Winter Wonderland

Welcome to the Winter Wonderland Meet hosted at Park High School!

Cost:

The deadline for adds or drops is Wednesday, December 17th, at 5:00 PM. Please note that if you must drop a student after the December 17th deadline, you will be charged for that student as though they attended the tournament. All drops should be sent to Victoria Padilla via text or email.

Please be aware that coaches will be included in the judging pool. All tabbing will take place through Tabroom.com.

Tournament Format & Procedures

• We are hoping to have a dedicated network for the tournament. When we know the network’s name and password, we will email it to you.

• As indicated on the schedule below, we are opting to offer all students three rounds then break to outrounds.

• Final placing will be made based on prelim scores and tie-breaks according to A/B/C tie breaking procedures.

• Sweeps points will be awarded following A/B/C speech and debate scoring.

• Awards will be held in the auditorium after Round 4. The top eight students in each event will be recognized.

• Please refer to the MHSA Handbook for all relevant tiebreak and sweepstake information.

• The Tabroom will be in the Library.

• Breakfast and lunch will be available to coaches and judges in rooms in both the high school and the middle school across the street.

Debate Topics:

We will be using the NSDA’s Novemeber/December topics for both Lincoln-Douglas and Public Forum.

LD: Resolved: The United States ought to rewild substantial tracts of land.

PF: Resolved: The United States federal government should require technology companies to provide lawful access to encrypted communications.

Policy Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly increase its exploration and/or development of the Arctic.

Extemporaneous Speaking

Extemporaneous speaking will allow the use of internet-enabled devices.

A. Preparation: As soon as a question is chosen, the contestant will prepare a speech without

consultation and without references to prepared notes. Students may consult published books,

magazines, newspapers and journals or articles, including internet enabled devices either used

in the draw or those materials published from internet sources, provided:

1. They are originals or copies of whole pages.

2. Provided those originals or copies are uncut.

3. There is no written material on that original or copy other than citation information.

4. Topical index without annotation may be present.

5. Files stored either on a computer or electronic device hard drive or cloud storage system.

All files in this format must meet the same guidelines as printed sources.

6. Active research from the internet during the round that meets the established criteria

found in the “Guidelines for Use of Internet Enabled Devices.”

B. No other material will be allowed in the Extemp prep room other than stated above. Extemp

speeches, handbooks, briefs and outlines, including those stored on cloud storage systems or

published on websites created for that purpose, are prohibited from the Extemp prep room.

Students may not use the internet to gain help from coaches, other students, or any person,

such that it would prevent the speech from being the original work of the competitor. Students

are prohibited from accessing outlines and speeches that have been written prior to their draw

time. Underlining or highlighting in Extemp will be allowed if done in only one color on each

article or copy. Electronic device use must comply with the “Guidelines for Electronic Device

Use in Debate Events.” Printed copies of information from online computer services may be

used. Electronically retrieved evidence used in any Association Extemp competition must

conform to the same citation standards as evidence used in debate events as described in the

the MHSA Speech, Drama and Debate handbook.

Tournament Staff Contacts

Victoria Padilla

Email: victoria.blakeypadilla@gmail.com

Phone: (406) 551-3897

Schedule

Saturday, December 20th

Round 1: 8:00 AM Ext Draw/Debate

8:30 AM Speech

Round 2: 9:30 AM Ext Draw/Debate

10:00 AM Speech

Round 3: 11:00 AM Ext Draw/Debate

11:30 PM Speech

Round 4 - Finals Round: 1:30 PM Ext Draw/Debate

2:00 PM Speech

Awards are tentatively scheduled to start at 5:30 PM or as close to the end of Round 4 as possible.

Payment

Please make all checks payable to:

Gardiner Public Schools

510 W Stone St

Gardiner, MT 59030