Monthly Archives: February 2010

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 … Continue reading >>

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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 … Continue reading >>

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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 … Continue reading >>

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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, … Continue reading >>

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