Speech Contest
2012 Speech Contest Rules and Guidelines
Theme:
American Values: Family, Freedom, God, and Country
“Our liberty depends on our education, our laws, and habits . . . it is founded on morals and religion, whose authority reigns in the heart, and on the influence all these produce on public opinion before that opinion governs rulers.” Fisher Ames, Framer of the First Amendment*
All speeches will be videotaped and mailed or uploaded by March 30, 2012
Prizes: 1st place - $750, 2nd place - $400, 3rd place - $300, 3 Honorable Mentions - $150
CONTEST RULES
- MARCH 30, 2012 – Deadline for all speeches to be postmarked or uploaded electronically
- Open to all 10th - 12th grade Utah students
- Register online by March 23, 2012 and submit video by March 30, 2012.
- Speech must be your own work (family or friends may critique your speech but cannot write it for you).
- Speech must be memorized (no notes allowed).
- Time limit is 5 minutes (penalty if speech is too short or long).
- Professional dress requested for presentation.
- Decision of the judges is final.
- By invitation: final division April 20, 2012
- Finalist speaks at the Patriotic Service at the McKay Events Center July 1, 2012
- Students may also enter the essay contest, film contests, or storytelling contest (1st-9th grades).
REGISTRATION by March 23, 2012
Please click HERE to register for the speech contest.
*Note: Speeches become the property of the Freedom Festival and may be used for Freedom Festival purposes.
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SUBMISSION by March 30, 2012
After you’ve registered you must submit your video!
Submitting DVD by mail
Your DVD must be postmarked by March 30, 2012 and mailed to the following address:
Freedom Festival Speech Contest
4262 N 300 W Suite 300
Provo, UT 84604
Submitting Online
Upload your video to YouTube and email the link to Julie Maddox at jmamaddox@gmail.com
How-to upload a video to YouTube
- Go to http://www.youtube.com/
- In the upper right hand corner of the home page click on “sign in”
- If you have a google account you can login with that and go to the next step. If you don’t have a google login then click on “sign up for YouTube” and then fill out the necessary info.
- Once you’re logged in click on the link at the top of the screen that says “upload”
- Click on the button that says “video upload” and then upload your video.
- Make sure to fill out the Title and Description fields are filled out appropriately
- In the privacy section be sure to check the “Public” option.
- Click on the save button at the bottom of the screen
- You may have to wait a while for your video to upload, after your video is done precessing go to your published video page.
- Copy the url link and send it to jmamaddox@gmail.com
HELPFUL HINTS
- Extemporaneous speeches do not work. Write your text and then memorize it.
- Emphasize the positive. Be uplifting.
- Remember: This is not a debate. You are not trying to win an intellectual
- argument.
- Use of specific examples, quotations, and clearly stated principles will strengthen your speech.
- This is a celebration of America and the good it represents.
Chairperson(s): Julie Maddox – jmamaddox@gmail.com
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