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2022 FCSAA Forensics State Championship

 

 

Dear Directors and Coaches,

 

On behalf of the FCSAA Executive Committee, it is my pleasure to invite you and your

forensics team to participate in the annual FCSAA state championship, hosted at Tallahassee Community College.  The tournament will run February 4 & 5, 2022. Please enter your entries on Speechwire.com prior to 5:00 PM on Monday, January 31, 2022. This is a follow up email from the first I sent on January 11, 2022 where I asked for everyone’s input on the modality of this year’s tournament. Based on a large majority of those who responded, we will be running the event virtually using the Yaatly online hosting platform. I will be sending out a comprehensive guide / tutorial as a refresher for those who have used it in the past or for those who are unfamiliar with it.

 

Based on the discussion we had at our previous coaches’ meetings, you will note that we again have scheduled debate to run concurrently with the individual events.  Students entered in LD debate may also compete in one other event in Flight C. Students in parliamentary debate and IPDA may not compete in any other events in their respective flights. We have the latitude to move events to different flights so that we may accommodate any speeches which your students have already prepared.  If you are planning on entering students in debate, please review the schedule immediately and let me know if there are any conflicts with their individual events.

 

Also, all coaches and judges must be available for all rounds beginning on Friday morning.  Even if you don’t have students in any Flight A events, you may be scheduled as a judge during those times.

 

There are a few things to remember that make this tournament different from some others:

• For your students to be eligible to compete in this tournament, you must email a PDF a signed and certified copy of the Certificate of Eligibility, which is found in Appendix B of the constitution.  I have also attached it for your convenience.

• Before the beginning of the tournament, please have a student representative selected to discuss this year’s Shira Brownstein award (see below).

• Teams are limited to five entries per event (individual events and debate) and one readers’ theatre.

• All judges must complete a judging philosophy prior to judging debate rounds. As we are running debate and the individual events concurrently, judges may be called upon to judge debate even if they only have individual events entries.

 

TCC is delighted to be hosting this tournament! Please don’t hesitate to contact me at

schultzj@tcc.fl.edu or 850.201.8037 (office) or 850.445.1148 (cell) if you have any questions. See you in February!

 

Sincerely,

 

John Schultz

FCSAA State Forensics Advisor

Tallahassee Community College

FCSAA Tournament Schedule 2022

 

Please note that all times are Eastern Standard Time

 

Friday, February 4                                                                  Flight A

9:00                 Technical Check                                             Extemporaneous Speaking                

9:30                 Extemp Draw                                                  Impromptu Speaking

10:00               Round 1A                                                       Persuasive Speaking

11:15               Extemp Draw                                                  Informative Speaking

11:45               Round 2A                                                       Poetry Interpretation

1:00                 Extemp Draw             

1:30                 Round 3A                                                       Flight B

2:45                 Round 1B                                                        IPDA

4:00                 Round 2B                                                        Dramatic Interpretation

5:15                 Round 3B                                                        Program Oral Interpretation

                                                                                   

 

                                                                                                Flight C

Saturday, February 5                                                              Duo Interpretation     

9:00                 Round 1C                                                        Parliamentary Debate

10:15               Round 2C                                                        Communication Analysis

11:30               Round 3C                                                        After Dinner Speaking

12:45               Lunch Break / Brownstein Fellowship Mtg.  Prose Interpretation

1:30                 Finals (if needed)                               

2:45                 Readers’ Theatre (if needed)

3:45                 Awards (Awards will occur ASAP after the conclusion of Reader’s Theatre)

 

Registration Information

Please submit your entries on Speechwire.com prior to 5 PM on Monday, January 31. The Speechwire registration will be online and available on Friday, January 21. Remember that a school may only field 5 entries for each event and one Readers Theatre. Please indicate your novice entries so they may be considered for the Jennifer Pickman Award. Checks for registration should be made out to Florida College System Activities Association (FCSAA). Please mail checks to: John Schultz, Director of Forensics, Tallahassee Community College, 444 Appleyard Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32304.

 

Registration Fees

School Entry Fee: $25

$7 per Individual Events slot

$8 per uncovered* Individual Events slot

$15 per Debate slot

$25 per uncovered* Debate slot

$10 per dropped slot after noon on Wednesday, February 2**

$50 per dropped slot after 8:00 AM on Friday, February 4**

**Drop fees are assessed in addition to the standing fees.

*Each judge brought to the tournament covers two entries in debate or six entries in individual events.

 

Registration Platform and Virtual Platform

Please register your entries on Speechwire.com. That platform will also tabulate your entry fees for the tournament. At this time, we are planning to use Yaatly for our virtual platform. If entry numbers are low, we may switch to Zoom for the event. Details and instructions on the virtual platform will be sent one week before the tournament.

 

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU MUST EMAIL A SIGNED STUDENT ELIGIBILITY FORM PRIOR TO THE START OF THE TOURNAMENT. Guidelines are clearly explained in the constitution, but please note that the form must be certified by your registrar or appropriate school official.

 

ALL Judges

Please complete the attached Judging Philosophy Form and email them to me prior to the beginning of the tournament.  Because we have embedded debate in the schedule with the individual events, all judges may be called upon to judge debate during the tournament.

 

Impromptu

Topics will be quotations in all rounds.

 

Shira Brownstein Award

2022 will be the eleventh year the FCSAA awards the Shira Brownstein Fellowship Award. This award shall be given to the student who best emulates the spirit of fellowship, generosity, humility, and overall service to the greater forensics community. This award is presented in memory of Tallahassee Community College forensics team member, Shira Brownstein, who lost her battle with scleroderma in March 2011. Ms. Brownstein was noted by many college coaches and competitors for possessing these attributes. Each college shall select one student representative to formally meet with other student representatives. Each representative shall nominate a student that best embodies the spirit of overall fellowship, generosity, humility, and service to the greater forensics community. After a group discussion, student representatives will vote for one of the nominees, but may not vote for a student from their own team.

 

Coaches’ Meeting

We will convene our annual coaches’ meeting during the tournament. I like to schedule it during the last round on Friday or the first round on Saturday if possible. If not, we’ll convene during the lunch break on Saturday.

 

Statement of Inclusion

It is the policy of the Forensics Division of FCSAA that each member, visitor, employee and student be allowed to participate fully in Forensics programs, activities and employment in a discrimination and harassment free environment.  Discrimination and harassment of any nature based on one’s race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender and gender identity, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or genetic information is strictly prohibited.

 

 

FCSAA Debate Judge Philosophy Form - 2022

 

 

Judge: __________________________                     School: _______________________

 

Please comment on the elements of debate that you value and prefer in competition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Florida College System Activities Association - 2022

STUDENT ELIGIBILITY FORM

 

 

1.  College –                                                         2.  Coach –                                           3.  Date –                                             

 

4.     I certify that, as of the above date, I am not competing for another college or university, have not earned a college degree, and am still within my first two years of competition:

 

 

 

Printed Name

 

Student Ident.

Number

State Tournament

check

1st Year

Participation

one:

2nd year

 

Signature

A

 

 

 

 

 

B

 

 

 

 

 

C

 

 

 

 

 

D

 

 

 

 

 

E

 

 

 

 

 

F

 

 

 

 

 

G

 

 

 

 

 

H

 

 

 

 

 

I

 

 

 

 

 

J

 

 

 

 

 

K

 

 

 

 

 

  

5.     I certify that students (listed in #4 above) are currently enrolled for at least six (6) hours of college credit and have earned at least a 2.0 G.P.A. (not required of students in their first term of college enrollment) at the college designated in #1 above. I further certify that any students who have checked “2nd year” above have completed at least 18 college credits since their last state tournament. See Appendix E for eligibility hardship procedure. (Second year students need to indicate what year was their first year.)

 

 

6.     Date_______________    Registrar’s Signature and Seal_____________________________________

 

7.     Date_______________    Coach’s Signature____________________________________ 

 

 

 

 

Manager contact information

John Schultz
Email address: john.schultz@tcc.fl.edu
Phone number: 850-201-8037

Mailing address

444 Appleyard Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32304

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