Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 12:50:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mark Webber <mhsdebate@hotmail.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list CX-L <cx-l@debate.net>
Subject: University of Texas Longhorn Classic- Dec. 3rd and 4th
>Dear Director of Forensics:
>
>The University of Texas Forensics Union invites you
>and your students to
>attend the 3rd Annual Longhorn Classic Tournament to
>be held on the
>campus of the University of Texas at Austin on
>December 3-4, 1999.
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>In keeping with our commitment to a well-rounded
>forensics education,
>we will offer students the opportunity to compete in
>a variety of
>events, including both championship and novice
>cross-examination debate,
>Lincoln-Douglas, Duet Acting, and all TFA individual
>events, plus
>impromptu, poetry and prose.
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>There will be five preliminary rounds in CCX and
>four in NCX and
>Lincoln-Douglas, breaking to double-octos if
>warranted by size.
>Individual events will feature three flighted
>patterns and two
>preliminary rounds, followed by extended semi-finals
>(up to 24
>contestants) and finals, where warranted.
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>We hope to see you here in beautiful Austin!
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>Joel Rollins, Ph.D. Peter Pober, Ph.D.
>Director of Debate Director of Individual Events
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>Longhorn Classic
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>Events
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>Contestants may enter two events from section A
>Section A: Duet, Impromptu, Poetry
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>Contestants may enter two events from section B
>Section B: Humorous Interp, Dramatic Interp
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>Contestants may enter two events from section C, but
>only one division
>of extemp.
>Section C: Foreign Extemp, Domestic Extemp,
>Original Oratory, Prose
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>Lincoln-Douglas and NCX contestants may only enter
>pattern C events.
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>CCX contestants may not cross enter into other
>events.
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>Entry Guidelines
>All TFA rules will be followed. This is a TFA State
>Qualifier for
>member schools and a Tournament of Champions
>Qualifier.
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>Schools are allowed to enter no more than Six debate
>teams divided
>between CCX and NCX, with no more than two in the
>NCX division and no
>more than Six LD entries. Individual events are
>unlimited until we reach
>capacity.
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>Waiting list: If you wish to enter additional CCX
>or NCX teams or
>LDers, we will put them on a waiting list and let
>you know if we can
>accept them by November 29th.
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>How to enter: You must fax your entries to Peter
>Pober or Joel Rollins
>at 512-471-3504. Because of holiday and university
>delivery problems, we
>cannot accept mailed entries. Please enter as soon
>as possible to
>insure your acceptance!!!!
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>Confirmation Letters will be sent immediately upon
>receipt of your
>entry. If you do not receive one within five days,
>please call
>512-471-1918 or 512-471-1957.
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>FEES: All entries should be received no later than
>Wednesday November
>24. All fees are assessed the day the entry is
>received. If your
>entire entry is dropped, you are responsible for all
>the fees. All
>changes and drops made after November 30 will incur
>a $20 drop fee plus
>the entry fee for CX and LD debate, and a $10 drop
>fee for Individual
>Events and Duet Acting. Drops made after 5:00 PM
>Thursday December 2
>will incur the entry fee plus a $50 drop fee for CX
>and LD and $25 for
>IE and Duet. Unreported drops or no shows will be
>billed to the school.
>Judges dropped after 5:00 p.m. Thursday Dec. 2 will
>incur the judge fees
>plus a $60 drop fee. Judges dropped on the day of
>the tournament will
>incur the judge fees plus a $120 drop fee. Judges
>who fail to pick up a
>ballot for an assigned round will incur a $20 fee.
>ALL judge fees must
>be paid prior to the announcement of elimination
>rounds or students will
>be rendered ineligible for elimination round
>competition. Schools must
>pay by check, cash, or school purchase order at the
>Tournament
>registration. Failure to do so will render students
>ineligible for
>competition.
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>Championship CX Debate $50 Lincoln-Douglas $25
> Duet Acting
>$20 Individual Events $14
>Novice CX Debate $40
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>CX & Lincoln Douglas Debate
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>CX Divisions: There will be championship and novice
>cross-ex divisions.
>Only debaters in their first year of competition may
>enter the novice
>division. We will abide by 8-3-5 (8 minute prep)
>time limits. In the
>five preliminary rounds of CCX, each team will
>debate affirmative and
>negative at least two times (assuming you don^Òt
>receive a BYE). Round
>five will be flip for sides. Each NCX team will
>debate two affirmative
>and two negative rounds. Criteria for qualifying
>for the elimination
>rounds are (1) win-loss record, (2) total speaker
>points (3) adjusted
>speaker points.
>Lincoln-Douglas: 6-3-7-3-4-6-3 time limits will be
>used.
>Entries: Limit on number of entries is six per
>school in CX, with a
>maximum of two in NCX. Limit of six per school in
>LD. See above
>information regarding waiting list. We will not
>break brackets
>Judging: Each school is expected to provide one
>qualified judge for
>each two CX debate teams or four LD entries.
>Schools unable to provide
>judges may hire a limited number of Texas judges at
>the rate of $60
>each. No half judges can be purchased. All
>collected judge fees will
>go to paying judges. All judges will be committed
>through the octafinal
>debate and one round after his/her team^Òs
>elimination. Judges cannot
>cross over into other divisions. However, if we do
>use your judges in
>other divisions and your school has fully met its
>judging obligations,
>we will compensate them.
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>Individual Events and Duet Acting
>Students solely participating in IEs can enter up to
>six events.
>Entries: No student may enter more than two
>individual events per
>pattern and only one extemp.
>Rounds: There will be two preliminary rounds,
>semi-finals, and finals
>in each of the events: TFA descriptions and rules
>apply to all
>individual events.
>No presentation should be composed of material used
>in competition prior
>to the current school year. As well, no student may
>use a piece or
>cutting in more than one event.
>Judging: Any school entered in individual events
>must provide a judge
>for every 15 individual event or Duet Acting slots.
>You may hire
>additional judges at the rate of $60. Hired judges
>will cover 15 slots.
>Judges cannot cross over into other divisions. All
>judges will be
>committed through the semifinal rounds. Schools
>with semifinalists must
>commit their judges through the final rounds.
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>Awards:
>All semifinalists and finalists in each of the
>individual events will
>receive awards. All debating teams reaching the
>elimination rounds will
>receive awards. Top speaker awards in debating will
>also be given.
>Sweepstakes will be calculated on the top two
>entries per event per
>school.
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>Lodging
>The Ramada Inn Limited will be our host hotel for
>the tournament. The
>hotel is located at 5526 North IH 35. Please
>reference UT Speech when
>calling in your reservation. A large block of rooms
>has been reserved
>until November 24th The room rate is $49 plus
>appropriate tax.
>Believe me, you will not find a better rate in the
>city. Call them at
>800-880-0709. MAKE YOUR ROOM RESERVATIONS NOW since
>this is fall
>graduation weekend.
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>Entry deadline: NOVEMBER 24th!!!!!!!
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>Longhorn Classic
>Tentative Tournament Schedule
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>Friday, December 3, 1999
>
>1:00-2:00 Registration. UTC 4.110 (University
>Teaching Center, 21st and
>Speedway)
>3:00-5:00 CCX, NCX, LD Round 1
>5:00-7-00 CCX, NCX, LD Round 2
>5:00-6:30 IE Pattern A, Duet, Imp, Poe
>6:30-8:00 IE Pattern A, Duet, Imp, Poe
>7:00-9:00 CCX, NCX, LD Round 3 (Lagged hi/lo off 1)
>8:00-9:30 IE Pattern B, HI, DI
>9:00-10:45 CCX, NCX, LD Round 4 (lagged hi/lo off 2)
>9:30-11:00 IE Pattern B, HI, DI
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>Saturday, December 4, 1999
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>7:30 Extemp draw, Batts 7, CX Pairings released
>UTC, LD coaches'
>challenge
>8:00-9:45 CCX Round 5 (hi/lo off 4)
>8:00-9:30 IE Pattern C, FX, DX, OO, Pro
>9:30 Extemp Draw, Batts 7
>10:00-11:30 IE Pattern C, FX, DX, OO, Pro
>10:45-11:00 CX coaches' challenge
>11:00-12:45 CX Double-Octas
>11:00-11:45 LD Double-Octas
>12:00-12:15 IE coaches' challenge
>12:00-12:45 LD Octafinals
>12:15-1:45 IE Semifinals, Duet, Imp, Poe, HI, DI
>1:00-1:45 LD quarterfinals
>1:15-3:00 CX Octafinals
>2:00 Extemp Draw, Batts 7
>2:30-4:00 IE Semifinals, FX, DX, OO, Pro
>3:30-5:15 CX Quarterfinals
>3:30-4:15 LD Semifinals
>4:00-5:30 IE Finals, Duet, Imp, Poe, HI, DI
>4:45 Extemp Draw, Batts 7
>5:15 IE Finals, FX, DX, OO, Pro
>5:45-7:30 CX Semifinals
>7:30 Awards Ceremony
>8:00-9:45 CX Finals
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>General Information
>* An adult supervisor for each school must be in
>attendance at all
>times.
>* School on Friday lasts until 3:00 PM. Parking
>will be tight, if not
>preposterous. Please have your bus drivers drop
>your students off in
>front of the UTC and then park.
>* No smoking in any UT building.
>* Judges who fail to pick up assigned ballots will
>render their students
>ineligible for elimination round competition.
>* Any student more than 15 minutes late to a round
>will be forfeited
> Longhorn Classic Entry Form
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>Name of school:
>
>Coach(es):
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>School Address:
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>City State Zip
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>School phone Home phone email
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>CCX Debaters may not enter IE's, NCX and LD Debaters
>may only enter
>pattern C.
>Write the first and last names of the contestants
>and circle the events
>the person is entering.
>Please list DUET pairings at the bottom of the page.
>
>SECTION A:
>1. _________________________ DUET IMP POE
>2. _________________________ DUET IMP POE
>3. _________________________ DUET IMP POE
>4. _________________________ DUET IMP POE
>5. _________________________ DUET IMP POE
>6. _________________________ DUET IMP POE
>7. _________________________ DUET IMP POE
>8. _________________________ DUET IMP POE
>9. _________________________ DUET IMP POE
>10. _________________________ DUET IMP POE
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>SECTION B:
>1. _________________________ HI DI
>2. _________________________ HI DI
>3. _________________________ HI DI
>4. _________________________ HI DI
>5. _________________________ HI DI
>6. _________________________ HI DI
>7. _________________________ HI DI
>8. _________________________ HI DI
>9. _________________________ HI DI
>10. _________________________ HI DI
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>SECTION C:
>1. _________________________ FX DX OO PRO
>2. _________________________ FX DX OO PRO
>3. _________________________ FX DX OO PRO
>4. _________________________ FX DX OO PRO
>5. _________________________ FX DX OO PRO
>6. _________________________ FX DX OO PRO
>7. _________________________ FX DX OO PRO
>8. _________________________ FX DX OO PRO
>9. _________________________ FX DX OO PRO
>10. _________________________ FX DX OO PRO
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>DUET ACTING
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> Longhorn Classic Entry Form--continued
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>Debating Coach(es) (if Different)
>work phone home phone email
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>Cross Examination debate
> & CCX
> & CCX
> & CCX
> & CCX NCX
> & CCX NCX
>
>Lincoln-Douglas debate
>_________________
>_________________
>_________________
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>Judges Provided
>Name Events (CIRCLE ONLY ONE)
>______________ CX LD IE
>______________ CX LD IE
>______________ CX LD IE
>______________ CX LD IE
>______________ CX LD IE
>______________ CX LD IE
>______________ CX LD IE
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>An individual events judge must be available for all
>preliminary rounds
>and one round past your school^Òs elimination.
>Debate judges must be
>available for all preliminary rounds and one round
>past your school^Òs
>elimination. Judges may NOT count for both Debate
>and IE requirements.
>Entry Fee Statement
>
>_____ # of Individual Events @ $14 _____
>_____ # of Duet Acting teams @ $20 _____
>_____ # of Lincoln-Douglas entries @ $25 _____
>_____ # of Championship Cross Examination teams @
>$50 _____
>_____ # of Novice Cross Examination Teams @ $40
>_____
>_____ # of Cross Ex debate judges @ $60 per judge
>_____
>_____ # of Lincoln-Douglas debate judges @ $60
>_____
>_____ # of IE judges @ $60 per judge _____
> Total _____
>
>Fax entries to Peter Pober or Joel Rollins at
>512-471-3504. If you have
>any questions, please feel free to call us at the
>number listed above or
>email us at jd.rollins@mail.utexas.edu or
>ppober@mail.utexas.edu
>
>FAX ENTRIES TO PETER POBER OR JOEL ROLLINS, LONGHORN
>CLASSIC
>512-471-3504 Please make checks payable to the
>University of Texas
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>Joel D. Rollins, PhD
>Director of Debating
>Director, UTNIF
>Jesse Jones Communication Center, CMA 7.114
>The University of Texas at Austin
>Austin, TX 78712
>email: jd.rollins@mail.utexas.edu
>UTNIF Web cite:
>http://www.utexas.edu/coc/speech/debate/adi.html
>
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