IF THE SHOE FITS…

COMPETITION ARENA SYNOPSES

ARENA 1: THE SHOWTIME CHALLENGE

Cool Your Heels

Your team's challenge prior to the competition is to create a four to five minute humorous skit that is based upon a pair of magical shoes. You must include:

• Shoe heels that when clicked together change the environment
• Go to at least three environments; one environment is reached by accident
• One environment must hold a surprise for the wearer of the magic shoes
• The magical shoes must have a unique design
• A pair of unusual shoes must be discovered

Competition day your team will enter the Showtime Preparation room thirty minutes before your performance time and draw from five decks of cards (character; word; line of dialogue; action; and prop). Your team then has thirty minutes to smoothly incorporate what the cards designate into your existing skit.

ARENA 2: THE ENGINEERING FEATS CHALLENGE

Foot the Bill

Your team's challenge prior to the competition is to create a four to five minute skit that is based upon a home shaped like a shoe. Your shoe must:

• Be a mobile home or, in other words, be able to roll
• Be able to hold at least one team member
• Have at least three "windows" with a surprise behind each

Competition day your team will enter the Engineering Feats Preparation room thirty minutes before your performance time and draw from a deck of task cards to determine two more tasks that will become part of your presentation. Your team then has thirty minutes to transform your materials into the required performance tasks and incorporate them into your skit.

ARENA 3: THE FINE TUNING CHALLENGE

Blue, Blue, Blue Suede Shoes

Your team's challenge prior to the competition is to create a four to five minute skit based on the rock hit Blue Suede Shoes. Your presentation must include:

• Blue Shoes
• A performance of at least two Elvis Presley hits
• An Elvis impersonator
• An original costume design

Competition day your team will enter the Fine Tuning Preparation room thirty minutes before your performance time and draw two cards from a deck of task cards. The Preparation room tasks required of the team could be creating new lyrics to an old melody, creating an original song, revising an existing work of art, creating a new work of art, or any combination of small projects. Your team then has thirty minutes to transform their materials into the required performance tasks.

ARENA 4: THE PERSPECTIVE CHALLENGE

Shoe Fly

Your team's challenge prior to the competition is to create a four to five minute humorous skit that is based on the perspective of a shoe that can fly. The skit must include:

• At least one shoe that can fly
• A scuffy shoe character
• A dance routine
• An original shoe design

Competition day your team will enter the Perspective Preparation room thirty minutes before your performance time and draw from five decks of cards (character, word, line of dialogue, action, and prop). Your team then has thirty minutes to smoothly incorporate what the cards designate into your existing skit.