Practice Oct. 25th - 30th

What Was Covered - 
NOVICE RECRUITMENT MEETING

• DATE CHANGE!!!!  WE have had to change the date of the novice recruitment meeting to TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17th at 6:30 in the Community Room (EHS 333).
• Spread the word.  We would like to build a strong team and we will need the novice team to support that!  
• Questions?  Email the speech account.  speech.edina@gmail.com

Event/Piece 

• All students have their first event cut and almost performance ready.  If you have not sent the rough cut in please do so prior to your rehearsal.   
• Work your second event to make a rough cut. 
• For those of you who have said you will be going to Sioux Falls we still need your forms.  Please print them off and bring them to practice this week or send them to the speech account.
• Sioux Falls - Warrior

What You Need To Do - 
Tournament Prep

• Sioux Falls - Warrior, We need final commitments this week.  You will miss Friday of school, but will be excused.   
• We would like to double enter you so lets work to get this done.  
• In Sioux Falls all interp events must have a script in hand. This will modify your blocking so we will need to rework a few things.  
• To be ready we need to be blocking this week!

Practice Expectations

• When you arrive at your scheduled practice you need to have an original source.
• You need to have read through the source and chosen the climax and some supporting material.  
• You will need a laptop or something to take notes on and modifications.  
• There have been several of you not coming prepared or with changes done that we have asked for.  

What Is Coming Up - 
Practice Modification

• Sioux Falls Commitment Forms. 
• Novice Meeting is November 17 at 6:30PM for new students and parents.  Spread the word!
• GLENBROOKS - Due to the number of students competing at this tournament it is no longer economical to fly. We will be taking a bus down on Friday and you will miss school.  You will be excused.  You do not go back to school until after Thanksgiving so you will have plenty of time to make up the missed work.  

Warrior - Sioux Falls, SD

Warrior Tournament
November 6th and 7th

Students will be excused from school for Friday.  We will leave Friday morning and speech will compete in the afternoon and evening.  On Saturday debate students will debate and we will return very late Saturday evening.

Here is the commitment form for Sioux Falls - Warrior

Please fill it out and return it to practice if you intend on competing.  We are looking to have an accurate count by Monday, October 26th.  You may print it off, fill it out and send it to the speech account if you would like.

October 19th - 22nd

Coming Up:

• Practice resumes this week.  We will begin practicing more as our traveling tournament season starts picking up.  Please make sure that you are aware of practice changes so that you are prepared.  
• The novice recruitment meeting is quickly approaching.  If you would like to help with it please email the speech account and we will get you set up!
• The Novice Recruitment Meeting date is changed.  Please look to another post for the updated date.  

Roosevelt Results!

Congratulations At Roosevelt!!!!!

We had a wonderful showing for those that were able to attend the first tournament of the season! 

Congratulations to all participants!

Medha and Sarah - 1st

Saumya - 2nd in HI and 3rd in DI

Matias - 3rd in Extemp

Mabel - 4th in HI

Edina - 4th in SWEEPS!

Roosevelt - Des Moines, IA

Oct 16 - 17 Roosevelt - Des Moines, IA****

Theodore Roosevelt High School

4419 Center St, Des Moines, IA 50312

Bus Times
Depart near door 13 (on the back side of EHS) at 9AM on Friday. 
Return late Saturday night contingent on how well we do -- could be 11PM or later.   Students will have to call/text home and keep you updated.  It's about 4 hours from the time we leave Des Moines until we arrive home. 
Coaches
Andy Charrier

Food 
You can bring your own snacks to eat.  Confessions will be available and we will stop for some meals as well.  

Hotel

Springhill Suites 

1236 Jordan Creek Parkway

West Des Moines 50266

Schedule

This tournament offers both speech and debate events.  It also allows for some students to compete in both activities while attending.  In order to do this they have split the activities to run on separate days.  So Speech will compete on Friday and Debate will compete on Friday and Saturday.  If you only compete in one of the activities you will still need to attend the tournament both days.  Please bring homework or things to do on the day that you don't compete.  

Friday - Speech

Draw - 3:30

Round 1 - 4:00

Draw - 5:00

Round 2 - 5:30

Draw - 6:30

Round 3 - 7:00

Draw - 8:00

Round 4 - 8:30

Awards 10:00 PM

***The Website will become more updated as I am able to attain more information.

Practice Oct 5 - Oct 8

What Was Covered - 
ROOM CHANGES

• We have been asked to change our rooms.  So from now on we will be meeting in Room 316!

Event/Piece 

• All students need to come to practice having read through their source, created a dramatic structure and have a 20 minute rough cut.  
• Send your cuts prior to practice sessions so that coaches have the opportunity to read them prior to meeting.  This gives us the most out of your practice and we can give you feedback ASAP. 
• For those of you who have said you will be going to Roosevelt we still need your forms.  Please print them off and bring them to practice this week.  
• Roosevelt - Des Moines, IA Commitment Form

What You Need To Do - 
Tournament Prep

• We have decided to move forward with sending interp students to Roosevelt.  This tournament is October 16th/17th.  This is a Friday-Saturday tournament over MEA.  You will NOT miss any school.  
• This tournament is still three weeks away.  We will be able to get a piece, cut it and practice it well to be ready for the tournament.  
• We will be able to make modifications to the debate practice schedule so that we can get you ready in time.  
• To be ready we need to be blocking this week!

Practice Expectations

• When you arrive at your scheduled practice you need to have an original source.
• You need to have read through the source and chosen the climax and some supporting material.  
• You will need a laptop or something to take notes on and modifications.  

What Is Coming Up - 
Practice Modification

• Week Oct 5 - Oct 8th: We need the original source read, dramatic structure, and 20 min rough cut..
• Roosevelt Commitment Forms 
• We will begin two day/week practices after MEA.
• Sioux Falls - Warrior and Edina Hornet tournament forms will be available after MEA.
• Novice Meeting is October 27th at 6:30PM for new students and parents.  Spread the word!

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