Dear Speech Coach, 

 

It is my pleasure to invite you to the Scottsbluff Speech Invitational, which will be held Saturday, January 10, 2015. I look forward to hosting each of your teams for what will surely be a day of exciting competition. 

 

Enclosed you will find all of the necessary information to prepare your team’s entry for this tournament. Please read these instructions carefully, as we’ll be doing things a bit differently this year:

 

1. We will be using an online registration program, again, this year, so you will enter all of the requisite information needed to complete your entry through our new tournament entry site: Speechwire.com, which will electronically generate invitation materials and email them directly to you. So, registration and entry adjustments will be done online. 

 

2. All PRELIMINARY entries are due no later than Wednesday, January 7th at 9:30 p.m. As always, dropping students may be done until the start of the first round, the morning of the tournament, but there will be NO ADDING ALLOWED. You may make adjustments to your entries through Friday afternoon the week of the tournament, but you must have a preliminary registration submitted by Wednesday night, so we can begin to finalize section numbers and judging assignments. That way we can accurately make room and judging assignments for Saturday. Additionally, this year, to prevent any unnecessary last minute schedule changes, any school dropping more than three students the morning of the tournament will be charged a $50 INCONVENIENCE FEE. So, please ensure the accuracy of your entries BEFORE Friday afternoon.

 

3. Additionally, each team will be asked to secure ONE JUDGE FOR EVERY SIX ENTRIES THEY REGISTER. It will be the responsibility of you and your team to provide the requisite number of judges needed for your entry size (e.g. 36 entries would require 6 judges). Otherwise, if you are unable to locate enough judges to cover your entries, you will be charged $70 for each uncovered judging assignment. 

 

 

4. For this particular tournament, the following schedule will be used: 

 

7:45 a.m.—Registration outside the front office

8:30 and 11:00 a.m.—Persuasive, Serious, Entertainment, and OID (both varsity and novice) 

9:45 and 12:15 a.m.—Informative, Humorous, Poetry, and Duet (both varsity and novice)

8:45 and 11:15 a.m.—Extemporaneous Speaking Draw (1 hour of preparation)

9:45 and 12:15 a.m—Extemporaneous Speaking

1:00 p.m.—Final Rounds begin in both divisions 

3:45 p.m.—Awards in the auditorium

 

Each team will be required to pay a flat fee  $6 for every entry. And, as you register your team, remember: Contestants may compete in more than three events, but do so at their own peril. Plus, they run the risk of being dropped if they are too late showing up to their rounds or if they threaten delaying the entire tournament.   

 

Additionally, a concession stand will be provided for students and a hospitality room will be offered for judges, coaches, and bus drivers.

 

At the end of the competition, an awards ceremony will be held where plaques will be presented to the champions and runner-ups in both varsity classes: A / B and C / D.  Also,  medals will be handed out to congratulate the top six contestants in each of the nine NSAA-sanctioned events in both novice and varsity.

 

We look forward to see you! Good luck as you prepare for the remainder of your season!

 

 

 

Chad Scheel

Head Coach

cscheel@sbps.net

402.415.7208

 

Whitney Gipe

Assistant Coach

wgipe@sbps.net

308.652.6577

 

(vr)