SpeechWire Tournament Services - Forensics Tournament Software

October 2, 2015

Dear Speech Coaches,

The New Castle High School speech team would like to cordially invite you to our tournament to be held on November 7, 2015. Registration will take place from 6:45-7:15 a.m. with extemp draw starting at 7:30 and round one of all events starting at 8:00. All events will go four straight rounds except for radio which will have five rounds.

Registration is on speechwire.com. . I will accept entries through Tuesday, November 3, at 4 p.m. I need these names/numbers to be as accurate as possible for they will be the basis for my food count.

Changes can be made through Friday at 3:00 p.m. through Speechwire; therefore, if you have a drop or add or name change, etc., you should go to your entry directly and make revisions. Anything after that time, e-mail the change to me.

Students may double at their own risk in all events EXCEPT discussion and student congress and versatility. You may enter 50 students, max of 5 per event. You need to provide one judge for every 5 entires or fraction thereof.

Events offered: all IHSFA speech events plus Congress and versatility. Students are not allowed to compete with materials they used last season.

Versatility students will compete in poetry or prose round one, original oratory or declamation round two, humor or drama round three, and impromptu round four. Students may use material from last year for ONE of the rounds of versatility, but the other two prepared rounds must be new material for this season. Points will be scored by individual round results as well as overall results. (Individual rounds will score 3, 2, 1, and ½ .) Versatility is limited to one person per team with a maximum of 7 entries. If you want a versatility spot reserved, email me at hittsons@nccsc.k12.in.us and give me your school name and the name of the student who will be competing in versatility. Once the seven slots are claimed, the event will be filled.

Radio contestants need to bring a two-minute newscast, a one-minute ORIGINAL (written by the student based on research and his/her own opinion) editorial about school safety issues, and a one-minute ORIGINAL (student-written) commercial about Canidae Natural Pet Foods. (Here is their spiel: “Canidae Natural Pet foods is committed to providing you, our valued customer, the highest standard of excellence for product quality, palatability, customer satisfaction and customer service. We began as genuine pioneers in natural and holistic pet foods, and we continue to raise the bar to create A Healthier Today for a Longer Tomorrow.” Use this as the basis for the commercial.) Radio will also have a breaking news round with the script given to the contestant one minute before he/she speaks and an on-the-spot round with a picture and caption of a recent event with two minutes of prep and two minutes to speak.

Congress will debate bills/resolutions 1, 2, 4, and 14.

Extemp will draw rounds 1 and 3 only.

Discussion will use the Socratic Seminar format and topics will be released the Sunday prior to the tournament through speechwire.

The top ten schools and top ten students in each event will be awarded. Sweeps are based on 10 point for a first through 1 point for 10th.

Awards are scheduled to begin around 2:30.

Food and beverages will be for sale at the tournament. This is how we fund the tournament and pay for the awards, the custodian, the judges’ lounge, etc. Please do not bring in food and drinks for your team. Help us continue to be able to host by allowing us to meet our expenses for this tournament through concessions at this meet.

Sincerely,

Susan M. Delay & the New Castle Speech Team

Susan Delay
Email address: hittsons@nccsc.k12.in.us
Phone number: 765-465-0945