The Edina Classic
2016 — Edina, MN/US
The Edina High School Speech and Debate team invites you to attend our second tournament in more than 31 years. Events offered at the tournament will include PF, LD, Congress, and NSDA speech events including Informative and POI.
Our tournament is committed to twin goals of EFFICIENCY and EDUCATION - we hope that you will consider joining us!
Public Forum:
We will offer three divisions of PF debate – novice, JV, and varsity. There will be awards for the top 5 teams in each division. November 2016 PF topic will be used. 5 rounds, plus a final round in Varsity. Provide 1 judge for every 2 teams.
We will offer three divisions of PF debate – novice, JV, and varsity. There will be awards for the top 5 teams in each division. November 2016 PF topic will be used. 5 rounds, plus a final round in Varsity. Provide 1 judge for every 2 teams.
Lincoln-Douglas Debate:
LD debaters will debate the November-December 2016 resolution. We will offer three divisions of LD debate – novice, JV, and varsity. There will be awards for the top 5 debaters in each division. 5 rounds, plus a final round in Varsity. Provide 1 judge for every 2 debaters.
LD debaters will debate the November-December 2016 resolution. We will offer three divisions of LD debate – novice, JV, and varsity. There will be awards for the top 5 debaters in each division. 5 rounds, plus a final round in Varsity. Provide 1 judge for every 2 debaters.
Congress:
We will offer a single Open division of Congress (novices welcomed). Legislation will be made available prior to the tournament and will be posted on the MDTA website. Provide 1 judge for every 6 students in Congress.
We will offer a single Open division of Congress (novices welcomed). Legislation will be made available prior to the tournament and will be posted on the MDTA website. Provide 1 judge for every 6 students in Congress.
NSDA Speech:
Speeches may follow either NSDA or MSHSL rules and time limits. Double entry in speech (but not debate) allowed except for Extemp Speaking. 4 rounds (instead of the usual 3 rounds + finals) so that we can maximize feedback and opportunities to perform. Awards to the top 5 in each event. Provide 1 judge for every 5 students - we will keep section size at a max of 6. Unaffiliated judges preffered.
Judges:
Be sure to cover all your entries. Judges cannot cross between kinds of debate. Please make sure that judges arrive on time.Teams that arrive without their full complement of judges will be charged a nuisance fee of $125.00 per missing judge.
Be sure to cover all your entries. Judges cannot cross between kinds of debate. Please make sure that judges arrive on time.Teams that arrive without their full complement of judges will be charged a nuisance fee of $125.00 per missing judge.
Deadline for entry is 5:00 PM on Tuesday, November 8thth – keep us informed of any changes to your judging or entry. Drop-deadline is 5:00PM on Thursday November 10th. Any drops after this time will still owe the entry fee for dropped entries. Space is limited, so enter early to avoid being shut out.
We are keeping the website open for drops until 7:00 a.m. on Saturday morning. After that point, any changes should be made at registration and/or texted to Zach Prax at 952-201-0201. We want to have rounds organized and distributed well before our start time; letting us know of changes as soon as you know them will help us be on-time throughout the day.
Food:
We will have concessions all day long.
We will have concessions all day long.