Original Oratory:

O.O. requires skill in writing, memorization, delivery, and drama. Participants write and memorize there own 10 minute speech about some particular issue or problem. Delivery must be very clear. The speech should be delivered in such a way that it makes the audience think, "cry", or laugh.

Email Sergeant@Arms Thomas to get a National Qualifying O.O. speech.

Declamation:

Basically, this is simply an O.O. except you are delivering somebody else's speech, not your own. 10 min, fully memorized any sort of speech is acceptable but you must make sure that you can easily give credit for the speech. In Dec only 9th and 10th graders are allowed to participate. This event helps novices out tremendously and is highly recommended. After doing Declamation a student fully understands whether she or he wishes to embark upon on an interp event or an analytical event.

Interpretation:

All Interp Events require that you cut out a 10 minute piece from some published work: book, play, etc. An intro is required introducing the author and his work. In Interp especially in D.I. and H.I. it is important that the different characters have relatively the same focal point (like right-center, center, and left-center) but that they are distinguishable by the positioning of the performer. For example an old grandmother and a young father can both look straight but the grandmother should be bent over so it is obvious that it is her the performer is imitating. Transition between the characters needs to be quick and unnoticeable.


Click here for Lely High School's Site which has some good information for interpers (in particular duo)

HUMOROUS:

H.I. as it is called should be funny! Individually performed it requires a lot of energy and is arguably the toughest interp event.

DRAMATIC:

D.I. is a very interesting event. While it has many of the same components of H.I. and while it can be funny D.I. has its own unique components. Any good D.I. should make the audience think and preferably make the audience sad or even cry.

ORAL:

A very good interp event to begin with if you think but are still unsure whether interp is for you. All that is required is reading/interpreting a piece of literature (one prose / one poetry) that has been written right in front of you. One poetry and one prose are required both 10 minutes in length individually.

DUO:

Duo as it is known is a somewhat peculiar event for the rules differ in N.F.L. and C.F.L. In NFL Duo is a memorized 10 mintue piece conducted between 2 partners. The 2 performers are not allowed to make eye contact with each other. In C.F.L everything is the same except the piece can't be memorized and both participants must hold and read from a booklet similar to O.I. Duo is more difficult that at first it seems because the two participants must both put the time to practice so that the team can efficiently work well together.