Rossville Speech Tournament

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This information is from a tournament in a past season!

This is a High School tournament in Indiana.

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Thanks for choosing to attend the 2015 Rossville High School Speech Tournament, January 24, 2015!

ARRIVAL AND FOUL WEATHER DELAYS: We’ll be crossing our fingers, but . . . should inclement weather cause us to delay the start of the tournament or cancel it entirely, we will contact you via Remind by 5:30 a.m.  Please make sure to sign up for Remind so that you will get the notice.  Remind: text @rvillemeet to 81010 or use the following link: http://remind.com/join/rvillemeet

PLEASE text Phyllis at 765-379-3648 before your arrival with any changes to your entry. We will be printing and posting schematics and ballots that morning.

Direct all inquiries to: Phyllis Hodson-Hutsell at phutsell@rcsd.k12.in.us, (school) 765-379-2551, ext. 246 or (cell) 765-652-3648. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Rossville High School is pleased to invite you to attend our speech tournament on Saturday, January 24, 2015.

Team Registration: The deadline for the registration form is Monday, January 19 by 3:00 pm. Please register on Speechwire. I will send a final confirmation after all entries have been received.

Schedule:

•          Registration begins at 7:00am. 

•          Rounds will begin at 8:00 and 8:30. They will be flighted to accommodate doublers in Radio and Discussion. 

•          Extemp draw will be 1st and 3rd round. 3rd round draw will be used for FINAL Rd.

Events: Our tournament will offer humorous, dramatic, declamation, discussion, prose, poetry, original oratory, impromptu, international extemp, domestic extemp, scripted duo, memorized duo, original performance, improvisational duo, and radio.

Entry Limits:  Teams may enter a maximum of 48 entries with a limit of 6 students in each event. Additional non-sweeps entries will not be accepted. Teams may not enter a second non-sweeps team. At this point, there will not be a cap on the maximum # of total entries. However, if the tournament grows too large, we will have to cap at 400 entries due to classroom availability. FINALS will be clean slate.

Judges: Each team will provide one judge for every five entries or fraction thereof. That means 6 entries = 2 judges.

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

•          All events MAY double at their own risk.

•          Duo partners may not double in another duo event.  

•          NO tripling.

•          NO drops will be picked up.

•          All events will go 3 preliminary rounds and a final, unless weather becomes a problem and we need to get our guests on the road safely earlier than anticipated. 

Broadcasting:

•          News broadcast (two minutes) competitors bring news broadcast.

•          Commercial for product or service (one minute) Competitors bring a commercial for a fictitious breakfast cereal. 

•          Editorial (2 minutes) Competitors bring an editorial regarding e-learning days.

•          Final Round: Breaking News/On the Spot (information provided)

Discussion – Each round will be run as a Socratic Seminar featuring a different text for discussion. Texts will be provided via Speechwire on Tuesday, January 20 and will also be available at the round. Seminar Leaders (equivalent of a student moderator) will be determined by the participants in the round. Discussion rounds will be staggered, so double-entered discussers should attend their other event first.

Food: Food and beverages will be available throughout the tournament from 7:30am-1:30pm. Please support our program and dine with us! Additionally, our judge and driver lounge will offer morning treats beginning at 7:30 and lunch beginning at 11:00.

Awards: The top six places in each event will receive ribbons and earn sweepstakes points, 6 down. We will offer 6 team trophies.

Estimated Time Of Awards: 3:30p.m. With your help, we will run a timely awards session. 

Arrival and Foul Weather Delays: We’ll be crossing our fingers, but…Should inclement weather cause us to delay the start of the tournament or cancel it entirely, we will contact you via Remind by 5:30 a.m.  Please make sure to sign up for Remind by texting @rvillemeet to 81010.  If you wish to sign up on a computer, you can use the following link: http://remind.com/join/rvillemeet

Please direct all inquiries to: Phyllis Hodson-Hutsell at phutsell@rcsd.k12.in.us, (school) 765-379-2551, ext. 246 or (cell) 765-652-3648. We look forward to seeing you soon! 

RHS Coaching Staff:

Phyllis Hodson-Hutsell           Beth Remaly            

Manager contact information

Phyllis Hodson-Hutsell
Email address: phutsell@rcsd.k12.in.us
Phone number: 765-652-3648

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