Road Trippin in El Reno
2025 — El Reno, OK/US
6A Prose
Event Description:
1. This event is limited to students in grades nine and ten.
2.The purpose of this contest is to stimulate the student to find the meaning of printed prose and to communicate the meaning orally to the listeners. Participation in the contest should also assist a student to develop critical techniques in the evaluation of prose to convey subtleties of meaning and feeling through vocal control.
3. Gestures are allowed but the interpreter is to get his effect primarily through vocal changes and changes in facial expressions.
Character voices are acceptable. Eye contact should be directed toward the audience.
4. Prose for the purpose of this contest is defined as any published material of literary merit (novel, short story or essay) except poetry or drama. For this contest the competitor may use a single work or a collection of shorter works by the same author or a collection of shorter works that are thematically related.
5. The reader may edit or cut the material as the reader sees fit.
6. The book or manuscript must be in the hands of the reader.
7. The time limit including the introduction is eight minutes.
8. Significant movement (i.e.: walking, pacing) is not allowed.
Locations
El Reno High SchoolContacts
Stacy HaberlandGeneral
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