Results Announced for Annual Kern County Oral Language Festival
More than 250 students who rose through their school, district and regional competitions presented their interpretations of a published literary work during the annual Kern County Oral Language Festival held Saturday, April 27 at Stonecreek Jr. High School.
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.
Grades 4-6
Serious Interpretation Solo
1st — Ellie Huynh
2nd — Gwen Grider
3rd — Geronimo Hernandez
Humorous Interpretation Solo
1st — Michael Vargas
2nd —Violet Bivens
3rd —Jude Patch
Serious Interpretation Duo
1st —Sela Kramer & Emma Sabella
2nd —Zoey Cross & Olivia Villatoro
3rd — Mia Serxner & Addison Merriman
Humorous Interpretation Duo
1st — Deyaan Lakhani & Shashank Lal
2nd —Briana Slater & October (Tobi) Hartman
3rd — Alanah Rodriguez & Blakely Burch
Verse Choir
1st — Sanay Mahajan, Sanvi Mahajan, Savyaa Vyas, Mason Park & Aayush Mathukia
2nd — Mila Castro, Ella Alexander, Kynsleigh Johnson, Emma Aguilar, & Amaya Briggs
3rd — Alondra Murillo Cruz, Matthew Chavez, Gemma Giragosian, Jaylen Aviles, Brayden Dana, & Olivia McConnel
Grades 7 & 8
Serious Interpretation Solo
1st — Danna Arellano Acosta
2nd — Joseph Estes
3rd — Emily Huynh
Humorous Interpretation Solo
1st — Sloan Grant
2nd — Andee Zepeda
3rd — Maryam Kayani
Serious Interpretation Duo
1st — Camille Bean & Janiece Luna
2nd — Esteban Yanez & John Marquez
3rd — Bailey Murano & Sierra Mendez
Humorous Interpretation Duo
1st — Kaitlyn Huynh & Anjali Kakarla
2nd — Verena Girgis & Joy Messiha
3rd — Bella Chavez & Ella Yi
Verse Choir
1st — Christina Roh, Imandeep Matharu, Gursharn Kaur, Ryan Jiang, Bryan Moe & Haraalia Riar
2nd — Dave Lee, Ansh Patel, Ronak Bose, Sidhaan Ranganath, Sophia Resk & Anjali Leva
3rd — Julius Machuca, Steven Serna & David Valdovinos
By Robert Meszaros
Rob Meszaros is Director of Communications for the Kern County Superintendent of Schools, where he has served since 2012. In his role, Meszaros oversees media relations, internal and external communication strategies, publications, Marcom, branding, and multi-media content creation. Before joining KCSOS, Meszaros was the PIO for CSU Bakersfield and earlier worked for seven years at The Bakersfield Californian.