EVENT TAGS: 🎭 Acting | 🎤 Singing | 🎙️ Speaking | 📖 Interpretation | ✍️ Writing | ⚡ On the Spot | 😂 Humor | 🎥 Media/Tech

PERFORMANCE & INTERPRETATION EVENTS

• Acting

  • 🎭 Acting | 📖 Interpretation
    Memorized | Up to 8 min.
    Bring a serious or humorous scene from a play, book, or other literature to life through character, voice, and movement without costumes or props.

• Literary Program

  • 📖 Interpretation | 🎙️ Speaking
    Script in hand | Up to 10 min.
    Combine poetry and prose around a central theme and bring the literature together through interpretation, vocal expression, and facial expression.

• Poetry

  • 📖 Interpretation | 🎙️ Speaking
    Script in hand | Up to 6 min.
    Bring one or more poems to life through interpretation, vocal expression, and facial expression.

• Prose

  • 📖 Interpretation | 🎙️ Speaking
    Script in hand | Up to 6 min.
    Interpret a short story, article, novel excerpt, or other prose selection using vocal and facial expression to bring the material to life.

• Solo Musical Theatre

  • 🎭 Acting | 🎤 Singing
    Memorized | Up to 5 min.
    Perform a song from a musical in character, combining strong singing with acting and storytelling.

• Storytelling

  • 🎭 Acting | 📖 Interpretation
    Partially memorized | Up to 5 min. | Seated
    Tell a story in your own words using character voices, actions, and vocal and facial expression. The exact telling can change each time you perform.

ORIGINAL & PREPARED SPEAKING

• After Dinner Speaking

  • ✍️ Writing | 🎙️ Speaking | 😂 Humor
    Original | 50 words of notes | Up to 5 min.
    Write and deliver an original entertaining speech for a specific audience. Humor, creativity, strong writing, and delivery are key.

• Expository Address

  • ✍️ Writing | 🎙️ Speaking
    Original | 50 words of notes | Up to 6 min.
    Teach your audience about a topic that interests you through an original informative speech. Visual aids, posters, and props may be incorporated.

• Original Oratory

  • ✍️ Writing | 🎙️ Speaking
    Memorized | 50 words of notes | Up to 8 min.
    Write and deliver an original persuasive speech about an issue or topic you care about, using strong arguments and effective delivery.

• Public Address

  • 🎙️ Speaking | 📖 Interpretation
    Memorized | 50 words of notes | Up to 8 min.
    Select and deliver a speech originally given by someone else, communicating both the speaker's ideas and the meaning behind their words.

• Review

  • ✍️ Writing | 🎙️ Speaking
    Prepared | 50 words of notes | Up to 8 min.
    Create and deliver a critical review of a book, movie, play, or other work, examining elements such as theme, style, characters, writing, acting, or directing.

LIMITED-PREP EVENTS

• Improvisational Acting

  • 🎭 Acting | ⚡ On the Spot
    5 min. prep | Performance up to 5 min.
    Draw two characters and a situation, then get five minutes to create a story you'll perform by yourself. Imagination, characterization, and quick thinking are essential.

• Radio News Announcing

  • 🎙️ Speaking | ⚡ On the Spot
    30 min. prep | Script in hand | 4–5 min.
    Receive a packet of news, weather, sports, and commercial copy at contest, then edit and organize it into a professional radio broadcast performed without an audience in the room.

• Spontaneous Speaking

  • 🎙️ Speaking | ⚡ On the Spot
    3 min. prep | 50 words of notes | Up to 5 min.
    Draw three contemporary issues, choose one, and get three minutes to organize a speech about it. Keeping up with current events and thinking quickly are key.

VIDEOCASTING

• Videocasting

  • 🎥 Media/Tech | 🎙️ Speaking | ✍️ Writing
    Original | Pre-recorded | Up to 5 minutes
    Create and present an original nonfiction video using on-camera presentation and digital elements such as video, graphics, music, and editing. Creativity, effective communication, and use of the video format are key.