Falcon Frenzy Welcome!

Dear Utah Debate,

Please join us for the Falcon Frenzy Debate Tournament!

We are back because my students begged me to do this! This tournament will provide an opportunity to have some fun and get some good practice in before the region tournaments the following weekend. Students may double enter speech events with a total of four entries per person except for Extemporaneous and Falcon Frenzy. Pertinent details are listed below, but please feel free to contact me with any additional information. We hope to see you Friday & Saturday, February 20 and 21. We will be using the March topics for PF, and LD. Extemp topics will be a mix of the topics from January and February; students should be prepared to answer any questions that they are given. We will run Big Questions on Saturday along with the other debate events. Congress legislation will come from NSDA and Utah Debate Coaches.

Payments for entry fees need to be mailed or paid online at myschoolfees.com prior to the beginning of round one on Friday, February 20. Checks should be made out to Skyridge High School and mailed to:

Skyridge High School

Attention:
Rachel Billings

3000 N Center Street Lehi, UT 84043

We will be using Tabroom for Online balloting, so please make sure your judges have a linked account, and they bring a device to use for judging.

See you soon!

Rachel Billings

Skyridge High School

rbillings@alpinedistrict.org

Debate Events:
Lincoln Douglas
Public Forum

Policy

Congress

Big Questions

Individual Events

Dramatic Interp

Humorous Interp

Duo Interp

International and National Extemp

Informative

Impromptu

Oratory

SPAR

POI

Special Event: Falcon Frenzy (We will be imitating Lone Peak High School and using the same format that they use for their Knight’s Melee event).

Asynchronous Events

Declamation

Newscaster

POI

Poetry

Lip Sync

Storytelling

Oratory

Informative

Combined Interps

Tournament Schedule

Friday, February 21 (Individual Events)

3:30 pm Judges training/check in; Extemp prep begins

Round I 4:00-5:00
Round II 5:30-6:30
Round III 6:45-7:45

Saturday, February 21 (Debate & Congress EVENTS, including Big Questions)

8:00 AM Judges training/check in

Round 1 8:30-10:30

Congress Session 1 8:30-11:30 Congress Session 1

Round 2 10:45-12:45

Congress Session 2 12:00-3:00

Lunch 12:45-1:15

Round 3 1:30-3:30

Code of Conduct

“Our tournament is committed to providing its students, judges, coaches, and staff (participants) the opportunity to pursue excellence in their endeavors. This opportunity can exist only when each member of our community is assured an atmosphere of civility, mutual respect, generosity, and kindness.

Our tournament prohibits all forms of harassment and discrimination, whether written, oral, or performative. Accordingly, all forms of harassment/discrimination, including presenting or evaluating arguments in round, based on a participant's race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by any applicable federal, state, or local law are prohibited.

Participants may not engage in any sexually explicit or illegal behavior and should refrain from the use of profanity. Participants are also bound by the code of conduct and any institutional rules of their own schools and should conduct themselves as if they are in a classroom environment.

Individuals who are found to have violated this policy will be subject to the full range of sanctions, including the loss of a round, disqualification, and up to removal from the tournament premises.”