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FCDI Statewide Virtual #1
General information This information is from a tournament in a past season! This is a High School tournament in Florida. View manager contact information You are cordially invited to the Florida Civics & Debate Initiative FCDI Statewide Virtual #1 to be held on Wednesday, November 30. This tournament will be virtual. The FCDI Statewide Virtual #1 offers middle school and high school competition. All Florida schools are welcome to compete in this tournament. There will be 2 rounds of competition. The tournament will begin at 5:30PM EST/4:30PM CST. The full schedule can be found in the Schedule tab on the registration page for the tournament. REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE TUESDAY NOVEMBER 22 AT 6:00PM. 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. No double entry allowed. Maximum six entries per event per team. Speechwire student accounts are required for participation at FCDI tournaments. There is a powerpoint with helpful information in the Files for Download tab. Students may also watch this helpful video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQgqptPqNtA OUR LIVE EVENTS INCLUDE:
Congress legislation due to Apryl Taylor at taylorfcdi@gmail.com by Noon Thursday, November 17 TOPICS:
We will use NSDA Campus for our live virtual events. Instructions on how to use NSDA Campus can be found on the “Files for Download” tab. All competitors and judges must have a Speechwire account. OUR ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS INCLUDE:
Asynchronous Events require students to video their performance in advance. Coaches then upload it to Speechwire. Students in those events do not have to present during the tournament. ORAL INTERPRETATION requires two (2) videos per student. Link POETRY as Video #1 and PROSE as Video #2. Instructions on how to upload speech/interp videos can be found on the “Files for Download” tab. Videos must be uploaded by Noon, Mon, Nov 28. JUDGES: Adults, coaches, and qualified varsity students (juniors or seniors with at least 75 NSDA points) may judge. 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. The judge ratio for this tournament is 1 judge for every two debate entries; 1 judge for every 5 speech/interp/congress entries. All judges must register have a Speechwire Judge Account account. There is a powerpoint in the “Files for Download” tab. Judges may also view this helpful video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJXxeVS-KgM COACHES: Coaches must be available for the duration of the tournament. FEES: $4 per 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: Day of tournament contact is Paul Gaba. Phone is 561-352-0635. Please only text Paul after 5pm EST. Please include your name and school when texting. You may email Paul with any issues prior to that time as he will be in class - paul.gaba@palmbeachschools.org Beth Eskin Mailing address Florida Debate Initiative SpeechWire Tournament Services - Copyright 2004-2024 Ben Stewart. All Rights Reserved. Terms of use - Privacy and Security Policy
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