Diane Stamm for The Imperial Republican
Participants in Sunday’s 4-H Music and Speech competition are, front from left, Christopher Varilek, Ashton Korpan, Katherine Varilek, Josie Sauder, middle from left, Andrew Bruns, Sadie Sauder, Joel Adle, John Adle, Maria Adle, back from left, Collin Varilek, James Adle, Sawyer Sauder, Melia korpan, Hayden Fowler and Jackson Sauder.
4-Her’s compete in speech, music
Chase and Perkins County 4-H members demonstrated their musical and vocal talents with their Premier Communication Event April 14 at the Imperial Berean Church.
Six different divisions competed.
Sadie Sauder won the grand championship in junior speech with her performance of “Hoss, My Imaginary Horse”.
In the intermediate speech division, Sawyer Sauder’s “Feral Frank” was named grand champion and Hayden Fowler was reserve champion with “I Get Knocked Down But I Get Up Again”.
Joel and John Adle entered Public Service Announcements. Joel was grand champion with “4-H is a Feeling But It’s More Than That”. John’s PSA “I Went to the Chase County Fair” was reserve champion.
There were nine instrumental acts.
James and Maria Adle were grand champions with “Children of the Heavenly Father”. Maria was also reserve champion for her performance “Ballade”.
In the vocal division, Maria, John, Joel and James Adle were grand champions with their performance of “The Fox”.
Josie Sauder and Katherine Varilek performed as Clover Kids.
4-H Premier Communication Event Results
Clover Kid—Josie Sauder, Poem, Boa Constrictor’, Rainbow; Katherine Varliek, Vocal, ‘Away in a Manger’, Rainbow.
Junior Speech—Sadie Sauder, Speech, “Hoss, My Imaginary Horse”, Grand Champion.
Intermediate Speech—Sawyer Sauder, Speech, “Feral Frank”, Grand Champion; Hayden Fowler, Speech, “I Get Knocked Down But I Get Up Again”, Reserve Champion; Jackson Sauder, Impromptu Speech, Purple.
PSA (Public Service Announcement)—Joel Adle, PSA, “4-H is a Feeling But It’s More Than That”, Grand Champion; John Adle, PSA, “I Went to the Chase County Fair”, Reserve Champion.
Instrumental—James Adle and Maria Adle, Instrumental Group, “Children of the Heavenly Father”, Grand Champion; Maria Adle, Instrumental Solo, “Ballade”, Reserve Champion; John Adle, Instrumental Solo, “Marmalade Rag”, Purple; Collin Varilek, Instrumental Solo, “Day at the Carnival”, Blue; Joel Adle, Instrumental Solo, “Anchors Aweigh”, Blue; Christopher Varilek, Instrumental Solo, “Rain Dance”, Blue; Andrew Bruns-Perkins County, Instrumental Solo, “The Crawling Spider”, Red; Melia Korpan-Perkins County, Instrumental Solo, “Amazing Grace”, Red; Ashton Korpan-Perkins County, Instrumental Solo, “Amazing Grace”, Red.
Vocal—Maria, John, Joel, James Adle, Vocal Group, “The Fox”, Grand Champion.