Tech students display their oratory skills

Tri-County Technical College’s speech team members brought home top awards at the 2020 South Carolina Speech and Theater Association’s Annual College Festival Competition. Three Tri-County university transfer students competed, along with students from colleges and universities from across the state, at the University of South Carolina-Lancaster February 15. Gracie Stockman placed first in Persuasive Speaking; Elizabeth Rew placed first in Informative Speaking; and Annabelle Matthews placed second in Persuasive Speaking. Stockman is a special education major from Lugoff; Rew is a business major from Columbia; and Matthews is an agriculture major from Jacksonville, FL. The Tri-County Technical College Speech and Drama Team are coached by speech instructors Greg Toney and Kim Harp. The South Carolina Speech and Theatre Association is a professional organization that promotes the study of all areas of performance and oral communication: acting, oral interpretation/performance studies, theatre, broadcasting, public speaking, discussion and debate, and speech education. Its main purpose is the advancement of the total speech and theatre effort in the educational system of the state of South Carolina.