WELCOME! 3.5.2018 JM Speech Team Meeting

Getting Started-Sr Cpts Information & Paperwork Warm Up Information Hope you enjoyed your weekend off! Paperwork Registration – O-Town, Northfield, Big 9, Cotter Practice Sheets – Get signed & then turn in blue ones today Rate/Rank Forms – keep filling these in after each meet Brought to you by Coach Nieland!

O-Town Meet Info. - Nieland Be here at 6:50 a.m. Bus leaves at 7 a.m. 3 Rounds and Finals No Novice divisions (sorry) Bring a lunch or money for lunch Home around 5:00 – 5:30 Everyone should try to be “off script” (This means your speech is fully memorized.) Continue to dress professionally

O-Town Meet - Adam Draw categories: you will draw from ALL stories and/or topics – you will draw for EACH round Discussion: you’ll focus on Section II from the outline Awards: 4:00 (approximately) – Auditorium Stay dressed up until after awards CLEAN UP! Please clean up our area in the cafeteria and auditorium when we visit schools Clean up the bus!

O-Town: Schedule-Lyke 7-8:00 a.m. Team Registration 8:30 a.m. All Draws Begin 8:45 a.m. Judges Meeting 9:00 a.m. Round I begins, all events 10:30 a.m. Round II begins, all events 11:45 a.m. Round III begins, all events 2:00ish p.m. Final Rounds begin 4:00 p.m. Awards in auditorium

Bus Breakfasts – Jr. Cpts Thanks to those who’ve supplied bus breakfasts so far! Yummy! Please be sure to do your part. Sign up with Kelsey or Anna. We currently have 51 entries for Owatonna. 5-6 people can sign up to divide and conquer!

Points Sheets - Nieland Be sure to get your necessary signatures. Make sure your name is at the top! Today is the last day we will take these. Pick up the NEW PINK sheet if you haven’t done so.

Big 9 Information-Nieland Tuesday, March 20 39 entries – Announced next week Excused 5th-8th hours The WHOLE team is excused Must attend hours 1-4 to compete Lunch and team building – Godfather’s This is an expectation – let’s talk about why… Coach Bus leaves JM at 1:30 PM 3 rounds – No final Awards – 8:00ish | Home – 10:00-10:30 Must go to school the next day

Big 9 Schedule - Adam 3:00-3:15: Registration 3:30: Drawings begin 3:45: Judges’ Meeting 4:00: Round 1 All events 5:15:  Round 2 All events 6:30: Round 3 All events 8:00: Awards

Big 9 – Tough decisions-Lyke We will consider the following: Success this season Practice and meeting attendance Dedication Age This is NOT necessarily the Section team

T-shirts – Sr. Capts.

If time, Go Practice! Category(ies) Where Story., Humor, & Creative Science area, this floor, nook by the elevators Ex. Reading Benches just outside the art area O.O. Science area, this floor, end of hall (by windows) Poetry Room 3-119 (Mr. Sweep’s Room) Great Speeches Room 3-210 (Mr. Thompson’s Room) Informative Across the hall in the art area Discussion Business Lab Prose & Drama In here Ex. Speaking Ceramics classroom Don’t forget: a coach or senior captain will sign your PINK sheet sometime after 4:00.