September 16, 2024

 

Hello Speech Coaches!   

 

The Thornton Township High School Speech Team is pleased to invite you to the 40th Annual Thornton “Turkey” Tournament to be held on Saturday, November 23, 2024.  There will be special events planned for the 40th since it is a big deal!  We are looking forward to a great day and are excited to run an efficient and organized tournament. 

 

Preliminary information regarding the tournament is listed below.   The tournament will include three preliminary rounds and a final round including a next in.

 

Please indicate your interest by completing SpeechWire's registration by Friday, October 25th.

 

We look forward to seeing your team at Thornton this year.  

 

Please keep in mind teams that host a tournament will be allowed to enter four in each event.  NO TRIPLE ENTRIES ALLOWED.  Additionally, the overall number of entries will be capped so get those in as soon as possible. 

 

At this time, we will be offering concessions at the tournament. When we are closer to the tournament, we will be sending an email to get an estimated number of students that will be utilizing concessions.  

 

If you should have any questions, feel free to call Brad Ablin at 708-269-9036 or Marie Wojdelski at 708-225-4129 or 708-705-0571.  

Sincerely,

Brad Ablin, Marie Wojdelski, and the Thornton Coaching Staff

 

40th Annual Thornton “Turkey” Tournament Information

Contest Rules

The Thornton “Turkey” Tournament will follow I.H.S.A. rules for all individual events with the following exceptions:

Extemporaneous Speaking: Contestants will have one 30-minute prep period. That speech will be used for both preliminary rounds. Contestants will be double-judged in the first round and single judged in the second round. Finalists will prep for a second time.

Radio Speaking: Contestants will have one 45-minute prep period. That script will be used for both preliminary rounds. Contestants will be single judged in the first round and double judged in the second round.  Finalists will prep for a second time.

Team Entry: Each team may enter two contestants per event, unless you are hosting a tournament in which teams may enter up to 4 per event.

Team scoring: Preliminary round scoring will determine team placement. The top two scoring contestants in each event will count toward your total team point tabulation.

Awards: The awards ceremony is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. Individuals medals will be awarded to all finalists. Team trophies and turkeys will be awarded to the top five schools.

Concessions: Concessions will be open throughout the day in the cafeteria.  There are limited fast food options in the area.  

Judging: Each team will need to furnish the following number of judges based on individual entries:

1 – 6 Entries:         1 judge

7 – 12 Entries:        2 judges

13 – 18 Entries:       3 judges

19 – 24 Entries:       4 judges

25 – 30 Entries:       5 judges

31 – 36 Entries:       6 judges

37 – 42 Entries:       7 judges

43 – 48 Entries:       8 judges

Each team will be responsible for the number of judges based on their original entry number. Teams that are missing judges will be charged $100.00 per judge. This fee will need to be paid before your team will be allowed to compete. Contestant drops on tournament day will not decrease your number of required judging assignments. Also, to assure proper coverage, please advise all hired judges that they must stay the entire day regardless of how many contestants if any from your team qualifies for the Final Round.

*Please supply your judges with stopwatches for Impromptu Speaking.

CHECKLIST:

10 Topics for Extemp

10 Topics for Impromptu

PAYMENT:  Entry fee is $175.00 per team regardless of the number of event entries.

$175-0-28 entries

$275-29 or more entries

**Please send payment and topics as soon as possible upon registration!

Please make check payable to: Thornton Township High School

Return checks & entry forms: Marie Wojdelski, Thornton Township High School

                                             15001 S. Broadway Avenue

                                             Harvey, IL 60426

 

SCHEDULE-Right now the tournament is not flighted.  We are anticipating running 3 flights.  But if numbers warrant, we will have to run 4 flights due to room usage.  

8 AM - Round A

 

8:45 AM - Radio Prep prelims

9:00 AM - Extemp Prep prelims

 

9:30 AM - Round B

 

11:00 AM - Round C

 

1:00 PM - Finals posting - extemp/radio

 

1:30 PM - Final prep Extemp/Radio, posting other events

 

2:15 PM - Finals All Events

 

4:30 PM or sooner - Awards 

 

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