General Information

KESDA SENIOR GENERAL INFORMATION

TOURNAMENT DATES:  Saturday February 19-Sunday February 20

TOURNAMENT LOCATION: Georgetown College, 400 East College Street, Georgetown KY 40324

FLIGHTS:

Flight A                       Flight B

Informative                Oratory

Prose                          Poetry

HI                                DI

POI                              Story

Broadcasting              Declamation

Impromptu                Extemp

Duo Interp                 Improv Pairs

Student Congress

ENTRIES:  All students may enter up to three events in each flight.   Each student may enter a maximum of five events. 

Student Congress will count as a Flight A event, but will be run at a staggered time. 

STUDENTS MAY ENTER TWO OTHER FLIGHT A EVENTS AND STILL PARTICIPATE IN STUDENT CONGRESS.

 ENTRY FEES:  $7.00 per entry.  $14.00 per Duo Interp and Improvisational Pair

 KESDA MEMBERSHIP FEE:  A $35 fee to join KESDA is due upon registration.

 TEAM FEE: A $50 team fee will be due upon registration to help offset the cost of Tabroom and other tournament expenses.

 DEADLINE:  Tournament registration will be on Tabroom. Deadline for entries is Friday, February 4, by 8:00 p.m.

 JUDGES:  Schools must supply one judge for every 6 entries or portion thereof.  There will be a $5.00 judge fee per uncovered entry.  For example, if the entry form contains 35 entries and you have 4 judges, your school is covering 24 entries with your judges.  Therefore, your school would have 11 uncovered entries. (35-24=11)  Since the fee is $5.00 per uncovered entry, your school's fee would be $55.00.  Duo and Improv Pairs count once in terms of computing the number of judges needed and twice for entry fees.

Stand-by Judges:  Stand-by judges must remain by ballot pick-up until all sections have been covered and the round is announced as cleared. 

Reminder:  Please take care to insure that all judges and chaperones at KESDA have passed background checks.

NUISANCE FEES: 

KESDA reserves the right to levy nuisance fees for problematic judge behavior which could include (but is not limited to) the following: judges not showing up for rounds or showing up consistently late, teams switching judges, not complying with event rules, being unavailable for stand-by, etc.

STUDENT CONGRESS LEGISLATION: 

All legislation submitted for Congress must be new; it cannot have been debated during any tournament this school year.  Also, we feel it would be best practice to have two judges in Congress if numbers allow.  Therefore, coaches should familiarize themselves with the event. 

AWARDS:  Awards will be presented to 1st-6th in individual events. First-Sixth Place schools will be recognized for Sweepstakes.  A school’s top three entries in each event will count toward sweepstakes.  However, all students are eligible for individual awards.

NOVICE FINAL ROUND: We hope to hold at least one final round for non-advancing novices in interp.  Most likely, it will be comprised of two students each in prose, poetry, and p.o.i.  If numbers are good, we will have a prepared speech final for novices as well.  Please note that this round will not count toward sweepstakes.  In order to insure that all novices are eligible coaches must indicate who their novices are on Tabroom before the start of the tournament. 

PENTATHLON AWARD:  To compete, students must enter at least one event in each of the following areas: 

Limited Prep:  Broadcasting, Extemp, Impromptu, Improv Duo, Student Congress

Original Prepared:  Original Oratory, Informative, Student Congress

Interp:  DI, Duo Interp, HI, Poetry, Prose, Storytelling, Declamation, POI

Identification:  Due to security concerns and for easy identification of KESDA State Tournament participants by KESDA and college personnel, ALL tournament participants (contestants, coaches, judges, and chaperones) will be issued KESDA identification, which is to be worn at all times during the State Tournament. Contestants will not be allowed to compete without the identification being displayed.  This id will allow the student entrance to the dance.  Replacement ids will cost $5.00 each.  All Judges are requested to wear their identification while judging. 

MANUSCRIPTS DUE:  Manuscripts of original speeches must be submitted via email as attached Word Documents up to February 18. The cover page with signatures must be submitted in hardcopy form at registration.

For your protection, you should also have original manuscripts of ALL scripts with you at the tournament in case a question of authenticity arises.

DROPS:  Drops of student events or judges after 8:00 pm on Friday , February 4 will result in a drop fee of $10.00 per drop.  Entries dropped after 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 17 will be assessed a $25 drop fee. Judges dropped after 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 17 will be assessed a $50.00 drop fee (substitutions for judges may be made).