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Juan Diego Silver & Blue
General information This information is from a tournament in a past season! This is a High School tournament in Utah. View manager contact information Juan Diego Silver & BlueIndividual Events, Congressional Debate Tournament, and Speaking Eagle Triathlon The Juan Diego Catholic High School Speech and Debate Team invites you to our annual individual events and congressional debate tournament. We will offer individual events recognized by the Utah High School Activities Association, National Forensic League, and National Catholic Forensic League. A triathlon award is offered in the open and novice division for the students in the entered in at least three individual events. The tournament will be a paneled, two-day event. Students are encouraged to enter both panels, and they may double-enter within panels. We will offer novice and open in every event. QUICK LINKSSIGN UP SHEET
Feel free to use the following sign up sheet to help your students sign up for the competition.
EVENTS AND RULESThe aim of Silver & Blue is to give students an opportunity to compete in individual events consistent with standards and norms common at the highest level of competition. For this reason, rules will be enforced that have historically been ignored at many Utah competitions. Therefore, coaches should encourage their students to prepare and practice their events in a manner consistent with those standards. Coaches and students should consult the links provided in the descriptions below. Students who violate these rules may receive a rank of nine for the round in which the infraction occurred, or ranked last in their congressional debate chamber. If there are any questions, please email the tournament director. Students who observe rule violations should report them to their coach, who should then report them to the tournament director. Ballots In an effort to simplify judging and bring the expectation for interps in line with national standards, proprietary ballots will be used at this tournament. They can be downloaded here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3JFiFufLxIkNWFiYThIUm1DZGM/view?usp=sharing
Computer Use in Congressional Debate and Extemp Computers are permitted, however any wireless communication is not permitted between the time extemp prep begins, and when the last extemper has started their speech. Phones will not be permitted at all. All extempers consent to allow the prep room manager to inspect their computers to see if any devices are connected during this time. Extempers will not be permitted to access their phones during prep, so they should plan to bring a timer. Similarly, congressional debate students must disable all wireless functionality on their computers while their chamber is in session. Interp Events: Duo, Dramatic, Humorous, Storytelling, Poetry, and Prose Interp events must follow standards outlined by the National Forensic League. These standards are available from the document titled 2014 National Tournament Operations Manual from the NFL. This can be downloaded here: Competition Events Guide: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3JFiFufLxIkWWxYanBpZ25XLVk/view?usp=sharing National Tournament Operations Manual 2013-2014: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3JFiFufLxIkYjR0dVJURzlfZGs/view?usp=sharing The theme for storytelling at Silver & Blue for the 2014 year is thriller and mystery. Spar Spar will be judged as an individual event, with competitors being ranked. It will not be win/loss. Declamation Rules for declamation are available from the National Catholic Forensic League. Unlike the NCFL, students of all grades may participate. These rules are available here: http://www.ncfl.org/declamation Congress The congress docket is as follows: Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Final Session
The entire packet of legislation can be downloaded here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3JFiFufLxIkNXZraFM0MFhGSTg/view?usp=sharing
All other standards, rules, and expectations for congress will follow those set forth by the competition events guide mentioned earlier. Please give special attention to terms used and rules regarding precedence (sometimes called priority) and speech times. NOVICE ELIGIBILITYThe students that may participate in the novice division are those that did not participate in a high school speech or debate event prior to the 2014-2015 academic year. Even if the student competed only one time, or only did a debate event prior to this season, they are still considered ineligible for novice competition. All students may participate in open competition. COMMUNICATION AND POSTINGSInformation about the tournament will be posted via Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JuanDiegoSilverAndBlue. This will include postings and final round results. A complete packet with preliminary results will be emailed to coaches at the conclusion of the tournament. PANELS AND SCHEDULEPanel A: Extemp Commentary, Impromptu, Duo Interp, Oratory, Poetry Interp, Storytelling Panel B: Foreign Extemporaneous, National Extemporaneous, Spar, Humorous Interp, Dramatic Interp, Prose Interp, Expository and Declamation Students can double enter within panels Congress will not be paneled and students participating in congress may not enter in any other event. Individual Events Schedule Friday 2:45-3:15 Registration 3:30-4:45 Panel A Round 1 4:45-6:00 Panel B Round 1 6:00-6:30 Dinner break 6:30-8:00 Panel A Round 2
Saturday 8:30-9:45 Panel B Round 2 9:45-11:00 Panel A Round 3 11:00-12:15 Panel B Round 3 12:15-12:45 Lunch 12:15 - 3:00 We will begin quarterfinals for events with over 40 competitors, semi finals for events with 28-39 competitors and finals for events with 14 - 27 competitors. Elimination rounds will post ASAP to expedite the completion of the tournament. 3:00 Humorous Interp Showcase and Awards. If finals rounds have not been completely tabulated, humorous interps will be showcased until awards are ready to announce. Any humorous interp competitor may participate. For events with fewer than 14 entries, there will be a final round, however it will be judged by one person, rather than a three judge panel. Congress Schedule Friday Session 1 3:30-6:00 Dinner Break 6:00-6:30 Session 2 6:30-8:30
Saturday Session 3 8:30-11:00 A final will be held in divisions with multiple houses: 11:30-2:30
HOTELS
Angie Carnell Carnell at Best Western CottonTree Inn in Sandy is adverting a rate of $92. Anyone intersted should contact Angie at 801-523-8484. DOUBLE ENTRY PROTOCOLStudents that are double entered within their panel should observe the following protocol:
Students can enter in more than two events within their panel, however they do so at their own risk and are not guaranteed their rounds will wait for them. We need to stay on schedule. FEESEntry Fees: $30.00 school fee $7.00 per competitor per event. A duo entry is $14.00 per duo. REGISTRATIONRegistration will be done on Speechwire, though any coach who prefers to email their registration may do that also. The important dates are as follows November 10th - Congress legislation from out-of-state schools and hired judge requests are due November 14th - The congress docket will be posted here November 17th - Decrease in registration fees will freeze at this time. In other words, you will still be accountable for fees of any entry dropped after this point November 21st at 12:00 PM - Speechwire will close registration. Any adds or drops after this point will incur a $10 fee to your invoice November After Monday, November 17, fees for uncovered judges will be assessed to your account. Fees will not decrease after November 17th as a result of drops.. A list of entries and judges will be emailed to all coaches on Thursday, November 20th. Coaches must then reply to confirm that the entry is correct, or they should make necessary changes on Speechwire. An explanation of any unmet financial commitment will be included with this email. TABULATION AND SCORINGCompetitors will be ranked. The ratings system of awarding S,E, G, F will not be used. The tabroom will be open to all coaches, and they will have access to all ballots as well as the computer records. For this reason, coaches are responsible to verify the accuracy of all tabbing of individual results and sweepstakes awards. No corrections will be made after the tournament is concluded. Competitors will all be ranked, with no ties. This also means that there will be no ties for 5th place, as is often the norm at tournaments in Utah. The tournament director will determine who advances to finals and semi-finals based on cumulative ranks from preliminary rounds. Final rankings will be determined with the following criteria:
Finals rounds will be judged by a panel of three judges, except where entry in the event is fewer than 14 total entries. AWARDSIndividual awards The finalists in each event will receive awards. The Speaking Eagle Award There will be an award for the students with the best cumulative score in preliminary rounds of three events. This will be awarded to the top ten in novice and open. The winner of this award shall be known as the best individual events competitor of all time. Congressional debate students are not eligible because of schedule constraints. To be eligible, students should anticipate that they would need to double enter in at least one panel and enter in a single event of another panel. The tournament schedule makes this possible. A suggestion for this is to do an extemp style event in one panel and double enter for the second panel. Coaches are instructed to ensure that their competitors’ names have identical spelling across all their entries, because this is how the tab software knows to programmatically cumulate individual sweepstakes awards. Sweepstakes Awards We will award a sweepstakes winner. Sweepstakes points are earned with each prelim rank of 1 earning 6 points, 2 earns 5 points, 3 earns 4 points, and so on. There will be a sweepstakes award for the top performing school in each classification (5a, 4a, 3a, 2a, 1a). This does require, however, that there be at least three schools entered in each classifcation. Otherwise, classifications will be combined. JUDGESPlease pay close attention to all matters relating to judges. By far, the single greatest shortcoming of the Silver & Blue tournament in 2013 was shortage of judges. Your attention to these matters is all that is needed to make this improvement. One judge is require for every 10 entires. Teams with inadequate numbers of judges will be assessed a fee of $100 for each missing judge. This will be assessed after the entry deadline. If you would like to hire judges from the tournament to meet your commitment, this request must be made by November 10th. Requests for hired judges will be filled in the order they are received, and our ability to fill these requests is based on availability. If you are unable to meet your judge commitment, please inform the tournament director as soon as possible. There will be a limited number available for hire. Attendance of judges will be recorded after each round. All judges on Saturday are committed to the final round. We will have a table at the tournament where judges can receive help and get their questions answered. New judges in particularly welcome and encouraged to take advantage of this service. Schools bringing students in congressional debate must bring at least one judge that is able and willing to judge congress on Friday and Saturday. FOODDinner will be provided for coaches and judges. Food will be available for purchase for students. WIRELESS ACCESSA wireless internet signal is available from the school commons. Log onto the network SCC-Guest with the password “skaggs13”. As a reminder to extemp and congress competitors – you may use your computers but wireless functionality must be disabled during prep and competition. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONSHow big is the tournament? In 2013, there were 20 schools in attendance, with 659 total entries. The table below lists each event, and the number entered for each event in the novice and open divisions. We are using our elementary building, which shares the campus with our high school building, so we anticipate these numbers will be higher for 2014.
Why should my school attend this tournament? Our goal is to give students the best experience to do individual events. We offer a schedule with two separate panels, and we accommodate double entry within panels. The size of the tournament has increased every year, with past attendees being impressed by the quality and quantity of awards, the food, and the beautiful campus. Will there be debate events? No. The aim of this tournament is to provide the very best of IEs, in much the same way Alta’s Silver & Black tournament offers a highly competitive debate experience in the area. Why aren’t you using the ratings system (S, E, G, F)? Ratings are both arbitrary and unnecessary. (Can someone tell me the difference between “superior” and “excellent”? Also, are these applied consistently across judges? Probably not.) There will be a final in each event, thus making ratings unimportant for tie-breaking purposes. There are less arbitrary tiebreakers for the final round, which will be judge preference, then using cumulative scores from prelims. Why are all competitors ranked, with no ties for 5th? Students and coaches want to know how well they performed. This data is more meaningful than just having a 5 and therefore gives students and coaches added perspective as they seek to improve. Concerns that students cannot handle being ranked low or in last place are unfounded. Yes, defeat is difficult, but it is an inherent quality of competition. This practice is widely accepted in other competitive circuits and in other competitive high school activities. Also, it simplifies judging. Isn’t it a little silly to have only one round of panel B on Friday? Actually, the design of the tournament is for students to enter in panel A and panel B events, so ideally they will have competed in three rounds that night. Of course, they can single enter, but this would mean they have plenty of down time when they could be competing. What tips do you have for helping my students win at this tournament? Be brave and enter in less popular events. Spar and impromptu are always big and I'll admit those are fun events, but it can be tough when competing against 50 other kids. In 2013, novice spar had 83 competitors! By comparison, novice expository had only five entries! Encourage students to enter in something they aren't familiar with and learn about it online. What tips do you have for winning sweepstakes? Our new tab software will award points for every single preliminary rank, so having a large entry will certainly help. Also, keep in mind that we an award for large schools and small schools. Smaller schools that might not normally think of themselves as being competitive will have a better opportunity at this tournament. I don't want to register on Speechwire. What can I do? Email me your entry and I'll do it for you. I understand the fragmentation of services can be frustrating. We want your life to be easier, not harder. Ultimately, Speechwire will tab faster and with fewer errors, all while giving you a great results packet when it's all over, so you can anticipate a better overall experience. I'm a new coach. Is this tournament for me? Absolutely. New coaches will enjoy the opportunity to participate in an open tabroom while sharing experiences with colleagues from other schools. Coaches are encouraged to check on the progress of their competitors, which will be made possible with 26 computers in the tabroom - all of which will be connected to the tournament. In the room adjacent to the tabroom, ballots will be organized and made available for immediate review for any head coaches that are interested. The tournament director and assistant director will be available at all times to address any inquiries or concerns that you have while at the tournament. Why is there an emphasis on using rules from the NFL and the NCFL at this tournament This is part of an effort to increase the quality of competition and provide a more valuable experience for the students. It also gives clear expectations and is therefore more fair to the students. For example, students who prepare an interp event in accordance with the NFL's rules do so under considerably more difficult conditions than someone preparing an interp with little regard for how it is cited and adapted. Judges are rarely aware of this when they rank the competitors. Rules enforcement keeps the playing field level. This also keeps the preparations in line for what is expected at the national tournaments and their qualifiers, thereby giving students an opportunity to prepare for high stakes competition where they can represent their school and community on a bigger stage. Finally, know that all rules will be applied reasonably at the direction of the tournament director. What improvements will the tournament have over the previous year? The following improvements will be made to the tournament this year: 1. Quarterfinals for events with more than 40 competitors 2. Expanding the tournament into the elementary building to accommodate more entries 3. Stricter rules for bringing judges, to ensure smoother tournament operation 4. Sweepstakes for 1A and 2A schools Manager contact information Moses Baca Email address: mosesbaca@jdchs.org Phone number: 801-580-8215 Mailing address 11800 S 300 E Draper, UT 84104
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