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Conestoga Speech Invitational

The Conestoga Trendsetters Speech Team cordially invites you and your team to the second annual Conestoga Speech Invitational on Saturday, March 10th.

We will offer two preliminary rounds and finals of all nine NSAA events. Events with small entry numbers will not go to finals and placings will be determined on *****ulative scores in prelim rounds. Medals will be awards for 1st-6th place in each event and plaques will be given to the top two sweepstakes teams.
Entry forms must be in by 5:00 pm on March 5. You can email your entries to jschlichtemeier@esu3.org or fax them to 402-235-2421. Due to the size of our school, we are limiting entries to the first 10 schools who register. We also ask that you limit your entries to no more than 3 individuals in an event and only two entries per school in group events. Fees for the tournament will be $7 per slot and an additional $15 per uncovered slot. Each judge you provide will cover 6 slots. We are limited on judges, so please make a conscious effort to provide judges for all your entries. Checks should be made out to Conestoga High School.
Schedule:
7:30 - 8:30    Registration
        8:30                Extemp Draw - round 1
        8:45                General Meeting
        9:00                Flight A - (DI, DUET, INF, ENT)
        9:30                Extemp round 1
        10:15             Flight B - (HI, POE, OID, PERS)
        11:30             Extemp Draw - round 2
        12:00             Flight A
12:30             Extemp round 2
        1:15                Flight B
        2:30                Extemp Draw - finals
        2:45                Finals Flight A
        3:30                Extemp Finals
        4:15                Finals Flight B
                ***AWARDS ASAP after FINALS***
A concession stand will be available all day for students to purchase lunch and snacks. A hospitality room will be provided for all judges and coaches.
If you are unfamiliar with how to get to Conestoga, driving directions from Lincoln and Bellevue have been provided. Parking will be available for buses and van in the parking lot to the west of the building. Overflow parking in available in the gravel lot near the football stadium. Please enter the front (south) doors.

From Lincoln
Follow O St/US-34 east out of Lincoln
Continue to follow US-34 E. 25.4 mi        OR Follow US-34 35.3 mi to NE-13D Spur
Turn LEFT onto NE-50. 7.0 mi                     Follow Spur/Main St. out of town, turns into 54th St. for 5.5 mi
Turn RIGHT onto NE-1. 10.4 mi                  Turn Right on NE- 1 for 1 mi.
Turn LEFT onto 42ND ST. 0.6 mi
8404 42ND ST is on the LEFT.
From Bellevue
Head South on US-75 out of Bellevue 16.2 mi
Turn RIGHT onto NE-1. 3.5 mi
Turn RIGHT onto 42ND ST. 0.6 mi
8404 42ND ST is on the LEFT

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. We hope to see you on March 10th!
Jessica Schlichtemeier
Head Speech Coach
Conestoga High School
8404 42nd St
Murray, NE 68409
(402) 235-2271
(402) 235- 2421 (fax)
jschlichtemeier@esu3.org
(402) 297-2078 (cell)

GICC Middle School Festival

Any team is welcome to attend!!

January 10th, 2011
Coaches and Teachers:
Grand Island Central Catholic Middle-High School will host a Junior High/Middle
School Speech Festival on Friday, March 9th, 2012. This festival is open to
any student in grades 6 through 8.
Events Offered
Poetry Interpretation- An 8 minute maximum performance of one poem or a group
of related poems. A student written introduction of the program is expected,
but transitions are optional. Students must present poetry with copy of poem
(s) in front of them.
Prose Interpretation- A 10 minute maximum performance of a cutting from a
book, short story, comic book, play, or screenplay by one person. A student
written introduction is expected, but student maybe perform with or without the
copy of the piece in front of them.
Public Speaking- An 8 minute maximum student-written speech whose purpose is to
inform, persuade, or entertain an audience. Student may use a visual aid in
the speech and may perform with or without the copy of their speech in front of
them.
Impromptu Speaking- 10 minute time period where students prepare and delivery a
speech on a topic that they draw. Students may or may not use a notecard when
delivering the speech.
Duet Acting/Duo Interpretation- 10 minute performance of two students of a
cutting of play, skit, or screen play. A student written introduction is
expected. If performing without scripts, students can use two chairs/table
(which GICC will provide). If performing with scripts, students should use
off stage focus and pantomiming similar to prose and poetry interpretation.
Reader’s Theatre- A 15 minute maximum cutting of a play, book, or screenplay
performed by 3-5 students. Students may play multiple roles. Off and on stage
focus is permitted and scripts are required. A student-written introduction is
expected. Performance maybe use platforms, stools, and music stands.
Schedule
9:00-9:45- Registration- Lobby
9:45- Opening Meeting-Little Theatre
10:00- Round 1- All events
11:30- Round 2- All events
1:00- Round 3 – All events
3:00- Awards- Little Theatre
Awards
Students who receive overall ratings of Superior will receive awards, and the
student/group who received the highest overall rating points will receive a
special award.
Judges
High school students and adults will serve as judges. Please bring a judge for
every 10 entries you bring to the tournament. My high school team will serve
as a hired judging pool. If you use high school students, be sure they’re
ready to provide encouragement and constructive criticism. I hope the relaxed
schedule allows judges to give brief oral critiques especially in this festival
format, which focus is really about developing communication skills and
appreciation for speech.
Entries
Student may enter in up to 3 events.
Fees
Two dollars per student, not event. We’re trying to keep the meet fairly low
cost.
Concessions
We’re still investigating what we’re going to do for concessions the day. Once
decided, I will let you know.
Registration
Please e-mail me your entries, list of students and judges at
bmohr@gicentralcatholic.org by Tuesday March 6th, 2012 at 4:00 PM.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. My cell phone is 402-340-
3049.
We’re looking forward to having you and your students with us on the 9th of
March! Feel free to forward this invite to other people in your school who
might be interested i.e. middle school language arts teachers.

Acting Up a Storm, a play production meet

Elkhorn South High School is proud to be hosting Acting Up a Storm, a play production meet on Nov. 19. Please contact Sherry Wade at swade@epsne.org for more information. Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity for judges to give you feedback about your show!

Convention Question

Hello,

I am a new theater/forensics coach and I just found out about the convention at the end of this month. I want to attend and I submitted my form by clicking the "Submit by Email" button on the bottom of the PDF. However, after sending the form, it came back as "undeliverable". Can anyone advise me on how to proceed or who to contact?

Thank you,
Jodie

Jeffrey Horner at Minden is the person to contact: jhorner(at)esu11.org

Tentative Convention Schedule

2011 NSCTA Convention - NSCTA Getaway
Divots Conference Center
Norfolk Lodge & Suites—Norfolk, Nebraska
September 29-30, and October 1

Thursday, September 29, 2011

7:00 pm—NSAA Speech/Play Production Rules Meeting, Deb Velder
8:00 pm—Executive Committee Meeting

Friday, September 30, 2011

7:00 am—Convention Registration

8:00 am—Hosting a Tournament, Peggy Belt and Brenda Larabee
8:00 am—Stage Makeup, Sheila Hoesing
8:00 am—Theatre Activities & Warm Ups, Craig Ihnen, NFHS (National Federation of High Schools)
8:00 am—MIMEO in the Classroom, Tom Sauser
8:00 am—New Coaches’ Workshop, Traci Sindelar, Patricia (Buss) Marks, Becca Hier

9:00 am—Technology in the Classroom, Deb Whitt’s WSC Students
9:00 am—The Directorial Process, Craig Ihnen, NFHS
9:00 am—Boretory to Interpretory
9:00 am—Confessions of a Speech Coach Turned Debate Coach, Toni Heimes

10:00 am—District Meetings

11:00 am—Awards Luncheon (included with registration fee)
Welcome—Mike Flood, Speaker of the House & Kent Summers, NFHS President
Keynote Speaker—Steve Foral

1:00 pm—On the Road with Randy, Randall McCutcheon
1:00 pm—Live Judging Workshop, Deb Velder, Diane Schieffer, Tammy Schindler
1:00 pm—Assessment, NDE
1:00 pm—Theatre Workshop, Gwen Jensen, WSC Students
1:00 pm—ANGEL & MS Word, Jan Knispel

2:15 pm—Finding & Cutting Material, Matt Heimes
2:15 pm—Debate Workshop,
2:15 pm—Google Docs, Corey Dahl, ESU 8
2:15 pm—Johnny Carson Theatre Tour

3:30 pm—Focus Groups

4:30 pm—Elkhorn Valley Museum Tour

4:45 pm—Advocacy Meeting

6:00 pm—Evening Banquet

Following Banquet (You don't need to attend the banquet to attend these:
Comedian—Alicia Jacobs
The Hydration Station (Social)

Saturday, October 1, 2011

8:00 am—Hot Continental Breakfast

9:00 am—Fundraising, Ardys Dunsmoor
9:00 am—Costuming, Corinne Morris, NECC & Corrine’s Costume Shop
9:00 am—Writing for Life, Randall McCutcheon
9:00 am—All in the Family, The Pecks

10:15 am—Ensemble Acting, Brad Hoesing
10:15 am—PDF & Adobe Pro, Jeff Horner, Tammy Schindler
10:15 am—Posterboards, AJ Johnson, Chris Hammel, Ann Bowman, Carolyn Envoltsen

11:30 am—Business Luncheon

1:30 pm—Executive Committee Meeting

Eligibility

I have two transfer students on my team this year, and I've been told that they are ineligible for NSAA sports and activities for 90 days. Does this include speech tournaments? I'm worried that they won't be able to compete at all during first semester.

Thanks!

Debate Champion 1914-17

My grandmother, Nellie B. Jensen, told me she was on the championship debate team in high school Not too sure what year she won. She was born in 1899. It must have been in the time period 1914 to 1917. She was the first woman in her family to earn a high school education. She also went to one year teacher college and taught in a country school near Pleasant Dale, Ne.

Cornhusker Forensics Camp Deadline Extended

The deadline for registration for the Cornhusker Summer Forensics Institute has been extended to July 1st. For more information about the camp please check our website www.unl.edu/cs/forensics or email Aaron Duncan at aduncan3@unl.edu Coaches we will be offering our annual coaches day on Friday July 22nd. The coaches day is free of charge all we ask is that if you are interested in attending to please let us know in advance.

2011 NSCTA Debate Championship

Sweepstakes

1st - Millard West - 55 points

2nd - Lincoln East - 50 points

3rd (tie) Lincoln Southwest & Millard South - 45 points

5th - Creighton Prep - 40 points

Click Read More... below for more details.

Gradute Course in Directing Forensics (only one week)

For the first time the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be offering a graduate course in directing forensics in the summer. The course will take place in the summer during the week of July 18th-23rd. This course is a great way for coaches to get graduate credit and additional hands on coaching experience. The course will run Monday through Saturday from 9am to 5pm. The first three days will focus on classroom readings and discussion. The second half of the course will coincide with the Cornhusker forensics camp being offered on UNL's campus July 20th-24th. This will allow students to engage in real coaching and hands on learning. Registration for summer courses begins in March. If you have any questions please contact Aaron Duncan at aduncan3@unl.edu