Who is coming to KESDA?

[Interper05]

I was just wondering who is coming to KESDA. Rowan County, like always, will most definately be there. Who else?

[foyboy75]

Graves won't be attending this year

[Interper05]

Ah man, Graves Co. is a power team! I wish all the power teams were to go.

[Lord Chancellor]

LaRue is iffy. If we come, chances are good it'll just be Ashley Litsey (Prose, Poetry, Broadcasting) and myself (Extemp and Impromptu).

--B. Dizzle Lizzle Acree

[veronica]

our coach said KESDA is pointless...so therefore my team doesn't get to compete..even though i wish we could go.

[littleknown]

about half of the campbell county team is coming - but we're not big and scary (powerhouse) or anything.

[Interper05]

our coach said KESDA is pointless...so therefore my team doesn't get to compete..even though i wish we could go.

Is that only because it isn't within the realm of KHSSL? If that were the case, then any non-KHSSL tournament you go to is pointless. Winning State is not the only thing that is important. The reason we do forensics isn't to have a shelful of trophies, it is to make us better leaders and better communicators. I wish people would recognise that just because someting is different that it isn't bad. Now, I'm not getting on to you, Veronica, just the the whole "KESDA is a bad/pointless tournament" idea. Remeber, with every tournament you go to, the more practice you get and the more practice you get the better you are.

BTW, Veronica, what school are you from?

[BansheeSoccer13]

The thing I like about KHSSL as opposed to KESDA is this: Everyone is on an even playing field. The entries are limited so a small school with good people has just as much chance as a huge school! I think that is really neat and that we see who is really "it" in this way. No one gets overwhelmed by numbers alone. I just think that's cool.

[Interper05]

Is Boone Co. coming to KESDA this year?

[KY_Liberal]

Unfortunately, no. We floated around the idea at the beginning of the year, but due to time constraints, money, etc. we are not going to be at KESDA.

You know, y'all should really start doing KHSSL, and those of us not doing KESDA should start doing it... it'd make the speech world so much easier and enjoyable. Just my opinion obviously.

[Interper05]

I really wish we (Rowan Co.) went to KHSSL on a large scale too. But our coaches believe that we should go to only one State level tournament and they like the fact that everyone can go to KESDA that wants to, so we go there. But I will be competeing at KHSSL this year. My mom is going as the school faculty representative, she's a social studies teacher.

[Former Speech Man]

Who exactly is coming to KESDA? Teamwise? I'm a former competitor who used to eat, sleep, breathe this stuff...and KESDA was awesome when I was around. A lot more fun than Khssl, anyway...so who's going? I just stumbled on this forum and wanted to ask...see how the state is doing now. I notice some of the big-dog teams are still doing well...and some aren't. Fill in a long-lost speech brother on the info...I hope KESDA is still as competitive as it used to be!!! Long live Speech!!! :D

Also, any new teams to the circuit? I remember there being a lot of teams from a lot of places...but who is gone and who is new? That's always fun to find out...especially when you've been out of the game for as long as I have been... :roll:

[Lord Chancellor]

It looks like Ashley Litsey and I will be attending KESDA this year after all, thanks to some crafty work with systematic loopholes.

Litsey: Prose, Poetry, maybe something else

Acree: Extemp, Impromptu, Congress, and maybe I'll try for the Quad so that I can compete with the most esteemed Courtney Otto. I'll need to see if that's possible.

Otherwise, I look forward to seeing everyone there. Hopefully iy all works out.

Peace and Passion,

--Brice

[Former Speech Man]

DO they still go to KESDA? I used to have some buddies from there back in the day...they were pretty big back then. R they still around? I'm hoping so...are they still a big team? They were always consistent. They always had a great amount of talent...

Any new teams to the circuit??? :?: :?: :?:

[Interper05]

^^
What do you mean by "they?" Cambell is pretty new. I think Daviess is pretty new, too. How long ago were you in high school speech?

[Former Speech Man]

I wasn't talking about Campbell...in my title I put KCD...Kentucky Country Day...that's what I was asking about...but it's good to hear Campbell is a new team! They weren't around when I was in the game...not too long ago, around 5 years give or take one...my old school is almost defunct now. I'd mention who they are but it saddens me to see them no longer in their glory days... :cry:

[vertigo_dx]

Former - Who would you be? I'm from KCD, and we do still go to KESDA.

Well, let me revise that. This year, only 3 of us are going. That's b/c most of our team has refused to show up all year. . . bad cases of senioritis, basically. Seeing the word "defunct," I'm inclined to think you're a former Bearcat. . .b/c that sure defines our team this year.

[Former Speech Man]

Former - Who would you be? I'm from KCD, and we do still go to KESDA.

Well, let me revise that. This year, only 3 of us are going. That's b/c most of our team has refused to show up all year. . . bad cases of senioritis, basically. Seeing the word "defunct," I'm inclined to think you're a former Bearcat. . .b/c that sure defines our team this year.

Wow...that sucks...I can see senioritis being a problem everywhere. We had a couple like that...and I'm not a bearcat, but let's just say that I'm from a town far away from you guys.

I just found out my team isn't totally 'defunct' but they only have 1-2 people now...and although 1 of them is pretty good it is really sad considering we, in my day, were a team of at least 20-25. That sucks... :evil:

[Congress loser]

Scott County is sending a few token entries, I know I'm doing Impromptu, Congress, extemp (grr..), and Persuasive speaking (once again, grr..).
I think, overall, we have a few people going in congress plus two or three interpers.

der Reese

[Man with No Nation]

Scott County is sending a few token entries, I know I'm doing Impromptu, Congress, extemp (grr..), and Persuasive speaking (once again, grr..).
I think, overall, we have a few people going in congress plus two or three interpers.

der Reese

The Great Chad Reese is going down to KESDA...?

How intriguing.

[Former Speech Man]

Scott County is sending a few token entries, I know I'm doing Impromptu, Congress, extemp (grr..), and Persuasive speaking (once again, grr..).
I think, overall, we have a few people going in congress plus two or three interpers.

der Reese

Are you guys still a big team? I remember that Scott was a decent sized squad a few years back...

[Lord Chancellor]

Ah, so I get to lose to Mr. Reese in Congress then, eh? I look forward to it, der Reese.

[Congress loser]

[quote]Ah, so I get to lose to Mr. Reese in Congress then, eh? I look forward to it, der Reese.[quote]

I would doubt that, my friend, lest we forget my two second place finishes already this year. I'm afraid I'm probably the most overrated speech competitor in the state of KY this year

[Interper05]

Well, Scott County...hmmm...interesting. Well, KESDA is about a week and two days away and I simply can't wait!!!

[Lord Chancellor]

Oh, der Reese. You're not overrated--per contra, you're underrated. I can't imagine how you lost at all. Just wait for KCFL, KESDA, KYNFL and KHSSL. You'll wipe up, you'll see! mhmm.

--Brice

[Former Speech Man]

So what schools are coming to KESDA as of now? Will it be big? I remember KHSSL being huge and KESDA being smaller, but KESDA had way more quality of talent in it's tourney. I'm guessing it's the same...and my last year there were around 25 or so schools at KESDA, maybe more...can't remember with me being old and senile, you know... :shock:

[Interper05]

Well, the teams so far that have said they were going on this board are Rowan County, KCD, LaRrue County, Scott County and Cambell County. Other schools more than likely to go are Knott Central, Danville, Harrison County, Pike Central, Tates Creek, Henry Clay, Calloway County, East Jessamine County, and Greenwood. There are probably more but that's all I could remeber.

[Former Speech Man]

Well, the teams so far that have said they were going on this board are Rowan County, KCD, LaRrue County, Scott County and Cambell County. Other schools more than likely to go are Knott Central, Danville, Harrison County, Pike Central, Tates Creek, Henry Clay, Calloway County, East Jessamine County, and Greenwood. There are probably more but that's all I could remeber.
Which ones of those are the big, competitive schools now? Some of them are new to me...

[Interper05]

Rowan County and Knott Central are probably the biggest teams going to KESDA. Other big schools are Danville and Calloway County. Tates Creek, Henry Clay, LaRue County, and East Jessamine are medium sized. I think Greenwood has a small team, so does Harrison County, Pike Central, and KCD.

[Former Speech Man]

Rowan County and Knott Central are probably the biggest teams going to KESDA. Other big schools are Danville and Calloway County. Tates Creek, Henry Clay, LaRue County, and East Jessamine are medium sized. I think Greenwood has a small team, so does Harrison County, Pike Central, and KCD.

Calloway? Are they a western team? I don't remember them...the others are familiar, though. How big is Calloway? Will they be a challenge for the other big 3? Sounds interesting...I like seeing the big teams duke it out for top 3...I remember Danville, Knott, and Rowan being huge...but not Calloway. Is their entire team coming to KESDA? That would be interesting to watch take place... :shock:

[Interper05]

Calloway? Are they a western team? I don't remember them...the others are familiar, though. How big is Calloway? Will they be a challenge for the other big 3? Sounds interesting...I like seeing the big teams duke it out for top 3...I remember Danville, Knott, and Rowan being huge...but not Calloway. Is their entire team coming to KESDA? That would be interesting to watch take place...

Well, I haven't heard if Calloway is coming this year or not. They went to KESDA last year, so that's why I mentioned them. They are fairly good sized, about as big as Danville, maybe a little smaller. And yes, they are in the far west part of the state. Here I will post the results of the 2004 KESDA Sr. Forum:

1st Rowan County High School (712 Points)
2nd Knott County Central (627 Points)
3rd Danville High School (494 Points)
4th Graves County High School (159 Points)
5th Kentucky Country Day School (152 Points)
6th Calloway County High School
7th East Jessamine County High School
8th LaRue County High School
9th Greenwood High School
10th Harrison County High School

Though they came last year, Graves County won't be in attendance.

[Former Speech Man]

Well, I haven't heard if Calloway is coming this year or not. They went to KESDA last year, so that's why I mentioned them. They are fairly good sized, about as big as Danville, maybe a little smaller. And yes, they are in the far west part of the state. Here I will post the results of the 2004 KESDA Sr. Forum:

1st Rowan County High School (712 Points)
2nd Knott County Central (627 Points)
3rd Danville High School (494 Points)
4th Graves County High School (159 Points)
5th Kentucky Country Day School (152 Points)
6th Calloway County High School
7th East Jessamine County High School
8th LaRue County High School
9th Greenwood High School
10th Harrison County High School

Though they came last year, Graves County won't be in attendance.

If Calloway is as big as Danville, how would a small KCD team beat them in sweeps, then? I know that quality wins out, but for them to be that big shouldn't they be top 4 almost automatically?

[Interper05]

Well, I haven't heard if Calloway is coming this year or not. They went to KESDA last year, so that's why I mentioned them. They are fairly good sized, about as big as Danville, maybe a little smaller. And yes, they are in the far west part of the state. Here I will post the results of the 2004 KESDA Sr. Forum:

1st Rowan County High School (712 Points)
2nd Knott County Central (627 Points)
3rd Danville High School (494 Points)
4th Graves County High School (159 Points)
5th Kentucky Country Day School (152 Points)
6th Calloway County High School
7th East Jessamine County High School
8th LaRue County High School
9th Greenwood High School
10th Harrison County High School

Though they came last year, Graves County won't be in attendance.

If Calloway is as big as Danville, how would a small KCD team beat them in sweeps, then? I know that quality wins out, but for them to be that big shouldn't they be top 4 almost automatically?

Go to this site to see all of Calloway County's members and every other NFL paricipating school's members.

I was wrong about Calloway's size. They are quit a bit smaller than Danville, yet quite a bit larger than KCD. They are about the same size as Lafayette (whom doesn't attend KESDA).

http://points.nflonline.org/Reports.aspx?rpt=LargestSchools&district_id=40&year=current

[Interper05]

Whoops, I forgot to post the events I'm doing at KESDA:

Solo Acting
Persuasive Speaking
Duo Interp
Improv Pairs
Group Interp
Poetry

And I'm competing in the Quadrathon

[Former Speech Man]

Whoops, I forgot to post the events I'm doing at KESDA:

Solo Acting
Persuasive Speaking
Duo Interp
Improv Pairs
Group Interp
Poetry

And I'm competing in the Quadrathon

Wow...sounds like you're going to be busy! But that's the way it should be, you know? I always did as much as I possibly could...you only live once, right? :wink:

Will all of Calloway's squad be there? I'm curious to see how well they will do...you guys will have to post the results after it's all said and done so I can be filled in...

Is Dunbar still around? I've not heard mention of them on the forum...I've heard some good things about them in the past year or so... :shock:

[vertigo_dx]

The funny part about KCD's size is that, while we have 20+ registered members, we never have more than 8 ppl at a tournament....and this year, never more than 6. We're taking a record THREE to KESDA. Should be quite the competition, no? :roll:

My events:
Extemp
Duo Interp
Duo Improv
Persuasive
Radio

[Former Speech Man]

Scott County is sending a few token entries, I know I'm doing Impromptu, Congress, extemp (grr..), and Persuasive speaking (once again, grr..).
I think, overall, we have a few people going in congress plus two or three interpers.

der Reese

You're from Scott Co., right? Is your whole team going? I used to compete against a real strong duo team from Scott...about 5 years ago. For the life of me I can't remember their names...do you know anyone from back then that did well in Duo? Your team was decent-sized back then...don't remember how you placed in Sweeps, though...do you still have around 15 members?

[Man with No Nation]

While you're answering that question you might as well tell me how the "der Reese" thing came about. That should be interesting

KESDA sounds...weird! How can you do SO MANY events...INCLUDING CONGRESS.

[MamaClaire]

Greenwood is coming! :D We're bringing 15 people and have about 29 entries.

[MamaClaire]

BTY, forgot something...anyone happen to know if the banquet is still "formal" this year?

[Former Speech Man]

Greenwood is coming! :D We're bringing 15 people and have about 29 entries.
That's cool....I remember you guys from way down in BG...we hardly ever competited against you guys since you were so western...

[Interper05]

BTY, forgot something...anyone happen to know if the banquet is still "formal" this year?

Oh, yes, it always is.

[Interper05]

While you're answering that question you might as well tell me how the "der Reese" thing came about. That should be interesting

KESDA sounds...weird! How can you do SO MANY events...INCLUDING CONGRESS.

It is because it flighted in three sections, and group interp is in its own flight. Normally you can do only five but you can do six if you do group.

[Former Speech Man]

KESDA sounds...weird! How can you do SO MANY events...INCLUDING CONGRESS.

It is because it flighted in three sections, and group interp is in its own flight. Normally you can do only five but you can do six if you do group.

Group Interp? Is it like duo with the same rules...only with more people??? :?:

[Calloway Jim]

1st Rowan County High School (712 Points)
2nd Knott County Central (627 Points)
3rd Danville High School (494 Points)
4th Graves County High School (159 Points)
5th Kentucky Country Day School (152 Points)
6th Calloway County High School
7th East Jessamine County High School
8th LaRue County High School
9th Greenwood High School
10th Harrison County High School

Calloway brought 4 people to KESDA last year.

[Calloway Jim]

KESDA was a blast, and I'm glad we'll be attending this year as well. We won't be bringing our ENTIRE team, but most of the kids will be there. I wouldn't classify Calloway as a large team, not this year anyway. I think Lafayette is a good comparison.

[Former Speech Man]

KESDA was a blast, and I'm glad we'll be attending this year as well. We won't be bringing our ENTIRE team, but most of the kids will be there. I wouldn't classify Calloway as a large team, not this year anyway. I think Lafayette is a good comparison.
But what constitutes a large team? I've been out of the loop for a long time...and hearing that I have no idea how big Lafayette is. So if you're not bringing your whole team, would that mean you're bringing 15 members? Is that considered big or medium? To me, 20 or more is big. 35 + is huge! It's very vague to an old-timer like me... :lol:

[Former Speech Man]

KESDA was a blast, and I'm glad we'll be attending this year as well. We won't be bringing our ENTIRE team, but most of the kids will be there. I wouldn't classify Calloway as a large team, not this year anyway. I think Lafayette is a good comparison.
But what constitutes a large team? I've been out of the loop for a long time...and hearing that I have no idea how big Lafayette is. So if you're not bringing your whole team, would that mean you're bringing 15 members? Is that considered big or medium? To me, 20 or more is big. 35 + is huge! It's very vague to an old-timer like me... :lol:

[littleknown]

how big is big? well, it can be decieving - depending on how many events each individual person does.

campbell county, we have, maybe 12 people on the team, total. most tournaments, we have about 6 or 7 competitors. i think our record is 11 students competiting at one time - something like that. but since everyone does three or more events, we seem bigger than we are.

i'm excited about KESDA. mostly because i get to skip one day of school. kick ***.

[MamaClaire]

Greenwood's not BIG, but we do have more people on the team this year than any of the other three years I've been here. 17 people...Good Heavens! I hadn't actually counted until just now! Probably doesn't sound like much when compared to maybe Graves or Boone, but still!

Only 5 of us have done speech before, but I'm the only one that's been on the team since Freshman year; four are Freshman now, and the rest are sophomores and two juniors. We're new and young, but we have a blast!

[Interper05]

For our speech team class grade, each person from Rowan County is required to have at least two events ready by the end of the first semester. Now whether they pick up any more that that is up tp them, but most people from our team are taking anywhere from 3-4 events (on average). There is the occasional person (like me) who have six events because they are doing Group Interp plus the five alotted from the other flights. Our team has 43 (give or take a few) members, so we always have A LOT of entries.

[Former Speech Man]

For our speech team class grade, each person from Rowan County is required to have at least two events ready by the end of the first semester. Now whether they pick up any more that that is up tp them, but most people from our team are taking anywhere from 3-4 events (on average). There is the occasional person (like me) who have six events because they are doing Group Interp plus the five alotted from the other flights. Our team has 43 (give or take a few) members, so we always have A LOT of entries.
I keep hearing about this Group Interp...what is it? What kind of story or piece could you use for it? This is all new to me...so some info would be cool. Is it like duo with more people? What are the rule differences???

[Interper05]

Group Interp is brand new this year. It is a lot like Duo Interp, except that you can have 3-5 people in each group, you can use up to five chairs, and each school can only have 3 entries in the event. All of the other rules of Duo Interp apply, like each person can only have one character,there must be off stage focus, interp books are required, and the time limit is 10 minutes. The selection my tean is performing is called "Clap Trap." You can think of it as an HI with a different person playing each character. The other two teams from my school are doing "Runaways" and "Into The Woods."

[Former Speech Man]

Group Interp is brand new this year. It is a lot like Duo Interp, except that you can have 3-5 people in each group, you can use up to five chairs, and each school can only have 3 entries in the event. All of the other rules of Duo Interp apply, like each person can only have one character,there must be off stage focus, interp books are required, and the time limit is 10 minutes. The selection my tean is performing is called "Clap Trap." You can think of it as an HI with a different person playing each character. The other two teams from my school are doing "Runaways" and "Into The Woods."

Oh...it's clearer to me now. But "Into the Woods?" Isn't that a musical? Are they allowed to sing in GI?

[MamaClaire]

Sorry to change the subject for a moment...our coach (new this year) can't find any info. about a theme for the KESDA dance is there one?

[Interper05]

Oh...it's clearer to me now. But "Into the Woods?" Isn't that a musical? Are they allowed to sing in GI?

Just like any interp event, you can sing a little, but they don't use any singing in it. There are many musicals out there that have been tured into successful speech pieces. To name one, Natalie Sintek from Eagan High School, MN won every single national tournament last year she went to last year (including the NFL National) with the musical "Ruthless" as an HI. You can cut a musical piece in such a way that you can use song lyricks and yet stay clear from melodies, rhym and rhythm.

[Interper05]

Sorry to change the subject for a moment...our coach (new this year) can't find any info. about a theme for the KESDA dance is there one?

Sorry, I have no clue what the theme is. Have your coach contact the KESDA Executive Director, whose contact info can be viewed on the following link:


http://www.kesda.org/board/

[Former Speech Man]

[quote]/quote]

Just like any interp event, you can sing a little, but they don't use any singing in it. There are many musicals out there that have been tured into successful speech pieces. To name one, Natalie Sintek from Eagan High School, MN won every single national tournament last year she went to last year (including the NFL National) with the musical "Ruthless" as an HI. You can cut a musical piece in such a way that you can use song lyricks and yet stay clear from melodies, rhym and rhythm.

Cool...sounds interesting. I'm guessing the other 2 you guys are doing are from straight plays, right? I'm only speculating on that assumption...I don't know those two pieces. Break a leg!!!

[littleknown]

Sorry to change the subject for a moment...our coach (new this year) can't find any info. about a theme for the KESDA dance is there one?

yeah, on this tangent (sp?) - my coach said that a million years ago when she competed at KESDA, the banquet / awards was formal - like people wore their fancy-homecoming-type-dresses. is this true? we would hate to be the only dorks dressed up.

dance? banquet? are these different?

(sorry for the triviality of these questions)

[Interper05]

Sorry to change the subject for a moment...our coach (new this year) can't find any info. about a theme for the KESDA dance is there one?

yeah, on this tangent (sp?) - my coach said that a million years ago when she competed at KESDA, the banquet / awards was formal - like people wore their fancy-homecoming-type-dresses. is this true? we would hate to be the only dorks dressed up.

dance? banquet? are these different?

(sorry for the triviality of these questions)

No, you wouldn't wear a homecoming dress, you would wear something that you would compete in.

Yes the dance and the awards banquet are different. The dance is held on Friday evening and the awards banquet is held Saturday evening. At the dance, you can wear whatever you like. But at the awards banquet (especially if you are going to receive an award) you need to wear formal, competetion apperal.

[Interper05]

[quote]/quote]

Just like any interp event, you can sing a little, but they don't use any singing in it. There are many musicals out there that have been tured into successful speech pieces. To name one, Natalie Sintek from Eagan High School, MN won every single national tournament last year she went to last year (including the NFL National) with the musical "Ruthless" as an HI. You can cut a musical piece in such a way that you can use song lyricks and yet stay clear from melodies, rhym and rhythm.

Cool...sounds interesting. I'm guessing the other 2 you guys are doing are from straight plays, right? I'm only speculating on that assumption...I don't know those two pieces. Break a leg!!!

Yes, "Clap Trap" (humorous) and "Runaways" (serious) are straight plays.

[KY Acid Trip]

I wish we were going this year... KESDA was always a fun competition to compete in ( not to mention the pool and arcade was amaZing ).

[Interper05]

The only thing I really don't like about KESDA is that you have to compete in tiny hotel rooms. Trying to do Solo Acting is a real ***** because of the limit space.

[Former Speech Man]

The only thing I really don't like about KESDA is that you have to compete in tiny holtel rooms. Trying to do Solo Acting is a real ***** because of the limit space.

You think solo is bad in a hotel room...try storytelling. But I actually had a fondness for the hotel room competitions...it was rather relaxing compared to the drab school rooms we were used to. But finals were never in hotel rooms...only prelims. And the beds were nice and cozy to sit on while you were waiting your turn...as long as you didn't fall asleep, that is! :lol:

[MamaClaire]

last year, the G-wood people had on 'homecoming' dresses...no glitter, but a little more fancy than just our speech suits. the guys did have on their speech suits, though
we planned on doing the same thing this year

[Former Speech Man]

According to the website...KESDA is in like 2 days...are you guys excited or what??? I miss the good old days...is everybody practiced and ready? Competition will be fierce from what I'm hearing...