We're back from Chugiak! These tournaments are massive affairs with 16 different events, each taking place over at least three (and sometimes nine) rounds--all of those requiring at least one judge, with the final rounds requiring three judges per event. There are an amazing number of moving parts so that competitors do not keep being judged by the same person or set against the same students (if possible). It also leaves little time for breaks.
It turns out that my team was justified in their confidence yesterday. We "only" had competitors in 10 of the 16 events. Out of those, we achieved distinction in all events but two (the HIGHLY competitive Extemporaneous Commentary and Readers Theater categories). For the others, we received 3rd place in two (DX and Informative), 2nd place in three (Dramatic Interpretation, Solo Acting, and Pantomime), 1st place in two (Original Oration and Foreign Extemporaneous), and distinguished speaker placements in both the Lincoln-Douglas debates and Public Forum debates. I also had numerous coaches and judges let me know about how impressed they were by some of my students.
I did not get to see much of my team's performances (which is as they preferred) as I spent much of the time judging. Still, all indications are that they did well and, more importantly, had fun. While I'm not going to share pictures of them on my blog, when I asked for them to take some pictures, one of them sneaked a picture of me making that request.
It turns out that my team was justified in their confidence yesterday. We "only" had competitors in 10 of the 16 events. Out of those, we achieved distinction in all events but two (the HIGHLY competitive Extemporaneous Commentary and Readers Theater categories). For the others, we received 3rd place in two (DX and Informative), 2nd place in three (Dramatic Interpretation, Solo Acting, and Pantomime), 1st place in two (Original Oration and Foreign Extemporaneous), and distinguished speaker placements in both the Lincoln-Douglas debates and Public Forum debates. I also had numerous coaches and judges let me know about how impressed they were by some of my students.
I did not get to see much of my team's performances (which is as they preferred) as I spent much of the time judging. Still, all indications are that they did well and, more importantly, had fun. While I'm not going to share pictures of them on my blog, when I asked for them to take some pictures, one of them sneaked a picture of me making that request.
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