Sept. 21, 2018

Dear High School Oral Interp Coaches:

We are pleased to invite you to the 14th annual Brookings Fall Festival after school oral interp invitational. The contest will be held Monday, October 22 at Brookings High School. If you are no longer the coach of a school, please let me know and/or forward this invitation to the new person.

Entries and Regulations

No student may be entered or participate in more than 2 divisions (even if they are entered in Reader’s Theater.  Our schedule just does not allow for triple entries). Each division will follow SDHSAA rules. Readers theatre groups should bring stools and stands as needed.

This year we are again going to register through Tabroom. Several tournament directors have used this program successfully. The address is www.tabroom.com. It’s pretty user friendly. If you have never used it, you will need to create a profile. Please contact with any questions that you have.

Arrival at the School

Please try arrive between 2:30 and 3:15.  Our office staff will not allow you into the building before 2:20.  Please enter through the main door on the west side of the building.  You will need to enter the main office.  There you will meet a student escort that will take you to the auditorium.  Please limit your/your students’ movements to the auditorium and the bathrooms immediate outside the auditorium doors until school releases at 3:25.

Schedule

2:30-3:15—Registration in the auditorium

3:20—General Meeting

3:35—Round I

4:45—Round II

6:00—Round III

Food will be available.

7:15—Results     

Entry Fees

Individual Events-$2.00

Duets-$4.00

Readers’ Theatres-$6.00. 

Judging requirements

One judge is required for every five entries or fraction thereof. A limited number of hired judges will be available for $60.00.  All fees and judge requirements are final as assessed on Friday, October 19 at noon. If you have questions, feel free to contact me.

Entry deadlines

All entries must be entered into Tabroom by 5:00 PM on Wednesday, October 17.  You may make changes through noon on Friday without penalty.

Carrie Oorlog                                                  school phone—605-696-4138

Brookings High School                                   cell phone-605-481-0036

530 Elm Ave.                                                  school email- carrie.oorlog @k12.sd.us

Brookings, SD   57006                                  

Awards

All individuals will receive a ribbon based on the three rounds of competition. 

We look forward to hosting you on the 22^rd!

Carrie Oorlog              Loren Visser              Sally Pies