Neuqua Valley Speech Team

We’ll post more information on Neuqua’s speech camp soon, but for now, Akshay has a round-up of the various camps offered by Illinois colleges. No one is obligated to go to any of them, but they will certainly help you improve your skills if you’re interested!

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Bradley University Summer Forensics Institute: This is a more expensive option but also offers much more specialized training in one category over a two-week period of time. Many returning team members have experience here. Ask them for more information! The camp runs July 10 – 23 (or you can go for a week).

Illinois State University: The only current members of our team who have been to ISU’s camp are Jonathan K. (in Extemp) and Virginia G. (in DI) — feel free to ask them questions about it. The camp runs July 17 – 29 (or you can go for a week). Note that this camp and Bradley’s camp overlap, so you could NOT do both unless you’re some sort of wizard.

Northern Illinois University’s Speech Camp: While Neuqua hasn’t had students attend this camp, our friends from Metea say that it’s a really strong (and cheaper) option. If you’re interested, the captains can put you in touch with Metea students who have attended. This camp runs June 19 – 24 and does not overlap with any of the other camps, so you could technically go to this camp and one of the others (if you really wanted to).

If you are interested in applying for Team captain, you must fill out this form and turn it in to La Scola (in B100) by Monday, March 7^th. (Interviews will take place on March 17^th.)

Only current sophomores and juniors are allowed to apply.

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The Speech Banquet will take place at Tamarack Golf Club on Wednesday, March 23 starting at 5:30p (usually ending around 8:30p).

Your family and friends are invited to join us, too!

The cost is $14/person (to cover dinner) and all checks should be made out to “Wildcat Speech.”

Please give all checks to La Scola (in B100 at Main) by Monday, March 7^th.

The bus leaves for Fremd HS at 6:00a. We should be home around 8:00p. Everyone (including people not competing) should be suited up as usual!

I need to see the following people this week!

Dillon/Megan (DDA – 3 slots in a row)
Dillon/Quinn (HDA – 3 slots in a row)
Akshay (DI – 2 slots in a row)
Akshay (OO – 2 slots in a row)
Alex (ES – 2 slots in a row)
Alex (IS – 2 slots in a row)
Monika (HI – 3 slots in a row)
Archit (Info – 2 slots in a row)
Janelle (Dec – 2 slots in a row)
Zach (OC – 2 slots in a row)
Sruthi (PR – 2 slots in a row)
Natalie (Poe – 2 slots in a row)
Roshni (RS – 2 slots in a row)
Tushar (SOS – 3 slots in a row)

Monday

2:45 – 3:15 [Team meeting]
3:15 – 3:45 Archit Dhar
3:45 – 4:15 Archit Dhar
4:15 – 4:45 Monika Martinek
4:45 – 5:15 Monika Martinek
5:15 – 5:45 Monika Martinek
5:45 – 6:15 Akshay Ravi
6:15 – 6:45 Akshay Ravi
6:45 – 7:15 Dillon Tartaglia and Quinn Brewer
7:15 – 7:45 Dillon Tartaglia and Quinn Brewer
7:45 – 8:15 Dillon Tartaglia and Quinn Brewer

Tuesday

2:45 – 3:15 Alex Shura
3:15 – 3:45 Alex Shura
3:45 – 4:15 Sruthi Rameshkumar
4:15 – 4:45 Sruthi Rameshkumar
4:45 – 5:15 Tushar Dwivedi
5:15 – 5:45 Tushar Dwivedi
5:45 – 6:15 Tushar Dwivedi
6:15 – 6:45 Natalie Pear
6:45 – 7:15 Natalie Pear
7:15 – 7:45

Wednesday

3:00 – 3:30 Alex Shura
3:30 – 4:00 Alex Shura
4:00 – 4:30 Janelle Finch
4:30 – 5:00 Janelle Finch
5:00 – 5:30 Dillon Tartaglia and Megan Swindle
5:30 – 6:00 Dillon Tartaglia and Megan Swindle
6:00 – 6:30 Akshay Ravi
6:30 – 7:00 Akshay Ravi
7:00 – 7:30 Zach Honer
7:30 – 8:00 Zach Honer

Thursday

2:45 – 3:15 Roshni Koul
3:15 – 3:45 Roshni Koul
3:45 – 4:15

[Sectional Runthrough at 6:00p]

Friday

2:45 – 6:45 Last-minute practices for ***everyone***

Holy Toledo!!! All categories made it out of Regionals. First and second place finishes by all 14 categories. Best score is NV Speech history (80 of a possible 84). You really all did keep on keeping on to Sectionals.

Critiques this week matter. They are much more vetted judges picked because of their experience in speech. Take that to heart as you read what they wrote. Each meet is a new meet. Take each moment of the meet one round at a time. You can only control one thing…yourself.

Breathe……

Please bring a copy of your script and be memorized.

I need to see:
Sruthi (1)
Roshni (1)
Janelle (1)
Natalie (1)

Monday
2:45 – 3:00 – Team Meeting
No rehearsals

Tuesday
2:45 – 3:30-ish
3:30-ish – 4:15-ish

Wednesday
No rehearsals

Thursday
2:45 – 3:30-ish
3:30-ish – 4:15-ish
Regional run through at 6:00 p.m.

Friday
Tweaking Sectional pieces as needed per Mehta

Alright folks this is who I will need to see!

Akshay (DI)

Dillon and Megan (DDA)

Dillion and Quinn (HDA)

Please come ready to work! That means arrive early and be willing to play with the text.

Time Slots:

3:45-4:30

4:30-5:15

5:15-6:00

Comment for a slot!

As we move into the state series the expectation is that I am working with the best we have to offer. Come prepared with an up to date copy of your script, any relevant critiques, and full memorization.

Zach (1 Slot, early in the week)

Dillon and Quinn (1 Slot)

Tushar (1 Slot)

Natalie (1 Slot)

Monika (1 Slot)

Monday

3:15 – 4:15

4:20 – 5:20

Tuesday

2:45 – 3:45

3:45 – 4:45

Wednesday

3:15 – 4:15

4:20 – 5:20

Thursday

[Sectional Runthrough — 6:00pm]

Friday

[Damage Control]