2025 MILLARD WEST WINTER WONDERLAND

 

Dear Forensics Colleague,

The Millard West Forensics Team cordially invites you to attend the 25 Annual Winter Wonderland Speech Tournament to be held on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. 

 

Please read over the invitation and call or e-mail if you have questions at: jmjerome@mpsomaha.org or 402-715-6092(classroom) 402-658-6933 (cell).

 

ENTRIES ARE DUE BY 8:00 p.m. ON Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025 

 

Community Champion Award! 

Once again, MWF will be asking teams attending to help us support a local non-profit. This year our organization is  This year our organization is The Collective For HOPE. You can find information about them here https://thecollectiveforhope.org Items they accept can be found on their website but are:

 

 

 

There will be an award for the team with the most donations! So please harness your charitable heart and donate to a fantastic cause. 

 

EVENTS and RULES

We will be following NSDA rules for the following events:  Humorous Interp, Dramatic Interp, Original Oratory, Extemp, Duo Interp, Informative, and Program Oral Interp.  

 

We will be following NSAA rules for the following events:  Entertainment, Interp of Poetry and Oral Interp of Drama(we will allow for 15 minute times to accommodate all). For out of state schools the NSAA rules can be found at http://nsaahome.org/speech/ 

 

 

We will follow standard NE Community rules for Impromptu--5 minutes prep and up to 5 minutes delivery. Draw will be online. 

 

 

**We WILL be using online Extemp and Impromptu Draw. Please prepare your competitors for that.**

 

 

Please enter your UNIFIED students via Speechwire. We welcome ALL! They will do one round at 9 am and 3 of our judges will judge them. They will also receive a trophy at the main Award Ceremony, please plan accordingly. 

 

ENTRIES and FEES

Students may triple enter.  However, we will not hold a round if they are running late.  We will also be recognizing Top Novice in each Individual event.  

Entry fee will be $8.00 per event (Duo counts as one event).  

 

JUDGES

You must provide one qualified judge for every six (6) entries.  

Any entry not covered by your judges will cost an additional $15.00 per entry.  

Please try to cover as many judges as possible.  

 

ALL JUDGES MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR FINALS.

 

Any entry not covered by your judges will cost an additional $15.00 per entry.  

If you drop entries after 12:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 25, you will be charged 15.00 dollars per entry.

If you drop judges after 10:00 a.m. on Friday, January 26, you will be charged 25.00 dollars per judge.

 

LATE CHANGES

After the deadline, please contact Jennifer Jerome with any changes at:

402-715-6092 (classroom)

402-715-6000 (school)

402-658-6933 (cell)

 

**There will be NO refunds for drops after the entry deadline**

 

AWARDS

Trophies will be awarded to the champion in each event with medals for 2-6 place.  There will also be a trophy for top novice in each individual event.  Sweepstakes will be awarded to the top three teams.

 

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS SCHEDULE

8:00 am                 REGISTRATION 

8:30 EXTEMP DRAW Round I

9:00 ROUND I

10:00                     EXTEMP DRAW RD II

10:30 ROUND II

11:30                     EXTEMP DRAW RD III

12:00                     ROUND III

1:30                       EXTEMP DRAW Finals

2:00 Finals 

 

**AWARDS A.S.A.P. FOLLOWING FINALS**

 

"Students advancing to bid rounds of this tournament will earn one official bid for the 2025 NIETOC hosted at Liberty North HS on May 16-18, 2025."

**We will send six students in all events to finals, six to honors finals. If entries warrant, 6 to merit finals and 6 in consolation finals in the NIETOC events only.**

 

**Ties in finals will be broken on the following criteria:

1       Total ranks in this round/s

2       Prelim opponents' average rank (this preferences those in more difficult sections)

3       Head-to-head in prelims (2-way ties only)

4       Reciprocals in this round/s (here a 1-2-3 combination would advance over a 2-2-2)**

 

We look forward to a great tournament and to seeing all of you!

 

Jennifer Jerome, Director of Forensics 

and the Millard West Forensics Team