The 2014 Emerson College Rose Swing

With Lafayette College

You are cordially invited to The Emerson College Rose Swing with Lafayette. The tournament is being held on the Emerson College campus located in downtown Boston and should give you an opportunity to see some of the beautiful sites in the city.

We will be hosting two separate tournaments on Saturday and Sunday February 22nd, and 23rd, 2014. We are providing competition in Prose, Poetry, Dramatic Interpretation, Dramatic Duo, Impromptu, Extemp, Persuasive, Informative, Rhetorical Criticism, POI and After Dinner Speaking and Lincoln Douglas debate following NFA rules. All rules can be found on the NFA website.

The tournament will be run by Heather May and John Boyer with the assistance of their coaching staff.

We look forward to seeing you and your students in Boston in February.

Sincerely,

Heather May

Director of Forensics

Emerson College

617-970-4164

John Boyer

Director of Debate

Lafayette College

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

I.E. EVENTS: Group A: Ext, Impromptu, ADS, POI, Persuasive, DI Group B: DUO, RC, Poetry, Prose, Informative

DEBATE: NFA Lincoln-Douglas, Open, Switch Side

REGISTRATION: Friday Feb. 14th, 5 pm

FEES: $30 per school

$20 per LD contestant

$10 per Individual Events slot

JUDGING: One Individual Events judge covers 6 slots.

One LD judge covers 2 debaters. Hired judges should be confirmed in advance. Hired fees are $10 per IE slot and $50 per debater. If you have judges who would like to travel with you to the Boston area, please let us know so we can hire them to judge!! Because IE and LD are running at the same time, judges may not count for both LD and IE entries. As with most tournament we need your JUDGES more than your money – if it becomes apparent that judging will be an issue, we may have to limit the number of judges a team can hire – we hope to avoid this but please try to limit the number of judges you need to hire to 1 or 2.

LATE FEES: Any changes to your entry after Friday Feb. 14th at 5pm will incur a penalty fee. In addition to the entry fee due, there will be a $10 charge per debater and a $5 per IE slot assessed. DROPS AT REGISTRATION: IE - $15 per slot; LD $25 per debater; IE judge - $10 per round scheduled; LD judge - $50 (plus you must pay for the new judging fees).

AWARDS: Awards will be presented to the top speakers in Individual Events and Lincoln-Douglas Debate.

RULES, GUIDELINES, STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW!

1. All students competing must be registered, undergraduate students at a college or university.

2. Students can enter up to 3 events in each flight. HOWEVER, we WILL NOT delay rounds to accommodate speakers. There is ample time to enter two events and easily move between buildings. If you choose to enter more than 2 events in a bracket and are not able to get to your rounds, you will forfeit that round! LD’ers may enter one Group A event (but not extemp), and one event in Group B. As you look at the schedule, you’ll note that we stagger Group A/B and LD, so, you will need to do your IE FIRST; LD SECOND.

3. Schools may register an unlimited number of contestants in any and all events. But please realize that team members may compete against each other if there are more contestants than sections or if we have to “clear” sections for judges.

4. Visuals are permitted in all Public Address Events. We cannot guarantee all competition rooms will have tables and/or desks. Please bring your own extension cords if you need electrical power!

5. Students are encouraged to memorize their speeches; however, notes are not forbidden. The tournament staff is not responsible for individual judges preferences on the use of notes.

6. Hotel Information – Hotels in town are expensive. However, if you do stay close to Emerson, there’s almost no reason for any rental vans/cars, as Emerson is in the Heart of Boston with shopping, restaurants and entertainment all within walking distance. For hotels outside the city I highly recommend contacting Jason Wood and he can arrange much more ‘suburb’ friendly rates. He can be reached at . Hotels to try close to Emerson are:

Courtyard by Marriott Boston Tremont Hotel

275 Tremont St, Boston, MA, 02116

866-539-0036

The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers
50 Park Plaza at Arlington Street
Boston, MA 02116-3912

1.800.225.2008

DoubleTree by Hilton Boston Downtown

821 Washington Street, Boston, MA, 02111

866-539-0036

TENTATIVE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

GROUP A: Extemp**, Impromptu, ADS, POI, Persuasion, DI

GROUP B: Duo, RC, Poetry, Prose, Informative

(LDers may do one additional event in both groupings (but not extemp). Others may be triple entered). The first three rounds of LD will be pre-set.

Schedule for Saturday and Sunday

7:30am Registration/Continental Breakfast (Provided)
8am Extemp Draw/LD Round I
8:30 IA (Extemp, Impromptu, ADS, POI, Persuasion, DI)
10:00 Extemp Draw/LD Round II
10:30 IIA
11:15 LD Round III
12:00 Lunch (on your own)
1:00 LD IV
1:15 IB (DUO, Rhet Crit, Poetry, Prose, Informative)
2:45 IIB
3:30 Out rounds of LD
4:00 Extemp Draw (finals)
4:30 Finals of A
5:30 Out rounds of LD
5:45 Finals of B
ASAP Awards/continued LD out rounds as needed.

(Please note: This is a tentative schedule, and times are subject to change as needed)

The tournament will use the 2013-2014 NFA-LD topic

Affirmative Constructive 6 min Cross Examination 3 min

Negative Constructive 7 min Cross Examination 3 min

Affirmative Rebuttal 6 min Negative Rebuttal 6 min

Affirmative Rebuttal 3 min Prep Time/ Debater 4 min

To find out more about the Philosophy of NFA Lincoln-Douglas Debate, the Paradigm for Judging, and Evidence in LD Debate, please see the NFA website-

Fees

School Fee (we have to pay for security) $30

IE Slot $10

LD Slot $20

Uncovered IE Judging Fees $10

Uncovered LD Judging Fees $50

· Entries – they come to Heather May at , preferred email using the entry form included in this email. You will receive an email confirmation. You can call Heather’s Cell 617-970-4164 or email changes up until Friday at noon.

Information about Emerson and Boston

The Walker Building is where registration and most of the competition rooms will be. It is at 120 Boylston St. You will need to have a nametag with you at all times. We are an urban campus and although it’s completely safe on campus and in the surrounding areas, we take our security seriouslyJ You will receive these name tags at registration. An Emerson representative will welcome you in at Walker in the morning before registration.

Campus Map: http://www.emerson.edu/about-emerson/visit-emerson/campus-map

Parking:
Boston Common Garage is only $11 on Saturdays and Sundays. The garage entrance is on Charles St. http://www.mccahome.com/bcg.html

From Points North:
Take I-93 S toward Boston/Salem Entering Massachusetts
- 46.0 mi
Take exit 26 to merge onto RT-28 S/RT-3 N/Storrow Dr toward RT-28
S/Storrow Dr Continue to follow RT-28 S - 2.6 mi
Turn left at Beacon St/RT-28 N - 157 ft
Turn right at Arlington St/RT-2 W Continue to follow Arlington St -
0.3 mi
Turn left at Boylston St/RT-2 E Continue to follow Boylston St - 0.3 mi
Turn left at Charles St. Continue to follow Charles St. (The entrance
to garage is on the right hand side of Charles about 1/2 block)

From Points South:
Take I-95 N/US-6 W toward Boston Continue to follow
I-95 N Entering Massachusetts - 32.5 mi
Take exit 12 to merge onto I-93 N/US-1 N toward Boston - 15.3 mi
Take exit 20 toward S Station/I-90 W/Worcester - 0.8 mi
Follow signs for Chinatown/S Station - 0.4 mi
Turn left at Kneeland St - 0.2 mi
Continue on Stuart St - 0.2 mi
Turn right at Charles St S/RT-28 N continue on Charles until you see
the parking entrance on the Rt. hand side of the street.
When you come out of the Garage (after parking:) walk down Charles St.
to Boylston. Turn Left onto Boylston and walk down to 120 Boylston St.

Emerson College is extremely honored to be able to host our first Tournament, so PLEASE wear your "guest" pass sticker at ALL TIMES, this is for security reasons. Also stay ONLY on the floors that you are competing on, And finally, please leave the rooms and the campus as you found them, so throw away your trash and just generally treat the facilities with care:) We certainly appreciate your help in ensuring that we'll be able to invite you all back next Spring!

Rose Swing Entry Form

Deadline: Feb. 14th, 5pm

School______

Director ______

Phone(office)______

(email)______

(cell)______

Address______

Individual Events (first and last names please)

Contestant / ADI / AIMP / AEXT / APOI / APER / AADS / BPOE / BRC / BDUO / BINF / BPRO / PENT

Dramatic Duo Pairings

______&______

______&______&______

IE JUDGES

1.______

2.______

3.______

Debate Entries (first and last names please). List only one contestant per row.

Lincoln Douglas Debaters

Debate Judges

1.______

2.______

3.______

____ School Fee $30 ______

____ IE entries @ $10.00 each ______

____ Lincoln-Douglas entries @ $20.00 each ______

___ Uncovered IE entries @ $10.00 each (one judge per 6 entries) + entry fee ______

____ Uncovered LD entries @ 60.00 per entry (one judge per 2 entries) + entry fee ______

Total before registration $______

___ Changes/Drops Fee’s at Registration ______

TOTAL FEES DUE $______

Cash is always welcome to facilitate paying of hired judgesJ Checks can be made out to Heather May (preferred) or Emerson Forensics.