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4. School Student Wins Top Mime Award at State Competition

Maharishi School 10th-grader Essa Johnson recently won the Critics Choice
banner, the top award, in the solo mime category at the annual Iowa High
School Speech Association All-State Festival.

Competing against top performers from around the state, Ms. Johnson
portrayed a mad scientist and brought the audience to its feet when she
finished.

³The room just exploded in cheers when she was done,² said Brendan Thomas,
who along with Laura and Tati Ticciati coached Ms. Johnson and the other
students who participated. ³The judge was blown away by her precision of
movement and facial expression.²

Also making it to the final competition and performing at All-State was a
choral reading group. And two other groups received honorable mention, the
girls acting ensemble and the boys readers theater.

³I was very pleased with all of our entries this year,² Mr. Thomas said.

Eight groups participated overall, with seven getting top scores at the
regional competition and going to state, and four of those making it to the
final competition at All-State.

This is the third year in the row that Maharishi School mime artists have
won the top award, earning the Critics Choice banner for group mime last
year and the banner for solo mime the year before.