Huntsville High School’s improv teams had a stellar showing at the Canadian Improv Games (CIG) Regionals in Sudbury with both the junior Team Bravo Squad and senior Team SNO Storm making it to the final night. The senior team took gold and will be heading to Ottawa for the CIG Nationals from April 19-22; the junior team placed fourth overall.<\/p>\n
It’s a remarkable achievement for both teams, the seniors (Couper Ebbs-Picken, Piers Hancock, Ethan Hunter, Melina Lisi-Orfao, Grace Murphy, Sophie Nickerson, Brittney Ransome, and Colin Welsh) for their second win in as many years and the juniors (Meeda Berg, Oliver Byl, Millie Cassie-Batchelor, Dylan Jongers, John McBrien, Luke Murphy, Aria Platts-Boyle, Jordan Ross) for a fourth place finish with a team comprising mostly grade nine students.<\/p>\n
In competition, teams have a mere 15 seconds to huddle after they’ve been given instructions by the referee for their four-minute scene, which falls into one of five categories (called events): character, theme, story, life and style. Each team must compete in four of the five events – life and theme are mandatory – and receives scores based on their performance.<\/p>\n
In the final round, HHS SNO Storm walked away with a winning 907 points – nine points ahead of BMLSS. HHS Bravo Squad earned 817 points for a fourth place finish.<\/p>\n\n\t\t