Hey Everyone! :)

[techno4evr]

Hey everyone my name is brad and i will be 17 in about a month or so and i am going into 11th grade this year :yeah: .to start off i am a member of my schools speech team in the category of Prose and Poetry and i love speech because of all the interesting people you meet from all over the world! i love studying other cultures and i listen to music from many different places, and as far as american music goes im not a huge fan of rap but i love rock artists like Ozzy Osbourne, The Beatles, The Who, and a few Hip Hop Artists Like Beyonce,Rihanna,Usher. basically a wide variety :P. I hope i can get to know everyone well on here and im looking forward to spending more time on this forum :)

[lou lou]

Hello Brad its nice to meet you my name is Lauren. Oh and Welcome. :)

[techno4evr]

Hello Lauren thank you for the welcome its nice to meet you too :), so out of curiosity are there any activities you enjoy doing after school?

[lou lou]

Sports that's about it and sometimes I stay after school and help my history teacher

[techno4evr]

thats cool you help your history teacher out i love history myself especially the age of exploration and the victorian era :). i like some sports like soccer but unfortunately i was cursed with bad hand eye coordination :P, i am the only person i know who will go to kick a ball and somehow end up standing on top of it and go rolling down onto their face hahaha.

[root]

Lol, cool, I do extemporaneous and congress. I might to public forums next year if I can find a partner.

Everyone here is relatively nice with the exception of me. :D

Welcome to VT

[lou lou]

haha I play golf, basketball, and softball. I'm always busy with helping my teacher. :)

[techno4evr]

Thats awesome root you do Extemp that is a category i could never do in my entire life! if someone handed me a bunch of news articles and told me to write a speech and memorize it in a half hour i would panic :P. so how many years have you been in speech?

[techno4evr]

golf is a very challenging sport Lou Lou since its a sport that revolves around technique and planning :). so do you have any favorite subjects?

[root]

Thats awesome root you do Extemp that is a category i could never do in my entire life! if someone handed me a bunch of news articles and told me to write a speech and memorize it in a half hour i would panic :P. so how many years have you been in speech?

yeah, it's actually pretty easy. The key is to be a good bullshitter. Cuz half the stuff they ask really makes no sense. If it makes no sense to you, it'll make no sense to them. The less you know going in, the better off you are. (This doesn't work if you go to states or nationals) Don't ever think up a speech or memorize a speech. Think up the three ideas, the first sentence, and a dramatic conclusion. If you run out of stuff to say, make a dramatic pause. And act like everything coming out of your mouth is the most exciting thing in the world even though no one gives two shits about if Putin wants to make a eurasian union. I actually pick this because it was the least work involved.

But yeah, i could never do poetry...I'd stutter on the rhymes and probably forget everything and start making up lines.

[lou lou]

history and gym you?

[techno4evr]

yeah, it's actually pretty easy. The key is to be a good bullshitter. Cuz half the stuff they ask really makes no sense. If it makes no sense to you, it'll make no sense to them. The less you know going in, the better off you are. (This doesn't work if you go to states or nationals) Don't ever think up a speech or memorize a speech. Think up the three ideas, the first sentence, and a dramatic conclusion. If you run out of stuff to say, make a dramatic pause. And act like everything coming out of your mouth is the most exciting thing in the world even though no one gives two shits about if Putin wants to make a eurasian union. I actually pick this because it was the least work involved.

But yeah, i could never do poetry...I'd stutter on the rhymes and probably forget everything and start making up lines.



what you said was very interesting i agree with you entirely on the dramatic pause thing i do that so many times and it usually works out for the better! i never quite made it to states last year i did make it to the state qualifiers for nationals but unfortuantely one performer i didnt quite do as well as i would have wanted to :P (better luck this year i guess). the thing with prose is you have to move and make up hand motions while holding a black book when your piece is pretty much memorized. i did do dramatic for a while but im sure if youve seen dramatic before you know how dark and depressing it can be haha.

[techno4evr]

history and gym you?

I like English the best more than anything :yes:, that and lunch of course :P i like gym alot of times depending on what were doing, i like it whenever we do volleyball or have a free day where you just do anything you want :)

[root]

what you said was very interesting i agree with you entirely on the dramatic pause thing i do that so many times and it usually works out for the better! i never quite made it to states last year i did make it to the state qualifiers for nationals but unfortuantely one performer i didnt quite do as well as i would have wanted to :P (better luck this year i guess). the thing with prose is you have to move and make up hand motions while holding a black book when your piece is pretty much memorized. i did do dramatic for a while but im sure if youve seen dramatic before you know how dark and depressing it can be haha.

I made it to states but not nationals. states asked weird-ass questions. like i got some question about indian socialists and i was like... "dafuq???" And there was a question on music of today and i mentioned hip hop and i guess hip hop does not settle well with middle aged ladies.

Oh, I know what you're talking about. You call it prose, we call it O.I (Oral interpretation) And yeah, drama is very depressing, everyone talks about either rape or suicide. I had this friend who had a piece and it started with "once upon a time" and i got shivers hearing it.

I love watching duo though. The one with two people and they're not allowed to touch each other or look at each other but they still need to be in sync. I always thought that was really cool.

[Stryker125]

Hi Brad. Welcome to VT! :D

[techno4evr]

I made it to states but not nationals. states asked weird-ass questions. like i got some question about indian socialists and i was like... "dafuq???" And there was a question on music of today and i mentioned hip hop and i guess hip hop does not settle well with middle aged ladies.

Oh, I know what you're talking about. You call it prose, we call it O.I (Oral interpretation) And yeah, drama is very depressing, everyone talks about either rape or suicide. I had this friend who had a piece and it started with "once upon a time" and i got shivers hearing it.

I love watching duo though. The one with two people and they're not allowed to touch each other or look at each other but they still need to be in sync. I always thought that was really cool.

i hate those judges who simply cut you down because of stupid things like mentioning hip hop. and yeah ive seen extempt judges ask questions that can pretty much make no sense whatsoever :P i did a politically correct version of little red riding hood last year and needless to say there were a few judges who would end up offended since it kind of made fun of liberals and our politically correct society :P. its also called O.I but they both mean the same thing :). i once watched a dramatic performance where the girl was getting ready to stab her husband and she actually foamed at the mouth! it was very scary LOL. i love duo interp as well but i could never find a partner. have you ever done other categories before?

[techno4evr]

Hi Brad. Welcome to VT! :D

Hey Stryker nice to meet you and thanks for the welcome :), so do you have any hobbies?

[Haydenn3]

hey dude nice to meet you im Hayden :) how are you?

[techno4evr]

hey dude nice to meet you im Hayden :) how are you?

Hey Hayden nice to meet you too :), im doing pretty good right now how about you?