Seattle Academy Invitational

2020 — Online, WA/US

• Invite
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• Pairings
• Results

Original Performance

Event Description:

1. Competitors in this event are to present original material of their own creation. Poetry, prose, drama, humor, mystery, spoken word, or any other form of literature is acceptable so long as it is original, fictional work and is appropriate to present in a school environment. Collections of work, meaning one or more pieces, may be presented. This is not a memorized event.

2. The presentation must be between 5 and 8 minutes in length. There is no grace period. Students who fail to meet the minimum speaking requirement cannot take first place in the round. Students who exceed the maximum time limit should be cut off by the judge, and they additionally cannot take first place in the round.

3. There is a one-step rule in this event, and students may present sitting or standing. The focus in this event is the presentation of original work, not the physical interpretation of literature. No props are allowed, though sitting on a chair or stool is permitted. Time signals will not be provided.

4. Background musical accompaniment in the form of bongo drum, conga drum, or upright plucked double bass are allowed, though accompaniment should not distract from the literature; judges are empowered to decide if a competitor has gone too far. THIS IS NOT A MUSIC CONTEST. More than 30 seconds of solo instrumentation should result in rank reduction.