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03/15/2018 12:01 AM

Riordan Heads to State American Legion Oratory Competition


Valley Regional High School student Connor Riordan at the Westbrook Library American Legion Oratory competition.Photo courtesy of Bobbi Nidzgorski

Valley Regional High School sent another oratory winner to the State American Legion Oratory Competition on March 3 at Goodwin College in East Hartford. Connor Riordan won both the school and Westbrook competitions. The competition consisted of an 8- to 10-minute speech on some aspect of the U.S. Constitution. In addition, students were given four articles or amendments to prepare and had to speak for three to five minutes on one of them chosen randomly during the competition.