2024 South Grand Prairie Speech and Debate Tournament

Directors and Coaches,

We are excited to be hosting South Grand Prairie High School’s Middle School Theatre Festival on November 16, 2024. The tournament will take place at South Grand Prairie High School in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area. All events are open to 5th graders through 8th graders. Students in 5th grade may enter any event, however, only 5th graders are allowed to enter the 5th grade monologues. Participates may not cross-enter in more than two events per section and that is at their own risk.

Registration will be through Tabroom.com and you will need to make an account. We have instructions included in our Tournament Information Packet. Also, Google has lots of tutorial help.

We hope to make the events as student-friendly and fun as possible. Our goal is to make sure your students have a great time and continue to love theatre!

IMPORTANT NOTE: When registering group events, you will be asked to supply a "code" - this is to identify the different groups on postings. For example, if I were to enter a group for group lipsync from Cambra Middle School, I may list it as "CMS - Hard Knock Life" or "CMS - Red" or "CMS - Snickers". You will want it to be simple and clear - not to many words but easy to identify!

Contacts:

Stef Cambra - stefany.cambra@gmail.com

Forrest Denbow – forrest.denbow@gpisd.org

Angela Stidham – angela.stidham@gpisd.org

SCHEDULE AND SECTIONING

7:00 – 8:00 Registration

8:00 – 9:30 Section I Prelims (Group Improv, Vocals, Poetry)

9:30 – 11:00 Section II Prelims (Lip Sync, Audition Monologues, Storytelling)

11:00 – 12:30 Section III Prelims (TV Commercial, Prose, Duet Pantomime)

12:30 – 2:00 Section IV Prelims (Impromptu, Readers Theatre, Duet Acting)

2:00 – 3:00 Section I & II Semis

3:00 – 4:00 Section III & IV Semis (5th Grade Monologue Prelims)

4:00 – 5:00 Section I & II Finals (5th Grade Monologue Semis)

5:00 – 6:00 Section III & IV Finals (5th Grade Monologue Finals)

6:30 Awards (Time Subject to Change)

*** Technical Events are not listed in a section.

*** Lip Sync Finalists will perform at the awards ceremony.