2020 SCJFL 4th Quarter Speech Only Tournament

Greetings!

On Friday, April 10, 2020, Wilshire Academy will be hosting the second speech tournament of the 2019-2020 school year, and we hope that your school or organization will be joining us.

Location: Online.

Entries:

You may register competitors at: 

https://forensicstournament.net/SCJFLMSSpeechQfour/20

We will close entries on Tues. April 8th, 2020 at noon, PST.

Events:

—Storytelling (5 min.)

—SPAR

—Informative (5 min., visual aids are permitted)

—Duo (10 min.)

—Poetry (7 min.; uses a binder)

—Dramatic Interp (10 min.)

—Speech to Entertain (5 min.)

—Extemp (30+7 min.)

Round 1 - Sports

Round 2 - Pop culture

Round 3 - Domestic news

Final Round - Foreign news

—Sightreading (1 min. prep)

—Impromptu (7 min. bank)

Round 1 - Proverbs

Round 2 - Abstract Nouns

Round 3 - Events

Final Round - Famous People

Students may enter up to two events.  For a complete list of rules, please visit the SCJFL.org website and click on RULES & BY-LAWS.

The SCJFL has published a best practices guide for all online tournaments.  This guide will be published on the tournament registration page as well as our league website.  Please check both locations to ensure that you have the most recent version.  Because virtual tournaments require us to adapt and change our previous practices, please be patient with us as we refine the process.  

Requirements: 

For Internet safety reasons, all minors are required to have an adult present on-screen during the round(s).  Failure to have an adult present and visible may result in disqualification.

Fees: 

$10 per individual entry (Duo is $20)

Please make checks payable to “Wilshire Academy”.   Alternatively, you may pay through PayPal or Venmo, using the following accounts:

Venmo: Alex Jung (HongJoon-Jung)

PayPal: jung.wilshireacademy@gmail.com

Judge fee: $20 per uncovered slot (see more explanation below)

Changes or drops after Wednesday April 8, 2020 at 12:00 pm will be charged a $10 nuisance fee for each change or drop.  Changes on the day of the tournament will be charged a $20 nuisance fee for each change or drop.  No-show fees for competitors or judges will be charged a $50 fee.

League Fees: 

Teams that have not paid league fees, previous tournament fees, given proof of insurance, or signed up a tab staff volunteer will not be eligible for this tournament.  Please contact league treasurer Stella Gu to bring your account current: sguus68@gmail.com.

Judging Requirements: 

Each participating school or organization is being asked to supply 1 judge per 5 entries. Each school should update their judge roster so that each judge has a registered e-mail or cell phone number to send eBallots.  When using eBallots, judges should use laptops or desktops if possible. $20 per uncovered slot (if a team has 7 events/slots and only one judge, the judge would cover 5 of their slots, leaving 2 slots uncovered.  Since the fee is $20 per uncovered slot, the judge fee would be $40.  If no judge were provided, the fee would be $140).  

Please remember that judge training is the responsibility of the school entering that judge.  As per the league by-laws, teams who provide untrained judges can be charged penalty fees.

Schedule:

2:30 – Round 1

4:00 – Round 2

5:30 – Round 3

7:30 – Final Round

9:00 – Awards (Streamed on YouTube)

Food: 

Check the fridge!

Postings All postings will be sent to competitors through the cell/e-mail that is entered on the school’s student roster.  Please be sure to check that you have entered this information and tested that the website is communicating with your competitors.

Coaches will also receive a summary posting at the end of each round.  This summary will include each competitor, their room URL, and their speaking order.

Rules: All rules can be found in the SCJFL by-laws at SCJFL.org

Tournament host/director: Robert Cannon (Wilshire Academy)

Questions, comments, concerns?  Feel free to send an email to Robert Cannon at Robert@CannonballofDeath.com.