Bishop Blanchet High School Middle School Invitational
2024 — Seattle, WA/US
Welcome to the 2024 Bishop Blanchet Middle School Speech Tournament!
CLOTHING DRIVE!
The Saint Johns team will have a collection table set up for winter clothing to be donated to the Ballard Food Bank. Please consider participating in this service activity by providing a donation!
SCHEDULE - PATTERNS
Round A: DI, HI, DUO, and Storybook Round B: OO, IMP, ED COMM, and Expos. SCHEDULE8:30am - Judge Meeting
9:00am - 10:00am Round 1 A
10:00am - 11:00am Round 2 A
11:00am - 12:00pm Round 3 A
12:00pm - 12:30 Break
12:30pm - 1:30 Round 1 B
1:30pm - 2:30pm Round 2 B
2:30pm - 3:30pm Round 3 B
4:00pm Awards
EVENTS & CATEGORIES
There will be seven categories of presentations in both theSenior Division(8thgrade) and theJunior Division(6thand 7thgrade).The scriptedspeechcategories include:
Humorous Interpretation,Dramatic Interpretation,Dual Interpretation, and Storybook.
All scripted speeches must be chosen from published works identified by the speaker.
The other categories are ones that are created by the students themselves, including:Oratory, Expository, Ed Comm, and Impromptu.
In all events, a student's work must be unique to this academic year. Students may not perform aspeechthey competed with during a priorschoolyear.
JUDGING
All judges MUST have linked tabroom accounts in order to receive ballots and JUDGE rounds. THIS MEANS THEY WILL NEED A PHONE OR LAPTOP WITH INTERNET CAPABILITIES WITH THEM AT THE TOURNAMENT.
Links to online judging and training resources, including how to log onto Tabroom.com, are located here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtWo2T6BimGGgkqQuqiBZRosc2ftofogh
AWARDS
Trophies will be awarded to the 1st, 2ndand 3rd place speakers in each category, and we will be doing a team sweepstakes award as well.