Junior High Tournaments??

[MovieStar1084]

I just judged a junior high tournament today. it was a lot of fun, contrary to what my best friend tried to warn me about.... but she did debate and I did the IE version.

But, it was REALLY weird. Instead of rankings, they got "Superior" "Excellence" or "Good"... there are other options, but this was the Festival of Champions for everyone who had gotten a Superior in an event, and they wanted us to give as many Superiors as possible... anyway...

they have events like "Group Impromtu", Invididual Prop Impromptu, Group Acting, Solo Lipsinc, Group Lipsinc, Individual Mime, Group Mime, Readers Theatre, Humorous and Dramatic Acting, and Group Prop Impromptu. Is stuff like this at every Junior High tournament? anyone know?

[Jssippi]

I think your a little confused. All the events you are talking about sound like things that you would see at a Thespian competition. And infact "superior," "excellent", and "good" are the rankings they use. And if you say Junior High, then it must have been Junior Thespians to be exact. Hope that clears up things for you.

[MovieStar1084]

Negatory. It was a speech tournament.

[Jesus]

Yah, we had those we had


OPP
HI
DI
TI
Reader's Theatre
Expository


...i think thats it, but i thot we had one more

Yah, it was fun...I got 1st in HI in 7th grade and 3rd in Expos and 2nd in TI my 8th grade year. it was fun

We also have a elementary speech tourni called the ORAL LANGUAGE FESTIVAL

with

OPP
Storytelling
Expos.
Readers theatre
and Interpritation.

[MovieStar1084]

yeah, it was weird stuff, but tons of fun. going to be interesting next year when we get some of the new fish from the jr highs around here

[mbareddog]

<-------New Fish

[CA800]

I think if you're competing, suck it up and take criticism. I don't care if you're eight or eighteen. If you are trying to win or just competing, you shouldn't be given just desserts.