MILLARD NORTH HIGH SCHOOL FORENSICS

Omaha, Nebraska

2021 Millard North Mustang Invitational

Sat Jan 9th, 2021

 

We are excited to be a bid tournament for the 2021 NIETOC Tournament 

 

we will be hosting a remote tournament, but all events except for duo will be live and synchronous. Duo will be synchronous, but not live. You will submit split screen duo videos (more info to come under files for download). 

 

 

 

Events:  We will be hosting open (no separate novice and varsity divisions but we will offer a top novice award in all events except DUO) divisions in Humorous Interp, Dramatic Interp, Duo Interp, Poetry Interp, Original Oratory, Informative Speaking, Entertainment Speaking, Extemp Speaking, Program Oral Interpretation. Please note this is DUO and NOT Duet Acting. NSDA time limit and rules for DUO will be enforced. If you have any questions on rules for events please contact me. 

 

Triathlon: Students many triple enter and be eligible for a triathlon award in any 3 events. Please realize that getting to rounds on time is the speaker's responsibility and the judge will not wait beyond the start time of the next round for any reason. 

 

Awards: We will be giving awards based on entry numbers. We will break as many as receive bids for NIETOC events (6, 12, 18 depending on entries). Non NIETOC events I anticipate the top 12, but we will see what the entry numbers are.  

We will also provide a "top novice" award in each event for the highest placing novice. 

 

 

Judges: Please provide one judge for every five entries. There will be a fee of $12.00 per uncovered entry. These judges and their names are due at the close of registration on Wednesday Jan 6th at 5:00pm. If you are short on judges I will require that the coach be entered as a judge, thank you for your understanding on this. 

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EVENT RULES

Extemporaneous:  Topics will cover both foreign and domestic issues from the news since September 2020.  Thirty minute prep time. One 4X6 note card optional.  TIME LIMIT 5 to 7min. 

 

Original Oratory: Must be an original work of the student to inspire, persuade, and/or convince.  Limit of 150 quoted words.  Script is optional.  TIME LIMIT MAX 10.

 

Informative Speaking: **10 min time limit to accommodate NSAA and NSDA time limits** Must be the original work of the student. This is a speech indented to inform the audience on a subject. You are allowed to use visual aids, electronic or physical. TIME LIMIT 10 min MAX. Only one 4x6 note card is allowed, no script

 

Entertainment speaking: Must be the original work of the student. This is a speech intended to entertain the audience. It should be structured, sources are optional. You are allowed to use visual aids. TIME LIMIT 8 min MAX. Only one 4x6 note card is allowed, no script

 

 

Dramatic Interpretation:  A serious interpretation of an original cutting from prose or a play.  TIME LIMIT MAX 10.

 

Humorous Interpretation:  A humorous interpretation of an original cutting from prose or a play. TIME LIMIT MAX 10.

 

Poetry:  A serious or humorous interpretation of one or more poems.  If more than one poem is used, they must be based on either a theme or a single author.  Script is required.  TIME LIMIT 6 to 8min.

 

DUO Interp  An original cutting from a humorous or serious play, acted out by two individuals.  NSDA rules so off stage focus required. This IS NOT DUET ACTING.  TIME LIMIT MAX 10.    **This will be a recorded event**

 

Program Oral Interpretation: An original program of prose, poetry and drama. Please see NSDA rules/guidelines. Script required, 10 min max. 

 

 

Schedule:

 

Registration 8:00 to 8:20

 

EXT Draw Round One 8:30

 

Round One 9:00

 

EXT Draw Round Two 10:00

 

Round Three 10:30

 

EXT Draw Round Three 11:30

 

Round Three 12:00

 

Finals 2:00 or ASAP

 

Awards 3:45 or ASAP

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