The Rendezvous at Ridgevue

2023 — Nampa, ID/US

Oratory

Abbreviation OO
Format Speech
Entry Fee $8.00
Entry 1 competitors per entry

Event Description:

Original Oratory - 10 minutes with a 30-second “grace period.”

No time signals provided.

  1. Purpose: The general purpose of the speech is to persuade in order to accomplish a response of feeling, belief, or action. Any other purpose such as to inform or entertain shall be secondary.
  2. Contest: This contest comprises only memorized orations actually composed by the contestants and not used by them during a previous contest season. No visual aids are permitted.
  3. Subject: Any appropriate subject may be used, but the orator must be truthful. Any non-factual reference, especially a personal one, must be so identified.
  4. Length: The time limit in Original Oratory is ten minutes with a 30-second “grace period.” If there are multiple judges in the round, all must agree that the student has gone beyond the grace period. Should a student go beyond the grace period, the student may not be ranked 1st. There is no other prescribed penalty for going over the grace period. The ranking is up to each individual judge’s discretion. Judges who choose to time are to use accurate (stopwatch function) timing devices. No minimum time is mandated.
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Locations
Ridgevue HS
Contacts
Jennifer Borman Jeffrey Stoppenhagen
General
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Circuits
ID – Idaho NatCir – National Circuit (US HS)

Dates & Deadlines

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Tournament Dates Nov 10 to Nov 11 2023
Registration Opens Fri Sep 1 at 11:00 AM
Registration Closes Wed Nov 8 at 5:00 PM
Fees Freeze After Thu Nov 9 at 12:00 PM
Judge Information Due Thu Nov 9 at 3:00 PM
Drop online until Thu Nov 9 at 12:00 PM
Change fees apply after Thu Nov 9 at 12:00 PM

These deadlines are set in Tabroom for technical purposes. Always consult the invitation or tournament notices for official policies about deadlines and procedures.