2008-2009
Tournament Results
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NCFL
Nationals
23-24
May 2009
Albany, NY
Chrissy
Amendola - 3rd Place -
Prose & Poetry
Reading
Alex Brodsky - 4th Place - Prose & Poetry
Reading
Lucky Liyanage - Semi-finalist -
Extemporaneous Speaking
Jolie Yu - Quarter-finalist -
Declamation
Alex Tolkin - Quarter-finalist -
Extemporaneous Speaking
Nate
Yeo - Octa-finalist -
Extemporaneous Speaking
Melanie Rucinski - Octa-finalist -
Original Oratory
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STATE
FINALS
Debate
- March 28, 2009
Speech - April 4, 2009
NSHS - 2009 STATE CHAMPIONS
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Chrissy
Amendola - 2nd Place -
Poetry Reading
Alex Brodsky - 2nd
Place - Prose Reading
Alex Brodsky & Mark Galinovsky - 2nd
Place - Duo Interp
Alex Tolkin - 2nd Place - Varsity
Extemp
Bill
Humphrey & Ben Tolkin - 2nd
Place - Public Forum Debate
Jolie Yu - 3rd Place - Declamation
Nate Yeo - 3rd
Place - Varsity
Extemp
Melanie
Rucinski - 3rd
Place - Original Oratory
Maddy Schulman - 5th
Place - Dramatic Interpretation
Justin Kieran - 5th Place - Varsity
Extemp
Greater Tuna - 5th Place - Multiple
Reading (Amendola, Lebovits, Neff, Schulman & Schlenker)
Harry Neff - 6th Place - Dramatic
Interpretation
Sarah Wanger - Semi-finalist & Top Novice -
Prose Reading
Becca Goldstein - Semi-finalist -
Prose Reading
Annie Humphrey - Semi-finalist -
Children's Literature Reading
Jackie Lebovits - Semi-finalist -Children's
Literature Reading
Jonathan Schmidt & Nahuel Fefer - Semi-finalist -
Public Forum Debate
Lauren Ashbrook - Top Novice - Original
Oratory
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March
Merriness
March
21, 2009
NSHS
- 1st Place Overall
Maddy
Schulman - 1st Place -
Dramatic Interpretation
Lauren
Ashbrook - 1st
Place & Top Novice - Original Oratory
Chrissy
Amendola - 1st
Place - Poetry Reading
David
Schlenker - 1st
Place - Freeze Improv
Alex
Brodsky & Mark Galinovsky - 1st
Place - Duo Interpretation
Chrissy
Amendola & Eric Leist - 1st
Place - Alumni Duo
Stephanie
Li - 2nd
Place - Student's Revenge
Tong Tong - 2nd
Place - Prose
Reading
Harry
Neff - 2nd
Place - Freeze Improv
Chrissy
Amendola - 2nd Place - Dramatic
Interpretation
Alex
Brodsky & Kim Vanaman - 2nd
Place - Alumni Duo
Jackie
Lebovits - 3rd Place & Top Novice
- Children's Literature Reading
Karen Shibuya - 3rd Place & Top Novice - Varsity
Extemp
Melanie
Rucinski - 3rd
Place - Original Oratory
Justin
Kieran - 3rd
Place - Tabloid Extemp
Julia Vanaman - 4th Place - Children's Literature
Reading
Allie Haber - 4th
Place - Humorous Interpretation
Harry Neff - 4th Place -
Dramatic Interpretation
Jeremiah Davis - 4th
Place - Novice Extemp
Daniel Bender Stern - 4th Place & Top Novice -
Poetry Reading
Alex
Brodsky - 4th
Place - Prose
Reading
Julia
& Brooke Vanaman - 4th
Place - Alumni Duo
Lucy
Ye - 4th
Place - Freeze Improv
Shan Shao - 5th Place - Declamation
Bev Fu - 5th Place - Novice Reading
Rina
Friedberg - 6th
Place - Children's Literature Reading
Nicole
Kestenberg - 6th
Place - Humorous Interpretation
Annie
Humphrey - 6th
Place - Novice Reading
Jocelin
Weiss - 6th
Place - Original Oratory
Sidrah
Baloch - 6th
Place - Prose
Reading
Allie
Glickman - 6th
Place - Impromptu Sales
Rachel Rosenbaum - 7th
Place - Original Oratory
Nicole
Kestenberg - Top
Novice -
Prose Reading
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NFL
National Qualifiers
March
13-14,
2009
Look
Who's Going To Nationals From New England!
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Newton
South Qualifiers
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In
Original Oratory
David
Schlenker
In
U.S. Extemp
Nate
Yeo
Lucky Liyanage
In
International Extemp
Alex
Tolkin
Justin Kieran
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The
"Rescheduled" Holly Festival
March
7, 2009
NEWTON SOUTH - 1st
Place Overall
1st
place & Top Novice - Jackie Lebovits - Children's
Literature
1st
place -
Maddy Schulman - Drama Audition
1st
place - Daniel
Bender Stern -
Programmed Poetry
1st
place -
Chrissy Amendola - Extemp Children's Lit
1st
place -
Julia Spector - Novice Reading
1st
place -
Jocelin Weiss - Prose Reading
2nd place -
Karen Shibuya - Novice Extemp
2nd place -
David Schlenker - Original Oratory
2nd place -
Julia Vanaman - Novice Reading
2nd place -
Justine Lassar - Original Poetry
3rd place -
Alex Tolkin - Varsity Extemp
3rd place -
Jackie Horowitz - Drama Audition
4th place -
Maddy Schulman - Dramatic Interp
4th place -
Nate Yeo - Varsity Extemp
4th place -
Rachel Leshin - Play Reading
4th place -
Harry Neff - Programmed Poetry
4th place -
"The Gossip Girls" - TV News Team (R.
Friedberg, J. Loew & A. Sage)
4th place -
Alex Brodsky - Extemp Children's Lit
4th place -
Alex Brodsky - Poetry Reading
5th place -
Shan Shao - Declamation
5th place - Brooke
Vanaman - Original Poetry
5th place - Sarah Wanger
- Prose Reading
6th place -
Harry Neff - Dramatic
Interpretation
6th place - Justin Kieran
- Varsity Extemp
7th place - Tara Misra -
Children's Literature Reading
Honorable Mention -
Alex Brodsky - Impromptu
Honorable Mention -
Melanie Rucinski - Original Oratory
Honorable Mention -
Tong Tong - Prose
Double-Entry
Awards
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2nd
place: Harry Neff
2nd
place: Maddy Schulman
4th
place: Daniel Bender Stern
4th place: Jackie Lebovits
4th place: Alex Tolkin
5th
place: Jen Loew
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Mardi
Gras
|
1st
Place -
Varsity Extemp - Alex
Tolkin
1st
Place -
Prose
Reading - Becca
Goldstein
2nd
Place -
Varsity
Extemp - Lucky
Liyanage
2nd
Place -
Prose
Reading - Sidrah
Baloch
2nd
Place -
Team
Improv - Alex
Brodsky
&
Harry
Neff
2nd
Place -
Original
Oratory - David
Schlenker
2nd
Place -
Multiple - "Greater
Tuna" (Amendola,
Neff,
Grossman,
Schulman,
Schlenker)
3rd
Place -
Dramatic
Interp - Harry
Neff
3rd Place -
Lyrical
Poetry - Jackie
Horowitz
3rd Place -
Varsity
Extemp - Justin
Kieran
4th
Place -
Prose
Reading - Jackie
Horowitz
5th
Place -
Poetry