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Phil- will you please post this to the CX-L for me? Thanks.
Dear Coaches and Competitors:
The Speech, Debate and Interpretive Acting Team of Plano West Senior High
School cordially invites you to attend the 1st annual Western Classic speech
& debate tournament on December 1-2, 2000. We are pleased to announce that
this will be a TFA State Qualifying Tournament.
We plan to offer both novice and varsity divisions of Cross-Examination and
Lincoln-Douglas Debate. We will also be offering Oratory, Foreign and
Domestic Extemp, Humorous and Dramatic Interpretation, Prose, Poetry, and
Duet Acting.
Sincerely,
Rachel Streitfeld Frank Sun Jonathan Beran
Tournament Director Debate Captain Interp Captain
Alan Huang Julie Kaplan Ryan Hadley
Speech Captain Public Relations NFL Manager
Deadlines:
Tuesday, November 21st Entries Due (Fax or e-mail only)
Monday, November 27th Last day to drop without penalties.
We will contact you on availability of
Debate non-sweeps
Must supply judge forms or fees will be assessed.
Tuesday, November 28th Drops incur double entry fees.
Thursday, November 29th Drops incur triple entry fees.
Tournament Schedule
Section A: HI, OO, PR
Section B: DI, FX, DX, PO
Section C: Duet, VCX, NCX, VLD, NLD
Section D: GI & PO
Ø IE-ers may enter in 2 event from Sections A & B and one event in Section C
Ø Debaters may enter one event in Sections B & C
Ø If competitors are cross-entered it is their responsibility to report the
double entry to the judge.
Ø Judges are limited to no more than a 10-minute oral critique. Please be
aware of this when asking judges to critique your round.
Friday, December 1st
3:00 Registration
4:45 Section A Prelims
Debate Round I
6:00 Duet Round I
6:45 Debate Round II
7:00 Section B Prelims
8:00 Duet Round II
8:30 Debate Round III
Saturday, December 2nd
7:45 Extemp Draw in auditorium
8:15 DX, FX Prelims
9:15 Debate Round IV
9:30 Duet Semis
11:00 Section A Semis
12:00 Extemp Draw
12:30 FX, DX Semis
1:00 Section B Semis
1:45 Debate Octos
2:30 Duet Finals
3:45 Extemp Draw
4:00 Section A & B Finals
4:00 Debate Quarters
6:30 Debate Semis
7:00 Awards Assembly in Cafeteria
9:00 Debate Finals
School is in session until 4:15pm. Competitors please be quiet when entering
the building. Do not leave the cafetaria until the rounds begin. Any teams
violating this will be disqualified.
Buses pull up at the back of the school (Willow Bend side) and drop students
off. Parking will be available in the north-east parking lot.
C-Xers need to leave tubs in the cafeteria until their rounds. Tub storage
will be in the last room in which you compete.
Extemp tubs may be stored in the auditorium. All tubs must be removed from
the auditorium before the awards ceremonies.
Overview of Information
Entries:
Please fax, or e-mail your entries following the information on the first
page. Each school may have five sweepstakes entries in each event. Please
write all non-sweeps entries on a separate page. We will probably be able to
accept all non-sweeps I.E. and non-sweeps debate entries.
Fees:
Individual Events $10.00 per event
Duet Acting $25.00 per team
Lincoln-Douglas $20.00 per debater
Cross-Ex $25.00 per team
Debate Judges $70.00 per missing judge
I.E. Judges $50.00 per missing judge
Registration:
Registration will begin at 3:00 on Friday in room A2075. Registration is for
coaches only! Our classes don't let out until 4:15 so all students, judges,
and coaches who aren't at registration need to be in the school cafeteria
until we post rounds. Please plan to arrive before 4:00 or after 4:30 as
parents and buses picking up students cause quite a jam.
Directions:
>From Dallas: take Dallas Parkway (Dallas North Tollway) north to the Parker
Rd exit. From the frontage road turn right onto Parker. Plano West Senior
High School will be on the right hand side of the road. Proceed to Willow
Bend and make a left and pull in by the bus lanes. From North of Plano:
take Dallas Parkway (Dallas North Tollway) south to the Parker Rd exit.
>From the frontage road turn left onto Parker. Plano West Senior High School
will be on the right hand side of the road. Proceed to Willow Bend and make
a left and pull in by the bus lanes.
Lodging:
Amerisuites 3100 Dallas Parkway 972-378-3997
Holiday Inn Express 5021 W Plano Parkway 972-733-4700
Judging:
One of our biggest goals is to have qualified judges for your competitors.
We ask that you bring qualified judges with you. For those who need to hire
judges, we can do that at a rate of $70.00 per debate judge and $50.00 for IE
judge. One judge is required for every two C-X teams and for every four L-D
entries. For scheduling reasons, we ask that you not use the same judge(s)
to fulfill both of your debate commitments. A student may judge novice
debate if he/she has at least 150 NFL debate points. Please include the
qualifications of IE and varsity debate judges (# of rounds, former
competitor, etc.) with your entry. Also, please ask your judges to not write
"oral" and not do a written critique, or on IEs to simply write "yes, yes,
yes, yes, yes," and give 5th place. This doesn't tell the coach or the
competitor anything. We know this has bothered coaches and competitors a
like.
Awards:
We will give awards to the top three sweeps schools. Debaters reaching
quarters will receive awards as well as the top three speakers in each of the
four divisions. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place trophies will be given in all
events. 4th, 5th and 6th places will also receive recognition certificates.
Events:
All TFA rules will be followed. The Nov/Dec LD topic will be used.
Thanks- Hope you all attend
Brian Hennig
Bhennig@pisd.edu
Flint Schneider
Plano West Debate
Debate_Man@excite.com
