Tournament Schedule and Important Information

Schedule

Friday, December 6: 

Upon arrival please go directly to the auditorium, after the start of round 1, please move to the cafeteria for the remainder of the tournament.

BUSES MAY NOT PARK IN THE FRONT CIRCLE AT ANY TIME!

BUSES SHOULD PARK OFF OF 35TH STREET AND DRIVERS MUST WALK TO THE BUILDING FROM THERE.

Fri 12:30pm: Final changes to entry names/drops due online on Tabroom.com

Fri 2:00pm-2:45pm: Registration Online on Tabroom.com to confirm your school and all members are on site. In person Registration, Auditorium Stage.

Fri 3pm-5pm: Round 1 Debate, Round 1 Pattern A  

Fri 5pm-7pm: Round 2 Debate, Round 2 Pattern A

Fri 7pm-9pm: Round 3 Debate, Round 3 Pattern A

Saturday, December 7:

Sat 8am-10am: Round 4 Debate, Round 1 Pattern B

Sat 10am-12pm: Round 5 Debate, Round 2 Pattern B

Sat 12pm-1:30pm: Quarterfinals Debate, Round 3 Pattern A

Sat 1:30pm - 3pm: Finals Pattern A IEs

Sat 3pm-4:30pm: Semifinals Debate, & Finals of IE’s Pattern B

Sat 4:30 or Earlier: Awards

Sat 5pm-7pm: Finals Debate

Notes:

ALL Rounds will be run ahead of schedule if possible. Registering your judges on Tabroom.com, and ensuring they are trained on how to use online ballots will help us all succeed.

All IE's will each have 3 Prelim rounds with two elimination rounds. Each Prelim round will attempt to be direct powered off the previous round. This relies on students QUICKLY going from one event to the next, please help encourage them to make that happen.

All Debate Events (Policy/LD/PFD) will have 5 Prelim rounds with an appropriate number of elimination rounds. Rounds 1-2 will be preset. Round 3 Will be lag powered off of Round 1. Rounds 4-5 will be directly powered. All using Hi/Lo within brackets when possible. Students MAY use the internet during prep.

Congress: will have 5 prelim 1 hour and 45 minute sessions with no out rounds. Students MAY NOT enter in IE's. We will attempt to have a qualified parliamentarian and a minimum of two other judges per round. We will try to keep sections sized to 30ish. Students MAY use the internet during round. Congress is one event, not multiple houses.

Big Questions:  will be 3 prelim rounds. Rounds may be up to Quadruple flighted. Students MAY use the internet during prep. No Elimination rounds.

Extemp: Extemp draw will always be in the Library. First draw starts PROMPTLY at the beginning of each round with 10-minute intervals. There will be NO rescheduling of draw times. If a student is late to draw, they will have as much time left as if they had drawn at the appropriate time. If they are double entered, they should perform their other event before or after their prep/speech. We will attempt to place double entered students early in the draw process using the Tabroom.com feature, but power matching will take precedence. All Extemp performance rooms will be in the Library. Students MAY use the internet during prep.

Patterns:

Pattern A: HI, Info, IX, Radio, Prose, Story, BQ

Pattern B: DI, Duo, Imp2, OO, Poetry, DX

Double Entry limits:

Students can enter in two IE's in both patterns as you choose. You know your student’s ability to make it to events on time and get to the right place. Failure to appear within the two-hour round time, or failure to perform in the correct room (at no fault of the tournament) will result in the lowest rank (Or a Loss on low speaks in BQ) in the round.

Students MAY NOT enter in Policy/LD/PFD and an IE.

Tab: Debate Room - Second Floor 233

Extemp Draw and Prep: Library, Compete in Library rooms

Hospitality: Kitchen Rooms #TBD