Home     LIVE!     Features     Order     Calendar     Results     Your account     Manager login         

DeKalb Corn Classic 2015

RegistrationSubscribeGeneral informationSchematicsLive resultsFiles for downloadTournament scheduleFeesFinal
results

General information

This information is from a tournament in a past season!

This is a High School tournament in Illinois.

View manager contact information

September 7, 2015

 

Dear Speech Coaches,

 

I write this invitation in the middle of a fantasy football draft that is going so incredibly poorly, I have already written off the season and am now focused on the next challenge that lies ahead. And to that end, I see my inbox flooded with invitations to everyone else’s tournaments and realize that, like an early-round rush on tight ends, one can only swim against the current so long before being hopelessly swept away. But I digress. The DeKalb Corn Classic returns this year as the answer to a question that no one asked. Perhaps that question was, “Can someone please host a tournament that is geographically neutral between east and west, challenging to varsity speakers while still kind to novices, and without any of those pesky restrictions on how many of my 17 Poetry Readers I can enter?” If any of those things have been on your mind, please read on.

 

DATE:                                  Saturday, December 5th

 

STRUCTURE:                     Two flighted preliminary rounds (one being double-judged), and varsity and novice finals.  Round 1A competition will begin at 8:00; Extemp and Radio are B events, so prep will begin at 8:30.  Please plan to arrive no later than 7:30.

ENTRY:                                Feel free to enter as many speakers in each event as you like (your entry fee will be based on your total number of entries).  Team sweepstakes will be determined using your top two speakers in each event.  Teams will register online using SpeechWire.

JUDGES:                             Each team is expected to bring one qualified judge for every six entries.  If you wish to bring extra entries, you will be asked to bring extra judges as well.  Hired judges may be available at a cost of $75 per judge.

FEES:                                   1 – 28 entries:    $100

                                             29 – 42 entries: $150

                                             43 – 56 entries: $200

                                             57+ entries:         $250

 

EVENTS:                             All 14 IHSA events.

 

AWARDS:                           All individual finalists (varsity and novice) and the top 3 teams will receive awards.

 

REGISTRATION:                Begins at 7:00am. 

 

EXT/IMP TOPICS:            Each team should submit 10 Impromptu topics and 10 Extemp questions via SpeechWire.

 

 

 

ENTRY DEADLINE:            Friday, November 27th

 

FINAL POSTING ON SPEECHWIRE:                           Friday, December 4th  by 12:00pm

 

RULES:                                Impromptu –      IHSA rules will apply. 

                                             Radio –                Prep for EACH prelim and prep again for finals.

                                             Extemp –             Prep for EACH prelim and prep again for finals. 

Revised IHSA rules regarding the use of computers during prep will apply (see http://www.ihsa.org/documents/ie/2012-13/school-manual.pdf, p. 5)

                                             Time –                  Only in Radio as per IHSA rules.

 

DIRECTIONS:                     For those coming from either direction on I-88, your best option is to take the Annie Glidden Rd. exit and head north through NIU’s campus (about 3 miles).  Take a right at the light for Dresser Rd.  The school will be on your left after about a mile.

Google map available at: http://g.co/maps/js3gf

 

We hope to see you on the 5th!

 

Greg Solomon & T. J. Fontana

DeKalb High School

501 W. Dresser Rd

DeKalb, Illinois 60115

(815) 754-2100

greg.solomon@d428.org – (815) 757-1401

tj.fontana@d428.org – (815) 901-7692

 

 

If you have drops on the day of the tournament please text or call T. J. ASAP at (815) 901-7692.

 

Manager contact information

T. J. Fontana
Email address: tj.fontana@d428.org
Phone number: 815-754-2100

Mailing address

501 W. Dresser Rd.
DeKalb, IL 60115

SpeechWire Tournament Services - Copyright 2004-2024 Ben Stewart. All Rights Reserved. Terms of use - Privacy and Security Policy
(vr)