Dear Speech Coach

Dear Speech Coach,

Greetings! The Speech Team at Illinois Central College invites you and your team to attend the

2016 Charles F. Rolinski

Speech Tournament

The tournament will be held December 10, 2016 on ICC’s East Peoria campus.

The tournament has very specific rules, regulations and deadlines so please read through the enclosed material carefully.

*A special note: Any of your graduating seniors who reside within the district may be eligible for a Speech Scholarship Tuition Waiver at ICC, should that be the college of their choice. I will be including more information in your packets about this – please be sure to pass it along to your students!

**Tournament notes: Registration/Tournament Tab Room is in Room 212C; just past the cafeteria. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at 309-694-5747 (Bryan’s office) or 309-310-6842 (Bryan’s cell, do not hesitate to use) or email .

This year we again encourage you to call or text in drops as soon as you have them Saturday morning to Bryan’s cell phone! This will make our lives tons easier!

Thanks, and we hope to see you in December!

Bryan Asbury and the ICC Cougars

GENERAL INFORMATION

FEES – Graduated fee schedule

EntriesFlat Fee

1-14 $75.00

15-28$125.00

29-41$175.00

42-56$225.00

57-70$275.00

JUDGES – One judge for every 6 entries or a fraction thereof. A limited number of hired judges are available at a cost of $100. If you do not bring the required judges, you will be assessed for your required number during registration.

PLEASE MAKE ALL CHECKS PAYABLE TO ICC SPEECH TEAM.

ENTRY DEADLINES

**Please be sure to include student names in your entry and identify novices!**

**ALL entries must be made by 5:00 P.M. December 8th {Thursday} on SpeechWire. We will confirm all entries by that time. NO ADDS will be accepted after the deadline!!!

DROP DEADLINES

Drops and substitutions can be made without charge until NOON on Friday December 9th. We will then close registration on SpeechWire and any drops need to be texted or emailed to Bryan. This includes JUDGES!!

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE: Call or text in your drops to Bryan on Saturday morning on your way to the tournament. This will help us out tremendously. Call 309.310.6842 with drops as soon as you know them.

Drop fees at registration will be assessed at the Tournament Director’s discretion!!

The Events

Group AGroup B

Dramatic Duet ActingDeclamation

Humorous InterpDramatic Interp

ImpromptuExtemporaneous*

InformativeHumorous Duet Acting

OratoryOriginal Comedy

PoetryProse

Radio*Special Occasion

Each school is limited to 5 entries for each event. (You may request additional entries if space allows it.) A student may enter three events total; but no more than two different events in any given time slot. The events will follow the IHSA guidelines.

*Students competing in radio will need to arrive at the tournament with a script already prepared; there will be no radio prep material.

**Extemp competitors will prep before each prelim and final round!

The top six competitors in each event {based on prelim ranks; speaker points will be used to break ties} will compete in a final round. The top non-finalist novice in each event will receive a special award. A novice will be defined as a student who is in his/her first year of competition. Please mark all appropriate students as novice on Speechwire.

Sweepstakes trophies will be awarded to the six schools {1st, 2nd, 3rd: Large school & Small School} who accumulate the greatest number of sweepstakes points. Large and small school divisions will be based on the mean number of all schools calculated by the initial entry. Sweepstakes points are earned in final rounds only and are based on the following format:

1st12 pts

2nd10 pts

3rd8 pts

4th6 pts

5th4 pts

6th2 pts

Charles F. Rolinski Tournament Schedule

December 10, 2016

8:00Registration {Room 212C}

{Near the Cafeteria}

9:30Round 1-A Events

{DDA, HI, IMP, INF, OO, POE, RS}

10:00Extempt Prep 1

10:45Round 1 – B Events

{DI, EXT, HDA, DEC, OC, PRO, SOS}

12:00Round 2 – A Events

{DDA, HI, IMP, INF, OO, POE, RS}

1:00Extempt Prep 2

1:45Round 2 – B Events

{DI, EXT, HDA, DEC, OC, PRO, SOS}

3:45 All Finals

ASAP AWARDS