Brushton-Moira Central League Tournament

2011 — NY/US

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Original Oratory

Event Description:

Rules of Procedure1. The speech must have been composed by the student delivering it, and must be memorized.2. The purpose of the oration may be to inspire, to persuade, to eulogize, or to inform. These purposes mayoverlap in the same oration.3. Visual and audio-visual aids are not permitted. Any singing must be limited to 30 seconds total within theoration.4. Not more than 150 words of the oration may be direct quotations from any other speech or writing. Extensiveparaphrase of any other source is prohibited as well.5. The oration must be composed from the standpoint of the speaker; the speaker may adopt another persona forno more than one (1) minute.6. This speech should not exceed ten (10) minutes. Judges may not award first place to any contestant speakingbeyond the thirty-second grace period.7. Any questions regarding rules infringement should be brought to the attention of the Tabulation Room Staffimmediately after the round, and not to the student.