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Registration Information: All registration will take place on the SpeechWire website (www.speechwire.com). Remember that all teams can enter a maximum of 39 entries in the section tournament. How you place your 39 entries is entirely up to you. All registrations must be in no later than 5:00 PM on Wednesday March 9, 2022 and all changes to your entry made no later than 12 Noon on Sunday, March 13, 2022.

Section 3AA Schools: The following schools are assigned to compete in Section 3AA for Speech.

Tournament Format: We will hold 3 preliminary rounds of competition and a final round of competition in every event. The top 7 students from preliminary competition will advance to the final round in each event. The top 3 students in the final round of competition will advance to the MSHSL Class AA State Speech Tournament to be held at Eastview High School on Friday April 22, 2022.

Team Arrival at Tournament: Please arrive between 2:40 and 3:00 PM so that registration can be completed by 3:10 PM. All teams should have their busses drop them off at the main entrance of RHS (not the PAC entrance). Students and coaches should congregate in the cafeteria where registration will take place. Students can use the cafeteria as a place to congregate throughout the evening in between rounds of competition.

Team Registration: Registration will take place outside of the RHS library. It is critical that you call in all changes to Chris McDonald by 2:30 p.m; a call from the bus would be optimal to faciliate the scheduling process. Please call 651-283-5976 with all drops to your entry. Adds are not permitted on the day of the tournament.

Draw/Prep Room: All draw events and preparation for those events will take place in the RHS Library.

Ballot Drop/Tab Room: The tab room will be located in the Fishbowl room located at the rear of the RHS LIbrary. All ballots will be electronic on Speechwire.

Timers: Every school is required to provide the section with at least 1 timer to be used during the course of the section tournament. You can email the names of your timers to chris.mcdonald@district196.org

Judges/Coaches Lounge: The judges/coaches lounge will be located in the Student Center Annex which is located at the rear of the RHS Cafeteria. . A short judges meeting will take place in the Student Center Annex at 3:30 PM.

Student Lounge/Gathering Area: Students may use the cafeteria area as their gathering area throughout the tournament. Concessions will be available in Cafeteria.

Student Meal Information: Student meals will again be pre-ordered using a google form. More information will be coming soon.

Registration 2:40 – 3:00 PM
Judges Meeting 3:30 PM
Draw for Round #1 3:15 PM
Round #1 3:45 PM
Draw for Round #2 4:30 PM
Round #2 5:00 PM
Draw for Round #3 5:45 PM
Round #3 6:15 PM
Dinner 7:00 PM
Draw for Final Round 7:30 PM

Final Rounds for Non-Draw Events 7:45 PM
Final Rounds for Draw Events 8:00 PM
Awards 9:30 PM

The following need to be turned in to Chris McDonald during registration from each school. Please email chris.mcdonald@district196.org with any questions regarding the tournament, rules, or items that need to be collected during the registration process.

1. The MSHSL Community Standards Speech Selection Certification Form.
2. Copies of scripts for Original Oratories.
3. Copies of scripts for Creative Expression.
4. Copies of scripts for Great Speeches, including title(s) of speech(es), author, date, and site of presentation.
5. Copies of scripts for Informative Speeches.
6. Copies of scripts for all Interprative Events: Humorous, Poetry, Prose, Drama, and Duo.

Chris McDonald
Email address: Chris.McDonald@district196.org
Phone number: 651-283-5976

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