Tongue Twister Races
How fast can you sell seashells down by the seashore? This no prep fling event asks a student to balance speed and accuracy with a challenging combinations of words. Dive into the fun and go for the diction!
Tongue Twister Races is a "fling" category that is not offered in every tournament. If a tournament will be offering Tongue Twister Races, it will be announced in the invitation.
Tongue Twister Races: In this solo event, students first check in, give their ballots to the judges, and are reminded of the speaker order. Then all but the first speaker will leave the room to wait quietly down the hall out of hearing. The first student will be given the short tongue twister and have 30 seconds to practice it, un-judged, while timed by the judge (it is recommended that speakers practice this out loud to a wall like a warm up). The judges will inform the speaker when the practice time is complete; judges will then reset the timer and indicate they are ready. The student will then deliver the tongue twister with clarity, diction, reading for meaning and with correct pronunciation as quickly as possible but trying to be without stumbles or errors. Students will be evaluated on all these skills, and being errorless will be more important than speed. Once the student has finished, they will go out into the hall and invite the next speaker into the room. They will also return to the room to serve as respectful audience for the rest of the round.
During this performance the student should strive to demonstrate the following skills:
DICTION/CLARITY: speaks precisely and understandably in spite of challenging material.
READING FOR MEANING: uses vocal skills (volume, pitch, speaking rate, tone, pauses, emphasis and tone) avoiding rhythm/rhyme dominance; successfully supports your understanding of the material.
LACK OF ERRORS, MISPRONUNCIATION OR STUMBLES: successfully delivers the challenging material without issue.
CONNECTION TO AUDIENCE: creates interest and holds your attention.
Time Limit: 30 seconds for practice; performance has no time limit as it is self-limiting by length.
Judges indicate start and stop of practice time.
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