Chanhassen we are ready!

Potluck Link

The link in the potluck post is fixed.  So please check your calendars sign up and come to share and hang out!

Chanhassen

Chanhassen

Chanhassen Tournament will take place at the Chanhasen High School and Pioneer Ridge Middle School.  All Varsity and Novice draw events will be at the HS and all other events will be at Pioneer Ridge Middle School.  Buses will bring novice students and coaches back to HS so they may watch final rounds.  Students need to come dressed for competition.  They need to bring their piece if not memorized, money or food for lunch at the concessions, water, and homework for downtime.  We will call on our way home for those that do not drive to EHS.  Please make sure you have a plan for pick up after the tournament.   

Directions to Chanhassen High School:
Chanhassen High School is located at the intersection of Audubon Rd and Lyman Blvd in Chanhassen, Minnesota. There is easy access to Lyman Blvd. by going north on Powers Blvd off of Highway 212. The address is 2200 Lyman Blvd.

Pioneer Ridge Middle School:
1085 Pioneer Trail
Chaska, MN 55318
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Entries:

     Event(s)
Isha Aggarwal    OO
Ravneet Anand    GrSp
Nate Anderson    INF
Anjali Aralikar    STY
Ross Brazel    ES
Connie Chao    ES
Maya Charan     OO
Jay Chochrek    GrSp
Sarah Collier    STY
Matias Figari    ES
Chetana Guthikonda    GrSp, OO
Om Jahagirdar    ES
Medha Kaul    STY
Gauri Madhok    ES
Saumya Mangalick    DI, STY
Bharath Miniraj    ES
Max Schleck    ES
Leah Schmidt    ER
Sullivan Schubert    STY
Gracia Seeley    Pro
Morgan Sheehy    ER
Ariana Song    OO
Sarah Stefanik    Poet
Mabel Thomas    HI
Zach Zamoff    ES







Tournament Schedule
6:40 AM Meet at EHS door 7
7:00 AM    Registration Begins

8:15 AM    Draw Meeting Begins
8:30 AM    Draws for Round 1 Begin (CNS) and Round 1 (PRMS)
Round 1: N-CrX, N-DI, N-Duo, N-GrSp, N-HI, N-INF, N-OO, N-Poet, N-Pro
Prep: N-ER, N-ES, N-STY, V-ER, V-ES, V-STY

9:00 AM    Round 1 (CNS - All Categories Except Discussion)
Round 1: N-ER, N-ES, N-STY, V-CrX, V-DI, V-DUO, V-ER, V-ES, V-GrSp, V-HI, V-INF, V-OO, V-Poet, V-Pro, V-STY

9:45 AM    Round 2 (PRMS)
Round 2: N-CrX, N-DI, N-Duo, N-GrSp, N-HI, N-INF, N-OO, N-Poet, N-Pro

10:00 AM    Begin Draws for Round 2 (CNS)
Prep: N-ER, N-ES, N-STY, V-ER, V-ES, V-STY

10:30 AM    Round 2 (CNS - all categories except discussion)
Round 2: N-ER, N-ES, N-STY, V-CrX, V-DI, V-DUO, V-ER, V-ES, V-GrSp, V-HI, V-INF, V-OO, V-Poet, V-Pro, V-STY

11:00 AM    Round 3 (PRMS)
Round 3: N-CrX, N-DI, N-Duo, N-GrSp, N-HI, N-INF, N-OO, N-Poet, N-Pro

11:20 AM    Buses begin looping between PRMS and CNS

11:30 AM    Begin Draws for Round 3 (CNS)
Prep: N-ER, N-ES, N-STY, V-ER, V-ES, V-STY

12:00 PM    Round 3 (CNS - all categories except discussion)
Round 3: N-ER, N-ES, N-STY, V-CrX, V-DI, V-DUO, V-ER, V-ES, V-GrSp, V-HI, V-INF, V-OO, V-Poet, V-Pro, V-STY

2:00 PM    Finals Posted (Approx.)
2:05 PM    Draws for Finals
Prep: V-ER, V-ES, V-STY

2:15 PM    Draw Category and Discussion Final Rounds
Final round: V-DIS, V-ER, V-ES, V-STY

2:30 PM    Varsity Final Rounds Non-draws (approx)
Final round: V-CrX, V-DI, V-DUO, V-GrSp, V-HI, V-INF, V-OO, V-Poet, V-Pro

4:30 PM    Awards (or earlier)

5:30PM Return to EHS door 7

SPEECH EVENT

The first speech event has been set!  We would like to invite all team members, parents and coaches to attend the potluck!

This is a great time for families to get to know each other a bit more and for teammates to bond prior to our first meet.  We are very grateful that the Aggarwal family has open their home to us.

The get together will be Friday, January 23rd.  This is the night before our first tournament, Chanhassen.  I hope that many of you will attend as it is important for us to bond as a team when we compete individually throughout the season.  We will begin the festivities at 6:00 and enjoy a shared meal.  Below is the address to their home:

Aggarwal Home 
6405 Indian Hills Rd, 
Edina, MN 55439

The following link is a sign up for the potluck.  Please contribute so that all can enjoy!
Potluck Sign Up

Tournament Attire and Mock Meet

The Mock tournament is on Thursday, January 15th.  This is a mandatory practice for all students on the team.  You will need to be at EHS in tournament attire by 5:45 PM.  This is so that we can start on time at 6:00PM and let out on time as well.  The varsity members of the team will be giving feedback to the novice members.  If time allows varsity will also perform with Coaches feedback. 

If there are questions about tournament attire please first refer to the page on it to the right of the blog labeled Tournament Attire, then look to the handbook and finally if you still have questions please email us.  We can find solutions but we will need time to do it and the day before a tournament just isn't enough time. 

There will be a form going home on Monday that is a sign up for tournaments.  When you and your parents initial the form that is your commitment to that tournament.  We understand that things come up and if you let us know on MONDAY the week of the tournament we can usually drop the student from the tournament with no penalty.  If it you let us know after the Monday before the tournament we have a fine to pay regardless if the student is there or not and some of that fine may be asked of the student.  Please let us know if you have questions or concerns about the form or upcoming tournaments.  

Holiday Homework

I hope that you have had a relaxing break thus far.  Here are things that you need to be doing to keep us moving forward in the speech season.  ***REMEMBER our first tournament is Saturday, January 24th @ Chanhassen.  Please check at home to ensure your attendance.  We will start taking count on the Thursday, January 8th practice.

Our first practice back WILL BE January 5th.  We will be at the EHS.  Here are the things that need to be done for our practice.

Varsity:  If you hope to be ready with a doubled event please be in contact with us via email so that we can move forward in hopes that you will be ready by that January 24th tournament.  Your first event must be memorized and have the most recent draft sent to the speech account.

Novice OR others participating in the following events: 

Great Speeches:  Email or share most recent drafts to the speech account and be memorized by January 5th.

Info:  Email or share most recent drafts to the speech account and be memorized by January 5th.  We will have tripods or stands for you to check out during the season.  You will need to get 5-8 pieces of black foam board or tag board.  (I suggest the dollar store cheaper)  Then you will need to be finding images that would enhance your speech.  We understand that this is new to you so if you had the boards and several images saved we will have a meeting to talk about additional things needed and a day where we make boards together.

Storytelling and Extemp Reading:   All stories need to be printed out! Storytelling may have them in a binder or folder.   Extemp reading MUST HAVE  a small black binder (smaller then 8 x 11 sheet of paper) and put all prose selections in them.   BOTH EVENTS MUST HSVE ALL INTROS WRITTEN.  Finally we need dramatic structure for three of the selections.  Dramatic structure includes:  Exposition, rising action, climax, and falling action.

Prose: Needs to have most recent cutting sent to the speech account.  You also must turn in a dramatic structure.  MEMORIZE!

Please email with questions.  It is not to your benefit to wait until Monday and try to catch up.  These are all things that you can do at home and if you have questions we will answer in a timely manner!  

Rooms for Thursday, December 11th

We are displaced from our usual rooms by a dance competition on Thursday, December 11th.

These are our replacement rooms:

370 - 4PM Tim with extempers
371 - 5PM Andy with PF and LD
372 - 6PM Policy debate room 1
374 - 6PM Policy debate room 2
376 - 6PM Elizabeth room for speech ALL Speech MEET HERE FIRST
378 - 6PM Megan room for speech