Welcome to the Glenbard North/Glenbard East "Comfy" Classic!

 

 

DATE OF TOURNAMENT: December 14, 2013

 

 

Dear Speech Team Coach,

 

The Glenbard North/Glenbard East "Comfy" Classic is here again!  This year, it will be held at Glenbard North High School on December 14th, 2013.  This tournament has been a favorite of many looking for a comfortable and enjoyable way to enter into Winter break.  Now is the time for you to sign up and join us for this tournament!

 

IMPORTANT:  This tournament will be limited to the first 25 entries.  

 

Schedule for Tournament:

 

- 7:00 – Registration begins

 

- 8:00 – Prep begins for Extemp; Coach/Judge’s meeting in Faculty Cafeteria

 

- 8:30 – Round I for all events (except Extemp)

 

- 8:45 – Round I for Extemp

 

- 10:00 – Round II for all events

 

- 11:30 – Round III for all events

 

- 1:00 – Lunch

 

- 2:00 (or earlier if possible) – Award Ceremony

 

 

Tournament Guidelines:

- All 14 events (including Informative) will be judged based on IHSA guidelines.

- We are using SpeechWire to schedule and tabulate this year.  Please register online at http://www.SpeechWire.com

- There will be three preliminary rounds and NO final round.  Ties will not be broken.

- We use a graduated entry fee scale determined by the number of entries each school brings in order to be more economical to smaller team schools.  Fees will be based on initial registration OR actual registration (whichever is higher).

o 1 entry – 5 entries = $50.00

o 6 entries – 14 entries = $75.00

o 15 entries – 28 entries (full team) = $125.00

o 29 entries – 42 entries = $175.00

o more than 42 entries = $225.00

o Please make check payable to Glenbard North High School

- Each school is expected to bring one judge per six entries.  That means if you hit seven entries, you need two judges!

- Your team will be held responsible for the number of judges required per number of entries.  There will be a $100 fee for each judging assignment (2-3 rounds) the host school has to cover with hired judges.

- "Comfy" means exactly that, "Comfortable".  Contestants are encouraged to dress comfortably.  Comfortable does not mean sloppy or distracting.  Please leave the “Power Suits” at home in exchange for a nice pair of jeans and sweater (for example).  Judges will be told to not take apparel into consideration UNLESS it is sloppy or distracting.

 

- Radio: Please prep in advance with news from the last 24 hours.

- Extemp: Speakers will prep once before the first round of speeches and present this speech each round.  We will follow the new IHSA guidelines regarding Extemp and retrievable data.  Competitors must provide their own computer, flash drive, and are responsible for ensuring the battery is charged.

 

- Entry deadline will be Friday, November 29th.  This tournament has filled to capacity in four of the last five years, so sign up early!

- Ties will not be broken for individual awards.

- Each school may only have up to four entries per event.  Students may not be entered in more than two events.

- To be eligible for Team Sweeps, a school must have a minimum of 10 entries.  Team sweeps will be determined using the top 2 scores in each event divided by the number of entries (up to two per event) a school has.

- Time will not be officially taken by timekeepers, but judges will be allowed to comment on time.  Please have judges provide stopwatches.

- Lunch will be available and schools are encouraged to eat on site to ensure staying on, or ahead, of schedule.

- Each school with an Impromptu speaker is required to send 5 potential Impromptu topics (of a variety of types).  Each school with an Extemp speaker in required to send 5 potential Extemp questions.  These may be sent via e-mail or snail mail.

 

School address to send checks and impromptu and extemp topics:

Glenbard North High School

c/o Julie Hansen

990 Kuhn Rd.

Carol Stream, IL 60188

 

julien_hansen@glenbard.org

630-681-3153

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