If your team qualified for the State Tournament, congratulations.
Here is the link to the online registration form for the State Tournament.
Calendar
March 6th Tournaments!
Good luck to all the teams participating in the following regional tournament tomorrow!
Jeffco Regional Tournament
DI eXtreme Celebration this Saturday!
They’re coming from all over Colorado!
High school students with a passion for fun, a desire to be creative and a bit of crazy tossed in to make things interesting. Top that off with the stress of a ninety minute deadline and an unknown challenge makes DI eXtreme and adventure to watch!
Watch students from:
Bayfield High School
Calhan High School
Canon City High School
Evergreen/Lakewood/Golden High Schools
2 teams from Florence High School
Heritage High School
Littleton/Heritage High Schools
Pueblo High School
Regis/Cherry Creek/ Littleton High Schools
Salida High School
When: February 27, 2010
Times: 9:00 Teams begin their challenges
10:45 Presentations begin
12:30 until 1:15 Lunch (on your own)
1:15 Awards Ceremony
1:30 Play-off round between the two challenge sites
Where: South Middle School,
12310 East Peakview Drive in Aurora
You can’t beat the fun of watching DI eXtreme teams in action!
Come join us for DI Fun!
March 8, 2010 - 10:37 pm - ~DI Extreme~ Rocks the cat's brow! The kids from Canon City had a blast. Thanks so much!
Appraiser Training – February 20th!
As always… we are asking that all Team Managers ask family and friends to please consider appraising at our Regional Tournaments. We need approximately 125 volunteers to run a successful tournament for our teams. As you can see we have several tournament happening on the same day so please consider volunteering at more than one tournament. You must appraise at one regional tournament to participate as an appraiser for the State Tournament.
Every Volunteer is much needed and appreciated!
As an added bonus Destination ImagiNation is participating in the Disney Give a Day – Get a Disney Day program. If you preregister with Disney, attend appraisers training and participate at our tournament – you’ll get a free ticket to a Disney Park.
Appraiser Training:
- February 20, 2010
- 8:00 am until 12:00
- South High School 1700 East Lousisana Avenue, Denver CO, 80210
2010 Tournament Schedule:
March 6, 2010
- Jeffco at Alameda HS
- Pikes Peak at Palmer HS
March 13, 2010
- Boulder at Monarch HS
- North Metro at Hinkley HS
- South Metro at Englewood HS
- Western Slope at Rifle HS
March 20, 2010
- Cherry Creek at Eaglecrest HS
- Denver at George Washington HS
- Southwest at Excalante HS
March 27, 2010
- South at CSU, Pueblo
April 17, 2010
- State Tournament at the Auraria Campus, Denver
Clarifications – Have You Checked Your Challenge?
Team Clarifications
You may not be sure whether you understand something about your Team Challenge or the Rules. When you have a question and you can’t find the answer in the Challenge, the Published Clarifications or the Rules of the Road, it’s time to ask for a Team Clarification. A Clarification is a statement that explains the boundaries of a stated rule or Team Challenge requirement. Questions asked by your team are answered by the International Challenge Masters (ICMs) in charge of your Team Challenge. The ICMs will answer your team’s questions and send them directly back to you. The question and answer will not be shared with any other team. For more information, please refer to the Clarification pages in the Rules of the Road in the 2009-10 Destination ImagiNation Team Program Materials.
Published Clarifications
When the International Challenge Masters feel there is an issue about a Team Challenge or the Rules of the Road that all teams should know about, they write a Published Clarification. A Published Clarification supersedes the Rules of the Road and the Team Challenge, as well as a Team Clarification. Every team is expected to know the Published Clarifications for its Challenge.
Click on the Challenge name to see the Published Clarification or to ask for an individual Team Clarification:
Important: Clarification deadline is February 15, 2010
6 New Warm-Up Exercises
Warm-up challenges are meant to get your team jump started. They are quick 5 minute improv exercises. The team has 3 minute to plan and 2 minutes to perform. Props may be imaginary. Scoring is based on the creativity of their solution and character development. Up to 25 points for creativity of the solution and up to 25 points for character development – for 50 points possible.
- Your main character is a talking mouse, the place is a fancy restaurant, the goal is to write a love poem, the obstacle is there is an angry swarm of bees, and your prop is a shovel.
- Your main character is a dirty dog, the place is inside a refrigerator, the goal is to find the monkey, the obstacle is the electricity keeps shutting off and your prop is an telephone.
- Your main character is a hippy, the place is a shopping center, the goal is to bake cookies, the obstacle is you keep losing your way, and your prop is a light bulb.
- Your main character is a really old man, the place is on top of a mountain, your obstacle is that you need to cut down a tree, and your prop is a spoon.
- Your main character is a marathon runner, the place is Hawaii, your obstacle is that you can’t read the paper and your prop is a kitten.
- Your main character is a crying vampire, the place is a campground, your obstacle is there is so much traffic, and your prop is an overdue library book.
DI eXtreme for Adults – the Video!
Last November we had a fabulous time at our DI eXtreme for Adults Night at the Lionsgate Center in Lafayette. While this was supposed to be a fundraiser – it was really an opportunity for the “grown-ups” to get together to do a DI challenge, without the kid interference!
We had great fun and are hoping next time we get together for DI eXtreme for Adults you’ll JOIN US!
Gift Wrapped – A Combination Instant Challenge
Challenge: Your team is to design three unique ways to wrap a birthday gift.
The Scene: Three of your friends are having birthdays. You are giving them the same gift but need to wrap them three different ways so you can tell them apart. Each of your friends has different personalities so your challenge is to design the wrapping to match the person receiving the gift.
Time: Your team will have 4 minutes to design and wrap the three gifts and 2 minutes to present the wrapped gifts and describe the personality of the person receiving the gift.
Materials: Scissors and colored markers (not to be used in the presentation) 3 milk cartons to be wrapped as the gifts, 1 brown paper grocery bag, 5 large rubber bands, 10 mailing labels, 1 yard of string, 3 sheets of colored 8×10 paper, 5 pieces of lasagna noodles, 1/2 yard fabric, 6 – 12 inch sheets of foil, 4 toilet paper tubes, 10 chenille stems (pipe cleaners) and 3 envelopes.
Scoring: (100 possible)
- up to 10 points each for the creativity of the three wrapped gift (30 points possible)
- up to 10 points each for the how well each gift match the personality of the person receiving the gift. (30 points possible)
- 0 to 20 point for the effectiveness of your presentation to the appraisers.
- 0 to 20 points for positive teamwork.
Team Debrief
The Gifts:
- How creatively wrapped were your gifts?
- What else could you have added? Subtracted? Done differently?
- What were the personalities of the people you were giving the gifts to?
- Did your gifts match these personalities?
- What could you have done differently?
Time:
- Did you complete the first part of the challenge within the 4 minutes? If no – why not? What could you do different?
- Did you complete the second part of the challenge within the 2 minutes? If no – why not? What could you do different?
- Did anyone ask now much time was left to work?
Teamwork:
- Did your team work well together?
- Was every team members ideas listened to?
- Did every team member participate in the challenge?
The Points:
- Did your team read over the scoring section of the challenge?
- Where were the most point available?
- Where could you have picked up more points?
DI-Bot PowerPoint from Team Manager Training
It’s was requested that the PowerPoint presentation from the Team Manager Training session be posted to the web site for everyone to view. If you have any further questions please contact your Regional Challenge Master (listed in the PowerPoint) or one of the Area Challenge Masters for DI-Bot.
Challenge B TM Presentation
DI Volunteers and Disney
January 10, 2010-Cherry Hill, New Jersey-Destination ImagiNation (DI) is pleased to announce its participation in Disney’s Give a Day Get a Disney Day program that rewards volunteerism with a free day at any Disney park. DI joins hundreds of organizations, corporations and non-profit organizations encouraging everyone to make a difference in their communities.
“DI would not exist without the dedication and energy of our more than 35,000 volunteers, so it was an easy decision to register with Disney and participate in this great program,” said Chuck Cadle, CEO of Destination ImagiNation, Inc. “Being able to recognize all of our volunteers with such a generous gift sends a positive message about giving back.”
Beginning January 1, 2010, interested parties can visit www.DisneyParks.com to register as a volunteer with DI. DI has many volunteer roles across all states that include helping during Tournament season and managing a DI team. Students can also participate by selecting DI’s Service Learning Challenge that focuses on affecting change in a community through music. DI will continuously update all volunteer opportunities at www.DisneyParks.com.
Volunteer opportunities for DI will continue throughout 2010. Volunteers are needed during the busy Tournament months between January and April, and adult Team Managers are needed for DI teams at the start of the 2010-11 season starting September 2010. To learn more about DI and volunteering, visit www.IDODI.org.
“The Give a Day Get a Disney Day program is the perfect way to become involved in Destination ImagiNation, and it will be a great recruitment campaign for attracting new volunteers,” said Dick Pinney, Executive Director, California Creativity Association. “We have seen DI grow through the dedication of our volunteers and hope participation in Disney’s program will help increase interest in our extraordinary after-school activity.”
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