Libertyspeech team faces top-notch clubs

Imagine

Someone handsyou a quote say from Plato You have seven minutes to prepare and give a speech on it as you stand infrontoflots ofstrange faces and the cold,skeptical stare of a judge you've never seen before.

That's what members of the individual-eventsteam haveto do during impromptu-speaking competition.

The 1985-86 team's performance washampered byinexperience. Exceptforonejunior, the team was freshmen, makingit a "baby team,"Assistant Coach Melanie Venice said

Even so, the team competed with top-notch clubs —

George Mason, Appalachian State,Towson State — in two categories ofevents — public speaking and interpretive events — and won some

Public speaking events include impromptu, extemporaneous (30minutes preparation time), persuasive, informative and after-dinner speaking.Interpretive events are poetry and prose reading and drama interpretation

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Tamar Riley (left)practices herdramatic interpretation foran Individual Events speech competition Advisor Elmer Soden and Anne-Marie Law review her notes for a persuasive speech