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Lafayette HS Irish Alumni Invitationals
General information This information is from a tournament in a past season! This is a High School tournament in Missouri. View manager contact information Lafayette HS Irish Alumni Invitationals-Novice
Dear Speech and Debate Coaches and Teams:
The Lafayette High School Chapter of the National Forensics League cordially invites you to our annual Lafayette HS Irish Alumni Invitational-Novice to be held January 22th and 23rd, 2021. The synchronous debate portion of the tournament will be held on January 22nd and 23rd, 2021. Asynchronous individual event competition will occur during the week of January 18th. We will be co-hosting this year with Smithville High School where the Varsity competition will take place.
Asynchronous Events will include (Week of January 18th) Novice Divisions of: US Extemporaneous Speaking International Extemporaneous Speaking Humorous Interpretation Dramatic Interpretation Duo Interpretation Original Oratory Informative Speaking Poetry Prose Storytelling (MSHSAA RULES) Radio Speaking
Synchronous Events will include Novice Divisions of: Policy Debate Lincoln-Douglas Debate Public Forum Debate
The deadline for entries on Speechwire.com will be due: Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 at 3:00PM.
Asynchronous speech links (unlisted Youtube videos) will be due: Thursday, January 14th, 2021 at 8:00PM.
All entries will be waitlisted upon entry. We will grant what we can accommodate during the day on January 13/14th. Entry fees will be 6.00/entry. No trophies will be given but certificates will be sent for students placing.
Direct any questions to Dr. M. Shane Heard (816) 261.3358 or shaneheard@sjsd.k12.mo.us
Varsity tournament information, please email Danielle Martin at Smithville HS: martind@smithville.k12.mo.us
We ask that each school provide ONE judge Friday and Saturday
Policy Debate: 2020-2021 Topic: Resolved: The United States federal government should enact substantial criminal justice reform in the United States in one or more of the following: forensic science, policing, sentencing. Lincoln-Douglas: 2021 January/February Topic Resolved: States ought to ban lethal autonomous weapons. Public Forum: 2021 January Topic Area: Data Privacy Resolved: The National Security Agency should end its surveillance of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents.
Please submit entries on SpeechWire: Lafayette HS Irish Alumni Invitationals.
Sincerely,
Dr. Shane Heard Kate Miro Lafayette High School Lafayette High School Speech & Debate Head Coach Speech & Debate Assistant Coach shaneheard@sjsd.k12.mo.us katemiro@sjsd.k12.mo.us 816.261.3358 915.474.5098
COMPETITION INFORMATION AND RULES
· Each school shall be guaranteed up to two entries in each competitive event offered. Extra entries will be granted on a basis of space availability and order of submitted entries. · A student may not enter both divisions of Extemp speaking, nor more than one division of debate. · A student may enter up to one debate event and three IEs. · No Maverick teams will be allowed in any division of debate. · Certificates will be given to the top six entries in individual events and top eight in debate · Overall Sweepstakes will be awarded to the top three schools. · Schools are financially responsible for all entry fees as of Thursday, January 14th at 8:00 PM. This includes all entries that are dropped from the 14th until the conclusion of the tournament on the 23rd. · Entry fees=$5.00/entry. Entries due by 3:00 p.m. Jan. 13th, 2021. Videos due by Jan. 14th at 8:00 PM. · Tab will be open for view throughout the tournament. · A student may not use the same selection for more than one event. · Each school must have an adult sponsor, able to judge, online at all times. · Sweepstakes will be given for the top three schools in forensics and debate events combined. Determining sweepstakes: Points in debate from the best two teams in each division will be 5 points for each win and 15 points for placing in the top eight. Points in individual events from the best two entries will be 15 points for finals, 10 points for 3rd place, 15 points for 2nd place, and 20 points for 1st place.
Virtual Tournament Procedures: 1. Speechwire tech videos: Please review the Speechwire tech help videos here: Link 2. Review NSDA Campus Manual: Please review the NSDA Campus manual here: Link 3. Register and Link All Tournament Participants in Speechwire: All participants must have a Speechwire account. Please follow these instructions to create and link (must be linked to enter) Speechwire account: Link 4. Asynch Video Uploads: Please upload your student performances by Thursday, January 14th at 8pm. If you can audit that the links work and are viewable before uploading, that would be wonderful! 5. We will be going by the MSHSAA Adopted Revisions for Virtual Competition document released by MSHSAA (i.e., pilot internet rules, extended prep time for debate, etc.). 6. Submitted competition videos should be “one take” with no editing or post-production and should follow all other MSHSAA Asynch Recording guidelines. 7. Please have all participants use Google Chrome as per NSDA Campus guidance. 8. Room Check-In Procedures: Please have debaters check in 30 minutes prior to the round when possible. Mandatory check in 15 minutes before the round. Tournament staff will be monitoring each room. 11. Extemp Procedures: a. We are requesting students to record one speech for prelims, 1 speech for semi finals, and 1 speech for finals. This is a total of 3 speeches. b. Please have students submit an unlisted Youtube link for each speech. Label each video with the Round, event, and the competitors name. c. Extemp questions will be sent out to all invited coaches by January 8th,. We trust coaches to fairly administer draw to their students. d. Submitted competition videos should be “one take” with no editing or post-production and should follow all other MSHSAA Asych Recording guidelines. e. All videos submitted by the Asynch Video deadline, which is Thursday, January 14th at 8pm. 12. Submitted competition videos should be “one take” with no editing or post-production and should follow all other MSHSAA Asych Recording guidelines. 13. All videos submitted by the Asynch Video deadline, which is Thursday, January 14th at 8pm.
Asynchronous IE schedule Monday, January 18th: IE Round 1 Tuesday, January 19th: IE Round 1 Wednesday, January 20th: IE Semi Finals Thursday, January 21st: IE FINALS Friday, January 22nd: Awards sent out (Approximate schedule- will run as quickly as we can with judges available)
Live (Synchronous) Debate Schedule: Friday, January 22nd, 2021 2:45PM: Registration 4:00PM: Round 1 of Debate 6:30PM: Round 2 of Debate
Saturday, January 23rd, 2021 9:00AM: Round 3 of Debate 11:30AM: Round 4 of Debate 2:00PM: Quarterfinals of Debate 4:00PM: Semifinals of Debate 6:00PM: Finals of Debate (If we can push elimination rounds earlier, we will)
SYNCHRONOUS DEBATE EVENTS
LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATE
Resolved: States ought to ban lethal autonomous weapons. 2. A friendly reminder, our tournament will use the NSDA January/February Lincoln-Douglas topic, NOT the novice topic. 3. Time limits for Lincoln Douglas debate will be: 6-3-7-3-4-6-3. 4. Each debater will be allowed a total of 5 minutes of prep time (MSHSAA Proposed Rules for Virtual Competition in 2020-2021). 5. Ties will be broken by looking at win-loss, opposition loss, opposition record, and cumulative speaker points. 6. A debater more than ten minutes late to a round will forfeit, unless it is the fault of the tournament. 7. Debaters are allowed to use laptops in rounds but must follow MSHSAA guidelines.
PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE 1. The resolution will be the current NSDA/MSHSAA approved topic. 2021 January Topic Area: Data Privacy Resolved: The National Security Agency should end its surveillance of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents. 2. Time limits for Public Forum debate will be: 4-4-3-4-4-3-3-3-3-2-2 (NSDA Pilot Rules 2019). Each team will be allowed a total of 4 minutes of prep time ((MSHSAA Proposed Rules for Virtual Competition in 2020-2021). 3. Sides will be determined by a coin flip at the start of each round. 4. Ties will be broken by looking at win-loss, opposition loss, opposition record, and cumulative speaker points. 5. No maverick teams will be allowed to debate. Team personnel must remain constant throughout the tournament. 6. A team more than ten minutes late to a round will forfeit unless it is the fault of the tournament.
POLICY DEBATE
2. Time limits will be 8-3-5. Each team will be allowed a total of 5 minutes of prep time. 3. Ties will be broken by looking at win-loss, speaker points, opposition record of the team they lost to, and total opposition record. 4. No one person teams will be allowed to debate. Team personnel must remain constant throughout the tournament. 5. A team more than ten minutes late to a round will forfeit, unless it is the fault of the tournament. 6. Debaters are allowed to use laptops in rounds and must follow MSHSAA rules.
ASYNCHRONOUS TOURNAMENT EVENTS (Pre-recorded with an Unlisted Youtube link submission)
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