CTAM conference

I spent all day Friday and Saturday morning at a conference in Mankato. CTAM stands for Communication and Theater Association of Minnesota, or something like that. It's an organization of and for speech and theatre teachers and coaches, and I qualify under all of those permutations. Normally, I'm not big on the whole "conference" scene but this was really good. It was informative, entertaining, and I came away with good ideas for things to do in classes, and helpful hints for coaching as well. It will also enable me, once I take a short open-book test on the rules, to become a registered judge for speech and one-act play events, something that I've wanted to do for some time now. All in all, I'd have to say it was money and time well spent.