Dallastown Wildcat Invitational
2014 — PA/US
Original Oratory [BRACKET B]
Event Description:
Students may enter up to two regular speech events in each bracket (for a maximum total of four regular events), as well as one supplemental event.
Each competitor in Original Oratory will present an original speech on a topic of his/her choosing, not to exceed ten minutes in length. The speech must be the creation of the student who performs it.
While memorization is highly encouraged, the use of notes or manuscripts is not prohibited at this tournament. The aim of this policy is to further encourage both meaningful novice participation and diversification of all students’ involvement. We believe that, at this early point in the season, it’s far more beneficial for students to stretch themselves, give a new event a shot, and receive constructive feedback on substantive elements of the performance, than it is either to be so hung up on “cramming” that the spirit (and much of the educational value) of the event is lost, or to be discouraged from participating at all.