Thomas S Foley TOC NIETOC Bid Memorial Tournament

2022 — NSDA Campus, WA/US

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Open Oral Interpretation

Event Description:

The contestant shall interpret two or more selections from two or more authors. The presentation must include at least one selection of prose and one selection of poetry, which must be by different published authors and establish a central theme. No drama (e.g. a theatrical play) is allowed. The interpretation must be from manuscript. Title and authors must be presented. The time limit for this event is 10 minutes, with a 30 second grace period. The art of interpretation is to be regarded as recreating the characters and/or mood in the material presented and making them seem real to the audience. The presentation should not be from memory; however, a student may not be scored down for memorization as long as the appearance of reading is maintained. The judge should note favorably the student's use of good literature in a balanced program.

The contestant should be judged on poise, quality and use of voice inflections, emphasis, enunciation, pronunciation and, especially, the ability to interpret characters and/or mood correctly and consistently. The use of full bodily movement (bending, kneeling or turning) is not permitted in oral interpretive reading. Full bodily movement should be limited to a one step radius for the purposes of transition.