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This is a High School tournament in Indiana.

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Valparaiso Speech Invitational

Dear Coach:

You are invited to the Valparaiso Novice/Varsity Speech Tournament on Saturday, December 6, 2014. Registration will be made on Speechwire. (www.speechwire.com). Please have all entries in by 5:00 pm (CDT) on Tuesday, December 2, 2014. Final Registration will begin on the day of the tournament at 7:00 a.m. and end at 7:30 a.m.(CDT). Extemp Draw will begin at 7:45 a.m. Radio contestants should report to Radio Prep room by 7:50 am.  First rounds will begin at 8:00 a.m. (CDT) except for extemp & impromptu. No drops may be picked up.

ENTERING RESTRICTIONS & JUDGING: All IHSFA Speech Events. Teams may enter a maximum of 40 entries with a limit of 4 students in each division per each event. A novice is a first year competitor. Each team will provide one judge for every five entries or fraction thereof.  That means 6 entries = 2 judges. You may enter a non-sweepstakes “X” team for additional entries.  A student entered on the school’s sweepstakes team MAY NOT be entered on a non-sweepstakes team. 

DOUBLING: Contestants may double at their own risk with the following exceptions:

Discussion and Broadcasting (Radio) may not double.

Duo partners may not double in another duo event.

Extemp may not double in the other Extemp event. Extemp may only double in Impromptu and Original Oratory.

Impromptu may double in all events except Discussion and Broadcasting.

 

No triple entries.

 

Rounds: All events will go 4 straight rounds. Impromptu Rounds 1 & 3 will start 30 minutes later to accommodate Extempers who are doubling.

Broadcasting (Radio): We will attempt to offer 5 or 6 rounds of Broadcasting following the IHSFA State Rules!

Breaking News/On the Spot (information provided)~ (following sectional/state rules)

News Broadcast (information provided)~ (three minutes) to be written at the tournament

Commercial for product or service (information provided) ~ (one minute) to be written at the tournament

Editorial (information provided)~ (2 minutes) to be written at the tournament

Radio Program (may be offered, following IHSFA State rules, if time allows)

Discussion will follow the newly adopted IHSFA rules found on the ihsfa.org website.  Topics/Artifacts will be posted following the close of registration Tuesday evening.
Extemp:. Extempers will draw for 1st and 3rd round. Speakers will use 3rd round topic for 4th round.

COMBINING SECTIONS: We will combine novice and varsity if numbers are too low in an event. However, we will re-rank novice scores when competing against varsity. Their original ranks will only be considered for tie-breaking purposes. (We have high hopes that Speechwire will let us do this!)

MEALS: There will be no scheduled break in competition for lunch; however, food (including breakfast items) will be available throughout the tournament with lunch being served from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

AWARDS: The top eight places in each division shall receive ribbons and earn sweepstakes points. Varsity sweepstakes point values shall be 8 down. Novice point values shall be 8 down. We will offer 5 sweepstakes trophies.

ESTIMATED TIME OF AWARDS: 3:30 p.m. (CDT) With your help, we will run a rapid awards session.

ARRIVAL AND FOUL WEATHER DELAYS: Should inclement weather cause us to delay the start of the tournament or cancel it entirely, we will contact you via the contact number you provide in the registration by 5:30 a.m. CDT.  

Please direct all inquiries to: Mary Fridh @ mafridh@gmail.com or 219-324-6603 or 219-363-6618

We hope to see you here! The Valparaiso Forensics Coaching Staff:

   Mary Fridh, Allan McLean, John Peluso,  Sharon Shepard , Rick Stark, Chrisselle Waters                               
 

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Mary Fridh
Email address: mafridh@gmail.com
Phone number: 2193636618

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2727 N Campbell St
Valparaiso, IN 46383

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