Dear Forensics Family:

Welcome to the annual Krider Invitational Speech Tournament for both High School and Middle School hosted by Henry County High School in TN! We look forward to having you join us Saturday November 2th.

We will also be hosting the JR. KRIDER TOURNAMENT at the same time on the same day. The tournaments will run concurrently and judges will be expected to judge High School AND Middle School events so please prepare your judges accordingly.

MAKE SURE YOU ENTER KIDS IN THE CORRECT DIVISION…JR/SR.

EVENTS

The tournament will host the following 11 high school forensics events, Plus Public Forum Debate.

Dramatic Interpretation

Duo Interpretation

Extemporaneous Speaking

Humorous Interpretation

Impromptu Speaking

Informative Speaking

Oratory

Poetry

Program Oral Interpretation

Prose

Storytelling

The following MIDDLE SCHOOL events will be hosted as well;

Radio Broadcasting

Declamation

Duo Acting

Extemp

Humorous Interpretation

Dramatic Interpretation

Impromptu

Oratory

Prose

Poetry

Storytelling

The only major judging differences for middle school are the following;

1. There is no time minimum for oratory, prose, poetry, storytelling, Duo, DI, HI or Dec. Max is 10 with 30 sec grace on each.

2. Jr. Extempers only have 5 minutes to speak. Jr. Impromptu speakers must speak for 3 but have 10 total minutes to prep and speak.

More information about competition guidelines for high school can be found on the the official THSSDL website (THSSDL.com). Please take time to review the THSSDL guidelines as you prepare both your students and judges for competition. We will be using TN guidelines for middle school as well (they are similar to KY but please double check to make sure.)

Schedule of Rounds for Debate and IE

Round 1- 8:30am

Round 2- 10:00 am

Round 3- 11:30 am

Sr. Finals- 1:30 pm

Jr. Finals - 2:00 pm

ENTRY FEES

The cost for students to participate in individual events is $10, with PFD, Duo Interpretation (Sr.), and Duo Acting (Jr.) being $20.

JUDGES

Teams are required to provide 1 judge for every 6 entries into the competition. 6 entries = one judge, 7 entries = 2 judges, etc. In the event you cannot provide the required number of judges, you may hire judges for $30 each. Schools must provide at least one judge.

Your judges should be familiar with THSSDL rules.

We will be using online balloting this year so all judges will need to have an tabroom account registered with their team to have access to the ballots and access to a laptop or tablet. Phones may be used, however they are not as easy to access. Those ballots will be “blasted” out 15-30 minutes before each round is set to begin. There will be WiFi available.

AWARDS

Awards will be given to 1st-6th place in each event and for the top three performing schools for sweeps. Middle School individual awards will be certificates and top three performing teams will receive a trophy.

DROP FEES

Teams will be assessed a drop fee of $10 per entry after Wednesday, October 30th at 7pm central. Any judge drop after this deadline will result in a $50 fine.

Please let us know at your earliest continence when you have drops or changes. Contact information is available below to text or email me information letting me know you’re running late or have drops or changes.

Checks for entry fees may be made out and sent to

Henry County High School Speech Team

315 S. Wilson St.

Paris, TN

38242

We look forward to seeing you all in November! If you have questions, please let me know.

David Weatherly

Coach, Henry County Middle School Speech Team

Coach, Henry County High School Speech Team

David - 731-326-7523

weatherlyd@henryk12.net