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Speech and Congress Schedule at Notre Dame San Jose

Speech and Congress Schedule

All Speech Events and Congress will be held at Notre Dame San Jose

Please note - Speech events will be broken into 2 Patterns - Pattern A and Pattern B - Tentative patterns are listed below. We may make adjustments based on entry size.

Pattern A: Dramatic Interp Novice, Dramatic Interp Open, Humorous Interp Novice, Humorous Interp Open, Impromptu Novice, Impromptu Open, Informative Novice, Informative Open, Programmed Oral Interp Open and Novice (Combined division)

Pattern B: Declamation Novice, Declamation Open, Duo Interp Novice, Duo Interp Open, Extemp Novice, Extemp Open, Original Oratory Novice, Original Oratory Open, Original Prose & Poetry Open and Novice (Combined division)

Saturday, Nov 21

8:00am-9:30am - Speech Round 1A (DI N, DI O, HI N, HI O, IMP N, IMP O, INFO N, INFO O, POI O)

8:30am-11:00am - Congress Round 1

9:45am-11:15am - Speech Round 1B (DEC N, DEC O, DUO N, DUO O, EXT N, EXT O, OO N, OO O, OPP O)

11:30am-1:15pm - Speech Round 2A (DI N, DI O, HI N, HI O, IMP N, IMP O, INFO N, INFO O, POI O)

12:15pm-2:45pm - Congress Round 2

1:30pm-3:00pm - Speech Round 2B (DEC N, DEC O, DUO N, DUO O, EXT N, EXT O, OO N, OO O, OPP O)

3:15pm-4:45pm - Speech Round 3A (DI N, DI O, HI N, HI O, IMP N, IMP O, INFO N, INFO O, POI O)

4:00pm-6:30pm - Congress Round 3

5:15pm-6:45pm - Speech Round 3B (DEC N, DEC O, DUO N, DUO O, EXT N, EXT O, OO N, OO O, OPP O)

Sunday, Nov 22

8:00am-9:30am - Speech Round 4A (DI N, DI O, HI N, HI O, IMP N, IMP O, INFO N, INFO O, POI O)

8:30am-11:00am - Congress Finals

9:45am-11:15pm - Speech Round 4B (DEC N, DEC O, DUO N, DUO O, EXT N, EXT O, OO N, OO O, OPP O)

11:30am-12:30pm - Lunch

12:30pm-2:00pm - Speech Elim 1 (All events)

2:45pm-4:15pm - Speech Elim 2

5:00pm-6:30pm - Speech Elim 3

7:00pm - Awards