Bloomington Results

Sorry I missed a tournament! Seems like it was another great weekend.

Results:
Luke Braun- Champion, Novice Creative (AGAIN!)
Christian England-Sullivan- 5th Place, Novice Humorous
Madie Gore- 5th Place, Honors Creative
Leema John- 7th Place, Extemp Speaking
Danielle Johnson- Champion, Novice Storytelling
Adam Kunkel- 3rd Place, Honors Creative
Jack Ryan- 4th Place, Novice Extemp Speaking
Dylan Slinger-2nd, Extemp Speaking

Great job everyone!

Shirt $$$ DUE!!!

All orders for shirts and jackets must be in by TOMORROW (Friday, Feb. 26th!!!!). Bring to Heinis' room ASAP. $8 for a t-shirt; $35 for jacket ($40 with name).

Eastview Discussion Tasks

Tasks for Eastview are available:

http://www.mdta.org/messagesView.aspx?threadID=1960&news=no

Happy discussing.

Lakeville South Results

We hosted a GREAT tournament! And you did well also! Huzzah! We took 6th place as a team (out of 19 schools), so well done everyone!

Results:
Ashley Branch- 6th Place, Impromptu
Luke Braun- 7th Place, Creative
Christian England-Sulllivan- 6th Place Honors, Humorous
Raffi Garnighian- 2nd Place, Impromptu; 7th Place, Extemp.
Madie Gore- Champion, Creative
Logan Halliday-3rd Place, Storytelling
Hannah Heintze- 7th Place, Discussion
Kanchan Hulasare- 6th Place, Discussion
Leema John- 6th Place Honors, Extemp.
Adam Kunkel- 7th Place Honors, OO; 3rd Place, Creative
Maddy Peton-5th Place Honors, Poetry
Dylan Slinger- Champion, Impromptu; 4th Place, Extemp.
Jeff Steinkamp- 7th Place, Honors Storytelling

Bloomington AND Eastview Information

(Because I will be gone until Thursday, the 25th, I am posting info for both tournaments. DON'T GET THEM CONFUSED!!!)

Bloomington (Sat. Feb. 20):
Because this is north of the river, there is a return bus. YOU MAY NOT LEAVE EARLY FOR SADIES!!!!!!!! The bus will leave at 7:10, so be here at 7:05. Coaches are Emily and Andy. Varsity and All extemp get on Bus 1 (with Andy); Novice and all discussion get on Bus 2 (with Emily). They are going different places, so this is very important!!!

Roster-- It is becoming easier to list those that are NOT coming. So, if your name is not on this list, you are registered to attend. NOT ATTENDING: Abbie Barrett, Charlie Carson, Hannah Heintze, Megan Johnston, Joan Keller, and Jeff Steinkamp.

VERY IMPORTANT: I WILL BE IN MEXICO. CALLING ME WOULD BE POINTLESS. IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT ON SATURDAY, CALL EMILY (763-229-1067) OR ANDY (651-387-8305)!!!!!!!

Eastview (Sat. Feb. 27):
This is another south of the river tournament, meaning you MUST ride the bus, but you need to get a ride home from Eastview HS in Apple Valley. The bus will leave at 7:10, so be here at 7:05. We are all going to the same place, but there will be two busses. Let's stick to the same bus pattern, anyway though. So novices and discussion on one bus, varsity and extemp on the other.

Roster-- NOT ATTENDING: Dylan Slinger (make sure you get the tubs to someone else...), Lisa Sweere, Taylor Vivant

I'll be back on Thursday, Feb. 25th, so if you have questions, hold them until then. I will be unreachable in Mexico.

Feb. 20--Sadies

The tournament on Feb. 20 is in Bloomington (not far). You will not be allowed to leave early for Sadies. If you do not show up for the tournament on the 20th, and I find out you were at Sadies that night, I will take very strong action. You signed a tournament contract. You will stick to it. Speech is a commitment. (Yes, I'm posting this because people have asked.)

South Tourney Info

You all know your jobs this week (if not, come sign up ASAP!), but like other tournaments, here's the info for Saturday:

Arrive at: 7:15 to help set up; you are a host on Saturday, whether you like it or not :-)

Roster--it is easier to list who is NOT coming. Those people are: Lauren Koch, Evan Marian, Kaya Petersen, and Ashley Schilz

Everyone else, see you at 7:15 on Saturday in my classroom.

Oh, one last thing: EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE MEMORIZED AND OFF SCRIPT BY THIS SATURDAY!!!!

Apple Valley results

Congratulations on another successful tournament! Apple Valley is a tough, tough tournament, so great job to all who did so well. We took 8th place overall (again, out of 24 schools), so even though we haven't brought home a team trophy, we're doin' pretty darn good!

Results:
Luke Braun- Champion, Novice Creative Ex (second week in a row!)
Anna Doyle- 5th place, Novice Drama
Christian England-Sullivan- 5th place, Novice Humorous
Raffi Garnighian- 4th place, Honors Extemp Speaking
McCall Halliday- 5th place, Novice Creative Ex
Adam Kunkel-6th place, Honors Creative Ex
Lauren Lambrecht- 7th place, Novice Poetry
Meagan Schrafft- 6th place, Novice Prose
Dylan Slinger- 3rd place, Extemp Speaking

TOURNEY PREP

TOURNAMENT PREP: SIGN UP FOR ONE RESPONSIBILITY. MAKE SURE YOU’RE AVAILABLE THAT DAY. WHEN FINISHED WITH YOUR ASSIGNED TASK, YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO STAY AND HELP OTHERS WITH THEIR TASKS. GROUP EFFORT!!!!

The sign up sheet is hanging outside my classroom door.

Impromptu at South

At our home tournament, we offer Impromptu as a fun, extra event for people to try. If you would like to do it, let me know and I'll register you. ALL extemp. speakers will be doing it (because they're used to speaking on a moment's notice). Everyone else, tell me and I'll register you.

See description of Impromptu HERE.

OUR tournament prep

Our tournament is Saturday, Feb. 13th. NEXT WEEK! Every member of the team must help with preparing for the tournament. Sign up for your day and responsibility outside Heinis' room starting next week. The work days will be Thursday and Friday (the 11th and 12th).

See Heinis with questions.

Apple Valley Info

First and foremost, I need to say this many times: there is NO RETURN BUS this Saturday. One of the budget cuts is one-way bussing for Apple Valley, Eastview, and Eagan. I have zero control over this. You MUST ride the bus to the tournament, and get picked up at Apple Valley High School when we're done. Someone could drop a car off for you, perhaps, or you could carpool, but you MAY NOT DRIVE YOURSELVES THERE. You may not leave until after awards.

The busses will leave at 7:00 AM. DON'T BE LATE. CALL IF YOU ARE NOT COMING. Please note which bus you are on. The list is below. Note: the busses are going two different places, so you MUST be on the correct bus. I will take attendance on both busses, and then follow the bus to FRMS in my car. Joy will meet the AVHS group there.

See me with questions. Remember, NO RETURN BUS!!!

Apple Valley 2010
Feb. 6, 2010
BUS #1
To Apple Valley High School

Varsity and ALL Extemp

Barrett, Abbie-OO
Branch, Ashley- OO
Brundrett, Chelsea- Duo
Ebeling, Brittany- OO and Poe
Garnighian, Raffi-Extemp
Gore, Madeline- Creative
Halliday, Logan- Storytelling
John, Leema- Extemp
Johnston, Megan- Info and Duo
Koch, Lauren- Duo
Kunkel, Adam- OO and Creative
Nelson, Ruthie- OO
Rutan, Hayden- Humor
Ryan, Jack- Extemp
Shim, Anselmo- Extemp
Slinger, Dylan-Extemp
Sweere, Lisa- Info
Vivant, Taylor- OO
Vold, Kate- Drama and Duo

Apple Valley 2010
Feb. 6, 2010
Bus #2
To Falcon Ridge Middle School

Novice and ALL Discussion

Armstrong, Shannon- Disco
Batz, Anna- Prose
Boutwell, William- Storytelling
Braun, Luke- Creative
Carson, Charlie- OO
Doyle, Anna- Drama
England-Sullivan, Christian-Humor
Haakonson, Tess- Info
Halliday, McCall- Creative
Hulasare, Kanchan- Disco
Johnson, Danielle- Storytelling
Jones, Anesha- Humor
Kimmel, Kaitlyn- Great Speeches
Lambrecht, Lauren- Poetry
Lane, Audrey- Info
Longley, Maddy- Disco
Marian, Evan- Great Speeches
Monsalve, Diego- Creative
Petersen, Tijen- Poetry
Pospisil, Jenica- Drama
Roberts, Mallory- Drama
Schrafft, Meagan- Prose
Slinger, Samy-Info
Sperl, Megan- Humor
Stiles, Maggie- Prose
Zeru, Meron- Disco

Eden Prairie Results

Congratulations on a great first tournament! We took 7th place (out of 24)! Well done. Ten people made finals, and we had three champions! Again, great job :-)

Results:
Abbie Barrett- 4th place, Honors OO
Luke Braun- Champion, Novice Creative Ex
Christian England-Sullivan- 2nd place, Novice Humorous
Hannah Heintze- 6th place, Honors Discussion
Leema John- 7th place, Extemp Speaking
Joan Keller-7th place, Honors Discussion
Adam Kunkel- Champion, Creative Ex
Maddy Peton- 3rd place, Poetry
Jack Ryan- 3rd place, Novice Extemp Speaking
Dylan Slinger- Champion, Extemp Speaking

Opportunity

On Tuesday, Feb. 2nd, Normandale Community College in Bloomington is hosting a Twin Cities Forensics League College Speech tournament. Rounds are at 3:00, 4:15, and 6:30. This is an excellent opportunity for you to gain more exposure to speaking and perhaps steal topics/pieces (they're college, you're HS!).

Have fun!

Tournament Morning Procedure (For Novices)

Hey new speechers! It was brought to my attention you probably don't know the "protocol" for tournament mornings. You're handbook (which you should re-read before Saturday, by the way) starts with riding the bus. Well, where will that bus be?

The school building is locked on most Saturday mornings, so it is best to wait in your car until the bus has arrived (if you're early). The bus will pick us up in the UPPER PARKING LOT (the teacher lot), because then we have a shorter distance to walk from our cars to the bus (it's gonna be COLD!!!). To recap:
1. Be on time.
2. Wait in car so you don't freeze.
3. UPPER PARKING LOT
4. Call Heinis' cell (952-451-7976) BEFORE 10 PM FRIDAY OR AFTER 5 AM SATURDAY if you are not going to be on the bus.

Eden Prairie, Jan. 30

Roster of students attending:
Barrett, Abbie –OO only
Batz, Anna- Prose
Branch, Ashley- OO
Braun, Luke- Creative
Carson, Charlie- OO
Cole, Mike- Info
England-Sullivan, Christian- Humor
Heintze, Hannah- Disco
John, Leema- Extemp
Jones, Anesha- Humor
Keller, Joan- Disco
Kimmel, Kaitlyn- Great speech
Kunkel, Adam- Creative and OO
Lane, Audrey- Info
Marian, Evan- Great speeches
Monsalve, Diego- Creative
O'brien, Grace- Great speeches
Peton, Maddy- Poetry and Drama
Pospisil, Jenica- Drama
Roberts, Mallory- Drama
Ryan, Jack- Extemp
Schilz, Ashley- OO
Schrafft, Meagan- Prose
Slinger, Dylan- Extemp
Slinger, Samy- Infor
Steinkamp, Jeff- Storytelling
Sweere, Lisa- Info
Zeru, Meron- Disco

Leave time: 7:05
Draw time: 8:15

Awards are scheduled to start at 4:30, so we'll be headed back on the bus at about 5:15 (if all runs on time).

SEE YOU THEN! (See me with questions.)

TEAM WORKSHOP

In case anyone checks this before after school, it seems many have forgotten about our team workshop TODAY Friday, Jan. 15th from 3-8. This is in your handbook and on your schedule. PLEASE be here.

Disco Topic for 19 Jan

You are a team of NASA administrators who need to present to Congress a strategic roadmap for the future. Because funding is tight and the political will to explore space has weakened, your roadmap has to be compelling. For this presentation, you need to do two things. (1) You need to identify and outline big-picture changes that have taken place relative to space exploration and (2) identify possible partners that NASA could work with to develop further exploration activities.

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1543/1

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=space&id=news/AWAIT122109.xml&headline=NASA%20Ponders%20Post-Shuttle%20Reorganization

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126135372896199409.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLETopStories

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1537/1

Extemp Practice Times

Our normal practice schedule is Thurs and Friday at 6PM.

On Monday's I meet with the Disco peeps at 6PM and you are welcome to come to print/read/file during that time, but I don't have anything formally planned for Mondays.

Because of State Debate, we will practice only on Thursday the week of Jan 11.

Disco Practice for 11 January

You are a members of a blue-ribbon commission convened to evaluate NASA's quest to send a manned mission to Mars. Your goal is to answer this question: "Is it worth it?" In other words, are the benefits of a manned trip to Mars worth great enough to justify the costs. When considering costs, you should evaluate not only the overall expenditures for the mission, but how those funds might be better used and the impact this amount of spending would have on other NASA programs. You should directly answer this question and develop a list of justifications for your answer.

Have fun!