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Welcome to the Cardinal Swing hosted by Saginaw Valley State University.

SVSU and the Michigan Intercollegiate Speech League are pleased to invite you to the asynchronous portion of our fall tournament. This asynchronous tournament is open to all programs, not just MISL.

The Cardinal Swing begin Tuesday, December 3rd and will feature all 11 NFA events. There are no entry restrictions, including double entries.

We look forward to seeing you!

Ryan Rigda Carole Bennett

Individual Events Director MISL Director and Tournament Host

Tournament Director Oakland Community College

Saginaw Valley State cabennet@oaklandcc.edu (pref.)

rsrigda@svsu.edu Office 248-522-3692 (last resort)

Cell: (989) 737-6362 Cell- 734-709-7964

Thank you to all!

TENTATIVE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

5:00 PM Entries and recordings DUE to SpeechWire

**LP Prompts released Friday, November 29th.

6:00 PM Prelim rounds released to judges

Friday, December 6, 2024

9:00 AM Prelim rounds due

12:00 PM Final rounds released to judges

Saturday, September 30th

12:00 PM Final rounds due

Awards will be held virtually during the MISL State Tournament - Time TBD

7:00 PM Final Results Released

GENERAL INFORMATION

ENTRIES & JUDGES: Entries and recordings should be received by Tuesday, December 3rd at 5:00 PM via Speechwire.com. Each school should provide one qualified judge for every 6 slots entered. If you cannot get a clean judge, please let us know because we may be able to work something out!

If one doesn’t already exist, coaches will need to create a team account on Speechwire.

If you are joining via cellphone, participants may need to download zoom app before the tournament to ensure participation in the workshops.

Clean judges should not have taught nor coached your students in any way. Additionally, clean judges must not have competed in the last 2 years. Please let us know of any other judging conflicts.

Judges must possess a baccalaureate degree or its equivalent or have completed four (4) years of collegiate competition. Judges who cannot judge may be asked to help w/tab, Zoom, & more.

Cardinal Swing Fees:

Entries: $10 per IE Slot

Uncovered entries: $12 per uncovered slot

$25.00 per drop after registration (slots and judges)

Judging: 1 judge covers 6 I.E. entries

Payment:

Contact Ryan Rigda @ rsrigda@svsu.edu to arrange fees (check, venmo, paypal, applepay are all options)

Awards:

Certificates will be e-mailed to the top six persons in each event, and they will be announced at the conclusion of the event via e-mail/SpeechWire.