Michigan Intercollegiate Speech League

 

November 30, 2020,

 

Dear MISL Colleague:

 

The Michigan Intercollegiate Speech League invites you and your team to attend the MISL Fall Invitational Tournament, taking place on Saturday, December 5^th, synchronously hosted online by Eastern Michigan University through Zoom.

 

The tournament will offer all sanctioned MISL individual events. Entry deadline is Tuesday, December 1st 2020 by 5:00 pm.  All entries should be made through the tournament registration page at Speechwire.com.

 

This tournament will be scored and scheduled in accordance with the MISL Bylaws for two-prelim round competitions. Tournament details and the most current MISL Bylaws are available at https://michiganspeech.wordpress.com.

 

We look forward to seeing you soon!

 

Sincerely,

 

Ryan Rigda

Director of MISL Individual Events

 

Carole Bennett                                               

Executive Director of MISL

 

Patrick Seick

Director of Forensics

Eastern Michigan University

 

 

 

 

                          

Tournament Schedule

 

Saturday, December 5th, 2020

 

 

8:00 am Registration

 

8:30am Opening Assembly

 

9:00 AM Extemp Prep

 

9:30 AM RD 1 Flight A (Extemporaneous, Prose, Informative, Poetry, Rhetorical Criticism)

 

10:30 AM Extemp Draw

 

11:00 AM RD 2 Flight A

 

12:00- 1:15 Lunch break

 

1:15 RD 1 Flight B (Impromptu, Persuasion, After-Dinner Speaking, POI, Duo, and Dramatic Interp)

 

2:30 RD 2 Flight B

 

3:45 Extemp draw finals

 

4:00 Finals Flight A

 

5:15 Finals Flight B

 

Awards - ASAP

 

Entries:

An individual student may compete in no more than three (3) events per grouping. Entry deadline is Tuesday, December 1^st 2020 by 5:00 pm. Please register your students at the MISL State Championships page on Speechwire.com.

 

Judges:

Schools which enter at least 25 contestants shall be required to cover seventy-five percent (75%) of their entry with “clean” judges. One judge will cover six IE entries.  If your school needs to hire a clean judge at $20 per round in order to meet MISL bylaws, please e-mail Patrick Seick (pseick@emich.edu) as soon as possible.  We will put you in contact with some folks you can hire and pay directly if necessary.  

 

Awards:

Prelims:           Finals:                                                            

1^st place:          3 pts                12 pts                                                             

2^nd place:         2 pts                10 pts                                     

3^rd place:         1 pt                  8 pts                                       

4^th place:         0                      7 pts                                       

5^th place:         0                      5 pts

6^th place:         0                      3 pts

7^th place:         0                      2 pts

 

Awards will be presented to:

a.     The top six (6) speakers in each IE event.

b.     The top novice in each event

c.     The top community college competitor in each event.

d.     The top three (3) schools in sweepstakes.

e.     The community college finishing highest in sweepstakes.

f.      The top three contestants in quadrathon will receive awards.  To qualify a student must be entered in at least four events, one of each genre (oral interpretation, limited preparation, and public address).  If the student is entered in more than four events, only the top score in each genre and the student’s next top scoring event will be used in determining results. Tabulation of points will be identical to the tabulation of team sweepstakes, with preliminary points halved and added to final round total.  A quadrathon entry will count as a slot in calculation of fees.

 

Fees:

$8.00 for each I.E. slot

$10.00 for each uncovered I.E. slot

$10.00 per drop prior to registration/$15.00 per dropped judge

$25.00 per drop at registration (slots and judges)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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