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State Qualifier Tournament

[ Jan. 25 ]

No Middle School events offered at this tournament!

The way that this tournament is structured in Speech is, there will be regular Rounds over 4 time slots, each with two judges. At the end of the day you will have 6 scores and your lowest score will be dropped. The remaining scores is how everyone will be ranked. The top [number determined by how many entries are in that event] will qualify to states.

In Congress, there will be
three 1 hour preliminary sessions, with a lunch after session 2. One chamber throughout the whole day with one collection of judges. One scoring session. No scores will be dropped.

WiFi:
Network> boar_personal
Password> BDLS7410
Check In Times:
Bus> 7:00AM

Judges> 8:00AM (Table in Main Hallway near Cafeteria. Room is TBD).

Warm Body Competitors> 7:30AM (Cafeteria)

Bid Competitors> 12:00PM (Cafeteria)
Speech OFF Rounds:
[There will be 3 rounds over 4 time slots]

Round 1 Off> DUO, OO

Round 2 Off> DI

Round 3 Off> DEC, POI

Round 4 Off> HI, INFO, IX, USX

 
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Debate Resources:
Lincoln Douglas Topic:
Resolved: The United States ought to become party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and/or the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
Public Forum Topic:
Resolved: The African Union should grant diplomatic recognition to the Republic of Somaliland as an independent state.
Entry Codes:

Congressional Debate

05: Jasmeet K. (Varsity)
06: Rashmeet K.(Varsity)
07: Eli H. (Varsity)
92: Arjun T. (Bid)

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Dramatic Interpretation

511: Hanna G. (JV)
522: Muskan G. (JV)

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Humorous Interpretation

604: Annabella W. (Varsity)
610: Olivia B. (Varsity)
612: Marcus S. (Varsity)

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Informative Speaking

901: Erika C. (Varsity)
907: Rowan D. (Varsity)
909: Ben M. (Varsity)
915: Morgan B. (JV)

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Judges

E6: Mary Woolley (Speech)
E2: William Faix (Speech)
E1: Abigail Faix (Speech)
E3: Alysa Oswald (Speech)
E4: Spencer Humphreys (Everything)
E5: Liam Burk (Speech)
E7: Gary Hensperger (Congress)

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KEEP IN MIND, BY REGISTERING FOR THIS TOURNAMENT YOU ARE ALSO SETTING A COMMITMENT TO ATTEND THE STATE TOURNAMENT, IF YOU QUALIFY. THE STATE TOURNAMENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON February 28 - March 1.
IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND STATES, I NEED TO BE NOTIFIED BEFOREHAND SO I CAN INFORM THE TOURNAMENT STAFF THAT YOU WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING YOUR POSITION IF QUALIFIED! 

State Qualifying Registration
[ DUE: Thursday, January 5 ]

To register for this tournament, please take the time to fill out the information below. Whether you plan on attending or not, you still must fill this form out before the registration deadline.

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