OCHS UIL ACADEMIC TEAM

Kenneth Adcock

adcockk@ocisd.net

Ore City High School

100 Rebel Rd

(903)-968-3300

Ore City, TX 75683

Dear UIL Coordinator/Sponsor:

Ore City High School would like to cordially invite you to our Christmas Sleigh Bell Special speech and debate tournament. This UIL speech and debate tournament will be held Saturday, December 2nd, 2022.

EVENTS: All UIL Speech and Debate events will be offered.

REGISTRATION: Please register at www.tabroom.com for speech and debate events.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch with Kenneth Adcock at adcockk@ocisd.net 903-968-3300 (school) / 817-240-7930 (cell)

DEADLINES: All entries are due online by Wednesday, November 29^th, 2022, at 4:00 PM. You may change names after this date, BUT drops made after Thursday, November 30^th, 2022, at 4:00 PM will lose your entry fee.

JUDGING: You must supply a judge/grader for every event your school has entered. If you do not provide a grader/judge, your students will not be graded.

For debate,

1 judge for every 4 LD contestants

1 judge for every two CX teams or part thereof

1 judge for every 6 Prose/Poetry/Extemp/Congress Contestants

Judging fees are $150/judge for debate and speaking events if you do not provide a judge. However, we prefer judges over fees.

AT MINIMUM, speech/debate team coaches MUST serve as judges

ENTRY FEES:

CX Entries: $30.00/team

LD Entries: $15.00

Congress Entries: $15.00

Speech Events: $10

AWARDS: Medals will be awarded to the top 6 places in each event.

OTHER INFORMATION:

EXTEMP: All current UIL rules related to disabling Wi-Fi or other internet access must be followed.

UIL CX:.

UIL LD: FALL 2023 UIL LD RESOLUTION---TBD

Congress: We will shift to the Fall 2023 TFA Congress docket Items 1-12. For the morning session, we will utilize Items 1-6,; in the afternoon, we will utilize 7-12.

Poetry & Prose: Selections will be the reader's choice.