Singletary High School Invitational Tournament
2020 — McMinnville, OR/US
Senior Poetry
Abbreviation
SPOE
Format
Speech
Entry Fee
$8.00
Entry Limit Per School
8
Entry
1 competitors per entry
Event Description:
Contestants should read poems that are related to and organized around a central theme. No fewer than three poems or cuttings from three poems are to be used. Each poem should be appropriately introduced. Contestants must read from a manuscript or the printed page. Frequent references must be made to the manuscript although memorization of some passages may occur. Introductions should be memorized or delivered extemporaneously. Time limit is eight minutes with a thirty-second grace period. If laughter delays the speaker, the timekeeper shall make allowance by stopping the watch.