Utah Region 3
2017 — Taylorsville, UT/US
PAIRING MEETING
A pairing meeting will be held at Bingham High School at 3:30 PM on Wednesday, February 22nd. All coaches are invited to attend. We will pair the tournament and vote on the order of congress legislation.
LOCATION
Taylorsville High School
5225 South, Redwood Road
Taylorsville, UT 84123
Buses may park on the east side of the school.
Judges Room -- F106
Extemp Prep -- H105
Tabroom -- I202
Student Gathering Place -- Commons Area
WIFI
Username: 648parent
Password: T@ylorsville
HOST
Donna Morris, Taylorsville
TOURNAMENT CONTACT
Hannah Shoell, Bingham
hannah.shoell@jordandistrict.org
DATES
The dates again are Friday, February 24th with the first round starting at 3:30PM and Saturday, February 25th at 8:00 AM. (See the schedule attached to this invitation.)
REGISTRATION
The DEADLINE for tournament registration is Monday, February 24th at 2:00 PM. Registration and judge entry will take place through tabroom.com.
Coaches should complete their registration by reporting to the tabroom, which will be in room I-202 between 2:30 and 3:00.
COACHES MEETING
All head coaches are expected to attend a brief meeting that will begin as soon as each round 1 ballot has been distributed. The agenda of the meeting is as follows:
· Assign other tournament responsibilities
· Discuss rules for the tournament and protocol for challenges and protests
o Observers
o Protest protocol
We will not discuss a location or rep for next year because of the realignment.
EVENTS
Congress: Legislation will be a compiled from the dockets of region tournaments, and posted on February 27th.
Extemp: Questions will be taken from the state list sent out by NFHS from February, January, and December. Please review the rules for Extemp, especially regarding the use of electronic devices.
Impromptu: Topics will consist of the following
Round 1: current events
Round 2: cliché sayings
Round 3: quotes
Round 4: abstract nouns
Final round: big questions
Oratory: Please review the rules for Original Oratory. Also, all qualifiers to the State Meet must have submitted a copy of their original oratory one week in advance to the state forensic representative. This copy should be typewritten and double-spaced. All quoted materials should be so specified with an appropriate bibliography attached.
LD--Resolved: Resolved: The United States ought to guarantee the right to housing.
PF--Resolved: The United States should no longer pressure Israel to work toward a two-state solution.
CX--Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its economic and/or diplomatic engagement with the People’s Republic of China.
JUDGING REQUIREMENTS
Please observe the following with respect to the number of judges required, copied here from the UHSAA Speech and Debate Guidebook:
Section 16: Schools to provide Judges
Schools who fail to supply their allotted judges will be fined $100.00 per judge.
Schools are required to supply the following qualified judges:
One judge for one to two debate teams
Two judges for three debate teams
One judge for one to four I.E. contestants
Two judges for five to eight I.E. contestants
One judge for one to three L.D. contestants
One judge for one to three Public Forum teams
A full slate is required to bring a minimum of six judges.
Each judge must be available for assignments one round beyond the elimination of all students from that school. All judges must be available for all rounds held prior to the awards assembly. Each school must have one L.D. judge, one Public Forum and one Policy judge with entries in L.D., Public Forum or Policy available for elimination rounds. Failure to abide these rules will result in a penalty fine of $25.
Region Reps are responsible for securing Congress judges.
Judges will be expected to attend the mandatory judge’s orientation meeting to be held before the first round.
SCHEDULE
Friday, February 24th
Registration 2:30 – 3:00
PF, LD, Policy
Round 1 3:30-5:30
Round 2 5:45-7:45
Saturday, February 25th
PF, LD, Policy
Round 3 8:00-10:00
Round 4 10:15-12:15
Round 5 12:30-2:30
Elimination rounds approx 3:15
Congress
Session 1 8:00-10:30
Session 2 11:00-1:30
Bloodbath 2:00 - 4:30
Individual Events
Round 1 8:00-9:30
Round 2 9:45-11:15
Round 3 11:30-1:00
Round 4 1:15-2:45
Final rounds approx 3:00