Have you seen the movie The Hunger Games?
The first one where the kids all leap off the podium to slaughter the other kids?
That’s the only way to truly explain what Sectionals looked like!
Here is some speech math for you:
Speech has 14 events. 4 kids advance from Regionals in each event. 6 pieces break into a final. Only the Top 3 advance to State.
It’s a literal bloodbath!
If murder was allowed…I mean I’m just saying it might happen!
So many tears are shed all day…it’s Kleenex’s favorite day of the year probably. So why not show you an accurate depiction of the tears that are shed at Sectionals.
The pre-performance stress tears
The encouraging talk from your coach tears
The I fucked up my first round tears
The I fucked up both my rounds tears
The I forgot a part of my piece tears
The I didn’t break finals tears
The I didn’t break finals and it’s my senior year tears
The I did break finals excited tears
The I didn’t advance to state tears
The I got 4th place and didn’t advance to state
The moment you realize you made the Top 3 tears
The rejoining your team after advancing to state tears
The proud coach tears
The proud parent tears
The better luck next time pep talk tears
This is a follow up to
18 JUDGES YOU’LL SEE AT A SPEECH TOURNAMENT
and
18 KIDS YOU’LL SEE AT A SPEECH TOURNAMENT
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