Dear Colleague,

 

You and your students are cordially invited to the 2016 Westside Warrior Invitational Tournament to be held on Friday, January 15, 2016. Registration will be in the auditorium at Westside High School on Friday beginning at 3 p.m. 

 

We will be running nine events with two rounds and finals. Round ribbons will be given out for the top three places in each section, and trophies and medals will be given for the top six places. If we have enough entries, we will include honors and champ finals. 

 

We will once again be offering Duo Impromptu acting. See below for more info on this entertaining event.

 

We will also be having a Poetry Slam between final rounds and awards. If you have students who are interested in this, please let me know. Any student who wants to share an original poem is welcome to do so even if he or she isn’t entered in the tournament. If a student is interested, please register them in Original Verse (OV). No fee will be assessed. 

 

Pizza and other food will be served along with a fully-stocked judge's lounge. Please let your team know!

We look forward to seeing you all again in January!

 

We’re on speechwire.com

 

Entries Due by Tuesday, January 12 at 4:00 p.m. Drops will be accepted on Speechwire through Thursday. 

 

For inquiries please contact:

Jeff Grinvalds grinvalds.jeff@westside66.net

402 250-6646 (cell)

402-343-2712 (school)

 

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS INFORMATION

1. Students may enter two events. 

2. We will offer competition in nine events.  

 

Extemporaneous, Original Oratory, Duet Interpretation (NFL), Informative Speaking, Entertainment Speaking, Humorous Interpretation, Dramatic Interpretation, Poetry, and 

 

Impromptu Duet: Two students from two different schools are paired together in this fun and enlightening impromptu event. Together, they create a 5-7 minute duo interp based on a character, situation, and object. Teams will split sweepstakes points. 

 

Non-Sweepstakes Event:

 

Original Verse Poetry Slam: Students will perform one original poem of no more than three-minutes in length. This event will be held in the lull time between final rounds and awards. Winners will be chosen by the audience and fun prizes will be awarded. Send me a list of interested students. Right now the entry is open to anyone, but if numbers become to large, I will have to limit the entries. 

 

Entry Fees

Individual Event entry: $7.00 per entry

 

Entries will only be accepted through Speechwire.com. All entries must be submitted by Tuesday, January 12. 

 

Judges

We request that all judges be competent and experienced. 

One judge per every five Individual Event entries.

$15.00 for each uncovered entry.

 

Make checks payable to "Westside High School"

attn. Jennifer Paskach 8701, Pacific St.Omaha, NE  68114 

(vr)