KESDA Junior General Information

KESDA JUNIOR GENERAL INFORMATION

TOURNAMENT DATES: Saturday February 18th-Sunday February 19th

TOURNAMENT LOCATION: Georgetown College, 400 East College Street, Georgetown KY 40324

FLIGHTS:

Flight A Flight B

Prose Poetry

DI HI

Public Declamation

Impromptu Extemp

Duet Acting Improv Pairs

Broadcasting Story

Student Congress

*Student Congress will count as a Flight A event, but will be run at a staggered time.

STUDENTS MAY ENTER TWO OTHER FLIGHT A EVENTS AND STILL PARTICIPATE IN STUDENT CONGRESS.

**Group Interp will count as a Flight B event, but will run at a staggered time. Students entered in Group Interp may not be entered in Extemp or Student Congress.

ENTRIES: All students may enter up to two events in each flight. Each student may enter a maximum of four events. Students competing in Student Congress or Group Interp can compete in those events in addition to their 4 other events.

Student Congress: In order to be able to run Congress, each team who has entries in Congress must bring people who are able to judge the event. Please designate Congress judges on your entry. We feel it would be best practice to have two judges in Congress if numbers permit. Therefore, we ask that all coaches should familiarize themselves with the event. Students are invited to write their own Student Congress legislation. It must be submitted to the directors for review by February 3^rd, 8:00 p.m.

FEES: $7.00 per entry. $14.00 per Duet Acting and Improvisational Pairs team. $7.00 per student in each group interpretation team.

KESDA MEMBERSHIP FEE: A $35 fee to join KESDA is due upon registration.

TEAM FEE: A $50 team fee will be due upon registration to help offset the cost of Tabroom and other tournament expenses.

ENTRY DEADLINE: Tournament registration will be on Tabroom. Deadline for entries is Monday, February 6 by 8:00 p.m.

JUDGES: Schools must supply one judge for every 6 entries or portion thereof. There will be a $5.00 judge fee per uncovered entry. For example, if the entry form contains 35 entries and you have 4 judges, your school is covering 24 entries with your judges. Therefore, your school would have 11 uncovered entries. (35-24=11) Since the fee is $5.00 per uncovered entry, your school's fee would be $55.00. Duet Acting and Improvisational Pairs count once in terms of computing the number of judges needed and twice for entry fees.

Stand-by Judges: All judges must check in for their rounds on time, and all judges must be on stand-by until all sections have been covered. Please note that a judge will not be considered a "no show" if they are held up in a round that is running late.

Coaches must fill out the judge training certification sheet and submit it at registration.

AWARDS: Awards will be presented to 1st-6th in individual events. First-Sixth Place schools will be recognized for Sweepstakes. A school’s top three entries in each event will count toward sweepstakes. However, all students are eligible for individual awards.

NOVICE FINAL ROUND: We hope to hold a final round for non-advancing novices in interp. Most likely, it will be comprised of three students each from prose and poetry. If numbers are good, we will have a prepared speech final for novices as well. Please note that this round will not count toward sweepstakes. In order to insure that all novices are eligible coaches must indicate who their novices are on Tabroom before the start of the tournament.

TRITHON AWARD: To compete in Trithon, students must enter one event in each of the following areas:

Original Prepared Speaking: Public Speaking, Student Congress (***in order for it to count, student must give at least one speech during the competition), Declamation

Interpretation: Prose, Poetry, Solo, Duet Acting, Storytelling, HI, DI.

Limited Prep: Broadcasting, Extemp, Improvisational Pairs, Impromptu, Student Congress

IDENTIFICATION: ALL tournament participants (contestants, coaches, judges, and chaperones) will be issued a KESDA nametag. This identification is to be worn at all times during the Tournament. Contestants will not be allowed to compete without the identification being displayed. Replacement nametags will cost $5.00 each. Judges should wear their identification while judging.

ACCOMADATIONS: Georgetown has numerous hotels (Holiday Inn Express Lexington North-Georgetown, Hilton Garden Inn Lexington-Georgetown, Best Western Plus, Hampton Inn, Country Inn and Suites, Comfort Inn, Microtel Inn and Suites, Fairfield Inn and Suites, Super Eight, Home2 Suites, Baymont Inn, etc).

You might also reach out to Scott Hait at the Clarion (our long-time KESDA home), since that hotel is about 15 minutes from Georgetown. Scott is offering a rate of $95/night, which includes breakfast. His email is shait@bluegrasshotels.com, and phone is 859-825-5005.

MEALS: The Georgetown College cafeteria will be open for lunch on Saturday and Sunday. Meals will be available via prepaid tickets at a cost of $8 per day. Tickets must be reserved and purchased through Tabroom.

CELL PHONES: Cell phones may be used as timers. However, no person in a room besides the judge may have a cell phone or electronic device during competition.

TAB ROOM STAFF: KESDA board members will be manning the tab room, but we have an open tabroom, and encourage all coaches to help out. We pride ourselves on running an efficient tournament, and we cannot do that without your help. It provides an excellent opportunity for coaches to get to know one another and share invaluable information. There are an awful lot of years of experience in that room!

MANUSCRIPTS DUE: Manuscripts of original speeches must be submitted via email as attached Word Documents up to February 17. The cover page with signatures must be submitted in hardcopy form at registration. For your protection, you should also have original manuscripts of ALL scripts with you at the tournament in case a question of authenticity arises.

DROPS: Drops of student events or judges after 8:00 pm on Monday , February 6 will result in a drop fee of $10.00 per drop. Entries dropped after 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 16 will be assessed a $25 drop fee. Judges dropped after 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 16 will be assessed a $50.00 drop fee (substitutions for judges may be made).