Practice for the week of December 28th - January 1st

Several coaches have created a check in at some point during the break or meeting times.  If you are unsure and you do not see a posting by your coach here please email them.

Elizabeth's students need to have checked in by Tuesday, December 29th with your specific assignments.

EXTEMP
Monday 28th
4-6 Experienced with Andy

Tuesday 29th
6-8 Novice with Tim

Regular practice will resume no later than January 4th in the set rooms.

January 4th
Elizabeth- Room 316 practice 6-8
Megan - Room 315 practice 6-8
Mariecus - Room 314 practice 6-8
Sonja - Room 313 practice 6-8
L.J. - Room 133 practice 6-8
Shelby - Room 132 practice 6-8
Andy - Room 324 practice 6-8
Extemp - Room 324 with Andy
Extemp - Room 320 with Tim

Practice the week of December 14 - 17th

Practice this week has a lot of moving parts.  If you have questions please contact the speech account or your personal coach to clarify.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 14th
Elizabeth - Room 316 practice from 6-6:50
Megan - Skype sessions and a makeup practice on Wednesday please meet on the 3rd floor            commons.
Mariecus - Room 314 practice from 6-8
Sonja - Room 313 practice from 6-8
L.J. - Room 133 practice from 6-8

Extemp - Room 319 with Joe practice from 4-6 NOVICE

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15th
Shelby - Room 316 practice from 6-8

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16th
Megan - makeup practice - meet in the third floor commons.
Extemp - Room 320 with Tim from 6-8 VARSITY

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17th
Elizabeth- Room 316 practice 6-8
Megan - Room 315 practice 6-8
Mariecus - NO PRACTICE, Barnes and Nobel meeting on Saturday the 19th
Sonja - Room 313 practice 6-8
L.J. - Room 133 practice 6-8
Shelby - Room 132 practice 6-8
Andy - Room 324 practice 6-8
Extemp - Room 324 with Andy 4-6 VARSITY
Extemp - Room 320 with Tim 4-6 NOVICE

REMEMBER****** You must register for speech prior to coming to practice or you will not be able to participate.  If you register after NOON please bring a print out of your registration. 

We need rough cuts or drafts of pieces upon returning from break.  Our first tournament is JANUARY 23rd!

Thursday, Dec. 10th- Practice

With so many moving parts we want to make sure that every one knows where they are going for practice.

Elizabeth's Room     316
Sonja's Room           313
Mariecus's Room     314
Megan's Room         315
L.J.'s Room              Meet in 316 and go from there.
Shelby's Room         Meet in 316 and go from there.
Andy's Room           324 These students WILL NOT meet due to weekend tournament!

These practices will take place from 6-8.  Bring homework as we work one on one with students.

Extemp Practice will begin NEXT week and I will post the schedule at the end of this week.

Make sure that you register.  If you don't register you will not be able to come to practice on Monday.  Here is the link to the registration page.

Practice Rooms for Thurs, Dec 3rd

Practice Rooms for Thurs, Dec 3rd

Our usual spaces are used for dance tonight so instead here are the rooms where we will practice tonight: 

255 - Andy

256 - Tim

257 - Joe

258 - Pete

259 - Brett and Bob

260 - Rebekah

261 - Shelby

262 - LJ

273 - Megan

274 - Elizabeth

271 - Sonja/ Mariecus

272 - extra/breakout

Practice TONIGHT! - Monday, Nov. 30th

Welcome to novice folk joining the team and to our returning members!  Tonight is the night.  We will meet in Room 316 in the EHS @ 6:00PM.  This will last about one hour.  You will be introduced to the new coaching staff and try out a few of the events.  If you are a returning member to the team this will give you the opportunity to reconnect with everyone and let us know your thoughts for the season.

The evening will start in a group meeting and then we will break into small groups where you will be able to try a few events and let us know your thoughts!

REMEMBER: if you are a debater we will schedule a different time for you!  Please just let us know through email - speech.edina@gmail.com

We can't wait to start again!  See you soon!

We need volenteers!

December 2nd is the Edina Friends of Forensics Bookfair day at the Galleria Barnes and Noble. 

Shop at Barnes and Noble on December 2nd.   20% of your purchase will go to the team.  Just indicate at check-out that you're supporting Edina Speech and Debate.  
Spread the word!  Tell your friends & family about our fundraising event.  It's a great time to do some holiday shopping!

And then we also need volunteers to give speeches and wrap presents from 6-8PM.
Here is the Sign-up Genius to help out. 

Registration is open!

For those of you returning to speech make sure that you complete your registration by Monday!  It is open online and we need an accurate count of returning members! 

Glenbrooks

Congrats to all who competed!  We had so many close to breaking today!  

Congratulations to Mabel who took 5th out of 117 students!!!!

Barnes and Nobel Fundraising Opportunity!

We are looking to have students perform speeches and modified debates from 6-8 PM on this day.  This will feel like the talk-a-thon in the way that we present our speeches.  People who identify themselves as associated with Edina Speech and Debate and purchase books will have 20% of the proceeds go to our organization.  We need to promote the event and have students sign up.

Here is a link for those willing to volunteer!

Volunteer sign up for the book fair!

Novice Informational Meeting

The Novice Meeting will be Tuesday, November 17th at 6:30 in the Community Room (EHS 333)

Please share this information with all interested in joining the team.  We will share information about the team, give examples of speeches, and answer any questions you have.

If you have questions regarding the meeting please email: speech.edina@gmail.com

See you Tuesday!

Glenbrooks - Nov 20-23

21-23 November @ The Glenbrooks

The Glenbrooks
Glenbrook North, Glenbrook South, and Attea Middle School
21-23 November 2015

** Fee and Permission Form
Permission form (PDF) can be downloaded here.   

Permission slip completion is require to participate. 
Permission form and payment are due no later than the end of practice on Monday (11/16) night.
Fee is $350 payable to Edina Friends of Forensics. This a flat-fee for all competitors that covers travel, hotel, and entry.  It does not include food and snacks. Typically we suggest students plan $20-30 day for food, although that might be high given that the the hotel provides breakfast.

Coaches
Andy Charrier
Elizabeth Werness
Brett Lind
Tim Greenfield

Hotel
Residence Inn by Marriott | Chicago-Deerfield
530 Lake Cook Rd | Deerfield, IL 60015
T 847.940.4644 | F 847.940.7639

Food
Friday - supper in Madison at mall with many food choices
Saturday - breakfast at hotel, supper at team dinner in Chinatown
Sunday - breakfast at hotel, supper at Noodles will be the last thing we do before driving home
The tournament has plenty of food options during the competition day

Team Dinner
We are having a team dinner on Saturday night at Lao Sze Chuan.  Estimate $20 per person, meal is served family style. 

Bus Times
Departs EHS door 13 at 1PM on Friday, Nov 20 - you will be released from class at 12:45; we want to be rolling at 1PM
Return Sunday night as soon as possible - will be a late night arrival at Edina.  Students will text you when we leave Chicago with an ETA and then call when we are 30 minutes away from the school. 

Original Oratory
   Ariana Song
   Isha Aggarwal
   Ravneet Anand

Dramatic Interpretation
   Gracia Seeley
   Saumya Mangalick

Humorous Interpretation
   Mabel Thomas
   Medha Kaul
   Sarah Collier

Programmed Oral Interp
   No entries.

Extemporaneous Speaking
  Connie Chao
   Leah Schmitt
   Matias Figari
   Zach Zamoff

Duo Interpretation
   No entries.

Varsity Policy
   Sukriti Rawal - Anne Lepow
   Claire Carlson - Megan Shannahan
   Maggie Wells - Meredith Song

Varsity Lincoln-Douglas
   Anand Mittal
   Gloria Mi

Junior Varsity Policy
   No entries.

Novice Policy
   No entries.

Junior Varsity Lincoln-Douglas
   Jonah Rosenthal
   Sandra Chen

Public Forum
   Natalie Curtin - Adi Mittal
   James Kuznecoff - Khalid Ishani
   Richard Zhu - David Ma

Hotel Room Assignments

Studios (5)

Bus Driver

Bailey Rung (1 bed, 1 hide-a-bed couch)

Dylan Adelman

Charlie Werness (you two figure it out)

Elizabeth Werness

Brett Lind (1 bed, 1 couch)

TBD

Ariana Song  (2 on bed, one on couch)

Maggie Wells

Meredith Song

Two Bedroom (6)

Andy Charrier (each has own bed)

Tim Greenfield

Gracia Seeley (4 on 2 beds, one on hide-a-bed couch)

Medha Kaul

Saumya Mangalick

Sarah Collier

Gloria Mi

Sukriti Rawal  (4 on 2 beds, one on hide-a-bed couch)

Anne Lepow

Claire Carlson

Megan Shannahan

Isha Aggarwal

Natalie Curtin  (4 on 2 beds, one on hide-a-bed couch)

Connie Chao

Mabel Thomas

Leah Schmitt

Sandra Chen

Khalid Ishani  (4 on 2 beds, one on hide-a-bed couch)

David Ma

James Kuz

Richard Zhu

Ravneet Anand

Matias Figari  (4 on 2 beds, one on hide-a-bed couch)

Zach Zamoff

Anand Mittal

Jonah Rosenthal

Adi Mittal

Speech Schedule 

Friday, November 21

8:00 a.m.                      Draw for Extemp 1  - Extemp Draw - Library

8:30                              Round 1 Pattern A (Ext, DI, PP)

10:00                            Round 1 Pattern B (OO, HI, Duo)

11:00                            Draw for Extemp 2

11:30                            Round 2 Pattern A (Ext, DI, PP)

12:45 p.m.                    Round 2 Pattern B (OO, HI, Duo)

1:45                              Draw for Extemp 3

2:15                              Round 3 Pattern A (Ext, DI, PP)

3:30                              Round 3 Pattern B (OO, HI, Duo)

4:30                              Draw for Extemp 4

5:00                              Round 4 Pattern A (Ext, DI, PP)

Sunday, November 22

8:00 a.m.                      Round 4 Pattern B (OO, HI, Duo)

9:30                              Draw for Extemp Quarterfinals

10:00                            Quarterfinals Pattern A

10:30                            Quarterfinals Pattern B

12:00                            Draw for Extemp Semifinals

12:30                            Semifinals All Events

2:00                              Draw for Extemp Finals

2:30                              Finals All Events

 4:30                              Awards – Attea Cafeteria

Nov 14 @ The Edina Classic

Nov 14 @ The Edina Classic

The Edina Classic
Edina High School
14 November 2015

You are making history:  This is our first tournament in 30+ years, and the first time there has been a combined Speech and Debate tournament in Minnesota since the 1990s.

Coach-in-Charge *
Hayley Pierce-Ramsdell
Tim Greenfield
* If you are an Edina competitor, you should go to these two people for any questions during the day.  Elizabeth and Andy will be busy running the tournament.

Check-in on tournament day
Everybody who is competing -- both speech and debate -- needs to check in with Hayley (and only Hayley) in room 324 by 7:30AM. She will have a clipboard and a copy of our roster.  If you are not checked in by 7:30 we are dropping you from the tournament. Once you've checked in, you need to take your materials to the common space and prep like we do at any other tournament. 

Notes

1. Nobody leaves until the building is cleaned.  As soon as you are done debating/speaking, you need to report to room 324 to be assigned clean-up jobs.  With a team our size, we should be able to having building more or less done by the time awards begin. 
2. We expect you to attend awards.  
3. Do we want to win things? Absolutely!  But we also take the extra steps expected of hosts. For example, if you see people looking for rooms, you need to take time to graciously help our guests.  ("Never trashy, always classy.") We also need you to look out for well-being of our classrooms.
4. We will post the full roster soon, but you should expect to be debating or speaking.
5. I need 6-8 volunteers to help with setup on Friday night.  We'll start at 4 and finish when we have the building ready for competition.  We'll provide dinner when we're done.  BUT...I only want helpers who ask, "What can I do next?"  
Student volunteers sign up here. 

6. Then I need Adi, Arvind, Connie, Leah, and Samantha to be my extra-help helpers on Saturday, making one final sweep of building to make sure everything is clean.

The following entries have been registered by Andy Charrier representing Edina High School.

Varsity LD Debate
   Anand Mittal
   Arvind Veluvali
   Gloria Mi
   Joanna Kim
   Jonah Rosenthal
   Kyle Nicholson
   Max Schleck
   Murray Friedberg
   Prasoon Sinha
   Romi Lee
   Sandra Chen
   Tanner Jones
   Uma Kumar-Montei

Novice LD Debate
   Amrutha Garimella
   Biren Katyal
   Kathleen Scoggin
   Lucca Figari
   Mythili Iyer
   Nathan Annareddy
   Sabrina Talghader
   Stella Olken-Hunt
   Zoe Iyer

Congressional Debate
   No entries.

JV LD Debate
   Aiden Swann
   Jake Straub
   Joseph Annareddy
   Kanu Madhok
   Mark Kivimaki
   Noel Hayward
   Om Jahagirdar
   Quinn Ramsay
   Rahil Modi
   Sujit Varadhan

Impromptu
   Anya Gudorf
   Chloe Maynor
   Connie Chao
   Gloria Mi
   James Kuznecoff
   Mabel Thomas
   Matias Figari
   Max Schleck
   Natalie Curtin
   Samantha Bevers
   Sandra Chen
   Saumya Mangalick
   Tanner Jones
   Zach Zamoff

Varsity Public Forum
   Khalid Ishani - James Kuznecoff
   Natalie Curtin - Adi Mittal
   Anya Gudorf - Chloe Maynor
   Oscar O'Brien - Jay Chochreck
   Jenny Ma - Aarathi Garimella
   David Ma - Richard Zhu

JV Public Forum
   Anjali Aralikar - Addie Cheong
   Emily Fan - Gauri Madhok
   Rachel Nierengarten - Maeve Swackhamer

Novice Public Forum
   Jennifer Ai - Kendrew Chen
   Veronica Wakefield  - Samantha Bevers
   Matthew Nissen - Theo Teske
   Sophie Addinton - Caroline Machart

Extemporaneous Speaking
   Connie Chao
   Leah Schmitt
   Matias Figari
   Zach Zamoff

Original Oratory
   Ariana Song
   Isha Aggarwal
   Ravneet Anand

Duo Interpretation
   Sarah Collier - Medha Kaul

Humorous Interpretation
   Mabel Thomas
   Medha Kaul
   Sarah Collier
   Saumya Mangalick

Dramatic Interpretation
   Gracia Seeley
   Saumya Mangalick

Informative Speaking
   No entries.

Program Oral Interpretation
   No entries.

Judging obligations
 16 LD Debate judges
  7 Public Forum judges
  3 NSDA Speech judges
  3 Impromptu judges

Speech  
Round 1 - 9 AM (draw at 8:30)
Round 2 - 10:30 AM (draw at 10:00)
Round 3 - 1:00 PM (draw at 12:30)
Round 4 - 2:30 PM (draw at 2:00)
 
LD & PF  Round 1   8:30 AM
Round 2   9:30 AM
Round 3  10:45 AM
Round 4  12:30 PM
Round 5  2:00 PM
Varsity Final Round: 3:00 PM

Congressional DebateSession 1  8:30-11:30
Session 2 12:30-3:30 
    
ImpromptuRound 1 - Following Round 2 of LD/PF Round 2 - Following Round 3 of LD/PF
Round 3 - Following Round 4 of LD/PF

UNIFIED AWARDS CEREMONY - 4:00 P.M., Fick Auditorium

Results for Warrior

Matias and Connie Take Down IX at SF Washington

Matias (1st) and Connie (2nd) in International Extemp gives us a good start to the mega-weekend 

All who competed did very well at this tournament!  Go Hornets! 

Edina Speech and Debate Tournament!

Hello Edina Debate & Speech parents,

It's 2 weeks away!  On Saturday, November 14th, the Edina Speech & Debate team will be hosting the Edina Hornet Classic tournament at Edina High School.   We expect approximately 400-500 participants, including members of our own team.  We'll need many volunteers to help in a variety of jobs to make our first tournament a success.  

If you have already signed-up to volunteer, THANK YOU!  If you have not yet had the opportunity, now's your chance!  

Here's the link to the sign-up page:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0949abab23aaf94-edina

If you're not sure what you'd like to do, sign-up as a floater and indicate in the comments section what times you're available.  (i.e. 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., etc.)

Thank you,

Lynn Schmitt

Edina Friends of Forensics

Tournament Committee

Sioux Falls - Warrior

Nov 6-7 @ Sioux Falls Roosevelt & Washington

Washington Warrior/Roosevelt Sweepstakes
Washington HS - Friday Speech
Roosevelt HS - Saturday Debate
6-7 November 2015

Coaches
Elizabeth Werness
Andy Charrier
Clay Carlson

Bus
Departs 7AM from back side of EHS at door 13
Return 10PM (estimate) on Saturday

Hotel
Spring Hill Suites Sioux Falls
4304 W. Empire Place
Sioux Falls, South Dakota  57106  USA

** Fee and Permission Form
Permission form and payment are due no later than the end of practice on Thursday (11/5) night.
Fee is $200 payable to Edina Friends of Forensics.
Permission form (PDF) can be downloaded here.

Friday

7AM pickup at door 13 of Edina HS

Perkins for breakfast somewhere a couple hours west

Stop at mall in Sioux Falls for lunch and leg stretch

Check in at
Spring Hill Suites Sioux Falls
4304 W. Empire Place

2PM depart for Washington High School

3:45PM round 1 begins

9PM awards, return to hotel -- will need to stop for food on way back

Saturday

7AM depart for Roosevelt High School

8:15AM round 1 begins

6:30PM awards, departure for return

Stop on way out of town for supper (a place like Noodles or Chipotle)

11-12PM arrive at Edina HS

At all times the team remains together at the same location.

Friday Speech Entries

Code Event Name Edina LS Novice Extemp Leah Schmitt Edina GS Varsity Dramatic Interp Gracia Seeley Edina MK Varsity Dramatic Interp Medha Kaul Edina SM Varsity Dramatic Interp Saumya Mangalick Edina ZZ Varsity Domestic Extemp Zach Zamoff Edina MT Varsity Humorous Interp Mabel Thomas Edina MK Varsity Humorous Interp Medha Kaul Edina SM Varsity Humorous Interp Saumya Mangalick Edina CC Varsity International Extemp Connie Chao Edina MF Varsity International Extemp Matias Figari Edina AS Varsity Original Oratory Ariana Song

 Saturday Debate Entries*

Event	Name
Novice Lincoln Douglas	Saumya Mangalick
Novice Lincoln Douglas	Tanner Jones
Varsity Lincoln Douglas	Anand Mittal
Varsity Lincoln Douglas	Joanna Kim
Varsity Lincoln Douglas	Kyle Nicholson
Varsity Lincoln Douglas	Mabel Thomas
Varsity Lincoln Douglas	Max Schleck
Varsity Lincoln Douglas	Murray Friedberg
Varsity Lincoln Douglas	Romi Lee

Novice Policy Debaters:

Kerui Yang, Lucy Yang, Lily Bothwell,  Dani Peterson, Cole Mathews, Tessa Yeager, Clay Dawson

Room Assignments for Sioux Falls

Singles

Andy Charrier

Elizabeth Werness

Clay Carlson

Driver

                                                                                                           

Gracia Seeley                                                                                             

Medha Kaul                                                                                                 

Saumya Mangalick                                                                                                                      

Mabel Thomas

Connie Chao

Ariana Song

Joanna Kim

Romi Lee

Kerui Yang

Lucy Yang

Lily Bothwell

Tessa Yeager

Leah Schmitt

Max Schleck                                                                                                 

Matias Figari                                         

Tanner Jones                                        

Anand Mittal                                         

Kyle Nicholson

Murray Friedberg

Zach Zamoff

Cole Mathews

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.