Lone Peak High School

Lphs.alpineschools.org

10189 N 4800 W, Highland, UT 84003

The Knight’s Joust Is BACK!!!!!!

October 13th & 14th 2017

Dear Coaches and Speech & Debaters:

Please join us for the Knight’s Joust.  This tournament will provide an introduction to some fun events for students at the beginning of their debate and speech careers.  There will be 2 flights so you are able to double entry with a total of (4 entries) per person except for extemporaneous.  We will have two division of competition available: Open/Varsity and Novice.  Pertinent details are listed below, but please feel free to contact me with any additional information.  We hope to see you Friday & Saturday 13th & 14th of October.

Checks for entry fees and hired judges need to be mailed or brought to the tournament prior to the beginning of round one. Checks should be made out to Lone Peak High School and mailed to:

Lone Peak High School

Attention:  Natalie Johnson

10189 N 4800 W, Highland, UT 84003

Directions

Lone Peak HIgh School is located in Northern Utah County.  Turn off on I-15 (Thanksgiving Point exit 284) towards Alpine on Timpanogos Hwy.  Drive 6.2 miles and turn right onto N 4800 West/Lone Peak Pkwy for 1.1 miles.  Lone Peak High School will be on the right.  

See you!!

Natalie Johnson

Debate Coach

Lone Peak High School

Highland, Utah  84003

nataliejohnson@alpinedistrict.org

801-664-0583

Lone Peak High School

Highland, Utah

The Knight’s Joust Is BACK!!!!!!

October 13th & 14th 2017

Debate Events

Novice/Open Lincoln Douglas

Novice/Open Public Forum

Novice/Open Congress (House & Senate)

Individual Events

Panel A

Novice/Open Drama Interpretation

Novice/Open Mixed Extemporaneous (International & National)

Novice/Open Humorous Interpretation

Novice/Open Informative Speaking

News Casting

Spontaneous Argumentation (Spar)

Panel B

Character Impromptu

Declamation

Novice/Open Duo Interpretation

Novice/Open Original Oratory

Program Oral Interpretation

Storytelling-theme: International children's stories

Tournament Schedule

Friday, October 13 (DEBATE & CONGRESS ONLY)

2:30-3:00 pm Registration/judges training (Galahad's)

3:00-3:30 Late Registration

3:15-4:45 Round I, Debate

3:30-5:30 Congress, Session 1

5:00-6:30 Round II,

6:30-8:30 Congress, Session 2

7:00-8:30 Round III, Debate

Saturday, October 14 (I.E. EVENTS)

7:00-8:00 am Registration/judges training (Library)

8:00-9:15 Panel A Round 1

9:20-10:35   Panel B Round 1

10:40-11:55 Panel A Round 2

12:30- 1:45 Panel B Round 2

Lunch  1:45-2:45  We will have a variety of food trucks available as well as food vendors located at the tournament.

2:50 - 4:05 Panel A Round 3

4:10 - 5:20 Panel B Round 3

5:30 Awards

Tournament Events

LD topic: Resolved: In the United States, national service ought to be compulsory.

Note from tournament director: The decision to NOT use the novice topic on civil disobedience is intentional. All debaters should be prepared on the National Service topic.

PF topic: Resolved: Deployment of anti-missile systems is in South Korea’s best interest.

Extemp topics: A list of questions will be released on this site by September 6th. Though many tournaments use the list provided by the NFHS, this will not be available for October. The topics released for this tournament will be created by the tournament director.

Congress legislation: A list of congress legislation will be released on this site on September 6th.

Tournament Registration will be on tabroom.com.

Opens on August 25 at 7:00 am

New Entries due October 6th 10:00 pm

We will not allow double entry in Extemporaneous Speaking.  

Entry Procedure and Deadline: The Knight's Joust will be using Tabroom.com for entries and ballots.

Tournament Fees

Events/Division:  $4.00 per event

Team cost:  $15 per day or $30 for the weekend

Obligations Freeze

October 10th, 5:00 pm

Judges Entries Due (Judges must have access to tabroom.com for judging)

October 10th, 5:00 pm

Online drops & Name Changes Until

October 6th, 5:00 pm  Fees will be calculated at this time and drop fees will be assessed for any drops after this time. See the fee schedule below for details about drop fees.

Nuisance fines apply after

October 10th, 5:00 pm

Payments

1. Checks for entry fees and hired judges need to be mailed or brought to the tournament prior to the beginning of round one. Checks should be made out to Lone Peak High School and mailed to:

Lone Peak High School

Attention:  Natalie Johnson

10189 N 4800 W, Highland, UT 84003

Judges Training

We will be offering judge training each day.  Friday at 2:30 pm and 8:00 am in the Library. For general tournament inquiries, please email Coach Natalie Johnson at nataliejohnson@alpinedistrict.org.

ALL people who intend on judging MUST have a TABROOM.COM account.  https://www.tabroom.com/index/index.mhtml