Outer Limits Swing Sunday

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General information

This information is from a tournament in a past season!

This is a College tournament in Nebraska.

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November 17, 2013

Dear Earthlings,

The University of Nebraska Kearney and Concordia College are excited to host the 7^th annual “Outer Limits Swing”, December 7^th and 8^th in the twilight zone of Kearney, Nebraska.  On Saturday the 7^th, the Concordia squad will host the “Cobbers are from Mars” half of the swing followed by the “Lopers are from Venus” half of the swing on Sunday the 8^th hosted by UNK.  Both tournaments will be held on UNK’s campus.

We will offer competition in all eleven AFA events and appropriate elimination rounds.  Ties in preliminary rank and rate will advance all tied competitors to the final round.  First place will be awarded to the competitor with the lowest cumulative rank.  Ties in finals will be broken on predominance of 1’s, judge’s preference, and finally rating points.  Ties in team points and individual sweepstakes will be broken on numbers of finals followed by number of 1, 2, 3’s.  Individual sweepstakes is open to any competitor who has four or more events.

Points for team and individual sweepstakes awards will be as follows: 10 for 1^st, 8 for 2^nd, 6 for 3^rd, 4 for 4^th, 2 for 5^th, 1 for 6^th.  Ties in team sweepstakes and individual sweepstakes will be broken by number of finalists, then number of 1’s, 2’s, 3’s, etc.

EXTEMP CROSS-EXAMINATION: To provide an educational experience for Extemporaneous speakers preparing for future tournaments, cross-examination will be implemented in finals for both days of the swing.

ENTRY DEADLINE:  Entries are due by Monday, December 2^nd by 5:00 p.m.  Please submit your entries to www.speechwire.com.   Look for the “Outer Limits Swing.”  Please double-check to make sure you have registered for both halves of the swing.  Fees will be assessed by the information we have available by Wednesday, December 4^th at 12:00 noon.  As always, we ask that you cover as many slots as possible with useable judges.  Questions for the UNK half can be forwarded to Aaron Blackman at blackmana2@unk.edu.  Questions for the Concordia half can be forwarded to Adam Knowlton at aknowlto@cord.edu or Megan Orcholski at morchols@cord.edu.

ENTRY FEES:  $6.00 per slot.  $12.00 per uncovered slot.  We need your judges more than your money so please, please, please help us by bringing judges.  Each judge covers 6 slots.

LUNCH FEES:  It is important to us that your competitors are offered adequate sustenance.  Therefore, we will add $3.00 per competitor/tournament to compensate for the food, drink, and paper products.

DROP/ADD FEES:  A $10.00 fee will be charged for all changes made after Wednesday, December 4^th at 12:00 noon.  A $60 fee will be charged for any judge dropped at registration.  Such changes make it difficult to run an efficient and timely tournament.  Please try to communicate tournament entry changes before the day of the tournament.

DIRECTIONS:  Tournament registration and ballot table will be held in the first floor hallway of Copeland Hall.  A UNK campus map can be viewed at, http://www.unk.edu/about/fastfacts/index.php?id=339

DIRECTIONS TO UNK:  All Kearney hotels are along Highway 44 near Interstate 80.  Travel north on Hwy 44 (aka 2^nd Ave.), over the viaduct and continue north until you reach the stoplights at Highway 30 (aka 25^th St.).  Turn left (west) and continue around a slight curve in the road until you reach Bruner Hall of Science.  There you will find a visitor parking lot close to Copeland Hall.  If this lot is full, continue driving west on Hwy 30 until you see a huge electronic message board.  Turn right (north) and drive until you reach University Drive.  Take another right and park in lot 32 – also near Copeland Hall.  The campus map should clarify these directions. 

FLIGHT PATTERNS:

Flight A:                  Extemp, Persuasion, CA, DI, Poetry, Prose

Flight B:                  Impromptu, ADS, Informative, POI, Duo

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE:  This schedule will be used for both days

8:00 a.m.              Registration & Breakfast (first floor Copeland Hall)

8:30 a.m.              Extemp Draw

9:00 a.m.              Round 1A (Extemp, Persuasion, CA, DI, Poetry, Prose)

10:30 a.m.           Round 1B (Impromptu, ADS, Informative, POI, Duo)

11:30                       Lunch

12:00                       Extemp Draw

12:30                       Round 2A

2:00                          Round 2B

3:30                          Extemp Draw for Finals

3:45                          Finals – A

5:00                          Finals – B

ASAP                         Awards

We look forward to seeing you in December.  If you have any questions, please contact Aaron, Adam or Megan.  We hope to see you at “The Outer Limits Swing.”

Sincerely,

Aaron Blackman                                                    Adam Knowlton                                                                       Megan Orcholski

Director of Forensics – UNK                           Assistant Director of Forensics                                     Assistant Director of Forensics

University of Nebraska Kearney                                   Concordia College                                                Concordia College

Cell: (402) 560-6181                                           Cell:  402-650-0169                                             Cell: 630-730-6331

Office:  (308) 865-8705                                      Office:  218-299-3583                                        Office: 218-299-3014

Manager contact information

Aaron Blackman
Email address: blackmana2@unk.edu
Phone number: 402-560-6181

Mailing address

None provided