War Eagle Classic “Forensics Festival 2022”

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 2nd &Saturday, December 3rd

Registration will open Monday, October 24^th, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. and will close on Monday, November 28, 2021 at 11:00 a.m.

We will be offering High School and Junior High School events!

· For High School we will offer OO, INFO, DI, DUO, HI, ISP, INFO, POE, POI, PRO, STY, and US Domestic Ext.

· For Junior High we will offer POE, PRO, and STY (we have reduced fees for Junior High and all rounds are Asynchronous)

We are excited to be Arkansas’ ONLY Virtual Tournament. Because we will have both asynchronous and “live” events this allows schools and students many options. This is an Arkansas State Tournament Qualifying Event! Smaller Schools and Out of State Schools can participate and not have to Travel. Judges don’t have to travel. All schools and students can enter into our Tournament and may attend another Tournament at the same time. Weather conditions are almost negated. Finally, it allows tournament participation in a busy time of year without adding stresses and pressures. There are many virtues for the virtual format. We hope that you will join us for the experience! See the Invite for further details.

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 beMonday, November 28th 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 any uncovered entries, and extra judges are always welcome and so appreciated.

Students may enter no more than 3 asynchronous events total and only one “live” event per Pattern.Rounds will not be extended 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

REMINDER: 1 Judge Per 6 Entries. Team Coaches are required to register for Judging Rounds on Fri and Sat only. 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. Uncovered Judges will be charged at $10.00 for each missing Judge. Judges who missed rounds will also be assessed a $10 fee per round missed.

In order to register, go to www.tabroom.com and click either “login” if you have utilized this website before or “signup” if you have never previously used this site. You may either sign up with a separate account or use your NSDA login to create an account. The attached link will give step by step instructions for setting up Tabroom prior to registering: http://docs.tabroom.com/Registration Simply click on “Registration” and you should be able to follow the steps to completing tournament registration. 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 2022-2023 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
• Dramatic Song Lyric
• Humorous Interpretation
• Duo Interpretation
• Program Oral Interpretation
• Informative Speaking
• Original Oratory
• Storytelling

We will offer the following Individual Events in a two (2) asynchronous rounds and then have the Synchronous “Live” finals on Saturday:

· Poetry

· Prose

We will offer Synchronous rounds SATURDAY ONLY in these events in an A and B pattern:

• United States Extemporaneous (Pattern A)
• Impromptu Speaking (Pattern B)
• Prose (Finals Rounds)(Pattern A)
• Poetry (Finals Rounds)(Pattern B)

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

Schedule

All Asynchronous Rounds will be Judged beginning Tuesday, Nov. 29 and end by Friday, Dec. 2^nd. Those who advance to Synchronous rounds in Poetry and Prose will be notified via Tabroom.com. All Results and Ballots will be posted on tabroom.com.

Schedule for Friday, December 2^nd

Impromptu Round 1: 4:30 – 6pm

Impromptu Round 2: 6:15 - 7:45pm

Impromptu Round 3: 8:00 – 9:30pm

US Extemp Round 1: 4:00 Draw; 4:30pm Start

US Extemp Round 2: 6:00 Draw; 6:30pm Start

US Extemp Round 3: 8:00 Draw; 8:30pm Start

Schedule for Saturday, December 3rd

8:30am Extemp Draw

9:00am Pattern “A”: Prose, US Extemp (this a finals round at some level)

10:30am Pattern “B” Poetry, Impromptu (this a finals round at some level)

12:00pm Extemp Draw

12:30pm Pattern “A”: Prose, US Extemp (this a finals round at some level)

2:00pm Pattern “B” Poetry, Impromptu (this a finals round at some level)

3:30pm Extemp Draw

4:00pm Pattern “A”: Prose, US Extemp (this a finals round at some level)

5:00pm Pattern “B” Poetry, Impromptu (this a finals round at some level)

The Tournament Staff may or may not reduce the need for rounds as per the needs of the Tournament. Virtual Awards Ceremony will be recorded and sent out as soon as rounds are finished and results are tabulated.

Sectioning and Breaks:

1. Prepared Forensics Events will have 2 asynchronous prelims and 1 asynchronous Final. All videos will be due on Monday, November 28th, 2022 at 11am.
2. Asynchronous judging will be conducted during the week leading up to the tournament weekend from Tuesday, November 30 to Friday, December 2nd, 2022.
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 will be utilized for the Synchronous rounds 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. Patterns will be:

1. Pattern A: PROSE, US Extemp
2. Pattern B: Impromptu, Poetry

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:

Only finalists will receive awards. There will be trophies for 1, 2^nd, 3^rd place, and medals for the remaining competitors places 4, 5 and 6. We are excited to offer 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:

Junior High per event entry fee: $8.00

HS Per Event Entry - 15.00

School Fee - 25.00(we will wave the school fee for Junior High)

Drops After Deadline - 10.00

Missing Judge Requirement – 10.00

Judge Missing Round - 10.00

Links to Ballots for Judging (please have ALL Judges review for assigned events)

Dramatic Interpretation:

Duo Interpretation:

Humorous Interpretation:

Impromptu:

Informative:

Original Oratory:

Poetry:

Prose:

Oral Interpretation:

Storytelling:

Domestic Extemporaneous:

Junior High Prose:

Junior High Poetry:

Junior High Storytelling: