Are you ready to rock?  Join us for the annual rocking JV/N tournament at Prospect High School.  Please accept this invitation to attend the Prospect Speechapalooza JV/N Speech Tournament on Saturday, November 15, 2014.   For the purposes of this tournament, state qualifiers (even if they are second year competitors) should not be considered N/JV.   The tournament will be the standard three rounds with NO finals.  We do have a limited number of rooms, so registration will be closed once we reach the limit of students that we can comfortably accommodate.  

 

ENTRY :  You may enter up to three competitors in each event, but may also request extra entries.  Requests for extra entries should be emailed to Jeremy Morton (jeremy.morton@d214.org).  Extra entries will be considered on a first-come, first-serve basis and preference is always extended to those who have allowed extras for our team.  Extra entries will be admitted at additional fees, and teams permitted extra entries will be expected to provide additional judges. If you would like extra entries please request them ASAP.

 

JUDGES :  Each team should provide one judge for every five entries in the competition.  A full team is expected to have six judges, and teams with additional entries should bring an additional judge following the 1 judge per each 1 to 5 entries ratio.  This is absolutely necessary for the success of the tournament.

 

FEES :  The entry fee for 1-14 entries is $100. A team entry fee of 15-28 entries (2 per event) is $150.  A team entry fee for 29-42 competitors (3 per event) $200. Additional entries after 42 would result in a total fee of $250

 

Rules and Preparation

 

Radio :  Prep will be at home the night before.  Stories should not be more than 24 hours.

 

Extemp :  Students will prep for 45 minutes in the Library.  There will be two preps for the preliminary rounds.  Students may choose either prelim prep for the third round. Please provide 10 topics by November 10, 2014.

 

Impromptu :  We will be following the IHSA format.  Please provide 10 topics by November 10, 2014.

 

Time :  There will be no official penalty for time (except in radio).  Judges may consider it as part of the criteria for ranking.

 

Awards :  As in the past, the top 6 will receive medals.   Ties will not be broken.  There will be no team trophies.

 

Please RSVP no later than November 1st, 2014; however, remember that registration will close if we reach a maximum number of students so please RSVP ASAP.  We look forward to seeing you and are planning an exciting day for both you and your competitors!

 

Sincerely,

 

Prospect's Speech Staff

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