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The Southwest Minnesota State University Forensics Team is pleased to invite you to the 2016 Mustang Stampede hosted on Sunday October 16th, 2016 on the Minnesota State University, Mankato campus. This will be the second half of the Southern Minnesota Swing, with MSU, Mankato hosting the Larry Schnoor Invitational on Saturday.

Competitive Event Offerings:

The 2016 Mustang Stampede will offer two preliminary rounds in one open division of all 11 AFA-NIET events, plus Editorial Impromptu and the 2017 Minnesota State Experimental Event: Extemporaneous Interpretation.  Semi-finals will be held if more than 50 students are entered in an event. Events will be offered in 2 conflict patterns. Students may enter no more than 3 events per pattern. Students may only be entered in one draw event; they cannot compete in Extemp Speaking and Extemp Interp.

Editorial Impromptu: Students will be given a short editorial (ideally 3 to 5 paragraphs) to which they will develop a response. Students will be allowed nine minutes to divide between preparation and speech time. Speakers must speak for at least five minutes. Limited notes, prepared in the round, are permitted

Extemporaneous Interpretation: Contestants will have 30 minutes to prepare an oral interpretation performance. Each round will be from a different genre of literature (Prose, Poetry, Drama). Use of manuscript is required. Maximum time is 7 minutes including introduction. (Black paper, tape, scissors, and pencils will be provided for Extemporaneous Interpretation. SMSU Forensics has black books for sale for $6, but request that you bring your own.)

Pattern A: Communication Analysis, Duo, Extemporaneous Interpretation, Extemporaneous Speaking, Persuasion, Program Oral Interpretation, Prose

Pattern B: After Dinner Speaking, Dramatic Interpretation, Editorial Impromptu, Impromptu, Informative, Poetry,

Schedule:

Sunday October 18th

8:00 Registration

8:30 Draw

8:45 1A (Ext, EI, Pers, Duo, POI, CA, Pro)

10:00 1B (ADS, Imp, Info, Poe, DI, EdImp)

11:15 Lunch

12:00 Draw

12:15 2A

1:30 2B

3:00 Draw (finals)

3:15 Finals A

4:30 Finals B

6:15 Awards

Students may enter a maximum of THREE events per pattern. Students who triple enter in a pattern are responsible for getting to all events during the scheduled time period.

Fees:
Entry fees are $4.00 per slot. One judge covers 6 IE entries. The cost per uncovered IE slot is an additional $10.00. Entries are due via Speechwire 5pm on Tuesday, October 11th. Fees are assessed as the entry stands on Noon, Wednesday, October 12th.  A fee of $10.00 is assessed for each drop or add after this time.  All judges are expected to be available for final rounds. All judges are considered “clean” for final rounds. Teams will be charged a fee of $50.00 for every judge dropped from the tournament.

Host Information:

SMSU Student Competitors: As hosts, the SMSU forensic team may enter SMSU students at our tournament who are in their first semester of college competition. This weekend will often be their first taste of collegiate competition and we find such practices to be educationally beneficial to novices.

Hired Judges: The hired judge pool will consist primarily of forensics alums and the MSU, Mankato Communication Studies Graduate Teaching Assistants. The graduate assistants receive a judge training session where they are informed of event descriptions and rules, as well as methods for writing effective ballots.

Tournament Observers: Many of the instructors at MSU, Mankato choose to offer students extra credit for observing competition rounds at our tournament. The faculty and graduate students have been informed that they should discuss proper audience etiquette with their students prior to the event.

Hotels: The following link will bring you to a list of hotels in the Mankato area (http://www.mnsu.edu/admissions/visit/hotels.html).  Please contact the hotels directly for reservations.

 
Awards:

Fun trophies will be awarded to finalists in each individual event, with Pony Sticks going to the champions!  Additionally, 1st-5th place trophies will be awarded in Individual Sweeps, Open Team Sweeps, and Limited Entry Team Sweeps. Individual Sweeps includes all students entered in competition. Sweepstakes awards will be given using the following point system:  In prelims 3pts for every 1st and 2pts for every 2nd and 1pt for every 3rd.  In finals 1st place = 10 points, 2nd place = 8 points, 3rd place = 6 points, 4th place = 4 points, 5th place = 3 points, and 6th place = 2 points.  Any non-advancing semi-finalists in IEs will receive 2 points.

Other fun awards for the weekend will be given out, including Best Dressed, Miss/ter Congeniality, and Supreme Audience Member. These will be voted on by the students, judges, and coaches. Each person attending the tournament will be given 4 voting tickets to be used as they wish. Additional voting tickets can be purchased at 1 for 25 cents or 5 for $1. All proceeds will go the Literacy Volunteers of Southwest Minnesota.

The tournament staff will also hand out the Top Judge Award to the judge with the most educational ballot(s) and the Stampede Award will be also be given out to the team that demonstrates overwhelming forensic spirit. Students or coaches can nominate their team for the award by tweeting pictures showing off forensic pride with the hashtag #2016Stampede and tagging @smsuforensics. Nomination tweets should include the team being nominated and should be posted by 5pm the day of the tournament.

We hope you find it possible to attend the Sunday portion of the Southern Minnesota Swing in mid-October!  If you have questions, feel free to email/call Ben Walker at Benjamin.walker@smsu.edu or 706-844-2730. See you then!

 

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Ben Walker
Email address: benjamin.walker@smsu.edu
Phone number: 706-844-2730

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