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55th Annual Bloomington Speech Tournament
General information
This is a High School tournament in Minnesota. View manager contact information
Dear Speech Coach,
On behalf of the Bloomington Speech Team and the Bloomington Friends of Forensics, I cordially invite you to the 55th Annual Bloomington Speech Invitational on Saturday, February 15, 2025.
Our tournament will feature online balloting and critiques with all MSHSL categories as well as POI and impromptu. We will once again split IX and USX as separate categories for extemporaneous speaking this year. We will break to regular, honor, and novice finals in all events and individual awards will be presented to all finalists and sweepstakes awards to the top three large team and top small team entries.
We are pleased this year to once again be an NIETOC bid tournament. If our registration numbers allow, we will break to extra final rounds in the NIETOC categories.
We look forward to seeing you on February 15!
Sincerely,
Scott Sieling
Bloomington Jefferson High School
PRE-TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 4:00 PM
ENTRIES
Currently, we have no limits on entries. Students may double and triple enter with the following exceptions: students may not double enter in the two extemporaneous speaking events, and students in draw events may not triple enter.
ENTRY FEES
The entry fee is $7 per entry, $14 per duo. Make checks out to “Bloomington Friends of Forensics”, our speech team booster club. Please have your school mail your check or bring it to registration.
Bloomington Friends of Forensics
Bloomington Jefferson High School
Bloomington, MN 55437
ENTRY CHANGES
Any changes made to your team’s registration after Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM are non-refundable.
JUDGES
You must provide one judge per six entries. We have a limited number of judges available for hire for a fee of $100.00. Please email sdsieling@gmail.com if you are in need of a hired judge, and we will try to accommodate your request.
CATEGORIES AND TIME LIMITS
We will honor both MSHSL and NSDA rules. All thirteen MSHSL speech events will be offered. All non-draw events will be allowed a time limit of TEN MINUTES. For a copy of MSHSL rules, go to the MSHSL website at www.mshsl.org.
All NSDA events will follow NSDA rules. Please visit the NSDA website at www.speechanddebate.org for rules.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Scott Sieling
sdsieling@gmail.com
School: (952) 806-7686
Fax: (952) 806-7621
DAY OF TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
TOURNAMENT PROGRAM/LIVE DOC
DIRECTIONS
Jefferson High School is located at the intersection of France Ave. and 102nd Street. The address is 4001 W. 102nd St., Bloomington, MN 55437. Buses should drop students off at the main entrance. Buses remaining on site should park in the Jefferson lot or in the lot on Johnson Street, which is between the two schools.
REGISTRATION
Registration will occur at Jefferson High School from 7:00 to 8:00 AM on Saturday morning.
LOCATION
All events will be held at Jefferson High School.
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
There will be three preliminary rounds and a final round of approximately seven competitors. We will offer separate regular, honor, and novice finals in all events.
AWARDS
Trophies and ribbons will be awarded to finalists in all events.
CONCESSIONS
Our concession stands will be available throughout the tournament. Breakfast items, lunch and other snacks will be available.
DRAW EVENTS AND DISCUSSION
All draw events will have thirty-minute preparation times. Storytelling contestants should be prepared for all stories. Extemporaneous Reading contestants should be prepare for all poems or for prose stories. Students will draw for all three preliminary rounds and finals. The Discussion tasks will be taken from Areas I and II of the MSHSL outline. The discussion outline is available at www.mshsl.org.
Manager contact information Scott Sieling
Email address: sdsieling@gmail.com
Phone number: 952-212-7414 Mailing address 4001 W. 102nd St.
Bloomington , MN 55437
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