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The Glenwood High School SISAL Tournament

To: The Wonderful Coaches

On Saturday, January 13th, 2024, we will host a speech tournament at Glenwood High School in Chatham, Illinois.

The tournament will offer three preliminary rounds and a final round in each event; however extemporaneous and radio speaking will have two preliminary rounds and a final round. Junior Varsity (JV) finals (for first year competitors and 2nd year sophomores only) will be held if at least four JV finalists remain after determining varsity finalists. Awards will be given to all varsity finalists, JV finalists, the two top small entry (26 or fewer entries) and top five schools overall. Additionally, we will be offering Congressional Debate. The Congressional Debate competitors will be allowed to double enter; however, they may lose out on speech time for Congressional Debate. If you choose to enter Congressional Debate, you choose to provide a Congressional Debate judge that will be separate from your other ie judge requirements. We will be using the NSDA docket from December 2023, which will be available December 1st.

Each school must provide one judge for every six entries or fraction thereof (maximum of seven judges). The number of judges you must bring AND the fees you owe are based on the PRELIMINARY ENTRY. If you cannot provide enough judges to cover your entry, then we can hire judges for you for a fee of $80 each.

1. The preliminary entry should be entered on SpeechWire by 3:00 p.m. on Monday, January 8, 2024.

2. The cost is five dollars per main event. The entry fee should be made to Glenwood High School Speech Boosters.

3. Judges can be hired at $80 per judge required, although every attempt should be made to ascertain your own allotted judges.

4. Entry confirmation should be made by noon on Friday, January 12th, 2024.

5. On the morning of the tournament, please call with any changes to your entry

between 6:00 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. if possible. Please call 217-622-2570.

6. Please address the check to Glenwood High School Speech Boosters.

7. Extemp and Radio will prep for all rounds.

8. League dues are $50 dollars to compete at only one SISAL tournament, $150 for the year, or $250 if you are hosting a tournament this year. Please make the checks for league dues to Southern Illinois Speech & Acting League.

I'm looking forward to seeing you at the tournament!! If you have any questions or concerns, please E-mail me at kcarter@bcsd5.org or leave me a message at

217-622-2570.

Sincerely,

Ken Carter