Trinity High School Speech and Debate Classic
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Hosted at Trinity High School
4011 Shelbyville Road, Louisville, KY 40207
Dear Speech, Debate, and Congress Coaches/Students:
Trinity High School is proud to invite you to the Trinity Speech and Debate Classic on Saturday, January 28, 2017 at Trinity High School in Louisville!
Entry registration will be managed through our tournament site at www.tabroom.com. In order to register, you will need to create a user account at that site if you do not have one. Registration can be accessed at www.tabroom.com
TOURNAMENT DETAILS:
NOTE: We are hosting a CLASSIC THREE-ROUND SPEECH TOURNAMENT, plus Debate and Congress events.
YES, STUDENTS MAY QUAD in IE!
Students registered in ONLY INDIVIDUAL SPEECH CATEGORIES may enter up to FOUR events. Please remind your students, however, that we will not hold rounds for late competitors. We will also have to charge drop fees should students not make it to all of their rounds.
They are advised to be on time to all rounds.
WE WILL ALLOW DEBATERS TO DOUBLE OUT WITH ONE INDIVIDUAL SPEECH EVENT—with the exception of EXTEMP.
Students who enter in Congress and Debate together should understand that debate comes FIRST.
NOTE: If a debater is more than 10-minutes late to a debate round, that competitor will automatically forfeit that round.
We will include varsity rounds in individual events and will feature all fourteen Kentucky high school speech events: Broadcasting (round I commercial, round II three-minute student prepared news, and round III tournament-prepared news program), Declamation, Dramatic Interpretation, Duo Interpretation, Extemporaneous Speaking, Humorous Interpretation, Impromptu Speaking, Improvisational Duo, Informative Speaking, Oratory, Poetry, POI, Prose, and Storytelling. The debate portion of the tournament will include BOTH varsity Lincoln Douglas and Public Forum. If there is enough interest, we will offer novice divisions as well. We will also offer CONGRESS if there is enough interest.
DEADLINES
ENTRY DEADLINE
Entries are due by 5:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, January 26, 2017 . All drops and adds after this deadline will be subject to a $10.00 fee. We will also be assessing a $10 no-show fee for any student who neglects to compete in ANY round without being officially dropped by the team coach. Substitutions are complimentary.
CONGRESS BILLS/RESOLUTIONSare due to Amy Zuccaro via email at y6 PM Tuesday, January 24, 2017 . We will NOT be taking late bills and resolutions. PLEASE SUBMIT IN WORD DOCUMENT FORMAT ONLY.
DEBATE: We will use these topics at the tournament:
Lincoln-Douglas Debate – 2017 Jan/Feb Topic
Resolved: Public colleges and universities in the United States ought not restrict any constitutionally protected speech.
Lincoln-Douglas Debate – Novice Topic
Resolved: Civil disobedience in a democracy is morally justified.
Public Forum – 2017 Jan Topic Area: U.S. Military
Resolved: In order to better respond to international conflicts, the United States should significantly increase its military spending.
Check the KHSSL website for rules, ballots, etc. at www.khssl.org
ENTRIES:
You may enter as many students per event as you like; the top three competitors from your team in each event will count toward team sweepstakes. Congress will be included in the separate overall debate sweepstakes.
ENTRY FEES:
Congress and Individual Speech Event entries are $5.00 per entry. Duo Interpretation, Improvisational Duo, Public Forum, and Lincoln Douglas entries are $10.00 per entry.
PLEASE MAKE CHECKS OUT TO:
TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH TEAM
The schedule for the SPEECH portion of the tournament will be as follows:
Registration 7:00 am-8:00 am
Extemp Draw Round 1 8:15 am
Judges' Meeting/Ballot Distribution 8:15 am
Round 1 8:30 am-10:00 am
Extemp Draw Round 2 10:15 am
Round 2 10:30 am-12:00 pm
Lunch Break 12:00-12:45 p.m.
Extemp and BC Draw Round 3 12:45 pm
Round 3 1:00 pm-2:30 pm
Finals 3:15 p.m. ALL IE EVENTS
Awards 5:00 pm (estimated)
The schedule for the DEBATE portion of the tournament will be as follows. Debaters will have small breaks in between rounds for lunch opportunities. THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE SHOULD ENTRIES DROP IN NUMBERS.
Round 1: 8:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m.
Round 2: 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Round 3: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Round 4: 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Round 5: 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
And here is the schedule for CONGRESS:
ROUND 1: 9:00-10:00 a.m.
ROUND 2: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
LUNCH BREAK: 12:00 p.m.-1:15 p.m.
ROUND 3: 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
AWARDS:
Trophies will be awarded to the TOP SIX finalists in each individual event. We will also offer fun awards for our 7th place competitors. Sweepstakes trophies will be awarded to the top 6 schools. The debate tournament will award trophies to the top 4 finishers in each event, top speakers in LD and PF, and the top 4 schools.
JUDGES/FEES:
You must provide one judge for every six speech entries or fraction thereof; 1-6 entries = 1 judge; 7-12 entries = 2 judges, etc. Remember, Duo Interp and Improv Duo count as one entry in judges needed and as two entries in fees to pay ($5 per student = $10 per duo entry). Debate judges will be 1 for every two entries or fraction thereof.
You may hire judges you do not provide for $40 each, but we want your judges, not your money! Your judges should be familiar with the KHSSL rules and ballots.
We promise the judges lots of delicious food and caffeine in the hospitality lounge! Our judges' lounge is always a HUGE HIT!
SOME HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS:
Days Inn Louisville East – 4621 Shelbyville Road, Louisville (502) 896-8871
Hawthorn Suites Wyndham – 751 Cypress Station Drive, Louisville (502) 899-5959
Extended Stay America – 1401 Browns Lane, Louisville (502) 897-2559
Springhill Suites Marriott – 10101 Forest Green Blvd, Louisville (502) 326-40223
FOOD FOR COMPETITORS:
Food will be available to purchase at the school. We will have various snacks and drinks for sale all day. Students can also order pizza until the end of the first round on the tournament day. Pizza will be sold for $2 per slice or $10 for a whole pizza.
DIRECTIONS:
Trinity High School is roughly 1 hour and 15 minutes from Lexington, 1 hour and 30 minutes from the northern Kentucky areas, and 2 hours and 15 minutes from Bowling Green.
The full school address is 4011 Shelbyville Road, Louisville, Kentucky 40207. Please remember that we are on Eastern Standard Time.
CONTACTING THE TOURNAMENT HOSTS:
Please contact both of these coaches with any changes and/or questions you may have via e-mail or phone:
Amy Zuccaro at
(Amy is available at 502.895.9427 during her rotating planning schedule at school (sometimes 8:00-9:15 a.m. EST and then other times 12:35-1:50 p.m.) and after 3 p.m. daily at 502.387.9420. She will call you if you have to leave a message).
Fax # for Trinity High School: 502.895.6837
We hope that you will come to Trinity High School and enjoy a great day of competition and loads of fun--See you on Saturday, January 28, 2017!
Amy Zuccaro
Trinity Coach