Here's the practice schedule for the rest of the fall semester.
Tuesday, November 22, 4-6 pm
Wednesday, November 30, 4-6 pm
Sunday, December 4, 2-4 pm
Wednesday, December 7, 4-6 pm
There will be no practice during exam week or the weekend before. We still need to set the first practice of the new year, but we're thinking about Monday, January 2, the day before classes resume. The contest is Saturday, February 4.
Here are the casting decisions for this year's team:
Defense attorneys: Kurt Mueller (opening/closing), Ward Archibald (opening/closing), Elyse Paneral
Prosecution attorneys: Jennifer Cotton (opening/closing), Karishma Sriram (opening/closing), Matt Swan
Alternate attorney: Ben Burnum
Witnesses:
Tavish Gantz (Bailey Pickett)
Jessica Gross (Taylor McFly)
Robert Leverett (Daniel Capulet)
Myles LoParco (Luiz Montague)
Elizabeth Naclerio (Julianne Capulet)
Nathan Iyer (Marty Montague)
Timekeepers:
Saad Bashir, William Leverett, Duncan Sligh
Congratulations to all the new and returning team members! Please plan to attend an organizational meeting next Wednesday, November 16. This meeting will last about an hour, and at that time we'll finalize our schedule for all other first-semester practices.
Alan Hickerson
Bill Leonard
Ernie Harris
Chris Conley
Art Archibald
All right! The new mock-season is upon us. Here's what I know so far:
1) Case will be released tomorrow, Nov. 1, between noon and 5 pm on the website (www.georgiamocktrial.org). To access the case, you'll need our team's user name (athensacad) and our password (1051at). Have at it!
2) Recruiting: We lost some strong seniors last year, and we're going to lose a bunch more after this year. So we need lots of fresh blood, especially young blood (hmm, this sounds like a vampire movie). Recruit new people, especially freshmen and sophomores. Especially, direct them to...
3) Info session: Friday afternoon in Dr. Leonard's room (L-4). We'll show newbies how to access and download the case, and talk to them about how to use that case to prepare for the tryouts next week. I would love to have several of you guys attend to share your knowledge there--you've been there, while I've just watched. Please let me know if you can help with that orientation on Friday.
4) Tryouts: next Monday and Tuesday, November 7 and 8, in L-4, from 4 to 6 pm. Signup sheet on Dr. L's door by this afternoon.
5) Contest dates: Feb. 4 for the region, March 17-18 for the state, May 3-6 for the nationals.