www.SouthSpeech.org
South Stage is extremely proud to be formally affiliated with our sister program, the Newton South Speech Team, home to multiple National and State Champions and even more finalists! The Massachusetts Forensic League offers performance opportunities well beyond the South Stage schedule. Actors, improvisers, debaters, novices and veterans routinely try their hand at Speech Tournaments every year. The friendships are fantastic, and the performance level just keeps rising.
Events available for performance and competition include:
Dramatic Interpretation - memorized solo performance, serious, 8-10 minutes
Humorous Interpretation - memorized solo performance, comic, 8-10 minutes
Duo Interpretation - memorized pair performance, serious or comic, 8-10 minutes
Play Reading - solo performance of a play with script, 8-10 minutes
Poetry Reading - solo performance of one or more poems with script, 8-10 minutes
Prose Reading - solo performance of prose with script, 8-10 minutes
Children's Literature - solo performance with script, 8-10 minutes
Multiple Reading - 3 to 8 readers, staged reading, 8-12 minutes
Oratorical Declamation - memorized performance of a published speech, 8-10 min.
Original Oratory* - memorized performance of a speech you write yourself, 8-10 min.
*The school-wide Sophomore Speech Contest is based on this event.
Extemporaneous Speaking - current events, 30 minutes prep, no notes
Impromptu Speaking - 5 minute speech on a creative topic, 2-5 min prep
Student Congress - simulates a working session of the US Congress. Students debate legislation they have written and later vote on the resolutions. Students do not pretend to be members of the real US Congress, but instead speak for themselves and debate each other.
Public Forum Debate - Debate teams(two people) prepare pro and con arguments on resolutions which are chosen by the Masssachusetts Forensic League and which change every month. Sample topic: "Resolved: Cyberbullying should be a criminal offense."
Radio Broadcasting - organize, edit, & read provided material, 30 min prep
Improv - usually 2 person teams, no prep time, only 2 tournaments a year.
Events available for performance and competition include:
Dramatic Interpretation - memorized solo performance, serious, 8-10 minutes
Humorous Interpretation - memorized solo performance, comic, 8-10 minutes
Duo Interpretation - memorized pair performance, serious or comic, 8-10 minutes
Play Reading - solo performance of a play with script, 8-10 minutes
Poetry Reading - solo performance of one or more poems with script, 8-10 minutes
Prose Reading - solo performance of prose with script, 8-10 minutes
Children's Literature - solo performance with script, 8-10 minutes
Multiple Reading - 3 to 8 readers, staged reading, 8-12 minutes
Oratorical Declamation - memorized performance of a published speech, 8-10 min.
Original Oratory* - memorized performance of a speech you write yourself, 8-10 min.
*The school-wide Sophomore Speech Contest is based on this event.
Extemporaneous Speaking - current events, 30 minutes prep, no notes
Impromptu Speaking - 5 minute speech on a creative topic, 2-5 min prep
Student Congress - simulates a working session of the US Congress. Students debate legislation they have written and later vote on the resolutions. Students do not pretend to be members of the real US Congress, but instead speak for themselves and debate each other.
Public Forum Debate - Debate teams(two people) prepare pro and con arguments on resolutions which are chosen by the Masssachusetts Forensic League and which change every month. Sample topic: "Resolved: Cyberbullying should be a criminal offense."
Radio Broadcasting - organize, edit, & read provided material, 30 min prep
Improv - usually 2 person teams, no prep time, only 2 tournaments a year.
