FCDI Northwest #4 at Baker School

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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 Okaloosa County, Florida.

You are cordially invited to the Northwest Florida Civics & Debate Initiative Tournament #4, to be held Saturday, April 15 at Baker School, 1369 14th Street, Baker, FL 32531. This tournament will be live and in person.

The tournament 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 execept Congressional Debate. Congressional Debate will feature 2 one and a half hour sessions. The tournament will begin at 10:30am Eastern Time / 9:30am Central Time. We hope to finish awards by 3pm, 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 Friday, April 7, at 4pm EST / 3pm CST.

Please plan to arrive at the tournament no later than 10:00 am Eastern Time / 9:00 am Central Time 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
• Declamation
• Dramatic Performance
• Duo Interpretation
• Impromptu Speaking
• Lincoln Douglas Debate
• Original Oratory
• Public Forum Debate
• Observers are allowed, but must be registered.

TOPICS:

NOTE: Students will debate BOTH sides of the resolution. 

Lincoln Douglas Debate: We are using the March/April NSDA topic - Resolved: The justices of the Supreme Court of the United States ought to be term-limited..

Public Forum Debate: We are using the April NSDA topic - Resolved: The United States Federal Government should ban the collection of personal data through biometric recognition technology.

CONGRESS LEGISLATION: Submit proposed legislation in either NSDA or NCFL format (either is fine) to ­­­­­­Apryl Taylor, taylorfcdi@gmail.com, no later than 4pm EST / 3pm CST Wednesday, April 5.

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:

Manager contact information

David Fechtel
Email address: David.Fechtel1@fldoe.org
Phone number: 8132954079

Mailing address

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