War Eagle Classic

“Forensics Festival 2021”

Rogers Heritage High School

Mobile: 479-790-7220   Wayne.Levering@rpsar.net 

The Heritage Debate & Forensics Team is honored and privileged to invite you to the War Eagle Classic on

Friday, December 3rd & Saturday, December 4^th

Registration opens Monday, November 1, 2021 at 9a.m. and will close on Monday, November 29, 2021 at 11a.m (Videos for Asynchronous Prelims will be due Tuesday, November 30, 2021 by 11am)

There will be awards for Finals Rounds Only. We will have trophies for the Top 3 Finalists and all other finalists will receive medals. There will be sweepstakes trophies for Large and Small School divisions.

All entries should be made through TABROOM. Deadline for entries will be Monday, November 29th by 11am.  You must provide one qualified judge for every six (6) entries.

All Judges must view (or re-view) this video that explains how to do online Judging:

https://youtu.be/-fOmvA_0zO4

A $20 judging fee will be assessed for uncovered entries, and extra judges are always welcome and so appreciated.

Students may enter as many Asynchronous Events as the School Coach deems appropriate. Students may then also enter live rounds BUT ONLY ONE PER PATTERN. Rounds will not be extended beyond the scheduled time to accommodate students with multiple entries.

Please encourage your students to be diligent in arriving to their events on time. Refunds will not be granted if students miss rounds. There will also be no refunds for individual events dropped after the deadline.

Thank you in advance for your help! 

Wayne Levering, Debate and Forensics, Rogers Heritage High School Wayne.levering@rpsar.net   479-790-7220

REMINDER: 1 Judge Per 6 Entries. Please state any times your judges are unavailable on Tabroom with your registration. We will be using Tabroom for registration and tabulation purposes! Tabroom will have public access to tournament-related documents, pairings, and results for the tournament.

 If you have any questions or concerns about Tabroom, please contact Joel Brown at jbrown8@sdale.org 

Please review the new TOC Qualifying tournament guidelines for the 2021-2022 school year at www.ACTAA.net.   

Event Information:  

We will offer the following Individual Events in a two (2) asynchronous rounds and then break to asynchronous Finals:

• Dramatic Interpretation
• Humorous Interpretation
• Duo Interpretation
• Program Oral Interpretation
• Informative Speaking
• Original Oratory 

We will offer live preliminary rounds SATURDAY ONLY in: 

• United States Extemporaneous
• Impromptu Speaking
• Storytelling
• Poetry Interpretation
• Prose Interpretation

We reserve the right to collapse any event with ample notice due to low entry.  

Sectioning and Breaks: 

1. Prepared Forensics Events will have 2 asynchronous prelims and break to a Finals Round. All videos will be due on Tuesday, November 30th, 2021 at 11:00am
2. Asynchronous judging will be conducted during the week leading up to the tournament weekend on Tuesday, November 30 to Friday, December 3rd, 2021.
3. Preliminary sections will consist of no more than eight entries. Students may enter multiple events but should be aware that rounds will NOT be held if they are late or unable to make it to all rounds. No more than one event per Pattern
4. Videos can be utilized for the live prelim if there are any PRIOR-communicated conflicts or technical issues. 
5. Recorded Duo Interpretation will use the same area side by side or split screen.
6. Saturday Patterns will be: 

1. Pattern A: PROSE, US Extemporaneous
2. Pattern B: POE, Impromptu, STY  

7.      The number of event entries will dictate use need/use of quarter and semi rounds. Final rounds will have no more than 6 competitors.

8.      The schedule may adjust as needed before and during the Tournament. Notification will be sent giving as much time as possible for all concerned.

Sweepstakes and Awards:

There will be awards for Final Rounds Only. There will be trophies for 1, 2^nd, 3^rd place, and medals for the remaining competitors. There will be sweepstakes awards of 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place for both Large and Small Schools. 

Judging: 

We will have one judging pool:

1 judge per 6 entries

A $10 judging fee will be assessed per missed round of judging. We will assess a $10 missing judge fee per uncovered commitment. 

Fees: 

Per Event Entry - 15.00 

School Fee - 25.00 

Drops After Deadline - 10.00