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из газеты Сан-Антонио ЭкспрессFrom the San Antonio Express-News; Texas. June 17, 1998.
Students gear up for national speech tourney
Deborah Martinez; Express-News Staff Writer
Recent Madison High School graduate Chris Cardenas is hoping the adage,"the third time's the charm," proves true.
For
the past two years, the 17- year-old Carnegie Mellon University-bound
student has had near- misses in his quest for a duet acting title in the
National Forensic League's National Speech Tournament.
"I don't
feel nervous, but I am anxious because I've gotten second and fourth
the past two years," said Cardenas, who has qualified for nationals with
a different partner each year.
This year, Jared Padalecki is
Cardenas' partner in aiming for first place. They hope their
interpretation of "Dominick and Eugene," a story about two brothers who
only have each other, does the trick.
But, they know the pressure is on.
"We're the favorites going in," Cardenas said. "We're anxious to go and see what we can do."
Along
with Cardenas and Padalecki, 19 other San Antonio area students are
representing their respective high schools in St. Louis this week.
They
are competing with more than 3,000 students from across the country for
titles in events ranging from debate, to speech and drama.
Eighteen-year-old
Fred Noyes, a MacArthur High School graduate who is competing in two
events, said he is very aware is his last opportunity to snag a national
title to top off his high school career.
He is hoping his
experience at last year's event will help place him in at least the top
15, in either Extemporaneous Speaking or Lincoln-Douglas Debates.
"As
far as placing fourth, that would be in my wildest dreams," said Noyes
who is planning to attend Northwestern University in the fall. "Anything
above that would be even better."
The young scholars'
anticipation is almost over. The 21 participants from area high schools
left San Antonio International Airport Saturday morning for the weeklong
competition which began Tuesday.
Aside from Cardenas and Padalecki, Madison's delegation includes Christopher Castillo and Meredith Klein.
Jennifer Gillespie, Scott Medlock, Gerald Voorhees and Chris Webb joined Noyes to make up MacArthur's entourage.
Churchill
High School is represented by Aimee Gonzalez, Betsy Jones, Heather
Lindner, Danny Lutman and Blake Walker. Lee High School's team consists
of Justine Fisher, Justin Freeman and Jeremy Hoffman.
Cliff
Sands and Daniel Wachdorf from Clemens High School, and Texas Military
Institute's Justin Blanchard and Dane Charbeneau also are competing at
the 67th annual event.
From the San Antonio Express-News; Texas. June 29, 1998.Young actor clicks in third try
Deborah Martinez; Express-News Staff Writer
Chris Cardenas finally found his match in Jared Padalecki.
For
the past two years, Cardenas has gone to the National Speech Tournament
to compete in duet acting. Each time, the 1998 Madison High School
graduate went with a different partner. Each time he placed in the top
six.
When Cardenas, 17, teamed up with Padalecki, 15, and
traveled to St. Louis last week, they were gunning for Cardenas' last
shot at a national title.
The pair turned in a tear-jerking
rendition of "Dominick and Eugene," a story about a man's paternal
relationship with his mentally retarded brother, before a crowd of about
3,000.
The judges awarded them first place, giving the North
East School District its first national championship in duo
interpretation.
"It means a lot to finally win. It was my last
chance," said Cardenas, who plans to go to Carnegie- Mellon University
in the fall and major in theater. "It probably does mean more to me than
it does to Jared because I have been trying for this the past three
years."
The most harrowing moments for the pair came after their
final performance. They had to sit through a three-hour award ceremony
in which winners in their category were the last to be announced.
Although the partners were poised about their performance, the national title came as something of a surprise.
"I
was pretty confident of the scene, and I was confident we would do
well. But there's always that little question in the back of your mind,"
Padalecki said about the stiff competition with the 200- plus teams of
duo interpreters.
With two years left in high school, Padalecki said his partnership with Cardenas will help him prepare for future competitions.
"I
love the way Chris acts," Padalecki said. "I respect his work.
Everything I see him do he's always really good in. All the rest of the
audience is really enthralled by him.
"It was a good experience and an honor to be chosen to work with him."
Both actors attributed their success to their coach, Mike Harrison.
Cardenas
said his and Padalecki's championship was an emotional climax to four
years of hard work in which he sacrificed teen- age experiences such as
his high school prom.
"When I look back at the last four years,
it's more important than a prom," said Cardenas, who described as a
relief the actual moment after he and Padalecki were announced
champions.
"It was like a sigh of relief because you're like
tense and you're holding your breath and all of a sudden you can
exhale," Cardenas said. "After that, you just start freaking out."
Overall,
North East had the best representation of any school district in the
nation at the 67th annual tournament, sponsored by the National Forensic
League, said Diana Schumacher, assistant to the district's fine arts
director. The tournament included events ranging from debate to speech
and drama.
For Churchill High School, Blake Walker took home a
fourth place in humorous interpretation and Danny Lutman placed sixth in
the original oratory category, while Aimee Gonzalez took 10th place in
dramatic interpretation.
Lee High School student Justine Fisher
was a triple winner, taking fourth place in extemporaneous speaking,
eighth place in policy debate with partner Justin Freeman, and 10th
place in the Phyllis Flory Barton Debate Speakers Awards category.mcb_at_the_gate posted this at
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National Forensic League Championship
"So
I was reading all these random facts about Jared, and I read that he
and a friend won the National Forensic League Duo Interpretation
Championship back in 1998, and me, being the nerd that I am, went and
looked for their website to see if they had a list of all past winners.
And lo and behold, they do.
http://www.nflonline.org/uploads/NationalTournament/nt601sec3.pdf
"Scroll
down to the 5th page, and he's under Schwan Duo Interpretation, 1998.
Too bad they don't have any pictures... It's just so weird to see his
name listed somewhere that has absolutely nothing to do with show
business."
And in the comments to this post,
No idea who the guy in the middle is.
I went to the official website of the National Forensic League to see exactly what Duo Interpretation is, but everything there is in pdf files, and it was described much more precisely at Wikipedia anyway.
Duo
Interpretation, or often simply called Duo Interp, is an official
speech event of the National Forensics League, the National Catholic
Forensics League and the National Christian Forensics and Communications
Association. The event involves a pair of performers acting out a short
literary piece under certain restraints, including not looking at or
touching your partner, and no props. Pieces used often include published
short stories, plays, or poems. Participants may cut anything out of
their piece, but cannot add any dialogue.
Performance
Interpretation
is highly valued in this event. Performers often twist the meanings of
words for comic effect, or play on an unintentional pun. Other common
ways to change the meaning of the text is to sing, dance, gesture, or
simply change the tone of your voice. Hand-gestures and pantomiming are
also utilized. To overcome the restriction of looking at one's partner,
participants often pick a point on the wall in front them to look at,
pretending it is their partner's face. Performers must convince the
audience with believable facial expression that the person they are
talking to is truly up against the wall.
Participants also
overcome the rule against touching by creating timed movements, such as
when one actor pushes straight out in front of themselves, while their
partner pretends to be hit at the same time.
There is no definite
time minimium but official rules say that a duo piece should be ten
minutes long. Any team going over this time shall be granted a thirty
second grace period. After ten minutes and thirty seconds the performers
may not be awarded first place in that specific round.
This is Jared's alumni (student) record from the NFL site.
Jared Padalecki Merit # 915649 Grad Year 2000
School: Not associated with any school.
Last Points Entry : 07/31/2001
Highest Degree :
Superior Distinction 07/10/1998
Special Distinction 02/10/1998
Distinction 05/21/1997
Excellence 04/02/1997
Honor 02/14/1997
Merit 02/14/1997
Former School(s) : James Madison High School 02/14/1997 - 06/30/2000
Total - 781 Points
0 Debate
500 Speech
0 Congress
0 Service
82 District
199 National
See the NFL Wikipedia page to read about the points, how they're given and etc.
And this from the same site -
1998 Duo Interp Finals
St. Louis, Missouri
(196 teams entered)
Dominick and Eugene Serious Male/Male
Isadore and GB Mixed Male/Female
The Colored Museum Humorous Male/Female
The Exhibition Serious Male/Male
Sticks and Stones Serious Male/Male
Bunny, Bunny Mixed Male/Female
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