Urbana-Champaign and Springfield

Illini Stars Swing Urbana-Champaign and Springfield

Dear Collegiate Forensics Members,

I would like to cordially invite you to the first annual University of Illinois SwingIllini Stars Swing speech tournament to be held on ouron the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus. Urbana-Champaign will be hosting Saturday, February 7th and our partner the University of Illinois Springfield will be hosting Sunday, February 8th. Both days will be on the Urbana- Champaign campus! We at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are a student run organization and over the past several years this activity and community have given us so very much that we are forever grateful. Now, we would like the opportunity to give back to this wonderful community by inviting you all to come spend the weekend with us at the home of the Fighting Illini.

We will be hosting tournaments for all 11 AFA/NFA Individual Events. Awards will be given to the top six performers in each event, top three in quadrathon, and top five schools in team sweepstakes. Please enter the tournament by using speechwire.com before 5pm on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015. Fees are $8 per IE slot each. One judge will be required for every six entries. Uncovered slots are each $10. Drop fees will be assessed after noon on Wednesday, February 4th 2015. The drop fee for IE is $15 per dropped slot and $50 per dropped judge. On Saturday, February 7th, the UIUC tournament will extend the offer to student run teams to contact Danny Hess to discuss entry fee waivers. On Saturday Cchecks can be made out to “(Speech Team”) for both days of the swing. UIUC and on Sunday checks can be made out to (?) for UIS.

We will be operating out of Gregory Hall on the UIUC campus main quad area. Parking and Lodging information is provided below.

We sincerely hope you are able to attend and we are greatly looking forward to hosting you all. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns feel free to contact me or one of my colleagues that I have listed below and we will be thrilled to help you.

Thank you so much

Danny Hess University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (630) 877-0681 [email protected]

Nikki Overcash University of Illinois Springfield (217) 381-3057 [email protected] Tournament Schedule!

Day 1 February 7th! UIUC

8:30am- Registration (Gregory Hall) 9:30am- Extemp Draw for Round 1A 10:00am- Round 1A (ADS, CA, DUO, EXT, POE, PRO) 11:15am- Extemp Draw for Round 2A 11:45am- Round 2A (ADS, CA, DUO, EXT, POE, PRO) 1:00pm- Lunch 1:30pm- Round 1B (DI, IMP, INF, PER, POI) 2:45pm- Round 2B (DI, IMP, INF, PER, POI) 4:00pm- Extemp Prep Final 4:30pm- Final A (ADS, CA, DUO, EXT, POE, PRO) 5:45pm- Final B (DI, IMP, INF, PER, POI) 7:00pm- Awards

Day 2 February 8th! UIS*

7:30am- Registration (Gregory Hall) 8:30am- Extemp Draw for Round 1A 9:00am- Round 1A (ADS, CA, DUO, EXT, POE, PRO) 10:15am- Extemp Draw for Round 2A 10:45am- Round 2A (ADS, CA, DUO, EXT, POE, PRO) 12:00pm- Lunch 12:30pm- Round 1B (DI, IMP, INF, PER, POI) 1:45pm- Round 2B (DI, IMP, INF, PER, POI) 3:00pm- Extemp Prep Final 3:30pm- Final A (ADS, CA, DUO, EXT, POE, PRO) 4:45pm- Final B (DI, IMP, INF, PER, POI) 6:00pm- Awards

*Please note that Day 2 begins one hour EARLIER than Day 1 Sweepstakes and Quadrathon

Sweepstakes

Team sweepstakes will be awarded to the top five teams at the tournament each day based on final round points. Points will be awarded as such:

12 Points – 1st Place in open final 10 Points – 2nd Place in open final 8 Points – 3rd Place in open final 6 Points – 4th Place in open final 4 Points – 5th Place in open final 2 Points – 6th Place in open final

Quadrathon

Students have the ability to enter in quadrathon. To enter in quadrathon, a student must compete in a minimum of four events with one limited preparation event, one public address event, and one interpretation event. Only the student’s top four events will be counted toward quadrathon. The top three students will be recognized. Lodging, Parking, Food

Hotel Information

Sleep Inn Urbana 1908 N Lincoln Ave Urbana, IL, 61801 United States, 888-950-5998

Baymont Inn & Suites 302 West Anthony Drive Champaign, IL, 61822 United States, 888-950-5998

Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Champaign 101 Trade Center Dr Champaign, IL, 61820 United States, 888-950-5998

Homewood Suites by Hilton Champaign-Urbana 1417 South Neil Street Champaign, IL, 61820 United States, 888-950-5998

Hampton Inn Champaign Urbana 1200 West University Avenue Urbana, IL, 61801 United States, 888-950-5998

Parking

University Parking lots are free on campus throughout the weekend. A sizable parking lot on the corner of Sixth and Armory next to our Main Library will be the closest free lot to Gregory Hall. Information regarding its location (Labeled E3) and other parking information can be found at our campus parking link here http://www.parking.illinois.edu/visitors/campus-maps/campus- parking-map/map2-3

We will primarily be operating out of Gregory Hall on our campus Main quad. Our student Union building 1st floor provides numerous restaurants and food options. Several are listed here http://union.illinois.edu/eat/restaurants/food-court. Gregory Hall is several blocks from Green Street that provides numerous other eating options, i.e. Chipotle, Noodles & Company, Panda Express. We have also provided the name and number of several delivery options. Jimmy John’s 807 S Lincoln Ave (217) 328-3100

Papa John's Pizza 106 E Green St (217) 355-5858

Silver Mine Subs 612 E Daniel St (217) 328-5000