CHSAA State Tournament

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General information

This information is from a tournament in a past season!

This is a High School tournament in Colorado.

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Welcome to the registration site for the CHSAA Colorado State Speech and Debate Championship Tournament!

Many thanks to Paul Angelico, Bud Ozzello, Audra Cathy, and the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) for their continued support of speech and debate activities in the state of Colorado!

Tournament Information

Tournament Date: March 18-19, 2016

Location: Fort Collins High School, 3400 Lambkin Way, Fort Collins, CO 80525

Qualification: Students qualify to compete at the Colorado State Tournament based on their performance at the regional qualifying tournaments.

Rules: Please be sure to review all rules and information regarding the tournament. Rules and information can be found on the CHSAA website at http://www2.chsaa.org/activities/speech/pdf/15_16_CO_Speech_Handbook_combined.pdf

Schedule: The tentative schedule has been posted on the schedule link on this website.

Registration: Registration must be completed at www.speechwire.com by March 7, 2016. Late, missing, or incomplete registrations will result in a $25 late fee.

Registration Procedures:

• Go to www.speechwire.com
• Go to "Tournament Calendar"
• Go to "CHSAA State Tournament" and click on the link.
• Register your team by accepting your qualifiers to the State Tournament.
• Please ensure that student names are listed as you would like them to be listed in the State Tournament Book and in any tournament results.
• For the Interpretation of Literature events, please update, if needed, or enter the title and author information for each selection. Remember that competitors are required to bring a copy of the original source to the tournament.
• For Original Oratory, please update, if needed, or enter the title of speech and in parenthesis identify the topic area. (i.e. " One Word "(use of language))
• An Oratory Cover Sheet and a typed manuscript of each qualifying oration must be submitted to CHSAA (mail or email) by March 7.

Extemp Topic Areas: The order of topic areas for the tournament will be drawn at registration on Friday morning and announced for all competitors.

International Extemporaneous Topic Areas
Africa
The Americas
Asia
Europe
Middle East
 
National Extemporaneous Topic Areas
U.S. Foreign Policy
Legal and Constitutional Issues
U.S. Politics
Health Care and Education
U.S. Economy

Debate Resolutions:

CX Debate 2015-2016 Topic
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially curtail its domestic surveillance.

Lincoln Douglas Debate March/April 2016 Topic
Resolved: The United States ought to promote democracy in the Middle East.

Public Forum Debate March 2015 Topic
Resolved: The United States should withdraw its military presence from Okinawa.

Questions or concerns?

Feel free to contact Bud Ozzello or Audra Cathy at CHSAA.

Feel free to contact Tournament Director, Marti Benham, Cherry Creek High School

Feel free to contact Tournament Co-Director, Paulette Frye, Pueblo West High School

Manager contact information

Martha Benham
Email address: mbenham@cherrycreekschools.org
Phone number: 303-921-9411

Mailing address

Colorado High School Activities Association
14855 E. 2nd Avenue
Aurora , CO 80011