Discussion information for Sectionals

Whitney, Alex, and Neeraj -

You can find the artifacts you will be discussing on the ihsfa.org website. About half way down the screen on the right hand side, you will see a link for Discussion Artifacts for Sectional Speech Meet.

There will be prelims and a final for the Saturday......meaning you have the opportunity to be in four discussion rounds and the top 6 entries will move on to state.

Extemp information for Sectionals

Nicole, Arjun and Megan ---

The topics for your first three rounds are: Midterm elections, US Economy, and Education. 

If you make it to the finals (which 6 out of 10 entries will), your final round topic will be Democrats and their President.

The three of you have the potential for giving four speeches on Saturday....with a new draw for each speech.

Gracie and Naveen ---

You win - congratulations, you are both going to state! However, you will speak once to determine your placing in a final round. Your topic will be Europe (Germany, Bosnia, France, Greece, England). Your round will take place at 830am with a draw at 8am. Naveen, this means you will be done for the entire day at 9:15am -- so you may want to consider getting a ride home or you are welcome to stay and watch your teammates.

Information for Sectionals next week

Matt and I spent the day setting up the Sectional Speech tournament.....here is what you need to know. The following is the number of entries in each event:

Broadcasting- 6
Dec - 12
Discussion - 17
DI - 8
Mem Duo - 10
Scripted Duo - 14
HI - 10
Impromptu - 14
IX - 6
OO - 10
OP - 15
Poetry - 18
Prose -18
USX - 9

The events with 6 or fewer competitors will only compete in a final round and are automatically qualified for state. So congratulations Braidon, Gracie, and Naveen - you are our first three state qualifiers! :)

The events (Dec, Mem Duo, Scripted Duo, HI, Impromptu, OO, OP, and USX) with 16 or fewer entries will compete in three prelim rounds and a final round.

The events with 17 or more entries (Discussion, Poetry, and Prose) will compete in prelim rounds, semi-final rounds, and a final round. So those of you in these events will have a very long day!

The top six speakers from each event qualify for state!

In other news, we are the second biggest team at the tournament by far --- we have 27 entries, Warren has 40 entries and the closest other team to us is Perry Meridian who is bringing 20 entries. So.....we are posed to do very well this coming weekend as long as you practice, get sleep, and keep yourself healthy!

Anna will be posting radio, USX, and IX information later today on the blog! Keep watching for more information.


REMEMBER! TUESDAY'S MORNING MEETING IS VERY IMPORTANT THIS WEEK - PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE THERE AND ON TIME!

Radio information for CEHS meet

Radio contestants should bring a prepared 2-minute newscast.  All other materials will be provided.

Baking bread help needed!

Hello all,

Mrs. Hirons was able to get 67 loaves of Johnny Carino's bread donated to serve with our soup this weekend. However, we need some help getting it baked. It takes 6-7 minutes at 350......she will have the bread available for you to bring home after practice/meet set-up on Friday.

Please let Anna know if you are willing to help bake!

Food to be brought to the East Meet

Here is what everyone signed up to bring to the CEHS Meet next weekend:

Soup in a crockpot and a ladle (should be delivered to the 2nd floor no later than 10am)

Tessa

Katie

Austin

Braidon

Molly

Gracie

Cody

Che

Livi

Neeraj

2 dozen big muffins:

Anna/Matt

Ashleigh

Whitney

2 dozen cookies/brownies:

Katie

Mariann

Arjun

Naveen

Fruit platter for judges lounge:

Nicole

Kaylee

2 bags of ice:

Patrick

Kira

1 case of water:

Megan

Emma

Current registration for Decatur Central

Nicole Bodi	DX
Che Brotzman	IMP
Kaylee Burriss	MD, POE
Molly Connor	BR
Olivia Fahey	DEC, POE
Patrick Foley	DEC, IMP
Alex Hahn	DIS
Tessa Hirons	DEC, SD
Austin Lewis	DEC
Braidon Martoccia	BR, IMP
Arjun Menon	DX
Naveen Menon	IMP, IX
Katie Miller	DEC, SD
Megan Miller	DX, SD
Kira Singer	SD, HI
Ashleigh Thompson	MD, OP
Gracie Webb	IMP, IX

Radio information for Decatur Central on 2/15

Broadcasting: 
 
     Round 1-Editorial (Contestants will WRITE a 2-minute editorial from a provided information sheet)
 
     Round 2-Newscast (Contestants must BRING a prepared, 2-minute newscast)
 
     Round 3-Commercial (Contestants will WRITE a 1-minute commercial from a provided information sheet)
 
     Round 4-On the Spot (2-minute prep, 2-minute performance)