From: Leslie Phillips - Lexington High School
<L_Phillips@sch.ci.lexington.ma.us>
Subject: LEXINGTON WINTER TOURNAMENT INVITATION
DEBATERS, TEACHERS, COACHES:
Please attend Lexington's annual winter tournament, to be held Friday
through Sunday, January 16 through 18, 1997, at Lexington High School.
Once again, we will provide high quality competition, efficient
administration, and the best possible judging. We are now a TOC qualifier
at quarterfinals in both policy and Lincoln-Douglas debate. Teams from 24
states and the District of Columbia have attended our tournament; we think
you should, too.
RESOLUTIONS: In policy, the national high school resolution; in
Lincoln-Douglas, the NFL January-February resolution, to be announced
about December 1 by the national office (and available at about that time
by calling 414-748-LD4U).
FORMAT: Three divisions. In varsity policy debate, we will offer six
preliminary and four or five elimination rounds. Novice debate will offer
five preliminary rounds and an appropriate number of elimination rounds.
Lincoln-Douglas is one open division, with five or six prelims and four or
five elimination rounds (we ran partial doubles last year). Preparation
time is eight minutes in policy and four minutes in Lincoln-Douglas.
This is a TWO-DAY tournament in Lincoln-Douglas and novice policy.
Nothing happens on Sunday except quarters, semis, and finals in varsity
policy. Ballots and trophies are distributed at Saturday's awards
assembly.
ELIGIBILITY: The Lincoln-Douglas and varsity divisions are open to anyone
who wishes to enter. A novice policy debater at this tournament is one
who has not competed in policy debate prior to August 20, 1997. Also,
debaters who went to a summer policy debate institute in 1997 are not
novices.
ENTRY LIMITS: Five varsity teams, five Lincoln-Douglas debaters, and
three novice teams per school. We'll be more flexible, especially in LD,
if we can confirm the use of an additional building. Extra entries will
go on a waiting list.
JUDGES: We hope schools wil make every effort to cover their entries with
*qualified* judges. One judge must be supplied for every four students or
fraction thereof, regardless of division. Advanced, experienced policy
debaters (third or fourth year strongly preferred) may judge in the novice
division. Qualified high school graduates only in L-D; very qualified
people indeed expected in varsity. For hired judging, see below.
HOUSING: Available Friday and Saturday night *for competing students and
student judges in the novice division*. We will accept the first 200
requests from schools who are traveling more than 60 miles one way. Send
your housing request by surface mail or email, or fax it to 617 861 2367.
WE CANNOT GUARANTEE HOUSING REQUESTS RECEIVED AFTER JANUARY 5. Students
should bring sleeping bags. Thursday and/or Sunday night is available on
a very limited basis, but only if requested by December 20.
Coaches and other adults may secure housing at one of our fine local
hostelries. For most, the favorite is still the somewhat controversial
Battle Green Inn (617-862-6100). The Battle Green has become quite a cult
attraction among debate coaches; it is right in the heart of Lexington
Center, and is walking distance from the high school. Other housing
includes the Holiday Inn-Express (formerly the TraveLodge, formerly the
Days Inn, formerly the Catch Penny, 861-0850), and the Sheraton Lexington
(the nicest; 862-8600).
FOOD: Dinner is served on Friday night; lunch is served on Saturday.
This cost is included in your entry fees.
FEES: $10 school fee
$40 per varsity unit
$40 per novice unit
$20 per Lincoln-Douglas speaker
$100 per hired judge
FEES ARE FIXED at 10 pm Sunday, January 11. We mean it. Nuisance taxes,
in addition to original charges, are assessed for late changes according
to the following schedule:
$10 per change from Wednesday 10 pm to Friday 7 am
$20 per change from Friday 7 am to registration
$30 per change at the registration table
These are the famous Michael H. Prosser Nuisance Taxes. Accepting our
invitation accepts these rules.
HOW TO REGISTER: Registration must reach us by Thursday, January 8. Fax
(617-861-2367), email (l_phillips@sch.ci.lexington.ma.us), and snail mail
(Lexington High School, 251 Waltham Street, Lexington MA 02173) are all
acceptable. Telephoning us is the least desirable method of registering,
because it is the most likely to create errors, but that number would be
617-861-2333. We will close the tournament when we've filled our space,
and we cannot in any case guarantee any entry received after January 7.
YOU MUST MAKE A CONFIRMATION CALL TO 617-861-2333 ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 15,
BETWEEN 2:30 and 6:00 pm. BE READY TO GIVE NAMES!
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
FRIDAY
1:00-2:30 REGISTRATION in the Science Lecture Hall
Teams not registered by 2:30 may be excluded from Round I
3:15 GENERAL MEETING
3:45 ROUND I
5:30 ROUND II
7:15 DINNER
8:00 ROUND III
9:45 HOUSING ASSEMBLY
SATURDAY
8:00 ROUND IV
10:45 ROUND V
1:15 ROUND VI in varsity policy
first elim round in novice policy and LD
3:45 first elim round in varsity policy
second elim round in LD and novice policy
6:15 AWARDS
6:45 remaining elim rounds in novice and LD
SUNDAY: Remaining elim round in varsity policy, beginning at 9 am.
We look forward to welcoming you to scenic, historic Lexington in mid-January.
Deborah Johnston Leslie Phillips
Debate Teacher Debate Teacher
(on leave)
Note also:
LEXINGTON COACHING AWARD BALLOT
THE LEXINGTON COACHING AWARD was established in 1989 to honor coaches and
judges who serve debate but are NOT classroom teachers. Any person --
head coach, assistant coach, or judge -- who meets this description is
eligible. The names of previous recipients may give you a sense of the
type of person we wish to honor:
1989 David Glass, Edgemont
1990 Roger Leon, Newark Science
1991 Mark T. Prutsalis, Lexington
1992 Jim Gentile, Georgetown Day
1993 Don Gibbons, Manchester
1994 Diana Dunker, Newark Science
1995 Gabriel Fried, Lexington
1996 John Niedfeldt-Thomas, T.A. Edison
Phyllis Hirth, Hendrick Hudson (now Bronx Science)
1997 Kurt Shelton, Lakeland
Any member of the forensics community, coach or student, may make
nominations. Nominations will be judged by a committee consisting of
former recipients, Lexington staff and co-captains, and the estimable
Timothy C. Averill. Winners receive a handsome plaque (and a Lexington
sweatshirt).
Nominations are due by December 18. We encourage supporting statements.
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