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Forensics
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Mrs. Dunn and Mrs. Davis, sponsors of the Hiawatha High School Forensics Team, are pleased to announce that the 2008 forensics season has begun. With the return of last year’s members and the many new members, this year is set with high expectations. “This is the largest team we have had in the past four years, so I am excited to see the popularity of forensics growing,” commented Mrs. Dunn, after being asked how she felt about this year’s season.
The Forensics Team is a club offered to students who enjoy acting or expressing themselves through skits or poetry. Students are selected for an event that they are most suitable for.
Extemporaneous Category: students participating include Drew Clary and Bryton Schulenberg.
Serious Solo Acting Category: students include Erin Gernon, David Vandiver, Britnee Enyart, and Kelsey Lillie.
Humorous Solo Acting Category: students include: Meghan Shoop, Nicholas Van Swol, Rahnishia, Josh Coufal, and Carli Gunnells.
Duet Acting Category: students include: Meghan Shoop and Jereme Jones, Carli Gunnells and Jessica Bauerle, Rahnishia Day and Luke Anderson, Keith Boyer and Britnee Enyart, and Drew Clary and Bryton Schulenberg.
Oral Interpretation of Poetry Category: students include: Jessica Bauerle, Chelsea Thompson, Erin Gernon and Luke Anderson.
Improvised Duet Acting (IDA) Category: students include Keith Boyer and Josh Coufal, David Vandiver and Jereme Jones, and Caleb Lenon and Calvin Hill.
Informative Speech Category: students include Chelsea Thompson, Nicholas Van Swol, and Hailey Grimm.
Original Oration Category: students include Breana Adcock, Caleb Lenon, and Luke Wenger.
Oral Interpretation of Prose Category: students include Kelsey Lillie, Hailey Grimm, Calvin Hill, and Luke Wenger.
Extemporaneous is an event in which each participant will draw three topics from a bank of domestic and foreign topics. As soon as the topic is chosen, the speaker will have 30 minutes to prepare a speech on that topic. The speaker will be able to consult sources brought to the contest including magazines, books, etc. This is a great event for someone who can formulate thoughts quickly (and accurately) and has prior knowledge of worldly topics. Brief notes may be used when delivering the speech. The speech shall be no longer than seven minutes.
Serious Solo Acting is an acting event in which the entire stage area may be used. The selection, including the introduction, can be no longer than ten minutes in length. This selection will be taken from published works of serious literature including play scripts, short stories, novels, poetry and published television or movie scripts. The selection must be memorized and given without notes. A chair may be used in this event.
Humorous Solo Acting is an acting event in which the entire stage area may be used. The selection, including the introduction, can be no longer than ten minutes in length. The selection will be taken from published works of humorous literature including play scripts, short stories, novels, poetry and published television or movie scripts. The selection must be memorized and given without notes. A chair may be used in this event.
Duet Acting is an acting event in which two students “portray a memorized ten minutes cutting from a published work of literature.” The performance may incorporate the use of two chairs and a table. The cutting may be humorous or serious and must come from a published work such as a short story, novel or play script.
In Oral Interpretation of Poetry, the speaker will recite published poetry beginning with an introduction. The material must be read from a printed manuscript, and the presentation should last no longer than seven minutes.
Improvised Duet Acting (IDA) is an improvised acting exercise composed of two students who portray an original scene created after drawing the subject. The scene should establish two characters, a situation or problem, and a solution to the conflict. Each IDA team will draw three topics from the areas of character, situation, and location. The duo will then select two of the characters, one situation and one location. The duo will then have thirty minutes to prepare a four to seven minute scene.
Original Oration is a memorized, organized speech with a unique approach to a universal theme. This will be the original work of the student and may be no longer than ten minutes in length.
In Informative Speech, the speaker “provides a learning experience for the listener by instruction or by giving information in an interesting manner.” The student will write a speech, which will be no longer than seven minutes in length. The speech must be memorized and given without notes.
The Oral Interpretation of Prose is a prose expressed thought through language recorded in sentences and paragraphs. This may include short stories, novels, articles, essays, journals, or biographies. It may not include anything written in script form. The selection will be read from manuscript and be no longer than seven minutes in length.
Potential Forensics Contests for 2008
Nemaha Valley – Feb. 9
Royal Valley – Feb. 16
Marysville or JCN – Feb. 23
Big 7 League at MH-MA – Feb. 27
Horton – March 8
ACCHS – March 29
Troy – April 12
Everyone is encouraged to attend the meets to cheer on Hiawatha High School.
