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DASSEL-COKATO, MN - Auditions are coming up for the Dassel-Cokato Community Theatre production of “Little Me” Saturday, May 23 and May 30 at the Performing Arts Center at 6:30 p.m.
“Little Me” is a musical comedy written by comical playwright Neil Simon and  centers around the memoirs of a rich, older woman, according to community theater director Dave Metcalf.
The story is told in flashback from the time she was a teenager until the present.
It mainly deals with romantic escapades and how she keeps getting richer and richer from her husbands’ tragic, but comical deaths, Metcalf explained.
Currently there is no set number of cast members, but Metcalf is looking for roughly 20 individuals to be cast.
There will be dancing and singing involved.
The performance dates are Friday, July 10; Saturday, July 11; Saturday, July 18; and Sunday, July 19.
There will be mostly evening rehearsals, and possibly a few scattered weekend rehearsals as well, through June and early part of July.
Metcalf invites any who participated in the general audition last fall, as well as any newcomer, to audition either Saturday, May 23 or Saturday, May 30, both days at 6:30 p.m.
Those auditioning are asked to bring a vocal range song and their individual conflict schedule.
For more information, contact Community Education at (320) 286-4120.

DASSEL-COKATO, MN - Dassel-Cokato freshman Abby Jo Imberg is state champion in Creed Speaking. This was Imberg’s first year in FFA. In Creed speaking, Imberg had to recite the FFA Creed and answer questions related to it, according to FFA coach Seena Glessing. In the past, Pam Dahlman also won this award when she was in eighth grade. The category is only for seventh through ninth graders.

Five chapter members also received state degrees, the highest honor Minnesota FFA gives to its members. The winners for the state degree are Isaac Dahlman, Isaac Salfer, Katie Peterson, Levi Hendrickson, Kaitlin Hartkopf. In order to eligible for this honor, members must have a supervised agricultural experience project, proactively invested $2,000 in the project, participated in 10 activities above the chapter level, and completed at least two years of agricultural education course work.

There were also two state winners who received the proficiency award in a special area of the supervised agricultural experience project. They are Darin Davis, a 2008 graduate, in dairy production placement, and senior Levi Hendrickson in diversified horticulture.

Among the top five teams who won state recognition include the Market Plan team which placed second in its category. The team consists of Kevin Pearson, Kelsie Cotton, and Calen Ortquist.

Parliamentary procedure team place third. The team consists of Luke Dahlman, Lucas Salfer, Austin Davis, Katie Peterson, Katie Davis, Jasper Asplin, Carlie Hedlund, and Hannah Hendrickson.

The nursery landscape team placed fourth in its category. Team members are Carlie Barth, Cathryn Barth, Jordann Hoernemann, and Abby Jo Imberg. Imberg also placed fourth individually in this contest.

The novice parliamentary team took fourth place as well with team members Kelsey Hartkopf, Jordann Hoernemann, Sam Carlson, Cole Wendolek, Jessica Juncewski, Skylar Posusta-Chrast, Linsey Strolberg, and Laura Tormanen.

Other convention winners included: Ag Mechanics - Chad Benda fourth individual of 102, Best informed Greenhand seventh team, floriculture, sixth of 34 teams; Dairy Cattle, seventh of 44 teams; Small Animals, 21 of 47 teams; Crops, twelfth of 31 teams; Dairy Foods, 37th team; Horse, 25th of 41 teams; and Poultry, 23 of 40 teams.