2020 MILLARD WEST WINTER WONDERLAND

 

Dear Forensics Colleague,

The Millard West Forensics Team cordially invites you to attend the 20th Annual Winter Wonderland Speech Tournament to be held on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. Due to the success of using online ballots last year, we are going to try to run 3 pre-set prelim rounds and finals. This will actually put less strain on judging assignments and hopefully allow for more rounds off for judges

 

Please read over the invitation and call or e-mail if you have questions at: jmjerome@mpsomaha.org or 402-715-6092.

 

ENTRIES ARE DUE BY 4:00 p.m. ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2020

 

EVENTS and RULES

We will be following NSDA rules for the following events:  Humorous Interp, Dramatic Interp, Original Oratory, Extemp, Duo Interp, Program Oral Interp and Informative.  

We will be following NSAA rules for the following events:  Entertainment, Interp of Poetry, Oral Interp of Drama.

For out of state schools the NSAA rules can be found at http://nsaahome.org/speech/ 

 

 

ENTRIES and FEES

Students may triple enter.  However, we will not hold a round if they are running late.  We will also be recognizing Top Novice in each Individual event.  

Each school will be allowed ONLY 6 ENTRIES per event (we will not have room, so please don’t ask for more entries).

Entry fee will be $8.00 per event (Duo counts as one event).  

Any entry not “covered” by your judges will cost an additional $15.00 per entry.  

Any entry drops after 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 30 will be an additional $10.00 per entry dropped.

Any judge drops after 10:00 a.m. on Friday, January 31 will be an additional $25.00 per judge dropped.

 

LATE CHANGES

After the deadline, please contact Jennifer Jerome with any changes at:

402-715-6092 (classroom)

402-715-6000 (school)

402-658-6933 (cell)

 

 

CONCESSIONS

There will be a concession stand and a judges and coaches lounge provided all evening.

 

"Students advancing to bid rounds of this tournament will earn one official bid for the 2020 NIETOC hosted at Frank Dobie HS in Houston, TX May 8-10, 2020."

 

**We will send six students in all events to finals, six to honors finals, and 6 to merit finals in all events EXCEPT OID, which will only have champs and honors (with 4 teams in each). If entries allow, we will advance 6 to consolation finals, in the NIETOC events only.**

 

 

**Ties in finals will be broken on the following criteria:

1       Total ranks in this round/s

2       Prelim opponents' average rank (this preferences those in more difficult sections)

3       Head-to-head in prelims (2-way ties only)

4       Reciprocals in this round/s (here a 1-2-3 combination would advance over a 2-2-2)**

 

We look forward to a great tournament and to seeing all of you!

 

Jennifer Jerome, Director of Forensics 

and the Millard West Forensics Team

 

 

(vr)