Mississippi State Cowbell Classic

2021 — NSDA Campus, MS/US

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Original Oratory

Event Description:

ORIGINAL ORATORY

• The oration shall require no more than ten minutes. There is a 30-second grace period. Students who exceed the time limit by more than 30 seconds should not be given first in the panel. There is no official minimum time limit.
• The oration may be on any appropriate subject and must be the original work of the student with no more then 150 words of the oration used as a direct quotation from another speech or writing.
• An original copy of the Oratory must be present at the tournament for verification purposes. The copy should include a current bibliography of all sources used. The copy may be digital as long as it is easily accessible.
• The performance must be memorized.