Neuqua Valley Speech Team

If you are interested in applying for Team Captain, you must fill out this form (PDF) and turn it in to Mehta (in D100) by Monday, March 7^th.

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Please let me know which nights you are AVAILABLE to attend the Speech banquet by filling out this poll by Sunday night.

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YouTube links from the Sectional Runthrough are coming soon…

Here’s what you need to know:

— Please be ready to leave (in Speech suits and all) as soon as possible after 2nd period near the auditorium. If you need a little extra time, we won’t leave without you, but please get there quickly.

— The amount for the hotel will be $35. Please bring checks made out to Hemant Mehta. Ms. La Scola will collect them on Friday as you leave.

— You will have to pay for your own food, so bring whatever amount you might need! I was told the following concessions would be available:

Breakfast Items:
Scrambled egg, sausage, & tater tots platter $4.25
Sausage, egg, & cheese sandwich $3.50
Assorted muffins $1.00
Cereal w/milk $2.00
Assorted fruit $1.00

Lunch/Dinner Items:
Pasta Bar – 11-1pm Saturday
$5.50 pp Includes: Chef’s Choice Pasta w/ Marinara or Alfredo Sauce,
Garlic Bread, Tossed Salad and (1) Bottled Water
Chicken strips & fries $6.25
Grilled chicken $4.75
Cheese burger $4.75
Burger combo w/ fries & drink $8.25
Hot dog $2.25
French fries $2.75
Personal pan pizza $5.00
Chili cheese fries $5.00
Pork burger $5.00

Snack Items:
Double cheese nacho $5.00
Soft pretzel $3.00
Kettle Korn popcorn $3.00
Candy $3.00
Ice cream $3.00
Cookies, chips, rice krispie treats $1.00

Beverages:
All coke products, coffee, cocoa

— We’ll be staying at the Holiday Inn City Centre.

— The competition will take place at the Peoria Civic Center.

— In case of any emergencies, my number is [deleted].

Let me know if you have any other questions!

For those attending the State tournament, please read this carefully!

We are currently scheduled to stay at the Holiday Inn Peoria City Centre.

There will be 8 hotel rooms available for those joining us. I need to know if you have room-sharing preferences! (*Ahem* Boys will stay with boys; girls will stay with girls)

Here’s my current list of who’s coming with us:

Room 1
1) Joey Kim
2) Aaron Gatdula
3) Derrek Chung
4) Kevin Hill
*5) Albert Leung

Room 2
1) Julia Rabin
2) Joy Dhar
3) Kaveri Sharma
4) Kelsey Sante

Room 3
1) Myna Sharma
2) Tammy Li
3) Abby Hanneman
4) Lauren Kindstrand

Room 4
1) Christie Jeung
2) Katelyn Haas
3) Yoomna Rahim
4) Ashley Czufin

Room 5
1) Ariana Beattie
2)
3) Katelyn Casey
4) Avery Stephenson

Room 6
1) Evangeline Van
2) Erin Schoch
3) Hannah Krusinger
4) Monique Brigham

Room 7
1) Erin Lin
2) Courtney Ross
3) Emily Perlstein
4) Neha Nigam

Congratulations, State team! It’s always a tremendous accomplishment to make it to that level and you should be very proud of yourselves.

The plan for the week is to have two one-hour practices with each of you. Please don’t sign up for sessions back-to-back! We should be seeing you two separate days! Like always, bring critiques and scripts.

Also, keep in mind that the State team will be meeting as a group on Wednesday after school. (Super happy fun times, I promise.)

We’ll have a State Runthrough on Thursday afternoon.

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DI – Joey Kim

Monday 2/14
2:45-3:30 Team Meeting
3:30-4:30 Joy Dhar
4:30-5:30 Julia Rabin
5:30-6:30 Aaron Gatdula
6:30-7:30

Tuesday 2/15
3:00-4:00 Julia Rabin
4:00-5:00 Kaveri Sharma
5:00-6:00 Julia Rabin & Joey Kim
6:00-7:00 Aaron Gatdula

Wednesday 2/16
3:00-3:30 State Team Meeting
3:30-4:30 Julia Rabin & Joey Kim
4:30-5:30 Kaveri Sharma
5:30-6:30 Joy Dhar
6:30-7:30

Thursday 2/17
2:45 – 4:00 State Runthrough

Here’s the schedule for Saturday!

The bus leaves Neuqua at 6:30a.

The rest of the day should be as follows:

8:30a: Round 1A
9:45a: Round 1B
11:15a: Round 2A
12:30p: Round 2B
2:30p: Final A
4:00p: Final B
5:30p: Awards

We should be back home by 7:00p.

Since some of you have asked what time you (or others) will be performing, a tentative schedule is below. We will start around 6:00p and try to keep downtime low! You can try to approximate the time for your performance, but you all know how schedules like this must be flexible. Let me know if there are any problems.

DDA – Joey Kim & Julia Rabin
OO – Malavica Sridhar
HI – Kelsey Sante
ES – Neha Nigam
IS – Lauren Kindstrand
PO – Aaron Gatdula
HDA – Kaveri Sharma & George Luke
RS – Caroline Dusenberry
PR – Julia Rabin
DI – Joey Kim
INF – Joy Dhar
OC – George Luke
OD – Kelsey Sante
SOS – Kaveri Sharma
Performance in the Round

I need all the scripts you used this season. In every event (except limited prep).

Novices included!

Send them to me. NOW!

Here’s the information!

Who: Sectional Team!

Where: Brunswick Zone, 1515 Aurora Ave. Naperville, IL 60540

When: Be there Thursday at 3:00p.

The cost is $7.50. Bring a few dollars extra in case you’d like to play games or get food/drinks!

See you then!

CONGRATULATIONS, NEUQUA SPEECH!!!!! WE’RE SO PROUD OF YOU!!!!!

Everyone broke through to Sectionals – this is a great accomplishment, and you should be proud of yourselves. 🙂 Those of you who helped run the tournament, a huge thank you from all four of us.

As in previous weeks, Mehta and I will be rehearsing together. Since we didn’t get a chance to see you all last week (silly snow), expect us to be harder on you (George…) – unless you make me laugh. But seriously, we do want to see everyone!

Here’s who needs to sign up – everyone gets an hour block! Bring critiques and scripts, please. BE MEMORIZED… OR ELSE!!! (George…again…)
DDA – Joey Kim & Julia Rabin
DI – Joey Kim
ES – Neha Nigam
HDA – Kaveri Sharma & George Luke
HI – Kelsey Sante
IS – Lauren Kindstrand
INF – Joy Dhar
OD – Kelsey Sante
OC – George Luke
OO – Malavica Sridhar
PO – Aaron Gatdula
PR – Julia Rabin
RS – Caroline Dusenberry
SOS – Kaveri Sharma

Monday 2/7
2:45-3:15 TEAM MEETING
3:15-3:45 Kaveri Sharma (SOS)
3:45-4:15 Kaveri Sharma (SOS)
4:15-4:45 Julia Rabin (PR)
4:45-5:15 Julia Rabin (PR)
5:15-5:45 Kelsey Sante (OD/HI)
5:45-6:15 Kelsey Sante (OD/HI)
6:15-6:45 Kelsey Sante (OD/HI)
6:45-7:15 Kelsey Sante (OD/HI)

Tuesday 2/8 – Just Mehta
2:45-3:15 Lauren Kindstrand (IS)
3:15-3:45 Lauren Kindstrand (IS)
3:45-4:15 George Luke/Kaveri Sharma (HDA)
4:15-4:45 George Luke/Kaveri Sharma (HDA)
4:45-5:15 Joy Dhar (Info)
5:15-5:45 Joy Dhar (Info)
5:45-6:15 Malavica Sridhar (OO)
6:15-6:45 Malavica Sridhar (OO)

Wednesday 2/9
2:45-3:15 TEACHER MEETING
3:15-3:45 George Luke (OC)
3:45-4:15 Aaron Gatdula (Poe)
4:15-4:45 Aaron Gatdula (Poe)
4:45-5:15 Joey Kim/Julia Rabin (DDA)
5:15-5:45 Joey Kim/Julia Rabin (DDA)
5:45-6:15 Caroline Dusenberry (RS)
6:15-6:45 Caroline Dusenberry (RS)
6:45-7:15 Neha Nigam (ES)
7:15-7:45 Neha Nigam (ES)

Thursday 2/10
KEEP THIS OPEN, PLEASE

Friday 2/11
3:30-4:00 Joey Kim (DI)
4:00-4:30 Joey Kim (DI)
4:30-5:00 George Luke (OC)