PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE ADVANCERS

CONGRESS FINALISTS

All GMU Hired and School Speech Judges must report no later than 8:15 a.m. Sunday.

All School Debate Judges must report no later than 9:45 a.m. Sunday.

Patriot Games Classic

2022 Invitation

George Mason University cordially invites you to attend the 19th Annual Patriot Games Classic to be held on the George Mason University Campus in Fairfax, Virginia on December 3 & 4, 2022. After positive feedback, we are pleased to announce we are trying to add impromptu to out in-person event offerings.

The deadline for entry is Thursday, November 17th at 5:00pm EST, but we strongly encourage people to enter early, as once we are filled, we will no longer be able to accept entries. Registration will be open as of Wednesday Oct. 12^th at noon. Registration will take place through the website:                       

We are working with the Fairfax Marriott to arrange a room rate, although a specific block has not been preset. We will update a link on the Speechwire homepage for this tournament. This weekend promises to be full of high energy and stress, which sometimes can effect students adversely. As a reminder, please bring all relevant medical forms with you in case a medical professional needs them. As a public state institution, we cannot mandate masks or vaccine checks.  We will ask everyone to mask indoors. Students may take off their masks to perform. We will also have signs up to that effect. Fortunately, Fairfax has a large percentage of its population with vaccinations, and about half our students are wearing masks, even with a mask mandate in place.  I have several immunocompromised students; I know that this will be an important factor for many schools to consider.  

We look forward to seeing you all in December!

Sincerely,

Tournament Co-Directors

Dawn Lowry

Director of Forensics

Tyler Watkins

Assistant Director of Forensics

Student Tournament Co-Directors

                              Gustavo Lanz & Prem Ganesan                                            

EVENTS OFFERED/ENTRY CAPS:

Pattern A

EXT          Extemporaneous Speaking     8

HI              Humorous Interpretation        8

OI              Oral Interpretation                  8

DUO          Duo Interpretation                  8

INFO         Informative Speaking             8

IMP           Impromptu                              8

Pattern B/Debate:

OO            Original Oratory                     8

DI              Dramatic Interpretation          8

DEC          Declamation                           8

POI            Program Oral Interpretation   8

PF              Public Forum Debate              6         

LD             Lincoln-Douglas Debate        6

CD             Congressional Debate             8

Additional slots may be requested via Speechwire’s wait list feature. After positive feedback, we are attempting to add Impromptu to our in-person tournament. As this does impact room availability, we cannot guarantee being able to increase event size.  Schools will be notified which entries have been accepted from the wait list no later than Monday, Nov. 21^st, 2022.

Competitors at most may enter:

2 speech events per pattern; or

1 form of debate and 2 speech events in Pattern A.

FEES:

IE Entry, Duo (per team)                                $45.00

IE Judge (per uncovered entry)                      $25.00

Congress, LD, PF (per team)                         $70.00

Debate Judge (per uncovered entry)              $45.00

Entry Drop/Change     11/21               Entry Fee (EF)

Entry Drop/Change     11/23               EF + $25.00

Entry Drop/Change    11/28               EF + $35.00

Entry Drop/Change    11/29               EF +$50.00

Judge Drop                 11/28               $100.00

Judge Drop                 12/2                 $200.00

JUDGE REQUIREMENTS:

• A qualified judge should be provided for every 6 entries or fraction thereof in individual events. 
• A qualified judge should be provided for every 2 entries or fraction thereof in PF and LD.
• A qualified judge should be provided for every school with Congressional Debate entries.  
• Judge pools are separate; no judge may cover more than one obligation.

Entry fees will be calculated at 5pm on Thursday November 14, 2019.

All additional fee changes take place at 5:01 pm of the specified date on pg.1.

Fees are due at or before registration: School or personal checks should be made payable to George Mason University. Hold checks are not accepted. Schools can also pay online. Information regarding online payment will be emailed out on request.

Fees assessed once the tournament has started (for no-show students or no-show judges) should be paid immediately at the ballot table.  Schools with outstanding fees risk preventing their students from participating in elimination rounds.

TOURNAMENT HOTEL:

Marriott Fair Oaks will once again serve as the official tournament hotel for the GMU Patriot Games. The hotel will host tournament registration Friday night December 6^th, 2019 from 7 to 10 PM.