IHSSA January SWIFT

SWIFT

S PEECH W ORKERS

WHAT IS IN THIS ISSUE OF SWIFT *State Debate Update *On-line form work *Contest Information *All-State Information *State Contest Info *IHSSA Short Film / TV Newscasting instructions *Judging Directive *State Registration *Posting on Social Media *Spontaneous Speaking Topic Areas And so much more!

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J ANUARY 20, 2022

F EATURE T HEMSELVES

STATE DEBATE RESULTS An outstanding IHSSA State Debate Tournament happened on January 7th and 8th for the first time in-person for 2 years. We are thankful to DMACC Ankeny for being the host for this in-person tournament.

Two Person Champion: Iowa City West Miles Clark & Akhil Bharanidhar (Iowa City West) over Susanne Bigelow & Collin Comito (Dowling Catholic) Lincoln Douglas Champion: Iowa City West in a Close Out (all 5 are considered champions) Flora Zhu, Spencer Thomas, Nathan Weimar, Aviva Fraer, and Jayden Shin Student Congress Champion: Advika Shah - Iowa City West 1st Runner-up: Lexi Duffy - Okoboji 2nd Runner-up: Pakshal Jain - Iowa City West 3rd Runner-up (tie): Elliot Nelson - Oskaloosa 3rd Runner-up (tie): Michael Hellman - Burlington Public Forum Riggleman Division Champion: Dowling Catholic Zachary Harnden & Christopher Pierson (Dowling Catholic) over Angelina Chen & Katie Gu (Ames) Public Forum Galligan Division Champion: Okoboji Connor Cunningham & Haley Harms (Okoboji) over Sophie Munson & Zoey Metcalf (Spencer) Sweepstakes Trophy The trophy is given to the top school at the IHSSA State Debate tournament. 5th place - Norwalk, 4th place - Grinnell, 3rd place - Dowling Catholic, and 2nd place - Okoboji. In 1st place and our Sweepstakes Champion for the 2022 IHSSA State Debate is Iowa City West. Congratulations to all schools!

Thanks to Nick Nelson, Bob Galligan, Rick Hunsaker, Spencer Waugh, Kirk Johnson, Lauren Burdt, Lauren McCool, Sam Magner and Tim Sheaff for their tireless work in managing the tournament. Special cudos to all schools for their outstanding work participating in person. Also, thanks to all the judges who came to the event this year. In fact, we had two high school principals judging this year. For more complete results of the 2022 State Debate Tournament please go to the IHSSA web site at www.ihssa.org

CONTEST NOTES SPECIAL REQUESTS By direction of the Executive Committee of the IHSSA, all special requests must be called in to the State Office by the dates listed below: State Large Group - January 26, 2022 District Individual Events - February 10, 2022 State Individual Events - March 2, 2022 Special requests after these deadlines will only be accepted on an emergency basis. Do not e-mail or FAX special requests in to the State Office, you must call for a special request. Do not call the contest manager for special requests in scheduling as they cannot accept any calls of this nature. ACT/SAT testing will not be accepted for a special request. This policy will be strictly enforced!

CAMCORDERS

Let this serve as notice that if you wish to use a camera of any type in a performance center you must have permission from the State Office.

This shall include any type of recording device. Please pass this important information on to your parents and spectators. Remember to re mind parents and friends to be early at contest sites because centers may run ahead of time. time.

ROYALTIES

It is the duty and the responsibility of the director to secure appropriate production rights for all material presented in IHSSA contest series. If you have any questions on this, please refer to page 13 of the Constitution, number 1, 2, and 4, or call the State Office.

REPEATING IE AREAS

Anyone who received a Division “I” rating at the state contest may repeat in that same individual event. If an individual received an Outstanding performance award, they may return in the same area or event the next year. They must use a different selection, but they can return in that event in which they received an Outstanding in the previous year. Also, this year if a student did not get to perform thier selection for state last year they can use that very same selection this year for contest. However, if you ran a state contest and they performed their selection that selection cannot be used even though you used it at a mini state last year.

CHAIRS FOR GROUP MUSICIAL THEATRE and MIME

Where the constitution states you can bring your own uniform chairs - that means regular chairs... not lawn chairs, overstuffed livingroom chairs, or chairs with wheels on them. The rule to bring your own chairs was made for safety purposes so you could stand or dance on them.

Use sturdy chairs. YOU CANNOT BRING YOUR OWN CHAIRS FOR ENSEMBLE ACTING!!

CONTEST DECORUM

Please remember that we are guests in the schools that are hosting contest. It is incumbent on every coach to be aware of what their students are doing and how they are behaving at that particular contest. At no time is there any place for a student from your school to take it upon themselves to damage the contest school environment.

SOLO MUSICAL THEATRE FOR IEs

You can take 3 of your Acting entries and have them become Solo Musical Theatre. When entering this event it is listed like all other events when you enter on-line. Be sure to read how an intro is being done! The roomchair will give the intro information and the performer will then start into their selection. The student will NEVER give an intro! Read your rules as there were some changes in this area.

PERMISSION TO DO MATERIAL OR MUSIC AT IHSSA CONTEST EVENTS:

Please remember you must have permission to do ANY MATERIAL that you use for contest events. We now have agreements with many companies to use their materials for IHSSA contest. For example, if you use some recorded music for background in mime or one act play, unless it is ASCAP music, you have to receive permission to use it. If you are reading an interp selection from a book you must receive permission to read that selection or cutting at the contest. In Musical Theatre you cannot do cuttings unless you have permission to do so. You can NEVER cut or rearrange material without receiving permission or using material from the companies we have agreements with. Receiving permission to perform at contest is just that. It does not cover performing for other events. Also, NEVER allow contest selections to be placed on YouTube or the internet. YOU DO NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO DO THAT! It is the responsibility of the local school to secure all performance rights for contest selections. Be sure you have permission to do material before you start a selection for contest. The IHSSA will NOT support any school that does not secure performance rights for selections at contest. Do not put your school district in financial danger by not finding the rights to perform material. You as the coach must secure rights to perform materials for contest.

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO PERFORM YOU CANNOT DO THAT MATERIAL!!

IHSSA CONTEST ENTRY DEADLINES FOR 2022 CONTEST SEASON STATE LARGE GROUP immediately after district contest ALL-STATE FESTIVAL immediately after notification of performance DISTRICT IE February 9, 2022 (forms sent to office via on-line and forms sent to contest site via mail) STATE IE immediately after district contest Please remember these deadline dates, late entry penalties will be enforced per constitutional rules.

BECAUSE OF DIGITAL ENTRIES ENACTED THIS YEAR - IF YOU ARE LATE YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE AN ENTRY PLACE AT THE CONTEST SITE ...

BE ON TIME WITH YOUR ENTRIES THIS YEAR! Be sure to look over the ‘How To Register’ for contest this year on the web site. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kZBhLvz8u4w_CrLTqJLjalRGFOwwZ-qhpJ7QI3gh_U/edit

DIRECTIVE STATEMENT The following statement will be given to every judge that is judging IHSSA district contest. The judge will be asked to read this statement before they are to judge that day. The Executive Committee believes it is important for all coaches to read this statement before they head into district contest.

Speech Coaches, Judges, and the Executive Committee of the IHSSA advocate that judging (especially at the district level) needs to be discerning on the quality of student performances advancing into state level competition. If entire sections advance to state, even when there is an evident difference in performance-levels within the section, or a judge awards a proportionately higher number of “I” ratings over the “II” rating, then we need to exercise greater discernment as to what is worthy of advancing to State.

An over-inflated number of students from the District level advancing to State diminishes each student's sense of the value of his/her accomplishment. If everybody advances, what has been won too easily means little. As a result, a belief could develop that students need not prepare for District, only State; and we, as judges, lower our expectations rather than expect contestants to refine their communication skills. Discernment means we must set levels of accomplishment suited for the District level, suited for high school participants, and encourage students to those levels of performance.

Note on All-State nominations: Please remember that just receiving straight I’s at State does NOT mean you are nominated for AllState. At the end of the day judges must nominate events they believe are worthy of All-State. Two judges must nominate you for the All-State honor.

There are many groups with straight I ratings that are not performers at All-State. We suggest you explain this to your students and parents.

TENTATIVE CRITICS FOR THE 2022 LARGE GROUP FESTIVAL ONE ACT PLAY - Michael Peitz, former Ex. Director EdTA/ IHSSA HOF READERS THEATRE - Marilyn Shaw, UNI/IHSSA HOF CHORAL READING - Suzy Messerole, Exposed Brick Theatre, Minneapolis ENSEMBLE ACTING - Katy Merrman, DMS Playhouse MIME - Jason Alberty, Director, Theatre Cedar Rapids TV/RADIO BROADCASTING - Eric Hanson, KCCI .

GROUP IMPROV - Tina Bakehouse, Lifestage Inc. MUSICAL THEATRE - Joel Waggoner, Actor (Broadway and Off Broadway) SHORT FILM - Kristian Day, Kristian Day Media, LLC

POINTS OR INFORMATION TO GIVE PARENTS BEFORE YOU GO TO CONTEST!!

This was in the program for a Parent’s Night at WDM Valley ... 9 great tips to help parents understand contest before they attend. Here are the tips for contest supplied by Coach at Large Stacy Hansen, WDM Valley. Some of these points cannot be followed this year due to Covid guidance by the local site.

1. Are performance times exact? No. Plan on arriving to your student's center at least 1/2 hour early.

Most often, centers run ahead of time. This would include virtual performances if you are allowed to watch.

2. Is videotaping and photography allowed? NO videotaping or photography is permissible. In fact, it may disqualify the performing school.

3. Can the Valley High logo (ie. a sweatshirt with VHS) be worn? Refrain from all apparel that informs the judge of what school the participants are from.

4. Are students permitted to leave after they are finished performing? ALL students are expected to remain until the final performances. As a team, we need to support each and every member of our IHSSA family. However, follow the guidance of the local site for Covid restrictions.

5. What are the qualifications of the judges? All of the IHSSA judges have gone through training and certification. Please accept your student's ratings with pride and dignity. Adhere to proper sportsmanship at all times.

6. How are ratings given? At Districts, one judge critiques the performance with a I, II, III, or Disqualification IV rating. The judge also gives an oral critique. Only those receiving a I rating advance to State.

At State, three judges critique the performance. No oral critique is given. Only those performances that receive at least two All-State nominations AND also are in the upper percentages of point ratings advance to All-State.

7. If I don't know where/when my student performs, what should I do? DO make sure you DO know ahead of time from your local drama department your student's times and locations. Please do not rely on the contest site head office, as the contest managers are extremely busy. Students WILL know the schedule the week of the contest.

8. Can anyone come to contest? Yes, all are invited. There is a $3 donation that is asked of all audience members at the main door for Districts and State.

9. May I watch any group perform? Yes, and you are encouraged to watch students from other schools as well as other categories. This could depend on Covid restrictions this year, be sure to follow the guidance of the local site for contest.

All of the above points were made in a non-COVID 19 year. Please follow all school, state and goverment CDC guidance in watching a contest at your local site. Also, know schools have the right to require masks for spectators if they request that for contest this year. Let’s all do what we can to help stop the spread of the virus.

Why Become an All-State Roomchair?

Each year the All-State Committees ask coaches and judges to be roomchairs for the Festivals. These great volunteers help the Festivals run efficiently. If you have not been a roomchair please say yes when asked. It makes such a huge difference for the students and the Festival. Vince Hrasky (roomchair at All-State & former member of the All-State Committee ) gives some good reasons why: 1. Seeing the very best is incredibly motivating.

2. It always gives me ideas for scripts and staging for the next year.

3. It gives me a day of interaction with an expert in the field.

4. I get to see other coaches at work.

5. Free Lunch!

Musical Theatre

Invoice for contest entry fees

If you are using sheet music for this event please remember you can NEVER rearrange the music or change the score. The presentation must be what you purchased as the sheet music. You must always start at the beginning of the song. The IHSSA will not support any school that does not get permission to perform materials or cuttings in contest.

Please remember to make a copy of your on-line entry form and give to the office that pays your fees. This form is the invoice for your contest entry fees. Nothing will be sent from this office for payment of contest fees. Please do your part and get that form to the office that handles your finances. Many times we have schools that we have to contact to pay your fee. Please submit your fees in a timely manner.

Contest Information-Be sure to Read!!

Donation Request at Contest 1. At all contests (IE and LG) a suggested donation will be asked of all spectators to help out the local contest site with other expenses.

That suggested donation is $3 per person. All student contestants, coaches, and drivers will not be asked to pay this donation. Be sure to inform your parents and other spectators that this $3 donation will be anticipated at the door of each contest site this year. LG AllState is a donation fee of $8 for the day.

Inclement Weather 2. Weather information for contest days will always be posted on the IHSSA web site front page. Be sure to check the web site if there is a problem or concern. If a contest site operates, it becomes the responsibilty of the member school to decide to attend or not attend.

The school has the right to choose not to attend, however NO make-up contests will be arranged for schools that choose not to attend.

District and State contests will be rescheduled since they are a contest and not a Festival. Please understand your local school always has the right and final decision whether or not to attend a contest due to weather concerns. Please remember - coming to the contest later is always an option. If an entire contest is rescheduled then that is the final date for the contest and a school will have to go to contest on that date.

Contest Deadlines 3. Deadlines will be strictly enforced. Many times individuals start their entry the day it is due and then run into problems. You will still be charged a late fee if the cards and materials do not get to the contest site or the State Office in time.

All-State Festivals and weather concerns 4. Please remember if All-State Festivals encounter weather concerns and they are cancelled no make-up will be done because of the sites and time schedules. It is not imperative to attend the festival in order to receive your medals. If you cannot attend the festval, medals and programs will be sent to you at your school. Please remember the All-State is a festival and not a contest!

All-State Festival Posting 5. On Monday evening, February 7th, the nominations will be posted on the IHSSA web site. Please go to Large Group/All-State nominations or to General Information. Also, in the same area, the All-State Program will be available for viewing. Do not bookmark the All-State page because we will change that page address on the 10th before we post. Plus, there will be other changes during the day of the 7th.

Coaches and Students - Read the Rules!!!

6. Every year a group or a student is given a DQ because the school did not carefully read the rules for the event! It is best to review the rules for each category as students begin their rehearsals. If not already done, please take a moment before you travel to contest to go over all the rules together - it will be worth the time and you will be glad you did. Plus, many eyes looking at the rules makes for correct application of the rules for your events. Also be sure to read the rules and regulations in the front part of the Constitution.

TAKE THE TIME TO READ THE RULES!!! There were several new rules initiated with the past 2022 season.

Large Group All-State Program Work (Be sure to read if you have groups who make All-State) In 2019 we started printing the names for the All-State program in the following manner below and it really made a difference making that program better. We are going to continue to use this format. When your group is named to the All-State Festival we are going to ask you as a coach to send in the group information via e-mail ASAP. This will allow us to be sure names are spelled correctly and you can also put all the coaches that need to be listed with the group.

When your group is named to All-State, either performing or non performing, you will send an email to the State Office (to deb@ihssa.org) with the listing of the groups.

The e-mail title should read All-State Group names The text in the e-mail should read: SCHOOL (in Caps), title, author, listing of students’ first name then last name, listing the coach’s name(s) similar to the example below.

If there is no title such as in Group Improv, TV News, or Radio Broadcasting you start then with SCHOOL, listing of students’ names, then the coach’s name(s).

Examples: For OAP, EA, RT, CR, Mime, MT IOWA SUNSET -Almost Maine by John Cariani - Craig Ihnen, Karon Brown, Jean Berger (c-Deb Robbins) For TV or Radio IOWA SUNSET- KWXT- by (author not given) - Craig Ihnen, Karon Brown, Jean Berger (c- Deb Robbins, Heidi Reed, and Ben Van Wyk) For Improv IOWA SUNSET - Craig Ihnen, Karon Brown, Jean Berger (c- Deb Robbins/Taylor Anderson)

Large Group All-State Festival Info With the LG All-State Festival in February there are several items we need to speak about before that happens once again. Please take time to read this carefully.

Notification of All-State nominations will be on the web site. A UPS packet with many All-State materials will be sent to the IHSSA Coach of each school that qualifies for the Festival. That packet will be shipped out of the State Office on Monday and should reach every school in the state by Tuesday or when your UPS is delivered. This packet will contain the All-State notification letters, wristbands for each participant, maps, hotel numbers, and room information about the ISU Center and other items. Any school that has students qualifying for the All-State Festival as performers or special recognition will receive free wristbands. Also, any IHSSA coach in the state that wishes to attend the Festival will be admitted free. Coaches need to contact the State Office, and wristbands will be sent to respective schools if you wish to attend when you do not have students that qualify. Also included in this packet will be wristbands to sell to your spectators from your home site. An individual must have a wristband on to be admitted into any of the All-State buildings -- this includes participants and spectators. Wristbands must be worn at all times by all individuals attending the Festival. Be sure to tell your students to not remove their band even if they are performing. If you do not have a wristband you will have to purchase one at the All-State Festival, this will include All-State participants and performers. This will be enforced to a much greater degree this year. Cost for the Festival is $8 per person, for all ages. There are no discounts for senior citizens or for children. The $8 cost is for the entire day or for any part of the day. WE ENCOURAGE MASK WEARING FOR ALL SPECTATORS!!

Each school will be sent at least 2 wristbands to sell per participant. If a school wishes to have more, contact the State Office and we will send more via UPS and you will have more to sell the very next day. This method is being used so a parent or spectator will not have to find the ticket booth and they will be able to go directly to a performance building or the opening ceremonies. Following your sales, we will ask for a check to cover the tickets sold and the unsold wristband(s) to be returned. You will be charged as a school for each wristband that is not returned. This applies only for the wristbands that you are selling to spectators. For example, the IHSSA sends you 24 wristbands for spectators. You sell 20, and bring us a check for $160 (20 x $8.00 per wristband) plus the four unsold bands. We ask that the payment and unsold wristbands are brought with you when you check in to receive your free programs for the Festival. Programs for spectators will be sold as in the past. Deb from our office will be in charge of this, and more info will be included in the All-State UPS packet.

The ISU Center is not available as a ‘landing area’ for students. There are plenty of spaces to hang out and put your coats in the coat check or in an area for your school. We ask that materials for performance such as steps and blocks be brought into the respective buildings a performance or two before you go on and then returned to your bus or van immediately after your performance. We do not have the room to store these types of materials at the ISU Center. Since there is no problem with parking at the ISU Center and there are great drop off lanes, your bus driver should have no problem with this.

Short Film, TV Newscasting and Radio Broadcasting Presentation at Contest You must provide your own media formatted presentation. The contest site will have a backup just in case something happens to your projector or computer, however, it is your resonsiblity to bring your own equipment. DO NOT PLAN ON USING THE CONTEST SITE EQUIPMENT IN SHORT FILM, TV NEWSCASTING, and RADIO BROADCASTING. Our suggestion is that you practice setting up your event on a cart at your home school and then bring it into the room and then start the presentation just like you would at contest. We suggest you not try this for the first time at contest.

Credits in TV News and Short Film If you show credits they ARE a part of the timing of the event! You could receive a IV for being over time if the credits are past the time limit of the event. Check the time of your filmed events and make sure they are under the time limits!

Be sure to fill out the Judge Evaluation Form Your voice is important! After every contest the Judge Certification Committee asks for your insight and assistance in completing the “Judge Evaluation Forms”. Here’s why ...

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We kindly ask that you complete a judge evaluation form as close to the end of each contest day as possible.

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NOTICE!!

Coaches are advised that you can’t switch your entries at the contest site without approval of the IHSSA State Office or the local contest manager. An example of this would be School A has three Solo Mimes at contest. Number 1 is at 10:00, Number 2 is at 11:30 and Number 3 is at 3:30. School A coach goes into the contest office and says that Solo Mime Number 3 will now be at 10:00 and Number 1 will now be at 3:30. Unless School A’s coach has written permission from the State Office, he/she cannot switch times.

The rationale for this rule is that contest managers have a very difficult job putting a contest together and then reporting it correctly to the IHSSA State Office. When schools switch performing times among themselves, it causes the contest manager’s job to become even more difficult!

Also, be aware of how we are doing sub’s this year with the online form. Please remember Covid subbing for contest does not need to be reported in the sub form. If you are using a Covid substitution contact the State Office.

2022 SPONTANEOUS SPEAKING AREAS These 10 areas will produce the questions for the 2022 Spontaneous Speaking category for both District and State contest. Please note these are not the questions, just areas for your students to do their research in.

1. National government issues and how they will affect the average person in America.

2. Security issues in our schools and nation.

3. The economy in America and the world.

4. Laws and rules that relate to students.

5. Current/Past national level sporting events.

6. The Pandemic.

7. The President, Congress and the state of government in the United States.

8. The effects of media in our lives.

9. Business issues ... local, state, national, and international.

10. Educational issues that face our youth.

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Possible questions could be: How has social media changed the way we react to experiences in our lives? Do sporting events in America control our lives?

What can be done about gun violence in America?

IHSSA Entry Forms

Comment Sheets for Contest

All comment sheets for contest are on the forms page. Go to the forms page to download the comment sheets for the contest.

Please be sure you are using the revised form. You should provide comment sheets for your judges at your contests ... this year this could also be done electronically.

Also remember that you cannot mix stu- For more info on that please condents between the Jr. and Sr. member- tact the State Office.

Be sure to take your time in correctly filling out your school’s entry forms. Please read all of the directions for on-line registration before you start.

If you have a 9th grade team entry, take the time to fill out both a Sr. eligibility, Jr. eligibility, and separate fee payment forms. You may, however, send the entire payment in one check.

ships. All 9th graders must be in the Jr. membership and only 10-12 graders can be in the Sr. membership if your school has two memberships.

POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA Please remember that the royalty agreement you have for contest does NOT cover posting on any Social Media. If you have students or parents who are posting events or performances on YouTube or social media, be aware that you are not covered under the IHSSA royalty deals. It is strongly advised that these postings be avoided or taken down if already posted.

IHSSA INFO Web site

www.ihssa.org

e-mail

craig@ihssa.org deb@ihssa.org

phone # 515-288-9741(main) Toll Free (new) 888-985-6547 Direct Craig 515-401-1834 Direct Deb 515-401-1833 IHSSA Address 5000 Westown Parkway Suite 150 West Des Moines, Ia. 50266 Office hours 8 - 4:30 M-F Deb will take lunch from 12:00 -1:00 and Craig will take lunch from 1:00 - 2:00.

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Policy on the use of ‘Look alike’ alcohol, vapor products or tobacco for IHSSA Contest No real tobacco, vapor products or alcohol will ever be used in IHSSA contest entries. This includes live productions at contest as well as Short Film/TV Newscasting productions that are filmed offsite. Look alike alcohol, vapor products, or tobacco that are necessary for IHSSA productions at contest or in filmed events should be provided by the participating school and secured by the IHSSA Coach. All such “look alikes” will be facsimiles or non-functioning props. The IHSSA Coach is responsible for storing the prop “look alike” in a locked room or secure, concealed storage area. Students will check out these props when needed and will be supervised at all times.

Real alcohol, vapor products or tobacco should never be used in an IHSSA production. Use of real products is a violation of State Law for the student(s) and the school.

Students should not be asked to bring a ‘look alike’ alcohol, vapor product, or tobacco prop to school or an IHSSA Contest. All props (empty cans, bottles, fake tobacco products, vapor products) should be provided by the participating school and secured by the IHSSA Coach.

The prop should be wrapped whenever it is moved from one area of the school/contest site to another. This moving should be done only by the teacher/coach. Students should never carry these props through the halls of a school/contest site.

If the look alike prop is used in a rehearsal, at a filming, or at contest all administrators of participating schools should be notified of the use of that item.

All contest managers should be alerted if a “look alike” tobacco, vapor product, or alcohol prop is being used in the IHSSA contest series.

STATE ENTRY PROCEDURE If your group or groups advance after District contest you must go into the online registration and register the advancing groups for State contest. NO cards are made this year for contest. All you have to do is register the groups that advance and then send that via electronic registration. Be sure to SEND YOUR EMAIL to the state site. They will send you very important info.

PLEASE REGISTER FOR STATE CONTEST NO LATER THAN TUESDAY, JANUARY 25TH.