St Genesius Invitational
2022 — Online, GA/US
Original Oratory
Event Description:
"Original Oratory is defined as an individual event where the student writes, memorizes, and then delivers a persuasive speech arising from her/his personal feelings, convictions, or a source of concern regarding their community, beliefs and/or the larger world.
Topics for the original oration may be selected by the student and with the aid of the coach or teacher, but the oration itself must be the product of the contestant alone and not her/his coach or teacher. The oration may simply alert the audience to a threatening danger or strengthen its devotion to an accepted cause. Any appropriate subject may be used, but the orator must be truthful. Any non-factual reference, especially a personal one, must be so identified.
Visual aids are not permitted in this event."