74 Swing: The Dan Smith Invitational (Bradley Campus)

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General information

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This is a College tournament in Illinois.

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September 10, 2015 

Dear Friends,

The forensics teams at Illinois State University and Bradley University are pleased to invite you and your team to participate in the 2015 74-Swing.  Saturday, October 3rd will be hosted by Illinois State University and take pace on the ISU campus and the second half of the swing, entitled the Dan Smith Invitational, will be hosted on the Bradley campus on Sunday, October 4th. 

The 74 Swing offers you and your students quality Open and Novice competition in 11 AFA.  In those events numbering 60 or more contestants, we will hold semi-final elimination rounds.  This invitation should provide all of the necessary tournament information, but please call if we can be of any further assistance.

As always, we look forward to welcoming you and your students to Central Illinois.  We take pride in running on-schedule tournaments that are friendly and fun, and the weekend will be well worth your time.  Hope to see you in October!

Sincerely,

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

Entries:  Each student may enter a maximum of six events; no more than three per grouping.  There is no limit on the amount of entries a school may enter per event; however, for schools with larger entries we may have to artificially move competitors to utilize judges from that school.  The deadline for receiving entries for both halves of the swing is 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 29.  No adds will be accepted after this time.  Drops will be accepted after the deadline without penalty until 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 30.  Entries for both halves of the swing should be submitted to Speechwire.com.

IE Judges & Fees: Entry fees are $8.00 per entry slot (no additional charge for entering quadrathon).  A nuisance fee of $6.00 per slot will be added to the original entry fee for every drop after 12:00pm on Wednesday, September 30.  Drops at registration will incur a $15.00 nuisance fee per slot in addition to the original entry fee.  Each school should furnish one judge for every six slots.  Hired judges are available at $10.00 per uncovered slot.  Judges dropped after the Wednesday, 12:00 p.m. deadline will result in a nuisance fee of $25.00 each plus the additional cost of hiring a judge.  ALL fees are assessed as of 12:00 p.m., Wednesday September 30.  Due to the difficulties of maintaining a pool of high-quality hired judges, we strongly encourage every school to bring at least one judge.  

Please make checks for the ISU portion out to “ISU Forensics” and for the Bradley portion please make checks out to “Beta Sigma Tau.”  We cannot give cash change for checks that are written over the entry fee amount, but we will gladly mail you a check for the amount of the change due.  Thank you in advance for understanding.

Quadrathon:  Students entered in at least four events including at least one from two different genres (interpretation/public address/limited preparation) will be eligible for the quadrathon awards. If a student is entered in five or six events, his or her best four will count toward quadrathon. Novice finals will not count toward open quadrathon, but if entries warrant we will present a “Top Novice Quadrathon” Award.

Novice Events:  A separate novice division will be created in each individual event where we have at least 12 novice entries. A novice is a student who is in their first year of collegiate competition OR has competed in three or fewer collegiate tournaments.

Sectioning:   We will use Speechwire to take ALL entries, and section IE rounds and assign IE judges.  

Awards:  The top six contestants in each event will advance to open finals and receive awards.  The top three quadrathon entries will receive awards based on final rounds. Sweepstakes trophies will be awarded to the top five schools.  In open finals, winning first place earns 12 points…and sixth place earns two points.  Other open finalists, and all open semifinalists, will earn 1 point each. In novice final rounds, winning first place earns 6 points … and sixth place earns 1 point. Finally, an award will be presented to the Top 2-Year school in sweepstakes (if entries warrant, the top three 2-year schools will receive awards).

RULES OF EVENTS

General:   All programs and speeches must not have been used in competition prior to September 1, 2015.   A novice is a student who is in their first year of collegiate competition OR has competed in three or fewer collegiate tournaments. Competitors must be undergraduates working on their first degree.  

NFA event descriptions will be used for all events except Program Oral Interpretation (http://www.nationalforensics.org/competition/individual-events). AFA event description will be used for Program Oral Interpretation. 

Both tournaments will use AFA-style speaker points and tie breaks (sans a majority of 1s).  

Impromtpu:  “Prompts will include ideas that can be comprehended and interpreted quickly such as quotations, both actual (from history or contemporary culture) and fictional (from movies, plays, novels etc.), single-frame cartoons, song lyrics, proverbs, rhetorical situations etc."

Extemp: Students will be permited access to the Internet during preparation, but access to the Internet is not guaranteed.  Both Bradley and ISU will do its best to obtain guest access for our competitors, but competitors relying on the Internet should be prepared to provide their own access.

TENTATIVE 74 SWING SCHEDULE

The schedule for the first half of the swing hosted at Illinois State University is as follows:

October 3, 2015

            Early registration for the Bradley half will happen immediately after awards.

The schedule for the second half of the swing hosted at Bradley University is as follows. NOTE: Everything is one hour earlier!

October 4, 2015

No tab sheets will be released until after the last final round has started.  

ACCOMMODATIONS

Hotels:  All reservations must be a transaction between your school and the lodging establishment.  This year we have brought in the folks at Travel Advocates to help you negotiate the lowest rates on the hotels YOU prefer.  To take advantage of this free service, please contact:  

Melody Carlisle

Sales Manager, Travel Advocates

201-222-1990x207 or melody@traveladvocates.com  

Note about hotels in Normal:  The weekend of the 74 Swing is also Family Weekend at ISU.  Hotels in Normal might be a challenge, but there are almost 10,000 available rooms in the Bloomington-Normal area (and all within 10 minutes of campus - we’re not a big town).  If you want information on hotel quality or location, we are happy to advise.

Parking at Illinois State (Saturday):  Please park in the Visitors’ lot in the lower level of the South University Parking Deck near the College of Business Building or in the Visitor's lot at the Bone Student Center.  Directions to campus and printable maps (city, campus and parking) are available at: www.ilstu.edu/map. Meters and “Reserved” (handicapped, business, medical and numbered) spaces are enforced 24/7.  You will be ticketed!  Saturday is a football game day, so stick to the south side of campus to avoid tailgate lots.  We will send a tailgate map with your entry confirmation to assist.

Lunch Options at Illinois State (Saturday):  There are several places around the ISU quad to stop in for a quick lunch.  Here are a few of our favorites for price and vegetarian menus.  We will have a list of delivery options available at Registration.

Northeast of the quad (Uptown Normal):  http://www.uptownnormal.com/dining/

• Watterson Food Court – a dining hall with tons of options!
• The Rock (gyros, burgers and vegan options) - 203 W. North St.
• Jimmy John’s Sandwiches – 207 W. North St.
• Coffeehound (coffee and pastries) - 205 W. North St.
• The Coffeehouse and Deli (all vegetarian) – 114 E. Beaufort St.
• Anand India (vegan options) - 122 E. Beaufort St.
• Garlic Press Café – 106 W. North St
• Crepe Geeks (sweet and savory crepes) - 305 W. Beaufort St.

Southwest of the quad:

• Jimmy John’s Sandwiches – 305 S. Main St
• Potbelly Sandwiches and Noodles & Company – 609 S. Main St
• Avanti’s Italian Restaurant (speedy takeout) - 407 S. Main St.
• Chipotle & Meathead’s Burgers - 701 S. Main St.
• Buffalo Wild Wings - 603 S. Main St.

Parking at Bradley (Sunday): Park in any legal parking space, Bradley does not ticket on weekends.

Lunch Options at Bradley (Sunday): There are several places to eat around Bradley's campus and in the adjacent Campus Town including:

• Avantis
• One World
• Jimmy Johns
• McDonalds
• Bellacino's
• Subway
• Starbucks

Manager contact information

Ken Young
Email address: kyoung@fsmail.bradley.edu
Phone number: 815.739.9337 CELL

Mailing address

1501 W Bradley Ave
Peoria, IL 61625