Parkland College 'Winter Classic'

Registration	General information	Files for download	Tournament schedule	Fees	Registration handbook

General information

This information is from a tournament in a past season!

This is a High School tournament in Illinois.

View manager contact information

Coaches!

Parkland College would like to invite you to the first “WINTER CLASSIC”! The tournament will be hosted in our new student union! This event will be January 10^th and will include all IHSA events. Once you walk into Parkland you will not need to go outside until you leave to go home! 

The mission of Parkland College is to engage the community in learning!  We are offering this tournament as a community service.  Our goal is to provide you a safe, affordable and educational tournament.  Your students will get to interact with our award winning faculty and will enjoy our modern college campus.

We understand the short notice.  We offered our services to the Forensics community at ICTA and they said they could use a tournament.  We did not want to offer an event unless it was done right.  We now have all of the ducks in a row and are ready for you in January.

If you have questions feel free to email me.  We look forward to having you on our campus.

Brian Cafarelli

Director of Forensics, Parkland College

GENERAL INFORMATION

FEES:

• $5.00 for each slot entered in the tournament.
• $10.00 per slot uncovered slots
• $5.00 for each student (lunch will be provided, judges always eat free!)

JUDGES:

• Each school is expected to provide one judge for every SEVEN slots. 

TOPICS:

• Impromptu and extemp entered schools must submit 5 competition ready topics.

 ENTRY AND DROP DEADLINES

ALL entries must be made by 5:00 P.M. January 8th on SpeechWire. NO ADDS after this deadline!!!

Drops and substitutions can be made without charge until 5 P.M. on Friday January 9th. We will then close registration on SpeechWire and any drops need to be texted or emailed to Brian Cafarelli.

.

Drops at registration will be $10 per slot.  Dropped judges are $25.00

****Call or text in your drops on your way to the tournament.  Call 2697208927 with drops as soon as you know them. 

Group A

Dramatic Interp, Extemporaneous*, Humorous Duet Acting, Original Oratory, Prose, Special Occasion Speaking, Radio**

Group B

Oratorical Declamation, Dramatic Duet Acting, Humorous Interp, Impromptu, Original Comedy, Poetry, Informative

• Each school is limited to 5 entries for each event.
• A student may enter four events total; two different events per grouping. 
• Extemp Students may NOT be double entered in Group A.
• All events will follow the IHSA guidelines.

*Extemp competitors will prep before each prelim and final round!

**Students competing in radio will need to provide a script already prepared; there will be no radio prep material.   

 The top six competitors in each event will compete in a final round.  The top novice in each event will receive special recognition.  A novice will be defined as a student who is in their first year of competition. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO MARK YOUR NOVICES.

Sweepstakes trophies will be awarded to the six schools who accumulate the greatest number of sweepstakes points.  Sweepstakes points are earned in final rounds only and are based on the following format:

1^st           12 pts

2^nd          10 pts

3^rd          8 pts

4^th           6 pts

5^th           4 pts

6^th           2 pts

Manager contact information

Brian Cafarelli
Email address: bcafarelli@parkland.edu
Phone number: 2697208927

Mailing address

2400 West Bradley Ave.
Room c126 Att: Brian Cafarelli
Champaign, IL 61821