INVITATION - 2024 JCFL Qualifier

JCFL District Qualifiers: Friday-Saturday, February 9-10, 2024

JCFL Moderator: Richard Younce (Jackson Preparatory School - ryounce@jacksonprep.net)

JCFL District Qualifiers Location: Jackson Preparatory School (3100 Lakeland Drive, Flowood, MS 39232)

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: 11:59 PM on Monday, February 5, 2024

Only schools that have turned in a completed, NCFL “Data Card” form may register.

Only schools that have paid the $125 JCFL membership fee may compete.

(Send check to Darin Maier, JCFL Treasurer, PO Box 147, Ridgeland, MS 39148)

EVENTS AT 2024 CATHOLIC FORENSIC LEAGUE (“CFL”) DISTRICT & NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS:

Lincoln Douglas Debate

Policy Debate

Public Forum Debate

Student Congress

Dramatic Performance (“DP”) – must be either Dramatic Interp (“DI”) or Humorous Interp (“HI”) from a published source that can be authenticated

Extemporaneous Speaking (“Extemp”) – domestic and international topics will alternate rounds

Oral Interpretation of Literature (“OI”) – must have both prose and poetry from published source(s) that can be authenticated; prose and poetry rounds will alternate

Oratorical Declamation (“Dec”) – event is limited to Freshman and Sophomore students

Original Oratory (“OO”) – must be composed by the speaker; the number of words quoted from other authors must not exceed 150 and extensive paraphrasing of other sources is prohibited

Duo Interpretation of Literature (“Duo”) – must be from a published source that can be authenticated

ENTRY LIMITATIONS FOR THE 2023 JCFL DISTRICT TOURNAMENT:

Each school may register up to 40 total entries in debate and IEs combined. Congress is NOT included in the 40-count.

Individual students may enter a total of three events, not including Congress.

For example, a student can do ONE debate (all on Friday) and TWO IEs (all on Saturday morning) … or NO Friday debate events and up to THREE Saturday IE events.

Any student may enter the Saturday afternoon Congress no matter what debate or IE events they are also entering – but the student MUST be registered for Congress by the Monday, February 5 deadline (NO late adds into Congress).

Up to TWO, proposed bills for JCFL Congress may be submitted to the moderator of by 11:59 PM on Wednesday, January 31. The JCFL Congress packet will be available sometime Sunday, February 5.

PLEASE READ THIS INVITATION CAREFULLY AND CHECK < www.ncfl.org > FOR THE COMPLETE RULES OF EACH EVENT. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH COACH AND COMPETITOR TO READ AND FOLLOW THE RULES.