Student Speaker/Singer Auditions
STUDENT SPEAKER AND NATIONAL ANTHEM SINGER AUDITIONS
Auditions are an opportunity for graduates to participate in commencement as a member of the Platform Party. During the auditions, students will be chosen to participate in the ceremony as the National Anthem singer (a capella), opening reflection speaker, closing reflection speaker, and tassel turner.
If you wish to audition to sing, please come prepared to sing the National Anthem a ccapella.
If you wish to audition to deliver a reflection speech, please prepare a 3 – 5 minute speech focused on the theme “Eagles Rise: Transforming the Future.” A written copy of your speech must be submitted at the time of the audition.
In preparing your speech, you may wish to thank many of your instructors and staff; however, we encourage you not to include names. We are looking for motivational/success stories and how your experience here at Mt. San Jacinto College has positively influenced you as you look ahead to the future. The criteria for being selected as a speaker include content, presentation, and adherence to the theme. The speech need not be memorized, but an excessive dependence on reading will negatively affect your presentation. The speech may or may not have humor, anecdotes from your time on campus, a “moral,” and advice to others, etc.