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12/5 update: Debate schedule for Friday has been updated.  

                 Debate Schedule --- Friday

3:30 – Round 1 (Debate/Double flighted)

3:30 – Congress Session 1

5:30 – Round 2 (Debate/Double Flighted)

6:30 – Congress Session 2

7:30 – Round 3 (Debate/Double Flighted) 

11/10 update: Dual interp no longer requires split screen  Please be aware of health and safety regulations in your area when preparing your duo recording. Recordings may be in split-screen, in the same room, masked, or unmasked.

*****When registering for IEs the system asks for URLs. Fill out all other info and save the details. An error message will pop up about not having a URL but the entry will be saved. Selecting "return to entry" will send you back to the registration page with the new entry there. You can come back later and enter the URL until the deadlines.****

Riverhawk Invitational 

December 10-11, 2021 

Hosted by Chiawana High School 

Please consult the tournament invitation periodically. We’re hard at work to prepare for a great tournament, and there may be circumstances to which we must adapt that are beyond our control. We will use this invitation as a central source for conveying this information. 

Friends and Colleagues, 

I’m pleased to invite you to the 2021 Chiawana Tournament, this December 10-11, hosted digitally on NSDA Campus and Tabroom.com. This year’s tournament will feature competition in both speech and debate. We are proud to announce that we are also a NIETOC bid tournament. 

Many of you have never heard of us! “Chiawana” is a Native American word that means “big river.” Our school is in Pasco, Washington, just a mile or so from the banks of the Columbia River. We are in our thirteenth year of operation and have been the largest school in the state (based on enrollment) for most of that time. Our mascot, the Riverhawk, is also known as the osprey, a bird of prey native to the area. 

We will have registration open for open and novice divisions in Lincoln Douglas, Public Forum, and Congressional Debate, and open Big Questions Debate as well as Dramatic, Humorous, and Dual Interpretation, Extemporaneous, Impromptu, Informative, Program Oral Interpretation, Original Oratory, and Editorial Commentary. We will collapse divisions as necessary based upon registrations. Additionally, we offer an open division of Tall Tales and Spontaneous Oral Interpretation. 

We believe that judge feedback is an important learning tool for all competitors, and we are not limiting entries in speech events. As long as you have judges to cover, competitors may enter as many speech events as they wish/are capable of. We do not require a tournament-specific introduction on video entries, so if a student has a video from a previous tournament, they are welcome to submit it, even if it has a tournament-specific introduction. 

This year, given the electronic tournament format, we will have an ombudsperson available for competitors and coaches alike during the course of the tournament. We follow the National Speech and Debate Association principles of ethics, equity, and inclusion. We believe that debate should be a safe and fair space for all participants, and we will do our best to make this happen. Ombudsperson contact info will be prominently featured on the Tabroom page. 

If you have questions about the tournament, please contact Vicky Hyde at vhyde@psd1.org. Please note that due to the changing landscape, changes to procedures may be necessitated. Please review the rules in advance. 

Thank you for all you do and have a great season! 

Vicky Hyde, 

Head Coach/Tournament Director 

Inland Empire NSDA Committee Chair 

Sara Hyde, 

Assistant Coach/Tabroom Chair 

Inland Empire NSDA Committee Member