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The Gettysburg HS Pre-States Invitational Tournament held Saturday, March 19 was a big success! We were thrilled to have 10 visiting schools bring about 70 students. That's more than double what we had last year!! We got the 3rd place Sweepstakes Trophy, Laura G. placed 1st in Prose, Molly F. placed 3rd in Informative Speaking, Lora W. placed 1st in Humorous Interpretation, Greta B. placed 2nd in persuasive speaking, and Joe C. tied for 3rd place in persuasive speaking. Congrats GHS speakers!

= PHOTOS FROM THE DISTRICT QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT @ MESSIAH COLLEGE (on Saturday, Feb. 19) =

The team had a good day at the Districts on Saturday, February 19th, hosted at Messiah College. Only the 1st and 2nd place winners go on to States at Susquehanna University on March 25 & 26. The following 8 competed : Molly Fetter - Informative Speaking - CAME IN 1st! Joanna Birkner - Prose - CAME IN 1st! Laura Grasley - Prose - CAME IN 2nd Lora Waybright - Humorous Interpretation - CAME IN 2nd  Jared Abell - Lincoln Douglas Debate - CAME in 3rd  Greta Bortfeld - Persuasive Speaking - CAME in 3rd  Francesca Ciocco - Poetry (Only event with a Finals round - Francesca made it to finals) - CAME in 4th  Joe Cleary - Persuasive Speaking - CAME in 5th We will be sending 2 students to STATES in non-qualifying events (Impromptu & Radio Announcing). = Speech & Debate Members, =

Something else that needs to be discussed is the attendance and general structure of our meetings. The bottom line is you need to be attending meetings. We completely understand that this is an extremely busy time of year with sports, holidays, classes, homework, and jobs, but efforts still need to be made to attend meetings. If you can’t come you must talk to me, Mrs. D, or another officer to find out what you missed and also to let us know where you are with your piece. If you do not start to attend meetings or make an effort to contact we are going to assume you are no longer on the team and remove your name from our lists. Furthermore simply showing up to meetings is not enough. We’ve had too many people show up on multiple occasions without their piece or anything to work on. Meetings are meant for you to work and practice your piece. You need to please come prepared and be on time. We expect you to be in Mrs. D’s room by 2:45 for meetings. This Friday please plan on being in Mrs. D’s room by 2:40 so we can get started right away. <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #008000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">We hope to see everyone this Friday so we can get some business taken care of then kick the holidays off early with a little fun. Please remember to bring snacks or drinks with you to share with everyone. Please spread the word to other members to attend this meeting. <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #008000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Thank you!

<span style="color: #008a6d; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Congratulations to the team for their excellent work at the Dallastown Wildcat Invitational! <span style="color: #008a6d; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The team took second place overall, which is a very big accomplishment!

<span style="color: #008a6d; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Molly** won second in impromptu speaking! <span style="color: #008a6d; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Joe** won third in spontaneous argumentation (This was Joe's first tournament!) <span style="color: #008a6d; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Jared** won second in LD debate, second speaker award, second in spontaneous argumentation and the outstanding audience member award! <span style="color: #008a6d; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Laura** won fourth in prose! <span style="color: #008a6d; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Lora** won second in improv acting! <span style="color: #008a6d; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Joanna** won first in poetry, first in improv acting, second in prose, second in dramatic preformance, and second in individual sweepstakes <span style="color: #008a6d; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Andrew** successfully made it through his first tournament observing!

<span style="color: #008a6d; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Job well done everyone! <span style="color: #008a6d; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Come to the upcoming meetings as the team prepares for our next tournament.

<span style="color: #711bc0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Hello All! For anyone interested in doing prose this year, this website is AMAZING check it out! [|short stories]

<span style="background-color: #f7f8b9; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Come one and all to the meetings on Fridays in B212 from 2:45 to 3:45. Our first tournament will be the Wildcat Invitational at Dallastown HS on October 30, 2010.

<span style="background-color: #f7f8b9; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Alyssa, of Gettysburg College, has graciously shared a fabulous document with suggestions for finding your piece. She comes with a wealth of experience as a successful speaker. Alyssa is looking forward to helping us out at competitions and occasionally advising students with their pieces during some practices. <span style="background-color: #f7f8b9; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Click here for Alyssa's document = = =<span style="background-color: #800080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 134%;">Molly's email : lordofthehorses88@gmail.com =

=<span style="background-color: #0000ff; color: #ffff00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 147%; text-align: center;">Congratulate the team members on their great work at Districts! = =<span style="background-color: #0000ff; color: #ffff00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 127%; text-align: center;">The team also won the 3rd Place Sweepstakes Plaque (see Ellie). = =<span style="background-color: #0000ff; color: #ffff00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">See the 'SCHEDULE' link for more DISTRICT photos<span style="background-color: #0000ff; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 147%;">. =

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 160%; text-align: center;">** After the Cumberland Valley HS Tournament **

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">The team waiting for the Tournament to begin. <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">MOLLY & LAURA - Our WINNERS!!!!!

**<span style="color: #ee118b; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">MORE TOURNAMENT PICTURES ARE ON THE MESSAGE BOARD :) **





**<span style="background-color: #ff9d00; color: #fafaef; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">MLK Tournament...It was a long day!!!! **

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<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #fdff00; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">Tournament at Trinity High School





Team members at Dallastown's Wildcat Invitational Tournament on Oct. 31, 2009 are:

Back/Top Row: Nate B., Jenna W., Kayla S., Cassie P. Middle Row: Lining W., Norma Jean R., Emma D., Ellie R., Laura G.  Front/Bottom Row: Nate R., Joanna B., Molly F., Hannah B., Erin P., Lora W

Message Board: click here.

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