Sidney Super Season Starter

2024 — Sidney, MT/US

Sidney High School
Speech, Drama and Debate Invitational
Saturday, November 2, 2024

Phone: 406-433-2330
1012 4th Ave SE
Sidney, MT 59270

SHS Coaches:
Christy Pierce
Gail Staffanson
Warren Clark

Activities Director: Chris Lee
Principal: Carl Dynneson

Registration: Registration online (tabroom.com) will be open until Monday, October 28 at 5:00pm.
Changes can be made until Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 5:00pm.

Fees: An entry fee of $6 per event, $12 for Team/Theatre event will be charged.

Drops/Adds: Please make all drops in tabroom until Thursday, October 31, 2024. After that please email me at cpierce@sidneyps.com or text/call me at 406-478-3643. All drops after 5:00pm on Friday, November 1, 2024 will result in the forfeitures of the registration fees.

MHSA Rules: All events will be conducted according to the rules in the 2024-2025 MHSA handbook. All contestants will follow Class A rules with the exception, NO dual entry for any events. SPOI will be offered. HAND TABBING will be utilized. Extemporaneous topics will be NOVEMBER topics. Coaches may be asked to judge, but there will hopefully be no need.

Event Location: All events will be at Sidney High School. Students will use the gymnasium as their common room. The tabroom for the coaches is located in the SHS Library.

Food: Breakfast, lunch and DELICIOUS snacks will be provided to coaches and drivers.
Concessions will be open 11am-2pm
The Morning Grind will be open from 7:30-9:00 am.

Debate Topics: Topic effective October-November

Lincoln-Douglas: Resolved: the United States ought to require that workers receive a living wage.

Public Forum : Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially expand its surveillance infrastructure along its southern border.

Policy: Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.

Schedule: We will not hold registration the day of the meet. Instead, we will hand out invoices in the tabroom the day of the tournament.

Event Schedule:

Round 1 8:30 am (Extemp draw & Debate begin at 8:00AM)
Round 2 10:00 am
Round 3 11:30 am
Finals 2:00 pm

*AWARDS ASSEMBLY WILL BE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOLLOWING FINALS.