Independent Entries

The Tradition allows independent entries that have been cleared by their school for participation-meaning the school has signed off on your attendance but you have a parent/adult chaperone who is not a school employee. You must have the following letter signed by the school designee (Principal or appropriate AP) permitting your attendance. Please copy the following onto school letterhead and have the school designee sign. Please email form to thetraditioncbhs@gmail.com with the Subject: Independent Entry-X School

Our school is the degree granting institution for every student attending the 2023 Tradition Speech and Debate Tournament who competes under our school’s name. Each student represents the school. Our school is responsible for every student, coach, and judge attending the 2023 Tradition Speech and Debate Tournament under our school’s name and gives the students permission to compete and the judges permission to judge. We grant the student permission to attend this tournament with the appropriate designee who has been cleared by our school.

Our team will designate and provide accurate contact information for one overall school-approved chaperone available during the tournament for the tournament to contact by phone if the tournament needs to communicate officially with our team as well as designate and provide accurate contact information for one school-approved chaperone for each event the school is competing in available during the tournament for the tournament to contact by phone if the tournament needs to communicate officially with our team about a particular event.

Our school understands that the tournament and/or teams participating at the tournament mayaudio and/or visually record any competitor and judge during events. It is the responsibility of coaches to ensure that their students, parents, and judges are aware of and understand such tournament recording is permitted. Our school shall be solely responsible for and complete any and all paperwork necessary to ensure compliance with applicable state laws regarding such recordings. Our school agrees that any recording taken of the tournament will only be used as evidence to demonstrate a rule violation, will not be posted online or shared with anyone other than the judge(s) in the round or a tournament official, and will be destroyed after the tournament has ended.

Our school agrees to all tournament rules, policies, and procedures found on the tournament’s Tabroom website. We agree that if at any time the tournament discovers a student, coach, judge, or school does not meet all the aforementioned criteria, the student(s) and/or school will be immediately disqualified from the tournament and forfeit any payments given to the tournament.

Thank you!