Knights Joust Oct 13th and 14th
2017 — Highland, UT/US
Lone Peak High School
Lphs.alpineschools.org
10189 N 4800 W, Highland, UT 84003
The Knight’s Joust Is BACK!!!!!!
October 13th & 14th 2017
Dear Coaches and Speech & Debaters:
Please join us for the Knight’s Joust. This tournament will provide an introduction to some fun events for students at the beginning of their debate and speech careers. There will be 2 flights so you are able to double entry with a total of (4 entries) per person except for extemporaneous. We will have two division of competition available: Open/Varsity and Novice. Pertinent details are listed below, but please feel free to contact me with any additional information. We hope to see you Friday & Saturday 13th & 14th of October.
Checks for entry fees and hired judges need to be mailed or brought to the tournament prior to the beginning of round one. Checks should be made out to Lone Peak High School and mailed to:
Lone Peak High School
Attention: Natalie Johnson
10189 N 4800 W, Highland, UT 84003
Directions
Lone Peak HIgh School is located in Northern Utah County. Turn off on I-15 (Thanksgiving Point exit 284) towards Alpine on Timpanogos Hwy. Drive 6.2 miles and turn right onto N 4800 West/Lone Peak Pkwy for 1.1 miles. Lone Peak High School will be on the right.
See you!!
Natalie Johnson
Debate Coach
Lone Peak High School
Highland, Utah 84003
nataliejohnson@alpinedistrict.org
801-664-0583
Lone Peak High School
Highland, Utah
The Knight’s Joust Is BACK!!!!!!
October 13th & 14th 2017
Debate Events
Novice/Open Lincoln Douglas
Novice/Open Public Forum
Novice/Open Congress (House & Senate)
Individual Events
Panel A
Novice/Open Drama Interpretation
Novice/Open Mixed Extemporaneous (International & National)
Novice/Open Humorous Interpretation
Novice/Open Informative Speaking
News Casting
Spontaneous Argumentation (Spar)
Panel B
Character Impromptu
Declamation
Novice/Open Duo Interpretation
Novice/Open Original Oratory
Program Oral Interpretation
Storytelling-theme: International children's stories
Tournament Schedule
Friday, October 13 (DEBATE & CONGRESS ONLY)
2:30-3:00 pm Registration/judges training (Galahad's)
3:00-3:30 Late Registration
3:15-4:45 Round I, Debate
3:30-5:30 Congress, Session 1
5:00-6:30 Round II,
6:30-8:30 Congress, Session 2
7:00-8:30 Round III, Debate
Saturday, October 14 (I.E. EVENTS)
7:00-8:00 am Registration/judges training (Library)
8:00-9:15 Panel A Round 1
9:20-10:35 Panel B Round 1
10:40-11:55 Panel A Round 2
12:30- 1:45 Panel B Round 2
Lunch 1:45-2:45 We will have a variety of food trucks available as well as food vendors located at the tournament.
2:50 - 4:05 Panel A Round 3
4:10 - 5:20 Panel B Round 3
5:30 Awards
Tournament Events
LD topic: Resolved: In the United States, national service ought to be compulsory.
Note from tournament director: The decision to NOT use the novice topic on civil disobedience is intentional. All debaters should be prepared on the National Service topic.
PF topic: Resolved: Deployment of anti-missile systems is in South Korea’s best interest.
Extemp topics: A list of questions will be released on this site by September 6th. Though many tournaments use the list provided by the NFHS, this will not be available for October. The topics released for this tournament will be created by the tournament director.
Congress legislation: A list of congress legislation will be released on this site on September 6th.
Tournament Registration will be on tabroom.com.
Opens on August 25 at 7:00 am
New Entries due October 6th 10:00 pm
We will not allow double entry in Extemporaneous Speaking.
Entry Procedure and Deadline: The Knight's Joust will be using Tabroom.com for entries and ballots.
Tournament Fees
Events/Division: $4.00 per event
Team cost: $15 per day or $30 for the weekend
Obligations Freeze
October 10th, 5:00 pm
Judges Entries Due (Judges must have access to tabroom.com for judging)
October 10th, 5:00 pm
Online drops & Name Changes Until
October 6th, 5:00 pm Fees will be calculated at this time and drop fees will be assessed for any drops after this time. See the fee schedule below for details about drop fees.
Nuisance fines apply after
October 10th, 5:00 pm
Payments
1. Checks for entry fees and hired judges need to be mailed or brought to the tournament prior to the beginning of round one. Checks should be made out to Lone Peak High School and mailed to:
Lone Peak High School
Attention: Natalie Johnson
10189 N 4800 W, Highland, UT 84003
Judges Training
We will be offering judge training each day. Friday at 2:30 pm and 8:00 am in the Library. For general tournament inquiries, please email Coach Natalie Johnson at nataliejohnson@alpinedistrict.org.
ALL people who intend on judging MUST have a TABROOM.COM account. https://www.tabroom.com/index/index.mhtml