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The Art of Declamation Vocals


Declamation offers the distinct challenge of merging your interpretation and speaking style with another’s.  Surrounded by speaking events where you are the writer, no other places competitors into such a predicament.  With the risk of being compared to another orator, Declamation speakers must seize a speech they did not write and caress the words to [...]

Google executives said that Android will over iPhone


Google executives said that Android will over iPhone With the escalating competition, Apple, Android is Google smart phone in the field of the “main weapons.” According to market research firm comScore data, the current 9% of U.S. smart phones using the Android operating system. Android is Google in the rapidly growing flat-panel computers SONY VGP-BPS9 [...]

Furtive Glances Are Not the Same As Making Eye Contact with Your Audience


If you have trouble making eye contact with your audience, I suggest you make every attempt to change that practice. A young lawyer with whom I was working would glance about the room, briefly looking at someone and then immediately glancing at someone else, never actually seeing any of us in his audience. At first, [...]

Declamation Blocking


Speaking events allow for movement in the designated performance space.  Blocking can be an effective way to show transition, climax, emphasis, or to move the speech along.  Ususally a speaker moves to various, pre-selected spots with the start of a new paragraph of support and on the conclusion.  That’s usually.  Declamation differs from other speaking [...]

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Oh, Declamation! I Can Hardly Contain Myself!


Much of a Declamation’s success rides on the showmanship quality you add.  Appearing confident is one factor of performance (see this article for more information: http://www.forensicscommunity.com/declamation/declamation-confidence-5-k…).  The other factor is related to energy.  You could have flawless diction and make excellent eye contact, but if you look half asleep your audience will begin to yawn.  [...]