FCDI Southeast #2 @ Congress MS

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General information

This information is from a tournament in a past season!

This is a High School tournament in Florida.

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This is a Middle/High School tournament in West Palm Beach, Florida.

You are cordially invited to the Southeast Florida Civics & Debate Initiative Tournament #2, to be held Saturday, January 14, 2023 at Congress Middle School, 101 S Congress Ave, Boynton Beach, FL 33426. This tournament will be live and in person.

The SEFCDI Tournament #2 offers middle school, high school novice, and high school varsity competition. All schools are welcome to compete in this tournament.

There will be three rounds of competition in all events except Congressional Debate, where there will be two 90-minute-long sessions. The tournament will begin at 8:00am Eastern time. We hope to finish awards by noon, but please be flexible regarding the end time of the event.

The full schedule can be found in the Schedule tab on the Speechwire registration page for the tournament.

REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 3:00pm.

Please plan to arrive at Congress Middle School, no later than 7:30am the morning of the tournament to check in.

EVENTS and DIVISIONS: We offer middle school, novice, and varsity divisions. If numbers allow, we will offer separate middle school and novice divisions. We reserve the right to combine divisions. If we combine divisions, we will offer a Middle School Champion Award in addition to the usual awards. "Varsity" is Year 2 of high school debate.

No Double Entry.  If a coach submits the same student for two events, that student will be automatically disqualified for both events.

EVENTS INCLUDE:

• Congressional Debate
• Lincoln Douglas Debate
• Public Forum Debate
• Extemporaneous Speaking
• Declamation
• Dramatic Performance
• Duo Interpretation
• Oral Interpretation
• Original Oratory
• Program Oral Interpretation
• Impromptu Speaking

Observers are allowed, but must be registered.

TOPICS:

NOTE: Students will debate BOTH sides of the resolution. 

Lincoln Douglas Debate: We are using the January/February 2023 NSDA topic - Resolved: Justice requires open borders for human migration.

Public Forum Debate: We are using the January 2023 NSDA topic - Resolved: The United States Federal Government should increase its diplomatic efforts to peacefully resolve internal armed conflicts in West Asia.

Extemporaneous Speaking Topic Areas: US Environmental Issues and Policies; The United Nations-Issues, Policies, Leaders; and US Space Exploration Issues and Policies

Impromptu Topic Areas: Winter Wonderland; Quotes from American Authors

CONGRESS LEGISLATION: Submit proposed legislation in either NSDA or NCFL format (either is fine) to ­­­­­­Apryl Taylor, taylorfcdi@gmail.com, no later than noon Thursday, January 5, 2023.

Templates are under Files for Download.

JUDGES:  We will need your judges in order to run the tournament.

The judge ratio for this tournament is 1 judge for every two debate entries; 1 judge for every 5 speech/interp/congress entries.

Please bring parents, teachers, former students, etc.!

A judge training video and additional judging resources can be found HERE

Adults and coaches may judge any division. Qualified varsity with at least 75 NSDA points on record may judge the middle school and novice divisions. Judges need to be trained. They may take the NSDA judge training course if they did not attend any judge training. It is the affirmative duty of the coach to ensure that all judges (except students) must be approved as volunteers through their district’s volunteer system.

CONCESSIONS: Concessions (pizza, snacks, drinks, etc.) will be available for purchase with cash only.

NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR BEVERAGES PERMITTED.

COACHES: Coaches must be available for the duration of the tournament.

FEES: FCDI member schools pay no fees. Non-FCDI schools pay $4.00/student.

Please make checks payable to and mail to:

The Florida Debate Initiative

c/o Tara Tedrow

215 N Eola Dr

Orlando, FL 32801

DAY OF TOURNAMENT CONTACT:

Important tournament rooms

Extemp Prep - 116

Florida Civics and Debate Initiative Handbook

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Manager contact information

Beth Eskin
Email address: elizabeth.eskin@fldoe.org
Phone number: 4079296712

Mailing address

Florida Debate Initiative
Attn: Tara Tedrow 215 N Eola Dr
Orlando, FL 32801