District 6 Speech Tournament

Friday, March 21st

Idaho Falls High School

Entry Limitations –

District & State

1. At District tournaments, students may enter any two events, excluding double entry in two draw events (extemporaneous, panel discussion, retold story, radio broadcast journalism). Speech events will be patterned after numbers of qualifiers from district speech tournaments are verified. Speech events will be patterned first to balance entry numbers across the two patterns, and second to place students in one A and one B. Students that double qualify may have both of their events placed in two A pattern events or two B pattern events.
2. At district tournaments, schools may enter up to six entries per event, with a maximum of 56 entries total.

State Speech Representation

1. No more than the top 1/3, or any fraction thereof, of the entries that complete all rounds in an event at district speech will advance to State, provided each qualifier has an excellent or superior rating.
2. State qualifiers will be determined by a cumulative two or three-round ranking and rating. If a tie exists in the last qualifying position, both entries may advance.
3. Honest Effort: If a student does not finish all rounds at District, he/she may be included in the count used to determine the number of state qualifiers provided the tournament manager determines that the non-finish was due to emergency circumstances beyond the student’s control.

District-to-state Representation

1-3 = 1 qualifier 16-18 = 6 qualifiers

4-6 = 2 qualifiers 19-21 = 7 qualifiers

7-9 = 3 qualifiers 22-24 = 8 qualifiers

10-12 = 4 qualifiers 25-27 = 9 qualifiers

13-15 = 5 qualifiers 28-30 = 10 qualifiers4

ATTENTION: It is the responsibility and duty of all coaches to provide their required number of judgesto the tournament.Judgesshould be registered in Tabroom by the closing registration date. Non-compliance will be submitted to the District VI Board of Control and may result in the fines and penalties below PER JUDGE:

1st Offense self reported: $75.00 fine, forfeiture of the contest, if applicable.

1^stOffense non reported: $150.00 fine,forfeiture of the contest, if applicable.

2nd Offense self reported: $200.00 fine,forfeiture of the contest, if applicable,and probation for one year.

2^ndOffense non reported: $400.00 fine,forfeiture of the contest, if applicable,and probation for one year.

3rd Offense self reported: $400.00 fine and non-participation in District contests will be the general penalty.

3^rdOffense non reported: Up to$1500 fine and non-participation in District contests will be the general penalty.