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Shadwell Invitational Tournament
General information This information is from a tournament in a past season! This is a College tournament in Illinois. View manager contact information Friends: The Elgin Community College Forensics Team and the department of Communication Studies are excited to invite you to the “Shadwell Invitational Tournament” to be held on Saturday December 3, 2016. For those that aren’t aware, Gail Shadwell was a Speech faculty member at Elgin Community College for almost fifty years, and was instrumental in creating many student centered activities, including ECC’s Speech Team. Please note that this will be a novice tournament. A “novice” will be defined as any student with less than 2 years (four semesters) of intercollegiate competitive experience. Our tournament will have two rounds of preliminary competition, and finals in all events (providing that size of the event allows for such). Please also note the special approaches that we will be utilizing for the events of CA and POI. As an FYI: this tournament will utilize SpeechWire for registration and tabbing, so keep that in mind when it is time to register. Enclosed in this packet you will find information regarding logistics (registration, parking, food, etc.) and tournament fees. Should any question arise, feel free to contact me. We hope to see you on December 3, 2016! Sincerely, Tim Anderson on behalf of the ECC Speech Team and ECC Communication Studies Department GENERAL INFO Students may enter up to three events per flight pattern. Each school is limited to six entries for each individual event. With the exception of Communication Analysis and Programmed Oral Interpretation (please review the event description in "Info and Fees") all events will follow Phi Rho Pi rules, accessible at www.phirhopi.org SPECIAL EVENT RULES FOR COMMUNICATION ANALYSIS The event of Communication Analysis will have an educational twist for this tournament. At the end of each speech, a brief amount of time will be allotted (an additional 2-3 minutes) for the judge to ask the speaker a critical question (or questions, should time allow) about the analysis performed. It should be noted that the purpose of this approach is not for the judge to ask the speaker to repeat/rephrase information, nor is it to "trick" a speaker into contradicting their analysis. Further, the purpose is to extend the educational aspect of the event, and also to promote the deeper level of critical thinking that is unique for this event. To the best of our ability, the tournament staff will format the number of students in each CA preliminary section to accommodate for this approach. Please note that should a final round of CA be needed, it will follow standard final round protocol and no extra time will be given for questions from the judging panel. SPECIAL EVENT RULES FOR PROGRAMMED ORAL INTERPRETATION POI will also have an education twist for our tournament. At the end of each performance, a brief amount of time will be allotted (an additional 2-3 minutes) for the judge to ask the performer a critical question (or questions, should time allow) regarding their performance choices. It should be noted that the purpose of this approach is not for the judge to ask for a repeat of authors/titles, nor is it to “coach” the performer. The purpose is to extend the critical thinking necessary when POI performers choose literature, develop characters, etc. To the best of our ability, the tournament staff will format the number of students in each POI preliminary section to accommodate for this approach. Please note that the final round of POI will follow standard final round protocol and no extra time will be given for questions from the judging panel. AWARDS Trophies will be awarded to the top six entrants in each individual event. Further, the top five speakers in Individual Sweeps will be recognized. In order to qualify for Individual Sweepstakes, a student must be entered in a minimum of four events (one must be an Interp event, and one must be a PA/LP). Team Sweepstakes awards will also be given to the five schools accumulating the most sweepstakes points. QUALITY TEAM SWEEPSTAKES The Shadwell Tournament will also award Quality Sweepstakes for the top five schools. Quality sweepstakes will be determined by calculating the total number of team sweeps points divided by number of slots entered in the tournament. TOURNAMENT FEES AND ENTRY DEADLINES The entry fee is $8.00 for each IE slot; and an additional $10.00 per uncovered slot. Schools are required to provide one judge for every six slots. Entry Deadline is 5 PM, Wednesday Nov 30 through SpeechWire. The following schedule will be used for changes/drops: Changes after deadline, until 12 PM on Thursday Dec 1: No charges. Drops Thursday Dec 1 until 5PM: $10/per slot Drops by Noon Friday Dec 2: $15/per slot Drops at registration: $25/per slot Judge drop: $60
PLEASE HELP US GIVE BACK!! Forensics is more than friendly competition: forensics cares! So that our speech community can help those less fortunate this time of year, we are requesting that each school bring one item per student registered to donate to ECC’s Spartan Food Pantry. Please keep in mind that this is only a request, and no student/school will be turned away if they do not have a donation to the pantry. The goal of SFP is to help benefit the roughly one-third of ECC students who are economically disadvantaged. As a Phi Theta Kappa officer put it, “The food pantry is a key resource for financially struggling students. It allows them to attend class, pay for books and not have to worry about where their next meal is coming from.” Here is a list of items of which the pantry is in most need: - Fruits (snack cups or cans) - Starches (rice, pasta, instant potatoes) - Canned veggies (not green beans - we have unlimited amounts of green beans and tuna!) - Deodorant - Toothpaste Again, please keep in mind that this donation is not a requirement, only a request. No student/school will be turned away if they do not have a donation to the pantry
SECURING EXTRA JUDGES If you know of anyone that would be willing/able to serve as a hired judge, please let Tim Anderson (tanderson@elgin.edu) or Jim Dittus (jdittus@elgin.edu) know as soon as possible (along with contact info for the person…preferably email).
NOTE: Students may be no-more than triple entered in a flight. TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE 7.30 - 8.15 - Registration in F Foyer 8.15 - Round 1-A 9.45 - Round 2-A 10.45 - 12 PM - Lunch 11.45 - Extemp Prep 12.00 - Round 1-B 1.15 - Extemp Prep 1.30 - Round 2-B Flight A and B Finals and Awards: ASAP
LODGING Holiday Inn and Suites 495 Airport Road, Elgin, IL (847) 488-900
Hampton Inn Chicago/Elgin 405 Airport Road, Elgin, IL (847) 931-1940
Quality Inn 500 Tollgate Road, Elgin, IL (847) 608-7300
Super 8 435 Airport Rd., Elgin, IL 60123 (847) 888-0088
Marriott TownPlace Suites 2185 Marriott Dr. West Dundee, IL 60118 (847) 608-6320
Courtyard by Marriott 2175 Marriott Dr., West Dundee, IL 60118 (847) 429-0300
Comfort Suites 2480 Bushwood Drive, Elgin, IL (847) 836-9500
Country Inn and Suites 2270 Point Boulevard, Elgin, IL (847) 426-6400
You can find information about the ECC campus at:
Registration will be held in the Building F Foyer, and you can freely park in the F Lot. Our Cafeteria will be closed on the day of the event. Therefore, we suggest going off-campus for lunch. When choosing locations for lunch, there are many convenient options within a couple miles of campus, some which offer delivery. We will supply a listing of restaurants at registration.
Tim Anderson Mailing address 1700 Spartan Dr SpeechWire Tournament Services - Copyright 2004-2024 Ben Stewart. All Rights Reserved. Terms of use - Privacy and Security Policy
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