74 Swing: The Dan Smith Invitational (Bradley Campus)

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General information

This information is from a tournament in a past season!

This is a College tournament in Illinois.

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August 27, 2014 

Dear Friends,

The forensics teams at Illinois State University and Bradley University are pleased to invite you and your team to participate in the 2014 74-Swing.  The Dan Smith Invitational will be hosted on the Bradley campus on Saturday, October 4 and the Illinois State portion of the tournament will be hosted on the ISU campus on Sunday, October 5.  This is a slight change from past years to accommodate Homecoming at Illinois State.

The 74-Swing offers you and your students quality Open and Novice competition in 11 AFA events.  In those events numbering 60 or more contestants, we will hold semi-final elimination rounds.  This invitation should provide all of the necessary tournament information, but please call if we can be of any further assistance.

As always, we look forward to welcoming you and your students to central Illinois.  We take pride in running on-schedule tournaments that are friendly and fun, and the weekend will be well worth your time.  Hope to see you in October!

Sincerely,

IE Judges & Fees: Entry fees are $8.00 per entry slot (no additional charge for entering quadrathon).  A nuisance fee of $6.00 per slot will be assessed for every drop after 12:00pm on Wednesday, October 1.  Drops at registration will incur a $15.00 nuisance fee per slot.  Each school should furnish one judge for every six slots.  Hired judges are available at $10.00 per uncovered slot.  Judges dropped after the Wednesday, 12:00 p.m. deadline will result in a nuisance fee of $25.00 each plus the additional cost of hiring a judge.  ALL fees are assessed as of 12:00 p.m., Wednesday October 1.  Due to the difficulties of maintaining a pool of high-quality hired judges, we strongly encourage every school to bring at least one judge.  

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

IE Entries:  Each student may enter a maximum of six events; no more than three per grouping.  There is no limit on the amount of entries a school may enter per event; however, for schools with larger entries we may have to artificially move competitors to accommodate judges from that school.  The deadline for receiving entries for both halves of the swing is 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 30.  No adds will be accepted after this time.  Drops will be accepted after the deadline without penalty until 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 1.  Entries for each half of the swing should be submitted to Speechwire.com.

Please write checks for the ISU portion to “ISU Forensics” and for the Bradley portion to “Beta Sigma Tau.”  We cannot give cash change for checks that are written over the entry fee amount, but we will gladly mail you a check for the amount of the change due.  Thank you in advance for understanding.

Quadrathon:  Students entered in at least four events including at least one interpretation event, one public address event, and one limited preparation event will be eligible for the quadrathon awards. If a student is entered in five or six events, his or her best four will count toward quadrathon. Novice finals will not count toward open quadrathon, but if entries warrant we will present a “Top Novice Quadrathon” Award.

Novice Events:  A separate novice division will be created in each individual event where we have at least 12 novice entries. A novice is a student who is in their first year of collegiate competition OR has competed in three or fewer collegiate tournaments.

Sectioning:   We will use Speechwire to take ALL entries, section rounds and assign judges.  

Awards:  The top six contestants in each event will advance to open finals and receive awards.  The top three quadrathon entries will receive awards based on final rounds. Sweepstakes trophies will be awarded to the top five schools.  In open finals, winning first place earns 12 points…and sixth place earns two points.  Other open finalists, and all open semifinalists, will earn 1 point each. In novice final rounds, winning first place earns 6 points … and sixth place earns 1 point. Finally, an award will be presented to the Top 2-Year school in sweepstakes (if entries warrant, the top three 2-year schools will receive awards).

RULES OF EVENTS

General:   All programs and speeches must not have been used in competition prior to September 1, 2014.   A novice is a student who is in their first year of collegiate competition OR has competed in three or fewer collegiate tournaments. Competitors must be undergraduates working on their first degree.  

Impromptu:  Final rounds for both halves of the tournament may utilize non-traditional prompts such as single frame comics or rhetorical situations.  

TENTATIVE 74 SWING SCHEDULE

The schedule for the first half of the swing hosted at Bradley University is as follows:

October 4, 2014

            Early registration for the ISU half will happen immediately after awards.

The schedule for the second half of the swing hosted at Illinois State University is as follows.

October 5, 2014

Please note that Sunday begins ONE HOUR EARLIER.

No tab sheets will be released until after the last final round has started.  

ACCOMMODATIONS

Hotels:  In addition to the 74 Swing, Illinois State is also hosting a small event called Homecoming that weekend.  It is for that reason that we recommend that you book rooms in Peoria, E. Peoria or Morton.  All reservations must be a transaction between your school and the lodging establishment.  This year we have brought in the folks at Travel Advocates to help you negotiate the lowest rates on the hotels YOU prefer.  To take advantage of this free service, please contact:  

Melody Carlisle

Sales Manager, Travel Advocates

201-222-1990x207 or melody@traveladvocates.com  

Parking at Bradley (Saturday): Park in any legal parking space, Bradley does not ticket on weekends.

Lunch Options at Bradley (Saturday): There are several places to eat around Bradley's campus and in the adjacent Campus Town including:

• Avantis
• One World
• Jimmy Johns
• McDonalds
• Bellacino's
• Subway
• Starbucks

Parking at Illinois State (Sunday):  Please park in the Visitors’ lot in the lower level of the South University Parking Deck near the College of Business Building or in the Visitor's lot at the Bone Student Center.  Directions to campus and printable maps (city, campus and parking) are available at: www.ilstu.edu/map. Meters and “Reserved” (handicapped, business, medical and numbered) spaces are enforced 24/7.  You will be ticketed!  Outside of the reserved spaces, any lot without marked spaces is available for free parking on the weekends.

Lunch Options at Illinois State (Sunday):  There are several places around the ISU quad to stop in for a quick lunch.  Here are a few of our favorites for price and vegetarian menus

Northeast of the quad (Uptown Normal):

• Watterson Food Court – a dining hall with tons of options!
• The Rock (gyros and burgers) - 203 W. North St.
• Jimmy John’s Sandwiches – 207 W. North St
• The Coffeehouse and Deli (all vegetarian) – 114 E. Beaufort St
• Reggie’s Sandwiches (a non-vegetarian deli in the Coffeehouse) - 114 E. Beaufort St.
• Garlic Press Café – 106 W. North St
• Cosi – 138 E. Beaufort St.
• Southwest of the quad:
• Jimmy John’s Sandwiches – 305 S. Main St
• Potbelly Sandwiches and Noodles & Company – 609 S. Main St
• Avanti’s Italian Restaurant (speedy takeout) - 407 S. Main St.
• Chipotle & Meathead’s Burgers - 701 S. Main St.

Manager contact information

Ken Young
Email address: kyoung@fsmail.bradley.edu
Phone number: 815.739.9337 CELL

Mailing address

None provided