Sato Rin Sato Sakura Kawaguchi Mizuki Yonemura |
M M M F F F F |
Takanosu | Kitaakita's Mother Tongue | |
| 6 | Jin Haga Sachika Izawa Hikari Kase |
M F F |
Seishō | We will Rock You | Excellent |
Speeches
| # | Student | Grade | Gender | School | Speech Title | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kota Matsuoka | 3 | M | Aikawa | Three Miracles that Shaped Me | Excellent |
| 2 | Minori Tosa | 3 | F | Moriyoshi | The Journey of Finding Myself | |
| 3 | Koharu Aoki | 2 | F | Takanosu | Open the Door to Someplace Magical | |
| 4 | Haruka Sasaki | 3 | F | Shimokawazoi | Following Through | Most excellent |
| 5 | Rei Yamada | 3 | F | Kamikoani | The Powers of Music | Excellent |
| 6 | Nae Awaji | 2 | F | Takanosu | Dangers of a Perfect Device | |
| 7 | Yu Fujinuma | 3 | F | Ōdate Dai Ichi | Respect and Love Others | |
| 8 | Rinoa Sawaguchi | 2 | F | Moriyoshi | The Power of Working Together | |
| 10 minute break | ||||||
| 10 | Saki Sugawara | 3 | F | Takanosu | Wish from the Sky | |
| 11 | Ayaka Yonezawa | 2 | F | Ōdate Dai Ichi | Ikizurasa: "The Hardships in Life" | Excellent |
| 12 | Kuranosuke Sasaki | 2 | M | Seishō | I Am the Rule | Excellent |
| 13 | Akari Kudo | 2 | F | Ōdate Dai Ichi | Communication Broadens My World | |
| 14 | Momoka Matsuta | 3 | F | Hokuyō | The Heart of Cha-no-yu | |
| 15 | Haruaki Tamura | 3 | M | Ōdate Dai Ichi | Living with miracles | Excellent |
| 16 | Mei Sato | 3 | F | Shimokawazoi | A Life-changing Sport | |
ALTs
| School | E | ME | ALT | Students | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kamikoani | 1 | Owen Cunningham Michael Hoang |
4 | ||
| Takanosu | Dane LaFonte Abigail Aldridge |
12 | |||
| Takanosu Minami | 2 | 1 | Katrina Perry | 4 | |
| Moriyoshi | 3 | June Kim Kelly King |
5 | ||
| Ani | 2 | Edgardo Sanchez | 6 | ||
| Aikawa | 1 | Mariah Scholes | 3 | ||
| Ōdate Dai Ichi | 3 | Martin Jackson | 6 | ||
| Ōdate Higashi | 2 | Mary Allyson Ty | 9 | ||
| Ōdate Minami | 1 | Holly Stirling | 6 | 10 | |
| Tashiro | 4 | ||||
| Hinai | 2 | Philip Vyas | 3 | 7 | |
| Shimokawazoi | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Hokuyō | Jody Frye | 9 | 15 | ||
| Seishō | 2 | 6 | |||
| Kokusai Jōhō | 1 | Arianne Solomon-Ramkissoon | 6 | ||
| Total | 21 | 2 | 15 | 87 | |
See also
- JHS Prefectural Speech Contest.
- Ōdate Kitaakita JHS Recitation and Speech Contest.
- Junior high school speech contest.
| Years of the Ōdate Kitaakita JHS Recitation and Speech Contest | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
