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Cap on total meet entries -- approximately 400 -- entries will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

We will serve walking tacos and stuffed-crust pizza for lunch -- please plan to eat with us to offset the costs of hosting the tournament.

Greensburg Community High School will hold its eighteenth speech tournament on Saturday, January 24, 2015. We would be very pleased to have your team participate in our meet. Preregistration is on www.speechwire.com and due by Monday, January 19, by 6:00 p.m..   Please be certain that you include all requested contact information!   Late entries will not be admitted after the deadline. Also, since our facilities are a bit small, we must limit the meet to approximately 400 entries; therefore entries will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.   The first round will begin at 8:30 A.M. The first Extemp draw is at 8:00 A.M. There will be four straight rounds and no final, with rounds running at 8:30, 9:45, 11:00, and 12:15.

Our building is a bit chilly compared to most schools, so you might want to wear an extra layer!

Registration is from 7:00-7:45. A mandatory judge meeting will start at 8:00 A.M. in the auditorium; a mandatory contestant meeting (for all competitors other than extemp) will start at 8:00 A.M. in the cafeteria.

Extemp contestants will meet in the library at 7:45 A.M. Extemp draw are at 8:00 A.M. The first round will begin at 8:30 A.M.

Entries -- No more than 40 entries per school will be allowed. You may enter up to 5 competitors in each event, but your total number of entries must not exceed 40.

Events -- We will offer humorous, dramatic, declamation, discussion, prose, poetry, original oratory, impromptu, international extemp, domestic extemp, scripted duo, memorized duo, original performance, radio, and congress. Congress will debate #1, 11, 13, and 14.

Radio rounds are as follows: radio meeting for all contestants @ 8:00

    Round 1 - 1 minute contestant written commercial on a National Product -- topic is already available in Speechwire -- no prep time prior to round
    Round 2 – 2 minute news (provided by the student) -- no prep time prior to round
    Round 3 – 2 minute contestant-written editorial -- topic is already available in Speechwire -- no prep time prior to round
    Round 4- On-the-spot

Indiana High School Forensic Association rules will be followed in all events with the exceptions noted in this invitation.
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Discussion will be using Socratic Seminar -- artifacts are already available in Speechwire -- no prep time prior to round

Doubling – Doubling is allowed in all events with the following exceptions:
   Students may not double in discussion and congress;
   Extemp competitors may not double in radio. Students in extemp who are doubling may have to give up part of their
       prep time.
   Radio competitors may not double in extemp. Students in radio who are doubling may have to give up part of their
       prep time.
   No students can compete in more than one type of duo, including original performance.
   Both members of a duo may double.
   ALL doubling is done at the student’s own risk.

If I need additional rooms, impromptu may be run in half-hour flights, in which case doubling students will go to impromptu as nearly as possible to the time listed on their schematics; if flighting is not necessary, then students doubling in impromptu are to go to impromptu last and stay until the round is over.

Greensburg High School's rooms were renumbered over the summer -- no longer do we have three rooms numbered as 13 (S-13, N-13, and 13) nor do we have other duplications. "The lower the number, the nearer the office" is the general rule.

Judges -- You are REQUIRED to bring one judge for every five entries or fraction thereof, according to the original number of entries on your preregistration sheet. Any team failing to bring the required number of judges will be eliminated from all awards. Also, please make sure your judges are equipped with stopwatches! (The use of cell phones as timing devices is allowed.)

Food -- Concessions will be available from 7:30 A.M. until awards time in the student cafeteria. No restaurants are within walking distance, so please plan to eat with us; concessions profits help offset the cost of the meet for us, so your support is much appreciated.

Awards -- Team trophies will be given to the top 10 teams. Ribbons will be awarded to the top 10 in each event. Sweepstakes will be awarded as follows: 10 points for 1st place, 9 points for 2nd place, 8 points for 3rd place, etc. The host school is eligible for all awards.

Format -- Registration is from 7:00-7:45 A.M. Extemp draw and radio prep are at 8:00 A.M. The first round will begin at 8:30 A.M.    There will be four straight rounds and no final, with rounds running at 8:30, 9:45, 11:00, and 12:15.

Registration -- Everything is located in the high school building. Registration packets will be located in the high school’s main office, which is located on the opposite side of the building from the cafeteria.

Remember, your preregistration is due by 6:00 P.M. on Monday, January 19, 2015, via www.speechwire.com, and entries will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.   All requested contact information for head coaches must be filled out.   Please include a number where you can be easily reached on the evening before and the early morning of the tournament in case of weather complications.

Directions -- Greensburg is located 40 miles southeast of Indianapolis at the junction of Interstate 74 (exit #134 - turn south) and Highway 3.

If you are unacquainted with the high school’s location, the easiest way to find us is for you first to find the McDonald’s and Taco Bell restaurants located on the southeast corner of the stoplight just south of Interstate 74 on Highway 3 (on the west-side corner is a Burger King.) Turn east (the road then curves to the south), going past Taco Bell and McDonald’s on the right, and Arby’s on the left. Keep going on the same street until you have passed a Ponderosa on the right. At the next possible left (about half a block beyond the Ponderosa -- there’s a quick lube on the left), turn left onto Montgomery Road. Go straight on Montgomery Road; you will pass a small housing addition on the left. You will pass the turn for Davidson Street on the right. The next possible right-hand turn is the back drive to Greensburg High School. Turn right; head straight down the drive -- you’ll pass an apartment complex on the right and our soccer and football fields on the left. The high school parking lot will be directly ahead -- drop students at the entrance closest to where you’ve entered the parking lot. The cafeteria is on that side of the building -- upon entering, turn left up the ramp. The cafeteria is to the left at the top of the ramp. Registration packets should be picked up by 7:45 A.M. in the building’s main office, which is located on the opposite side of the building from the cafeteria

Please do not park buses in the drive in front of the main entrance. After dropping off students, drive all buses to the parking lot area closest to the football field.

Kathy Shroyer
Email address: kshroyer@greensburg.k12.in.us
Phone number: 812-716-1441

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