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74 Swing: The 5th Dan Smith Invitational at Bradley

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August 24, 2016
 
Dear Friends,
 
The forensics teams at Illinois State University and Bradley University are pleased to invite you and your
 
team to participate in the 2016 74-Swing. Saturday, October 1st 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 2nd.
 
The 74 Swing offers you and your students quality Open and Novice competition in 11 AFA events. 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,
 
 
Megan Koch
 
Director of Forensics
 
Illinois State University
 
O: 309-438-8447
 
E: mkoch@ilstu.edu
Richard Heyne
 
Asst. Director of
 
Individual Events
 
Illinois State University
Ken Young
 
Director of Forensics
 
Bradley University
 
O: 309-677-2439
 
E: kyoung@fsmail.bradley.edu
 
Justin Helmley
 
Asst. Director of Forensics
 
Bradley University
Ryan Cashman
 
Graduate Teaching
 
Assistant
 
Illinois State University
Gabby Dillon
 
Graduate Teaching
 
Assistant
 
Illinois State University
Junior Ocasio
 
Assistant Coach
 
Bradley University
 
Tanya Melendez
 
Assistant Coach
 
Bradley University
Jaylen Eashmond
 
Graduate Teaching
 
Assistant
 
Illinois State University
Adam Mason
 
Graduate Teaching
 
Assistant
 
Illinois State University
Rachel Anders
 
Graduate Assistant
 
Bradley University
 
Gabriella Devia-Allen
 
Graduate Teaching
 
Assistant
 
Illinois State University
Zachary Hanks
 
Assistant Coach
 
Illinois State University
   
Tommy McCarty
 
Assistant Coach
 
Illinois State University
     
 
 
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 27. No adds will be accepted after this
 
time. Drops will be accepted after the deadline without penalty until 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, September
 
28. 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 28. 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 28. 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.
 
ISU and Bradley Competitors – ISU and Bradley students will be competing at the 74 Swing. On
 
Saturday, Bradley students will compete, and ISU novices will compete in open division events. On Sunday,
 
ISU students will compete, and Bradley novices will compete in open division events.
 
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,
 
2016. 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 permitted 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.
 
GROUP A                                                GROUP B
 
Extemporaneous Speaking                      Informative Speaking
 
Persuasive Speaking                               Impromptu Speaking
 
Duo Interpretation                                    Dramatic Interpretation
 
Prose Interpretation                                 Communication Analysis
 
Program Oral Interpretation                     Poetry
 
After Dinner Speaking
 
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
 
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 NOT a football game day! Hooray!
 
Lunch Options at Illinois State (Saturday): There are several places around the ISU quad to stop in for a
 
quick lunch. We will have a list of delivery options available at Registration:
 
Northeast of the quad (Uptown Normal): Visit http://www.uptownnormal.com/dining/ for the
 
most current list of restaurants. You can find gyros, burgers, vegetarian/vegan, Jimmy Johns,
 
coffee, Indian and sit-down options.
 
Southwest of the quad: Jimmy John’s, Potbelly, Noodles, Avanti’s, Chipotle, Meatheads, Buffalo
 
Wild Wings, McDonalds.
 
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
 
TENTATIVE 74 SWING SCHEDULE
 
The schedule for the first half of the swing hosted at Illinois State University is as follows:
 
October 1, 2016
 
8:15 – 9:00 am Registration – Fell Hall Lobby
 
9:30 am Extemp Draw
 
10:00 am Round 1A (Ext, Per, Duo, ADS, Pro, POI)
 
11:15 am Extemp Draw
 
11:45 am Round 2A
 
1:30 pm Round 1B (Imp, Poe, Info, CA, DI)
 
2:45 pm Round 2B
 
3:45 pm Extemp Draw
 
4:00 pm Finals A and all IE Semifinals
 
4:15 pm Extemp Finals
 
5:30 pm Finals B
 
ASAP Awards
 
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 2, 2016
 
7:15 – 8:00 am Registration – Neumiller Lecture Hall inside of Bradley Hall
 
8:30 am Extemp Draw
 
9:00 am Round 1A (Ext, Per, Duo, ADS, Pro, POI)
 
10:15 am Extemp Draw
 
10:45 am Round 2A
 
12:30 pm Round 1B (Imp, Poe, Info, CA, DI)
 
1:45 pm Round 2B
 
2:45 pm Extemp Draw
 
3:00 pm Finals A and all IE Semifinals
 
3:15 pm Extemp Finals
 
4:30 pm Finals B
 
ASAP Awards
 
No tab sheets will be released until after the last final round has started.

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

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