SPEECH, DEBATE AND THEATRE           ADVISORY COMMITTEE                                                 

Held May 3, 2016

 

 

 

 

1.      Recommend adding “1.a.  The tournament limitations apply to all events, whether MSHSAA sanctioned or not, at MSHSAA sanctioned tournaments.” to Section 5.1.a of the Speech, Debate and Theatre Manual. 

2.      Recommend changing Page 29, 11-b-9 to read “For all policy and Lincoln Douglas elimination rounds, teams shall flip a coin, for sides to uphold unless the teams have previously met in the tournament.  In such case, they shall debate sides….”

3.   Recommend eliminating 7-B-4-f Page 16 and 7-B-5-q page 18.  Adjust the form on the website as state above.  Title, Author, Cast and Characters, Lighting Cues, Sounding Cues; do away with uploading floor plan.  

*4.      Recommend deleting Page 9-5-B-2 copyright restriction from the Debate and Theatre Manual. 

5.      Recommend deleting “convention stage furniture will be supplied.” from 16-7-B-4-e from the Debate and Theatre Manual. 

6.      Recommend that MSHSAA survey the membership to see if they would be in favor of replacing Prose and Poetry with Program of Interpretation and Informative.

7.      Recommend replacing the NOTE on Page 32 11-F-4, page 36, and 23 with “In finals, judges may allow a grace period for audience reaction, except in Radio Speaking, US Extemporaneous Speaking and Foreign               Extemporaneous Speaking ” to the Debate and Theatre Manual.

8.    Recommend allowing graduated students to participate in a hybrid world school’s debate team at NSDA Nationals.

 

*      Denied

**     Tabled for further study

***    Approved as amended

****   No Action

All others approved