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VOICES Virtual State Tournament
Award Ceremony
April 1, 2022
By Dave Tsuda, Director
Virginia Opportunities in Creative Explorations
Purpose and Agenda
Purpose
• Acknowledge the many dedicated volunteers who contribute their time
and talents to the Odyssey of the Mind program in Virginia
• Acknowledge the top teams that qualify to advance to the World Finals
Agenda:
• Tournament Team and Judges
• VOICES State Board
• Tournament Scoring Review
• Who qualifies to Advance to the World Finals?
• Teams Qualifying to Represent Virginia at the 2022 World Finals
• OMer Awards and Ranatra Fusca Awards
• Key Calendar Dates for World Finals
- In-Person World Finals
- Virtual World Finals
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Special Thank You
To ALL of the Schools and Sponsor Organizations
To ALL of the School Coordinators
To ALL of the Coaches
To ALL of the Parents
To ALL of our Judges
For your support, your time, your talents and interest
in the Odyssey of the Mind Program
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2022 Tournament Team
Tournament Director – Ron Ghen
Judges Coordinator – Jon Radel
Scoring Captain – Dan Palmer
Escape vroOM Odyssey Classics... : The Matryoshka
Problem 1 ReOMvention Musical Production Structure Problem
Captain Problem 2 Captain Problem 3 Captain 4 Captain
Connie Hylton Tom Coate Susan Gries Robert Kobee
Tri-Cycle Transport
Life is a Circus! Spontaneous Problem
Primary Problem
Problem 5 Captain Captain
Captain
Dave Helfgott Kimberly Gianopoulos
Margaret Rose
111 Judges organized into 9 Long Term Problem Judging Teams and
7 Spontaneous Judging Teams composed of experienced volunteers
- Head Judges, Paperwork Review Officials
- Spontaneous Judges Problem Judges, Style Judges
A Hearty Thank You to ALL of Our Volunteers 4
VOICES State Board
• Association Director: Dave Tsuda
• Assistant Association Director: Ron Ghen
• Treasurer: Robert Perry
• Secretary: Heather Maury
• Alumni Coordinator: Justin Bias
• Webmaster: Elaine Mangulabnan
• Region Directors:
• Piedmont Region 4: Melinda Wickline
• Tidewater Region 6: Kimberly Beckerdite and Suzanne Mann
• NoVA North Region 9: Michelle O’Brien and Dave Helfgott
• Rappahannock Region10: Megan Palmer
• NoVA East Region 11: Pamela Clark and Nancy Ragland
• NoVA South Region 12: Joyce Ghen and Ron Ghen
• Catoctin Region 14: Tom Coate and Sheryl Lemma
• Dulles Region 16: Sheryl Lemma and Tom Coate
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Special Appreciation to
Dr. Eliahu “Eli” Niewood, MITRE VP
Special for Intelligence and Cross Cutting
Capabilities for highlighting the
Appreciation Importance of Odyssey of the Mind
incorporating STEM in problem
to MITRE solving
Corporation
Special Appreciation to the
MITRE STEM Council for hosting the
Problem 4 Balsa Crush events at
their facilities in Mclean and
Hampton Roads
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VOICES Key Calendar Dates
Date State Tournament Key Dates
Dec 1, 2021 Coach Info Session #1 ‐ Season Overview
Dec 12, 2021 Team Registration Opens
Jan 30, 2022 Team Registration Closes
Feb 6, 2022 Coach Info Session #2 ‐ Submissions
Feb 13, 2022 Team Submission Opens
Mar 4, 2022 Team Submission Closes
Mar 6, 2022 Spont Submission Opens
Mar 20, 2022 Spont Submission Closes
Mar 11, 2022 Tournament Judging Starts
Mar 12, 2022 Balsa Weight ‐ NoVA
Mar 19, 2022 Balsa Weight ‐ Tidewater
Mar 25, 2022 Tournament Judging Ends
Apr 1, 2022 VA Tournament Results and Awards
It has been a LONG Journey
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2022 Tournament – Team Registrations
Total
problem name Div 1 Div 2 Div 3 Div 4 Teams
1 Escape vroOM 28 8 2 38
2 Odyssey ReOMvention 15 8 1 24
3 Classics...: The Musical Production 8 4 3 15
4 Matryoshka Structure 11 6 1 18
5 Life is a Circus! 36 22 4 1 63
Primary Tri-Cycle Transport 21 21
Total 120 48 11 1 179
The teams in Problem 1 Div 1 were split into Div 1A and Div 1B
The teams in Problem 5 Div 1 were split into Div 1A and Div 1B
The teams in Problem 5 Div 2 were split into Div 2A and Div 2B
Note: By registration deadline on Jan 30th, 138 teams were registered
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Tournament Scoring Review
2022 VA Virtual State Tournament Team Scores will be posted to the
VOICES website (www.vaodyssey.org)
Team Scores: Raw Scores and Normalized Scores
Long-Term Scoring:
• The team earning the highest score for each long-term problem and
division in a competition is awarded 200 points unless the problem
states otherwise. Problem 4 is an exception to the above.
• Every other team receives a percentage of 200 based on its raw
score in relation to the highest raw score. [normalized]
• Any penalty points are deducted after scores are calculated.
Long Term 200 pts
• Repeat for Style Scoring: 50 points max Style 50 pts
• Repeat for Spontaneous Scoring: 100 points max Spontaneous 100 pts
• Placement is based on the total of the three normalized scores
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Advancing to World Finals
VA teams that place 1st and 2nd and 3rd (ties included) in respective
problems and divisions are eligible to advance to World Finals
VA teams or team member who receive the Ranatra Fusca Award are
eligible to advance to World Finals
Each eligible team must choose to participate in either the In-Person
World Finals or the Virtual World Finals
• 2022 Virtual World Finals
- See back up chart
• 2022 In-Person World Finals, May 25-28, 2022 at Iowa State University,
Ames, IA
- See back up chart
102022 VOICES
Virtual State Tournament
Teams representing Virginia
at the 2022 World Finals
11Escape vroOM
The Spirit of the Problem is for the team to perform an original
solution about characters trying to escape an unusual room.
The team will run one or more team-made vehicles with
multiple propulsion systems that complete four tasks selected
from a list. Once a task is successfully completed, a clue will be
revealed. The clues will lead the characters to another clue and
eventually out of the room. After the vehicle completes a task
that reveals the final clue, the characters escape the room and
discover the mystery behind the room.
12A Few Scenes from
Problem 1
13Escape vroOM
Division 1A:
1st Place: Glebe Elementary #44068 Arlington
2nd Place: Long Branch Elementary #36598 Arlington
3rd Place: Discovery Elementary #44139 Ashburn
Division 1B:
1st Place: Oak Hill Elementary A #31486 Herndon
2nd Place: Legacy Elementary #36934 Ashburn
3rd Place: Oak Hill Elementary C # 43503 Herndon
14Escape vroOM
Division 2:
1st Place: Blue Ridge Middle Sch #16634 Purcellville
2nd Place: Farmwell Station Middle Sch #43020 Ashburn
3rd Place: Trailside Middle Sch #43020 Ashburn
15Escape vroOM
Division 3:
1st Place: Dolley Madison Library #48717 Mclean
2nd Place: Poquoson High Sch #1595 Poquoson
16Odyssey ReOMvention
The Spirit of the Problem is for the team to create a
performance about a self-replicating threat to an
environment found on Earth. It is eliminated by a team-
created Odyssey reOMvention device that is used by a
Hero Character to save the environment. The environment
returns to its original state after the threat is removed,
which will be reflected in a setting change. Two animal
characters will hide when the environment is threatened,
and then one animal will convince the other that it is safe
to return once the threat is removed. The performance
will also include an original song and must use ARM &
HAMMER™ Baking soda.
17A Few Scenes
from Problem 2
18Odyssey ReOMvention
Division 1:
1st Place: Cardinal Ridge Elementary #43317 South Riding
2nd Place: Glebe Elementary A #44068 Arlington
3rd Place: Glebe Elementary B #44286 Arlington
19Odyssey ReOMvention
Division 2:
1st Place: Swanson Middle Sch #34210 Arlington
2nd Place: Loudoun School for Advanced Studies #48829
Ashburn
3rd Place: Twain Middle Sch #7191 Alexandria
Division 3:
1st Place: Stone Bridge High Sch #39526 Ashburn
20Classics... : The Musical Production
The Spirit of the Problem is to create an original performance
depicting a biographical musical about a lesser-known historic
figure selected from an expanding list created by OM teams.
The musical will include three songs: an opening number that
is the first song to introduce the figure and the setting, a song
that conveys an emotion, and one free-choice song. A
storyteller character will help explain the history of the lesser-
known figure. There will also be a theatrical special effect, a
creative scene change, and a membership sign that looks like
a marquee for the musical.
21A Few Examples
from Problem 3
Costumes and
Props
22Classics... : The Musical Production
Division 1:
1st Place: Steuart Weller Elementary #38930 Ashburn
2nd Place: Sangster Elementary A #29184 Fairfax Station
3rd Place: Patrick Henry Elementary A #36941 Martinsville
23Classics... : The Musical Production
Division 2:
1st Place: Tabb Middle Sch #48506 Yorktown
2nd Place: Twain Middle Sch #7191 Alexandria
3rd Place: Sangster Elementary B #32279 Fairfax Station
24Classics... : The Musical Production
Division 3:
1st Place: Lake Braddock Secondary Sch #5812 Fairfax Station
2nd Place: Briar Woods High Sch #43142 Ashburn
3rd Place: Franklin County High Sch #2130 Rocky Mount
25OMer Award
Problem 5 Division 2B
Langston Hughes Middle School #24750
The team from Langston Hughes Middle School presented a solution as a
complete package with a surreal underwater environment, stunning props and
costumes made from recycled products, and extraordinary stage poise and
acting—all of which came together to articulate an important message for us
all. When a young girl vacations in a polluted beach town, she laments the
trash and suffering from careless human waste. But after she is whisked away
into an underwater circus world, complete with sounds from marine trash and a
working pinball machine, she—and the judges—recognize the importance of
protecting the incredible beauty of the natural world while we still can. The
judges assessed an incredible amount of teamwork was necessary to plan and
execute every single element of this performance with close attention to detail
and with charisma. Their solution not only solved the problem: It overflowed
with jaw-dropping artistry—and an important message, in the words of the
team’s young character, to “reduce, reuse and recycle.”
26OMer Award
Problem 2 Division 2
Loudoun School for Advanced Studies, #48829
This team stood out - not only for their hilarious script and a delightfully complex
Rube Goldberg inspired device, but for the heart, gusto, and enthusiasm with
which they took the virtual stage. But much to the judges' delight, the creativity
was not limited to the team’s performance - instead, we were treated to a
explanation video unlike any we'd seen before! Music, special effects, careful
editing, and a hilarious (and very informative) series of in-character interviews
covered all our questions and then some - and left us laughing every minute, too.
There were goofy photoshop inserts, there was even a segment where one team
member sat across the couch to interview himself! Remember, no element of this
explanation video was intended for scoring - this elaborate, creative, and
delightful 7-minute production was put together purely for fun and to make the
judges smile. Which it definitely did. This achievement of effort, teamwork, and
sheer joy is a perfect example of the happy spirit of the Odyssey community.
27OMer Award
Primary Problem
Hailey Leiva of Meadowland Elementary
Hailey volunteered to help the team each week at their practices. She was always
available to hand out materials, take notes on things that the team had questions
on and provide moral support. She was great at encouraging the team to keep
working even when they faced challenges. Hailey served in an Assistant Coach’s
role and the Coach fully appreciated her positive attitude and support.
Hailey is a third grader and not a member of the team.
28Ranatra Fusca Award
Problem 5 Division 1B
Hamilton Elementary School #41296
The students at Hamilton Elementary School captivated the judges with a unique,
out-of-the-box circus that only this team could have imagined: the inside of a
dog’s stomach. After the young character’s voracious pet dog swallows him
whole, the boy finds himself in a digestive wonderland. Greeted by the Dorito
Ringmaster, the boy witnesses CheezIts and Cheetos perform acts, while dodging
stomach acid and mucus, and, most importantly, avoiding going down “the hole.”
The boy is astounded to meet Squeaky The Clown, the dog’s chew toy he thought
was lost in the backyard. Finally, panic ensues when a sudden wave of newly-
swallowed food arrives, including a purple grape—lethal to dogs! This team risked
it all by turning this circus-based problem completely upside-down—and their
innovative solution stood out… in a stomach of its own.
29Ranatra Fusca Award
Problem 2 Division 2
Swanson Middle School, #34210
This team overwhelmed the judges with an incredible number of amazing features
to their solution! From sets to costumes to script themes, every feature of their
performance was pushed to its absolute creative max and very clearly the labor of
so much love and time and effort. No small detail escaped this saavy team. They
built an undersea set with a GIGANTIC bank of perfectly reproduced coral entirely
out of trash and pool noodles. In telling a story within the frame of a documentary,
the team encased the entire set in an enormous TV screen. And dressed your
newscaster character in old newspaper for a costume. From a simple (but risky)
chain reaction powered device that unleashed a sinister hail of rubber duckies on
innocent sea life, to an octopus with a color changing costume to show off her
camouflage, to a fully articulated, professional quality, biologically accurate, and
sassy mantis shrimp marionette puppet - this team left the judges in constant awe
of how far they were willing to push the boundaries of risk-taking and creative
thinking.
30Matryoshka Structure
The Spirit of the Problem is for the team to design, build,
and test a Matryoshka Structure— a structure with smaller
versions of it nested inside. The structures must only be
made of balsa wood, glue if desired, and the outer
structure will be tested by placing as much weight as
possible onto it. Before weight-placement begins, the
assembled structures are disassembled into two
interconnected parts to remove the next structure from
largest to smallest until a tiny character is released. The
performance will imitate the structures being removed with
a team member that represents the tiny character being
revealed and coming to life. It will also include storage in
the theme.
31BALSA
CRUSH!!
32Matryoshka Structure
Division 1:
1st Place: Cedar Lane Elementary A #31577 Ashburn Wt held 117 lbs
2nd Place: Discovery Elementary #44139 Ashburn
Wt held 137 lbs
3rd Place: Sangster Elementary A #29184 Fairfax Station
33Matryoshka Structure
Division 2:
1st Place: Poquoson Middle Sch #1594 Poquoson Wt held 755 lbs
2nd Place: Belmont Ridge Middle Sch #34221 Leesburg Wt held 812 lbs
3rd Place: Edlin School #39940 Reston
34Matryoshka Structure
Division 3:
Wt held 710 lbs
1st Place: Poquoson High Sch #1595 Poquoson
35Life is a Circus!
The Spirit of the Problem is to create an original
humorous performance about a character living a
regular life that wakes up to find they are in a circus
world as part of a circus act! The circus world will have
a minimum of two original animals performing tricks, a
clown, circus acts and a ringmaster announcer. The
young person returns to the regular world thinking it
was just a dream until they see someone from the
circus world.
36Problem 5
37Life is a Circus!
Division 1A:
1st Place: Oak Hill Elementary A #31486 Herndon
2nd Place: Knollwood Meadows Elementary #23630
Newport News
3rd Place: Cedar Lane Elementary A #31577 Ashburn
Division 1B:
1st Place: Patrick Henry Elementary A #36941 Martinsville
2nd Place: Sangster Elementary A #29184 Fairfax Station
3rd Place: Tuckahoe Elementary #19411 Arlington
38Life is a Circus!
Division 2A:
1st Place: Harmony Middle Sch #39959 Hamilton
2nd Place: Thomas Jefferson Middle Sch #39195 Arlington
3rd Place: Lake Braddock Secondary Sch #5812 Fairfax Station
Division 2B:
1st Place: Langston Hughes Middle Sch #24750 Reston
2nd Place: Grafton Middle Sch #25905 Yorktown
3rd Place: Immanuel Christian Sch #35779 Springfield
39Life is a Circus!
Division 3:
1st Place: Riverside High Sch #45043 Leesburg
2nd Place: Jefferson Forest High Sch #17672 Forest
3rd Place: Stone Bridge High Sch #39526 Ashburn
Division 4:
1st Place: Tabb High Sch #22962 Yorktown
40Primary Teams
The Spirit of the Problem is for the team to create and
present an original humorous performance about
transportation. The team will run one or more vehicles
with three different propulsion systems that transport
items. When the transported items are combined, they
form something a salesperson character will try to sell.
The performance will also include a mechanic character
that runs the vehicle(s), a funny narrator, and a song
about transportation that repeats a stanza three times.
CCI Extends Invitations to ALL Primary Teams
to Participate in The World Finals
41Primary
Teams
CCI Invites ALL Primary teams to participate in the World Finals
42In Conclusion
The VOICES Virtual Tournament Results will be posted to the VOICES
website (www.vaodyssey.org)
• VA State Tournament Results – All team Long Term and
Spontaneous scores (raw scores and normalized scores)
Coaches for the teams qualifying to advance to the World Finals must
notify me this week of which World Finals the team will participate.
• 1st, 2nd , 3rd Place teams and ties
• Ranatra Fusca Award winners
• See Next 2 charts for Info for Odyssey of the Mind World Finals
Dave Tsuda email: DirectorVAOdyssey@gmail.com
On Behalf of the VOICES BOARD, We Thank EVERYONE for
Making this 2nd VIRTUAL STATE TOURNAMENT a SUCCESS; And,
We Wish the BEST to the TEAMS Advancing to the WORLD FINALS
432022 Virtual World Finals
Information on:
• Tournament Registration via
www.OdysseyoftheMind.com/member-resources
• Team Registration deadline date: April 7, 2022 at 5:00 pm EDT
• Registration cost is $240 per team.
• Team Long Term solution submission date: April 12, 2022 at 5:00 pm EDT
Required Links:
1) Team Performance video
2) Single .pdf file of combined required paperwork
Optional Links:
1) Team Explanation video
2) Single file of combined photos – 10 problem; 5 style
3) Team photo
• The Spontaneous Competition responses must be submitted April 14- 20
Teams will need to read the Virtual World Finals explanations and
problem-specific video guidelines: https://omworldfinals.com/
442022 In-Person World Finals
Find WF Info at https://omworldfinals.com/
Information on:
• Health and Safety
• Set & Prop Shipment and Storage
• Competition Site Details
• Tournament Registration
• Housing and Dining
• Schedule of Events
• Coaches Competition
• Getting to Campus
• Graduation
• Final Checklist and Required Forms
Register for the WF tournament by April 15, 2022
Cost: Team Registration only fee will be $3,000;
On Campus Housing and Dining (dinner on arrival date, 3 meals/day, Sunday breakfast)
- Tuesday arrival package: $735 per person (Tues – Sun am)
- Wednesday arrival package: $650 per person (Weds – Sun am)
The registration fee will be waived IF the team stays on campus
(# packages = # team members + coach) ALL payments due by April 28, 2022
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