PAIRING MEETING

A pairing meeting will be held at Bingham High School at 3:30 PM on Wednesday, February 22nd. All coaches are invited to attend. We will pair the tournament and vote on the order of congress legislation.

LOCATION

Taylorsville High School

5225 South, Redwood Road

Taylorsville, UT 84123

Buses may park on the east side of the school. 

Judges Room -- F106

Extemp Prep -- H105

Tabroom -- I202

Student Gathering Place -- Commons Area

WIFI

Username: 648parent

Password: T@ylorsville

HOST

Donna Morris, Taylorsville

dimorris@graniteschools.org

TOURNAMENT CONTACT

Hannah Shoell, Bingham

hannah.shoell@jordandistrict.org

DATES

The dates again are Friday, February 24th with the first round starting at 3:30PM and Saturday, February 25th at 8:00 AM.  (See the schedule attached to this invitation.)

REGISTRATION

The DEADLINE for tournament registration is Monday, February 24th  at 2:00 PM.  Registration and judge entry will take place through tabroom.com.

Coaches should complete their registration by reporting to the tabroom, which will be in room I-202 between 2:30 and 3:00.

COACHES MEETING

All head coaches are expected to attend a brief meeting that will begin as soon as each round 1 ballot has been distributed. The agenda of the meeting is as follows:

·         Assign other tournament responsibilities

·         Discuss rules for the tournament and protocol for challenges and protests

o   Observers

o   Protest protocol

We will not discuss a location or rep for next year because of the realignment.

EVENTS

Congress: Legislation will be a compiled from the dockets of region tournaments, and posted on February 27th.

Extemp: Questions will be taken from the state list sent out by NFHS from February, January, and December.  Please review the rules for Extemp, especially regarding the use of electronic devices.

Impromptu: Topics will consist of the following

Round 1: current events

Round 2: cliché sayings

Round 3: quotes

Round 4: abstract nouns

Final round: big questions

Oratory: Please review the rules for Original Oratory. Also, all qualifiers to the State Meet must have submitted a copy of their original oratory one week in advance to the state forensic representative. This copy should be typewritten and double-spaced. All quoted materials should be so specified with an appropriate bibliography attached.

LD--Resolved: Resolved: The United States ought to guarantee the right to housing.

PF--Resolved: The United States should no longer pressure Israel to work toward a two-state solution.

CX--Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its economic and/or diplomatic engagement with the People’s Republic of China.

JUDGING REQUIREMENTS

Please observe the following with respect to the number of judges required, copied here from the UHSAA Speech and Debate Guidebook:

Section 16: Schools to provide Judges

Schools who fail to supply their allotted judges will be fined $100.00 per judge.

Schools are required to supply the following qualified judges:

One judge for one to two debate teams

Two judges for three debate teams

One judge for one to four I.E. contestants

Two judges for five to eight I.E. contestants

One judge for one to three L.D. contestants

One judge for one to three Public Forum teams

A full slate is required to bring a minimum of six judges.

Each judge must be available for assignments one round beyond the elimination of all students from that school. All judges must be available for all rounds held prior to the awards assembly. Each school must have one L.D. judge, one Public Forum and one Policy judge with entries in L.D., Public Forum or Policy available for elimination rounds. Failure to abide these rules will result in a penalty fine of $25.

Region Reps are responsible for securing Congress judges.

Judges will be expected to attend the mandatory judge’s orientation meeting to be held before the first round.   

SCHEDULE

Friday, February 24th

Registration 2:30 – 3:00

PF, LD, Policy

Round 1 3:30-5:30

Round 2 5:45-7:45 

Saturday, February 25th

PF, LD, Policy

Round 3 8:00-10:00

Round 4 10:15-12:15

Round 5 12:30-2:30

Elimination rounds approx  3:15

Congress

Session 1 8:00-10:30

Session 2 11:00-1:30

Bloodbath  2:00 - 4:30

Individual Events

Round 1 8:00-9:30

Round 2  9:45-11:15

Round 3 11:30-1:00 

Round 4 1:15-2:45

Final rounds approx  3:00