Patriot Powerhouse Tournament

You are cordially invited to Providence Hall High School on Dec 9th and 10th.  We will be holding an in-person tournament with some Async options, just for some fun.  

Events:

In Person: DI, HI, Duo, US Extemp, Foreign Extemp, Novice Mixed Extemp, SPAR, Oratory, Impromptu, Informative, LD, PF, Policy, and Congress.

Async: Declamation, Lip Sync, News Anchor, Storytelling, Poetry, and we are excited to be offering After Dinner Speech.

After Dinner Speech: After Dinner Speech is a 5 min speech event.  It is a satirical event designed to bring awareness to a specific issue.  It is supposed to be funny, but the issue needs to be significant.  

At the end of the speech, the student invites us all to "raise a glass" and proposes a toast.  This toast needs to be topical to the speech that they've given and needs to fit smoothly as a conclusion to their speech.  

Deadlines:  Registration is due by Monday November 28th.  The deadline for changes is Wed, November 30th.  After that, there will be a nuisance fee for changes.  For changes or problems, please contact Steve Porter (mlmsteve@gmail.com). 

Fees: There is a $15 per day school fee.  $4 per student per event.   Make checks out to Providence Hall High School.

Topics: We will be using the Nov/Dec topics for LD and PF.  

Events:  There will be a Varsity and a Novice division, unless the numbers aren’t there.

Congress: Congress houses will be 2 ½ hour long.  The docket will be using resolutions from utahdebatecoaches.org.  

Awards:  There will be medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.  There will also be a Sweepstakes Trophy for Large Schools and Small Schools.

Judges: Please make sure that you have enough judges so that we aren’t there all night.  Judges should have a Tabroom account, since we will be doing all online ballots.

Food: We will have food trucks each day of the tournament.  Food and drinks are only allowed in the cafeteria and commons area.  Food will be provided for judges and coaches.  

Schedule: 

Friday:

Check in 2:30 pm

Speech Round 1 3:30pm - 4:45pm

Speech Round 2 4:45pm - 6:00pm

Dinner 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Speech Round 3   6:30pm - 8:00pm

Final Rounds if needed 8:00pm - 9:00pm

Saturday:

Novice

Round 1 8:30am - 10:00am

Round 2 10:05am - 11:30am

Round 3 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Round 4 1:35pm - 3:00pm

Varsity

Round 1 8:30am - 9:30am

Round 2 9:35am - 10:35am

Round 3 10:40am - 11:40am

Round 4 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Round 5 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Policy

Round 1 8:30am - 10:00am

Round 2 10:05am - 11:55pm

Round 3 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Round 4 1:35 - 3:00pm

Congress

Session 1 8:30am - 10:30am

Session 2 10:45am - 12:45pm

Bloodbath 1:00pm - 3:00pm