We attended the WCATY (Wisconsin) ceremony on Saturday. They had some speeches from organization and university people followed by handing out the medals by grade, with student talent performances (various musical instruments, a dance, an oratory, some sketches, etc) mixed in throughout. I thought the student talent exhibitions were a nice way to keep things from becoming monotonous, but I would have been happier if they'd kept the speech-making part to an absolute minimum. It ran a bit longer than the 2 hours scheduled, and by the end lots of people were leaving. DD enjoyed it overall though, and I don't regret going, so I don't mean to be too critical.