Greetings! The 2007-2008 Destination ImagiNation season is in the final stretch now and
our team of six 8th graders from Kimball Middle School in Elgin finished as one
of the top two teams in our challenge level at the Illinois State Tournament. That means we’ve
qualified for competing in the 25th anniversary Global Finals Tournament at the
University of Tennessee in Knoxville, May 21-24!

To learn how you can help us in our efforts to raise money for our trip, please
send an email to our Team Manager, Todd Underwood, at info@liquidchaos.org.

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Here are some highlights from our day at the 2008 State Tournament:

The challenge that we’ve taken on this year is called “D’Ive Got a Secret”.

Focus: Playwriting, Theater Arts (Design, Construction, Costumes and Set Pieces), Optical Physics, Teamwork

Here’s the description:
What’s my secret? I’ll never tell! But your team gets to tell all. Nothing is as it seems as your secret unfolds. Sometimes people or things appear to be one thing, but they turn out to be something very different. Your team will turn a secret into great entertainment and dazzle everyone with an optical illusion and set pieces that connect to become part of the big surprise. Will you have the audience on the edge of their seats? Will everyone beg to know more? We’ll all have to wait….until your secret is revealed!

Points of Interest! Your team will:

• Create and present a theatrical performance of an original Story about a Secret.
• Create a Masquerade Character that appears to be something or someone until its true identity is revealed.
• Integrate a team-created Optical Illusion into the Story.
• Design and create three Set Pieces that will be connected to form a new Set Piece or Backdrop.
• Create two Side Trips and integrate them into the Presentation.
  

For further information about Destination ImagiNation, visit www.idodi.org or
send an email to our Team Manager, Todd Underwood, at info@liquidchaos.org.