The Santa Monica Elk’s Ritual Team won first place in the District Competition on April 26.
The team will now represent the South Central Coast District at the California Hawaii Computation in May. It is the team’s 6th district championship in a row.
The competition required a lot of hard work, according to team members. The Esquire and the Exalted Ruler each had to memorize more than 2,000 words.
Exalted Ruler Raedean Kiesz gave a lot of credit to the coaches, which include the head coach, word accuracy coach and movement and impressiveness coach.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 3, 2003. Read the original PDF.