Tell the teacher to select a strategy and plan, and have the team at a designated location at a specified time to compete in a playoff format with the object being to advance to the next level of competition. The end objective will be the final competition for the state championship. To most Texans that is the description of the state playoffs for the state football championship. May. Each school in Texas will have the option to select a script, and the director will work the script to a maximum performance time of exactly 40 minutes. One second over that limit disqualifies the show from the competition.
Directors then select their best performers and technicians to be the competition company.
Minute details become deciding factors in the way a judge will read the performance. Critical moves and small, intricate gestures can be the difference between going home or advancing to the next level of competition. I recently was privileged to enjoy one of these competitions in the Houston, Texas, area. Four schools answered the call of the second week of competition. The lights in the audience were faded, the curtain rose, and the stopwatch again clicked the start of the performance.