SFCFL 4: Deerfield Beach

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SFCFL 4: Deerfield Beach High School | January 20, 2018 | www.sfcfl.org

The Speech and Debate team from Deerfield Beach High School invites you to the 4^th SFCFL tournament on Saturday, January 20, 2018.   Remember, you must be a paid member of SFCFL to attend this tournament; however, you may bring your membership information and fees the day of the tournament.  Additionally, any student who wishes to compete at the Grand Final Tournament in March must attend one complete SFCFL tournament. For official rules, please visit www.sfcfl.org 

EVENTS: Novice & Varsity Public Forum, Novice & Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate, Varsity & Novice Congress, Novice & Varsity Team Debate (Policy), Big Questions Debate, Mixed Extemporaneous Speaking, Original Oratory, Duo Interpretation, Oral Interpretation, Program Oral Interpretation, Dramatic Performance, Declamation, Informative Speaking

ENTRY LIMIT:     6 entries in each category. DOUBLE ENTRY IS ALLOWED IN SPEECH EVENTS.

STUDENT ENTRY FEE:   $15.00 per student –includes lunch - payable to SFCFL.

JUDGE REQUIREMENTS:      1 judge for every 5 IE (including Congress), and 1 judge for every 2 debaters or fraction thereof, but you cannot mix TD, PFD, or LD judges. Please make certain you have the correct number of debate judge. Schools with more than 35 IE competitors will need only 7 IE judges.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:    Enter online at   www.speechwire.com. Entries will be accepted through Tuesday January 16, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.  Changes and drops may be made until Friday, January  19, 2018 at 4:00 p.m., but you will be charged the entry fee for any student originally entered.  The web site will be closed Tuesday night. Drops after Tuesday night and before Friday at 8:00 a.m. will be charged the entry fee.  After 8:00 a.m. on Friday, drops will incur $10.00 in addition to the entry fee.   Please e-mail me any changes/drops, judge names after Wednesday evening.  Drops on the day of tournament or “discovered” during the actual tournament will result in the entry fee forfeiture plus a $20.00 penalty. 

LUNCH:  Deerfield Beach High School will provide lunches which are included in the entry fee.  Deerfield Beach High School will offer a selection to the all students entered in the tournament. Please make selections for all student. You must order for all judges, adults and/or coaches. Please remember to order lunch for your judges/coaches separately; cost for lunch for judges/coaches is $7.00. Judge and coach lunches will be automatically added if you choose to ignore this item. 

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE:  Registration begins promptly at 7:15 a.m. and will close at 7:45 a.m.  Please be prompt. We will offer 5 rounds of competition in all events (4 rounds in Novice/Varsity Team Debate) and 3 sessions of Congressional Debate.

SCHOOL ADDRESS: Deerfield Beach High School | 910 Buck Pride Way, Deerfield Beach, FL 33441

EVENT TOPICS:

LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATE (Varsity/Novice):

2018 January/February Topic: Resolved: Plea bargaining ought to be abolished in the United States criminal justice system.

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE (Varsity/Novice):

2018 January Topic: Resolved: Spain should grant Catalonia its independence.

BIG QUESTIONS DEBATE:

2017-2018 Resolved: Humans are fundamentally different from other animals.

POLICY DEBATE:

2017-2018 Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its funding and/or regulation of elementary and/or secondary education in the United States.

NOVICE POLICY SHOULD USE THE NOVICE POLICY PACKET for COMPETITION: Novice policy debate uses a packet to encourage predictable, educational debates. The packet can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/SFCFL-Policy-NovicePacket The novice packet includes: Desegregation Aff/Neg; Title 1 Aff/Neg; Federalism Disad; Fiscal Discipline Disad; Horsetrading Disad; Topicality File

STUDENT CONGRESS LEGISLATION:  e-mail by Wednesday January 10, 2018 to dariocamara@gmail.com. Legislation will be posted on www.sfcfl.org under the link "Topics & Legislation.”

EXTEMP TOPIC AREAS: Online at www.sfcfl.org

If you have problems or concerns, please contact me via e-mail: dariocamara@gmail.com

Looking forward to seeing you at our 4^th- SFCFL tournament of the 2017-2018 season.

Dario Camara | SFCFL Director                              

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Dario L Camara
Email address: dariocamara@gmail.com
Phone number: 9548560541

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1200 SW 136th Avenue
Davie, FL 33325