The Dr Barbara Lowe Charger Challenge
2022 — Oxford, MS/US
Original Oratory
Abbreviation
OO
Format
Speech
Entry Fee
$10.00
Entry Limit Per School
10
Entry
1 competitors per entry
Event Description:
ORIGINAL ORATORY
- The oration shall require no more than ten minutes. There is a 30-second grace period. Students who exceed the time limit by more than 30 seconds should not be given first in the panel. There is no official minimum time limit.
- The oration may be on any appropriate subject and must be the original work of the student with no more then 150 words of the oration used as a direct quotation from another speech or writing.
- An original copy of the Oratory must be present at the tournament for verification purposes. The copy should include a current bibliography of all sources used. The copy may be digital as long as it is easily accessible.
- The performance must be memorized.