The coaches and students of Kansas State University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln invite you and your students to the 10^th Annual UN-L/K-State Swing:  K-state Wildcats, on Saturday, January 24^th, 2015 and the UNL Cornhuskers on tournament on Sunday, January 25th, 2015.  Both tournaments will be held on the campus of University of Nebraska-Lincoln and head quartered out of CBA Hall.   Directors Aaron Duncan (UN-L) and Craig Brown (K-State), along with their assistants and graduate coaches are already planning a fun and competitive weekend for your visit.   

 

Both tournaments will offer two preliminary rounds and the appropriate number of elimination rounds in the eleven AFA events.  Awards will be given for 1^st-6^th places.  1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place awards will be given for Individual Sweepstakes participants and for School Sweepstakes at each invitational.  In addition, awards will be given in overall individual and team sweepstakes for the swing tournament.  To receive a swing trophy, you must have participated in both halves of the swing.  This year we plan to honor our top community college with sweepstakes awards at both tournaments and for the swing.  We will have breakfast food for all and food for judges both days.

 

Entries for the tournament can be made using Speechwire.com.  Those coaches who have run or attended tournaments with last minute cancellations realize the trauma caused to the tournament director and the students.  Hoping to discourage this, fees will be assessed on the basis of information received as of 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. 

 

All entries for both portions of the tournament should be made via speechwire.

 

We look forward to seeing you at the swing.  If you have any questions, call Aaron Duncan at 402 472-6920 or Craig Brown at 785-532-6790 (craigb@ksu.edu).

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Craig Brown (DoIE, KSU) & Aaron Duncan (DOF, UN-L)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kansas in Nebraska 2015

Information and Procedures:

Rules and Guidelines:

1. Both tournaments will use the ethical standards and event descriptions put forth by the AFA-NIET.

2. Semi-Finals will be held for events containing over 50 entries.

3. At the K-State half, Impromptu speaking finalists will be asked questions in place of traditional quotations.

4. At the K-State half, Extemp speaking finalists will be answering a single question. 

5. Students who wish to enter Individual Sweepstakes must compete in four events.  Individual points will mirror the system for determining team sweepstakes points. 

6. No materials (including literature and/or speech topics) may have been performed by a student in any competition (high school or college) prior to this academic year. Students in violation of this rule will be disqualified.

 

**Fees:

·         Fees for the UN-L Cornhusker are $7 per slot.  One judge covers six slots.  We request that you bring ample judges.  To encourage this practice, we will charge an additional $10 for each uncovered entry.  The K-State tournament will follow the same fee schedule.    

·         A nuisance fee of $10 per change will be assessed between 12:00 pm on January 21^nd, 2015 and 5:00 pm on January 23^th, 2015.  Changes made at the tournament or after 5:00pm on the 23^rd will be assessed a $25 nuisance fee. 

 

Points & Awards:

Team and individual points will be awarded according to student’s placement in final rounds (10 points for 1^st place, 8 points for 2^nd place, 6 points for 3^rd place, 4 points for 4^th place, 2 points for 5^th place, and 1 point for 6^th place). 

 

Events:

1. All events entered in the tournament must meet the requirements of the AFA national tournament. 

2. An open division of two flights will be offered. 

3. No student may enter more than three events per flight.

4. Two duos count as two events. 

 

 

Event Patterns:

Pattern A                                                             Pattern B

Extemporaneous Speaking                 Communication Analysis

Duo Interpretation                              Dramatic Interpretation

After Dinner Speaking                        Program Oral Interpretation 

Persuasive Speaking                           Impromptu Speaking

Poetry Interpretation                          Informative Speaking

Prose Interpretation

 

 

 

 

All entries are due by 5:00 Tuesday, January 20th, 2015.

 

 

 

Schedule

Saturday and Sunday

8:00 am           Registration CBA Hall room 143

8:30 am           Extemp Draw for Round I

9:00 am           Group A Events Round I

10:15 am         Group B Events Round I

11:45 pm         Extemp Draw for Round II

12:15 pm         Group A Events Round II

1:30 pm           Group B Events Round II

2:45 pm           Extemp Draw for Semi-Finals

3:00 pm           Finals for A Events

4:15 pm           Finals for B Events

ASAP                Awards

 

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