Speech & Drama

Lincoln Douglas Debate Topic

Manual, Page 57, Sec. 9. The March-April topic from the NSDA (former NFL) website will be used at State.

Speech Championship Events

The following are the events that will be held at the state speech championships for the years 2025-2027.

Class 1A, 2A Original Oration Informative Speech Oral Interpretation of Poetry Oral Interpretation of Prose Duet Acting Serious Solo Acting Humorous Solo Acting Improvised Duet Acting Extemporaneous Speech Impromptu Speech	Class 3A, 4A Original Oration Informative Speech Oral Interpretation of Poetry Oral Interpretation of Prose Duet Acting Serious Solo Acting Humorous Solo Acting Improvised Duet Acting Extemporaneous Speech Impromptu Speech Program of Oral Interpretation
Class 5A, 6A Original Oration Informative 10 w/Visual Aides Oral Interpretation of Poetry Oral Interpretation of Prose Program of Oral Interpretation Dramatic Interpretation (Solo) Humorous Interpretation (Solo) Impromptu Speech Domestic Extemporaneous Speech Foreign Extemporaneous Speech Duo Interpretation

One Act Play
Please do not request coaches to present one-act plays before they have had their designated 15 minutes.

Festival Events
Regional and State Festival events will remain the same for all 6 classes. Each school may enter the following 12 events in any combination: Original Oratory, Informative/Informative 10 Speech, Extemporaneous Speech, Humorous Solo Acting, Serious Solo Acting, Duet Acting, Oral Interpretation of Prose, Oral Interpretation of Poetry, Improvised Duet Acting, Impromptu Speech, Program of Oral Interpretation and One-Act Play.

Extemporaneous Event (Foreign & Domestic) Categories:
Foreign

International Relations/Foreign Affairs/Int'l Agencies and organizations
Africa/Middle East
Western Europe/Eastern Europe/Russia
China/Japan/the rest of Asia including the Indian Subcontinent
Latin America/South America/Canada/Mexico/Caribbean

Domestic

Government – Local, State, Federal/Politics and Politicians/Public Service
America’s Social and Health Issues/Economy Business/Labor
U.S. Foreign Policy/Foreign Affairs/Military Issues
Science/Environment/Technology
America’s Judicial System/Education/Issues of Youth

Unannotated Indices Definition:

The Speech Advisory Committee has been asked to define “unannotated indices” as used in theKSHSAA Speech & Drama Manual, page 41, Sec. 3, Extemporaneous Speech.

Unannotated indices may include, but are not limited to:

An article file – contains articles from magazines, books, journals, newspapers, and/or other published printed material in original or copy form indexed by topic.
A card file - contains index cards organizing magazines or books articles by topic with only the following information: article title, source title, date, and page number.
Previous outlines of extemporaneous speeches, written notes on extemporaneous topics, prepared speeches from handbooks and briefs, notations in the margins of published printed materials shall be barred from the extemporaneous prep room.
“Blank” extemporaneous outline forms are NOT considered previous speeches or notes. Coaches are requested to reread Extemporaneous Speech, Sec. 3. Preparation to avoid grievances at invitational or state speech tournaments.

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Current Champions
Class 6A Class 5A Class 4A Class 3A Class 2A Class 1A	Lawrence-Free State Kansas City-Sumner Academy Tonganoxie Norton Community Sterling Rosalia-Flinthills
[Previous State Champions]