Crossroads Middle School Invitational
2020 — Online, TX/US
Prose
Event Description:
PROSE CATEGORY A RESTRICTIONS:
a) Material chosen for use in Category A of Prose Interpretation shall meet the following restrictions:
b) One to four selections of literature may be used.
c) If performing a single selection, the source shall be published, printed material; internet material shall be published concurrently in hard copy.
d) If multiple selections are used, one selection may be unpublished.
e) Selections from plays, screenplays, movies, and monologues shall not be used.
f) Speeches shall not be used in this category.
g) Selections shall be read in the English translation; however, incidental use of foreign language words and phrases in any selection may be used as in the original.
The performers may choose from two categories.
· Category A: This Is Me: The goal of this category is to examine the performer’s ancestry, origin, heritage, and/or dreams and aspirations. The performer should explore their own personal background and/or what their future may hold.
· Category B: This Speaks to Me: The goal of this category is to select prose that speaks to the performer. This category is reader’s choice.
DOCUMENTATION:
a) If performing a single literary work, it shall be published printed material.
b) If performing a program, all selections shall be published, printed material, with the exception that one may be unpublished.
c) Examples of unacceptable forms of formal documentation include:
• Social media (such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr)
• Copying and pasting into a word processing document
STANDARDS.
· In selecting material to be read in the contest, the coach and student are challenged to explore literature of high quality and are encouraged to prepare selections of literary merit that the same student has not performed in a previous year.
· Selections used by contestants should not offend the moral standards of the community nor be in bad taste. Academic coaches and students should revise or reject all selections that in any way fail to meet these qualifications.
MANUSCRIPTS OR COPIES.
· The contestant should perform the selections reading from manuscripts or copies of the selections that are in a binder. Students shall not read from books or magazines or perform without a manuscript or copy of the selection. Manuscripts or copies of the selections performed should be available during the contest, if requested by the contest director.
STYLE AND DELIVERY
· Contestants should not use costumes or props. Responsive use of the body (i.e., spontaneous changes in posture, gesture and place-to-place movement) is permissible.
However, this active use of the body should:
· be appropriate to the demands of the selection; (ii) be a natural outgrowth from the literature to be performed, and
· be limited in scope. Only incidental singing in the introduction, transitions, commentary and/or selection may be included.
· The judge’s opinion regarding style and delivery is final. Coaches are encouraged to prepare contestants for the fact that perceptions of style and delivery will vary from judge to judge.