Off Broadway Swing - Sunday

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2015 Off-Broadway Swing

Hosted by

Suffolk County Community College

and

Nassau Community College

Dec. 5 - 6, 2015

Thomas Bovino and Trent Webb are pleased to invite you to the 2015 Off-Broadway Swing to be held on the Ammerman Campus of Suffolk County Community College, which is in Selden, NY.  Selden is located in Suffolk County, Long Island and is just 1.5 hours east of wonderful NYC! We encourage squads to come early to enjoy the city. We will offer IPDA Debate, NPDA Debate, all eleven AFA-NIET events as well as low entry fees to keep your costs down.  What follows is all the information you should need to plan your trip.  We hope to see many of you this December!

Thomas Bovino                                                                      Trent Webb

Director of Forensics                                                             Director of Forensics

Suffolk County Community College                                     Nassau Community College

bovinot@sunysuffolk.edu                                                      Trent.Webb@ncc.edu

631-451-4145                                                                         516-572-7170 x25417

Pattern A                                                                               Pattern B

Extemporaneous Speaking                                                   Impromptu Speaking

Persuasion                                                                              Drama Interpretation

Program Oral Interpretation                                                After-Dinner Speaking

Duo Interpretation                                                                Communication Analysis

Poetry Interpretation                                                            Prose Interpretation

Informative Speaking                                                           

 Event Rules:

 1. AFA-NIET rules govern all events.

2. Phi Rho Pi rules govern NPDA Debate, which means no coaching is allowed during the 15-minute preparation period but students are allowed the use of a dictionary, almanac and any other materials(including electronic) to prep. Topic announcement will take place in the round. Teams will be presented with three topics. Opposition team has 30 seconds to strike one topic. Government team then has 30 seconds to strike a topic. The remaining topic shall be the resolution for that round.

3. A school’s top 4 slots in each event will count towards sweepstakes. Sweepstakes for final placing are awarded as follows: 6^thplace = 1pt., 5^th place = 2 pts., 4^th place = 3 pts., 3^rd place = 4pts. , 2^nd place = 5 pts., 1^st place = 6 pts. (In NPDA and IPDA, schools will receive 5 pts for each win in prelims).

4. Students may enter 3 events per pattern. NEW THIS YEAR: Students are NOT allowed to enter both individual events and debate on the same day!!!

5. We will be offering IPDA Individual Debate ONLY!!  IPDA and Phi Rho Pi rules govern IPDA debate. Students will be given a choice of 5 resolutions (2 policy, 2 fact/value, 1 metaphor). Negative will strike first, Affirmative will strike second, and so on until one resolution is left.  Students will then be given 30 minutes to prep before the round commences.  As per Phi Rho Pi/IPDA rules, students ARE allowed to consult electronic devices and the internet during prep time.  Students may also transcribe notes gathered from these sources to be used in the round.  However, students are NOT allowed to use these devices during the round.  Please consult ipdadebate.info for more information on format and structure.

6. ALSO NEW THIS YEAR: Debate will be run Phi Rho Pi style. Teams with the top winning records will be advanced to a Bronze/Gold round.

Entry Fees:    $25 school fee

                        $7 per slot

                        $15 per NPDA Team/IPDA Debater

                        $7 per uncovered IE slot (1 judge covers 8 slots)

                        $25 per uncovered Debate slot (1 judge covers 2 teams)

No charge for changes made before Thursday, December 3^rd at 11:59pm EST.

Changes made on Friday, December 4^th will incur a $20 fee per change plus the original entry fee.

Changes made on the day of the tournament will incur a $50 fee per change plus the original entry fee.

Entries are due Wednesday, December 2^nd before 3pm Eastern Standard Time.

Make checks payable to:  “SCC Association” for Suffolk half and “Faculty/Student Association” for Nassau half

ALL ENTRIES AND CHANGES MUST BE DONE VIA SPEECHWIRE. EMAILED ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.  PLEASE VISIT SPEECHWIRE.COM TO REGISTER FOR BOTH HALVES OF THE SWING.

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS SCHEDULE

DEBATE SCHEDULE

Hotel/Travel Info: Suffolk County is served closest by Long Island MacArthur Airport (about 20 minutes from campus).  LaGuardia and JFK airports are both located in Queens which are an hour from campus.  Jason Wood usually handles hotel reservations for our tournaments.  Please email him at Jason@traveladvocates.com or if you wish to make your own reservations, the following hotels are the closest to campus: 

Hampton Inn—2000 North Ocean Avenue (exit 63 on Long Island Expressway) 631-732-7300

Residence Inn by Marriott—25 Middle Avenue (exit 62 on Long Island Expressway) 631-475-9500

Crowne Plaza—North Ocean Avenue (exit 63 on Long Island Expressway) 1-877-270-1393

Directions to Suffolk CCC, Selden Campus: Take the Long Island Expressway (I-495) to exit 62—Nicolls Rd.  Proceed north on Nicolls Rd. approximately one mile.  The college entrance is on the right.

Manager contact information

Trent Webb
Email address: Trent.Webb@ncc.edu
Phone number: 516-572-7170 x25417

Mailing address

None provided