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The Falcon Fiesta
General information This information is from a tournament in a past season! This is a High School tournament in Colorado. View manager contact information If this is hard to read click here to see it in Google Doc form.
You are cordially invited to participate in the 1st Annual Falcon Fiesta Speech and Debate Tournament hosted ONLINE by Highlands Ranch High School on SpeechWire and NSDA Campus (with Zoom used for live Extemp draw) on January 22, 2022.
Events: The following events will be offered: CX Debate*, JV CX Debate*, LD Debate, Public Forum Debate, National Extemp, International Extemp, Drama, Humor, Poetry, Duo, Original Oratory, Informative, and POI. Three rounds and finals will be held in all events.
Entries: A maximum of five (5) entries per school will be allowed in each event. Additional entries can be placed on the waitlist and we will accommodate those entries if space is available.
Registration: All registration will occur at www.speechwire.com. Pre-registration will close at 5 PM on Wednesday, January 19th, or earlier if the tournament fills. Registrations are handled on a first-come, first-served basis. As always, we would appreciate knowing of any drops in advance of the tournament, in order to help with the scheduling of rounds and ordering of NSDA Campus rooms.
General Rules:
ONLINE Rules or NEW Rules this Year:
Rules for Double Entry:
Debate Topics:
JV/Varsity CX Rules:
Fees and Payment: The entry fee will be $9.00 per student in events—$18 per team (PF, CX, JVCX, Duo) based upon the pre-registration numbers on Wednesday, January 19th. Changes in pre-registration will be reflected in the final entry fees if made via the web site by 5 PM on January 19. After that time, net increases in entries will result in increases in final entry fees, while net decreases in entries will not reduce your final entry fees. Attn.: Katie Zook Highlands Ranch High School 9375 Cresthill Lane Highlands Ranch , CO. 80130
Inclusion & Equity Statement: At Highlands Ranch Speech & Debate Tournaments, we embrace and support the mission of our school district, the vision of our school, the CHSAA Speech and Debate Inclusion Statement, and the NSDA Harassment and Discrimination Policy. Please review additional information on these statements here.
Judging: In a virtual environment, this year we are requiring that each school provide enough judges to cover their entries. Judges must be available for the three preliminary rounds and the final round--though you can divide judging requirements over two people based on availability. One judge must be provided for every two debate entries (since we aren’t constrained by physical space this year--and in the interest of minimizing screen time for our community as much as possible--our goal is to single flight debate, hence requiring one debate judge for every two debate entries). One judge must be provided for every 5 events entries. Judges must be entered in Speechwire by Wednesday, January 19th. Judges are responsible for checking for ballots at the appropriate times. Judge fees will be imposed for missing judges and for judges who miss ballots.
Awards: We will be awarding trophies or medals to all finalists. Additionally, numerous superior and excellent ribbons will be awarded.
Final Registration: A link to a “on-site” check-in Zoom will be sent to coaches leading into the tournament. Final registration for Saturday will be from 8:00 to 8:15 AM, with rounds beginning at 9:00 AM. Please plan to arrive at registration early. Schools not registered by 8:30 AM may be dropped from the tournament. If you are running late, please call 720-936-3634 so we can finalize the first rounds as quickly as possible. Awards are scheduled for 5:30 PM or sooner.
Location: The tournament will be held online via SpeechWire and NSDA campus
Schedule: 8:00am- Registration/ Check in 8:45am- Coaches/ Judge meeting 9:00- Round 1 & Draw 9:30- IX/NX speak 11:00- Round 2/ Draw 11:30- IX/NX speak 1:00- Round 3/ Prep 1:30- IX/NX speak 3:00- Finals LD/PF/CX/ IX/NX Draw 3:15- all other finals 4:45- Awards
Questions, Comments, Ideas: Please feel free to contact Katie Zook at Highlands Ranch High School at 720-936-3634 (cell), or kmzook@dcsdk12.org
We look forward to hosting this tournament and hope you will be able to join us!
Sincerely,
Katie Zook Social Studies Teacher Speech & Debate-Head Coach Highlands Ranch High School Katie Zook Mailing address
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