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The 2016 Emerson College Rose Swing
With The New England Regional Championship Tournament
You are cordially invited to The Emerson College Rose Swing which will be held in conjunction with the New England Regional Championship Tournament. 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 20th and 21st, 2015. Saturday will be a self-contained tournament and Sunday we will host the New England Regional Championships. Non-New England teams are welcomed (and encouraged!) to participate on Sunday – we will have separate awards for the NERC winners and regular tournament winners. 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. We would also like to have Parliamentary debate on Saturday the 20th. If you are interested please email Heather May by Feb. 8th, with estimated Parli entry so we can anticipate judges etc…
The tournament will be run by Heather May from Emerson, with the assistance of local New England Coaches in debate, IE and Parli.
We look forward to seeing you and your students in Boston in February.
Sincerely,
Heather May
Director of Forensics
Emerson College
617-970-4164
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
I.E. EVENTS: Group A: Ext, Impromptu, ADS, POI, Persuasive, DI Group B: DUO, RC, Poetry, Prose, Informative
DEBATE: NFA Lincoln-Douglas, World Parliamentary
REGISTRATION: Monday Feb. 15th, 5 pm (fee’s will be assessed Tuesday at noon)
FEES: Fees and Judging
Please remember that as we are hosting two separate tournaments, there are fee’s for each day. You can pay for them all at once or separately. Teams from outside of New England will not pay any “Participation” fee’s on Sunday.
Saturday participation fee (per student/judge) $ 6.00
Sunday participation fee (per student/judge) $ 6.00
IE entries (including duos) $ 8.00
Parliamentary debate teams $ 60.00
Lincoln-Douglas entries $ 40.00
Uncovered IE entries $ 10.00 plus entry fee
Uncovered parliamentary debate teams $ 50.00 plus entry fee
Uncovered Lincoln-Douglas entries $ 50.00 plus entry fee
Changes at registration $ 25.00 per change
Dropped judge after Tuesday Feb. 17 $100.00 per judge
Cash is always welcome to facilitate paying of hired judgesJ Checks can be made out to Heather May (preferred) or Emerson Forensics.
JUDGING: One Individual Events judge covers 6 slots.
One LD judge covers 2 debaters. One Parli Judge covers one Parli Team. Hired judges should be confirmed in advance. Hired fees are $10 per IE slot and $50 per debater/team. 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 Tuesday Feb. 16 at noon 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.
AWARDS: Awards will be presented to the top speakers in Individual Events, Lincoln-Douglas, and Parliamentary Debate. Separate awards will be given to New England Champions on Sunday.
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 three events and easily move between classrooms. 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. Do your debate FIRST then go to IE.
1. Worlds Parliamentary division. We will offer four rounds of World’s
Parliamentary debate in an Open division. We will break to semifinals.
2. LD Open division: We will offer four rounds of NFA Lincoln-Douglas debate
in an Open division. We will break to semifinals.
3. LD Novice division: This division is designed for students for whom this is
their first semester of competitive debate experience (whether it is high school or
college debate). Novices will have two debate workshops ("Stock Issues" and
"2014-2015 Topic Analysis") to start the day. The novices will then have four
preliminary rounds of competition followed by a final round.
4. IE: We will follow NFA guidelines. We will offer two preliminary rounds in all
events. Our general guideline will be to hold a final round if there are at least 12
competitors in prelims.
5. 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.
6. 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!
7. 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.
8. 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
Time / Worlds Parliamentary / LD Open / IE7:30 / Registration & Continental Breakfast
(7:45 Judges and Debaters Meeting) / Registration & Continental Breakfast / Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 / Rd. 1 / Rd. 1 / Extemp Draw & Rd. 1A
8:30
9:00
9:45 / Rd. 2 / Rd. 2 / Rd. 1 B
10:30
11:00
11:30 -12:30 / Lunch / Lunch / Lunch
12:30 / Rd. 3 / Rd. 3 / Extemp Draw & Rd. 2A
1:00
2:30 / Rd. 4 / Rd. 4 / Rd. 2B
3:00
3:30 / World’s Parliamentary Finals / Open LD Finals / Finals of IE events as needed
5:30pm / Awards / Awards / Awards
(Please note: This is a tentative schedule, and times are subject to change as needed – Also we anticipate “compacting” the schedule somewhat on Sunday with the absence of Parli.)
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 $18/day 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 Fourth annual Swing Tournament (yes, I’m counting the one where we got snowed out!!). 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: 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 in 2017!
(Entry form listed on next page)
Rose Swing Entry Form
Deadline: Feb. 8th, 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 / PENTDramatic Duo Pairings
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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.______
Parli Debater Pairs
Parli Debate Judges
1.______
2.______
3.______