October 15, 2019 

 

MUNSTER HIGH SCHOOL

SPEECH & DEBATE

8808 Columbia Ave

Munster, IN 46321

 

Dear Speech Coach:

 

The Munster High Speech Meet will be held on Saturday, December 14.  The tournament only offers a varsity division. The Munster Speech Meet is a T.O.C. meet, and students will earn bids to the T.O.C. at the University of Kentucky. As we get closer to the meet, I will communicate additional info regarding bid information.  Preliminary registration is due on Monday, December 9 by 5:00 P.M, CST. Registration will be in the Media Center. We will be holding the Northwest Indiana NSDA Congress Qualifier concurrently.   Our speech schedule is currently being determined based on our congress tournament.  It is likely that the speech tournament will not begin until 9:00 AM Central.  You may bring up to 4 entries per event and a total of 40 entries on the sweeps team.  If you would like a non-sweeps team, please let me know.You may bring as many entries as preferred as long as you have the judges to support the entry. 

 

Double Entering: Contestants may double, and only three students may triple at their own risk. Triple entered students will be entered into the individual sweepstakes contest. If you are a Discussion contestant, you will not be eligible to double enter.   Both duo partners (OP Duos included) may double. Extemp students may double in INFO/OO/IMPROMPTU.  If you are doubling in two partner events, you must double only with the same partner for both events.  

 

RADIO

Broadcasting will offer the following:

Round 1: Pre-written 5-minute newscast including, commercial, music lead-in & lead-out of the contestant's choice.

Round 2: On-the-Spot: 2-min. prep. with 2 min. performance

Round 3: Editorial: 30-min. prep. with 2 min. performance

Final Round: Radio Program: 30 min. prep. with 7 min. performance

 

Discussion - prompts to be posted by Monday, December 9.  Questions will be provided at the competition. 

 

***THERE WILL BE NO ADDED ENTRIES ON TOURNAMENT DAY****  - We appreciate you honoring this rule.

 

 

Please bring one qualified judge, willing to write informative critiques, for every five entries or fraction thereof.  

 

 

Extemp: Extemp topics will be taken from current events.  Extemp Draw before Round 1 + 3.  Students will present their Round 1 Speech in Round 2. Students will present their Round 3 Speech in Final Round.   

 

 

We will provide ribbons to the Top 6 Finishers. We hope to run a Honor Finals for places 7-12 dependent on judge availability.  Also, we will provide medals to top the three finishers in each event. Finally, we will be offering an individual sweeps award for students in three events.  Sweepstakes trophies will be awarded to the top five schools.  Munster will not compete for team awards.

 

Concessions will be provided at a reasonable cost.   Plan to eat here since there are no close restaurants.  We look forward to seeing you on December 14. 

Because of security concerns, students are asked to not enter a competition room until the judge is present.

 

Important: Please make sure to text any drops you have by 6:30 AM on Saturday at 219-218-1085. We prefer texting over phone calls.   There will not be any drops to pick up on the day of the tournament.

 

We look forward to a meaningful experience. 

 

Sincerely,

 

Munster High School Speech and Debate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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