Invitation

You are cordially invited to attend the  

T-Bird Tempest Speech and Debate Tournament

When:  Friday 11/6/2015 to Saturday, 11/7/2015

Where:  Timpview High School

Please come and join in the fun. 

Events will include: Open and Novice Lincoln Douglas, Public Forum, Policy, Congress, Original Oratory, Impromptu, SPAR, National and International Extemporaneous Speaking, Humorous Interp, Dramatic Interp and Duo Interp.  Competitors who are interested may enter into both speech and debate events.  CX and Congress events run at the same time so those debaters will be unable to enter in both speech and debate events. (Tournament host reserves the right to collapse any event if there aren’t enough entries for both Novice and Open)

Entry Fees:

$15.00 per school per day (if you come to both days the cost is $30.00

$3.50 for each IE and LD entry

$7.00 for each PF and CX team.

Judge Requirements:

1 judge for every 4 LD and PF teams

1 judge for every 2 CX teams

1 judge for every 5 speech and congress competitors

$50 charge for each uncovered judge (please, do not, if possible depend on paying for uncovered judges.  My judge pool is still quite shallow, since I am still a new coach. 

Tournament Structure and Schedule

Speech events will be held on Friday. They will include: National and Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking, HI/DI/Duo Interps, Impromptu, Original Oratory, Spontaneous Argument, Expository, Character Impromptu

Friday will include 3 rounds of speech event.  There will be two patterns for each round.  Students may enter in one event in each pattern.  Thus, double entries are allowed.  Extemp speakers my try to enter in an event in Pattern B, but they do so at their own risk. The following is what is included in each pattern.

Pattern A: NX, FX, Impromptu, HI/DI/DUO, Expository, Character Impromptu

Pattern B:  OO,SPAR, Parliamentary Debate

Saturday will include Public Forum, Lincoln Douglas, Policy and Congressional debates.  There will be 4 rounds of debate as well as two sessions of Congress and a Super-Session.

Schedule:

Friday

2:15-3:00 PM Check-in/Team Registration

3:30  IE Round 1

5:30 IE Round 2

7:30 IE Round 3

Saturday:

8:00-8:30: Add/Drops for Debate

8:30: Debate Round 1

8:45: Congress Session 1

10:00: Debate Round 2

11:30: Congress Session 2

12:00 PM: Debate Round 3

2:00: Congress Super Session/Debate Round 4

4:30-5:00 Awards

The schedule is tentative.  If we can run ahead of schedule…I know, I know, stop the laughing…we will. We will use Tabroom and Remind to send out electronic reminders concerning the start of rounds.

Double Entries: 

If you plan on entering both in a speech event and a debate event, you need to be aware of your time.  We will do our best to accommodate you, but if necessary you might want to mention to your judge that you are doing both speech and debate.  Students can double enter in speech events if they are not entering into a debate event.  Sorry, CX, Congress and Extemp will be unable to enter in both speech and debate events. 

Debate Topics: 

The T-Bird Tempest will use November Topics for PF, and LD.  We will also adhere to the rules regarding novice policy (please check the UDCA website for rules regarding novice policy). The congress docket will be available a week prior to the event.

Add/Drops

Please pay attention to the drop dates in Tabroom.  We will be enforcing late drops by charging.  All drops made after the deadline will be charged $15.00 per drop. 

Concessions and Food

There will be a concessions stand at the tournament, which will include snacks of all kinds. We hope that you will support THS”s debate team by purchasing food and drinks from our concession stand.  Unfortunately there is not that much close to THS in the way of restaurants/fast food. We hope to have a food truck there for kids both Friday evening and Saturday.  Food will be provided for judges.

Registration will open soon at www.tabroom.com.  You will need to create an account there before you can register your team. 

If you need more information contact Greg Arnold at:  grega@provo.edu.