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Plymouth High School - John Oliver Invitational
General information This information is from a tournament in a past season! This is a High School tournament in Indiana. View manager contact information Plymouth High School Speech and Debate
Holiday Greetings (since we are releasing near Thanksgiving and hosting near Christmas):
We would like to invite you to the John Oliver Speech Invitational which will be held at Plymouth High School on Saturday, December 2nd. The deadline for tournament entry will be Monday, December 3rd at 3:00 p.m (eastern). All entry information will be collected on Speechwire. Please enter the following information:
1) Entries by name in the varsity and novice divisions. This must be done by the deadline! 2) Titles of pieces / speeches where appropriate. We find this - among other details - will reduce the possibility of students speaking in the wrong room. This is not as vital on Monday, but don’t forget to do it by - let’s say - Thursday evening! 3) Judge Names - This feature will be left open so that you can add/adjust until late in the week - let’s say Friday. Just don’t be upset if you get a friendly reminder because you are making me Nervous. Ha
Please be sure to bring the appropriate number of judges (1 judge per 5 entries + any fraction above [6 entries = 2 judges]). We hope all judges will be prepared to write instructive, supportively critical comments to facilitate additional learning.
We are sorry for the early deadline; however, it allows us to communicate needed information to our administration, teachers, and food service early in the week. Since we host several times each season (three tournaments - including only one district competition this year for two districts), we like to keep them on our good side.
DIVISIONS AND TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE We will be offering both novice and varsity divisions. Novice is defined as no high school tournament experience prior to August 1, 2018. Circumstances related to entry totals, room availability, and judges may necessitate combining divisions. If divisions are combined, we will still provide separate finals and awards. Please tell students we will have Final Rounds (top 6) and Honor Final Rounds in the varsity division. We will definitely have Final Rounds in the novice division with a possibility of Honor Final Rounds if judges remain available. Last year, this was impossible, but you never know.
ENTRY Teams may enter no more than 40 entries in either division (varsity / novice) and a total of no more than 60 for the tournament. Additionally, we ask that schools enter no more than 5 entries per division (5 varsity and 5 novice = okay / 6 varsity and 0 novice = not okay). We will be scoring your top 40 entries for sweepstakes. We will be offering all current IHSFA events. We will allow three students from each team to triple at their own risk.
SPECIAL EVENT GUIDELINES
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE (all times presented are Eastern and are - we hope - worst case) 6:00 to 7:00 a.m. Please text all drops / changes to 574-780-0879 7:00 to 7:45 a.m. Building Open and Final Registration 8:00 a.m. Extemp Prep 8:15 a.m. Judges may pick up Round 1 ballots. 8:30 a.m. Round 1 in all events 10:00 a.m. Round 2 in all events 11:30 a.m. Extemp Prep 2 12:00 noon Round 3 in all events 1:45 p.m. Judges may pick up ballots for all break rounds 2:00 p.m. Final Rounds and Honor Final Rounds 3:30 p.m. Awards Program (earlier if possible)
FOOD We will have food available for purchase throughout the morning and into the early afternoon - definitely until finals are going! A judge lounge will once again be available. Scores will be posted for coaches only in the Media Center (1 per school at a time - not counting office staff) once a round is tabbed and checked.
AWARDS We plan to award ribbons to all FINALISTS and HONOR FINALISTS as well as medals for top finishers in each division. Additionally, we will offer team trophies.
Thank you for considering a visit with us! If you have any questions, please feel free to send me an e-mail (dmckenzie@plymouth.k12.in.us) or call my cell at 574-780-0879. We hope you will consider a visit and PRAY FOR GOOD WEATHER ONCE AGAIN THIS YEAR!
Sincerely, Dave McKenzie Dylan Connor Sarah McKenzie Charlotte Tyree Dan Tyree Nancy Tyree Sydney Luse Ken Olson Nathan Wilson Mike Hutnik
PS - Speaking of updates, we may be adding Improvisational Duo if we see that we have room available. I will allow last second updates of your entry if we do this. You might speak to individuals on your team to see if they are interested in a change that week. I will send any other significant changes impacting students in e-mail updates along with my typical reminders. As always, we will attempt to do what is fairest for the most and work to have you home at a decent time. Dave McKenzie Mailing address #1 Big Red Drive SpeechWire Tournament Services - Copyright 2004-2024 Ben Stewart. All Rights Reserved. Terms of use - Privacy and Security Policy
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