Greetings Colleagues, Coaches, and Friends!

 

The students and alumni of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Speech and Debate Team is pleased to invite your team to the Illini Alumni Classic, taking place asynchronously from February 6th-10th! 

As a student-run team, participating in this tournament helps us to be able to afford things like black books for our competitors, travel fees, and ultimately, helps keep our program running. 

If you have any questions or concerns, reach out to Rachel Perkins by email at rachelp7@illinois.edu or by phone at (224) 770-1828. We hope to see you for a great week of performances!

 

 

Sincerely,

 

Daniel Dravet, Rachel Perkins, Camille Dolce, Carolina Rosas, Christopher O'Brien, and Evan Short

Illini Forensics | Executive Board 2023-2024 

illini.forensics@gmail.com

 

 

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

 

ENTRIES: Asynchronous videos and registration are due to Speechwire by Tuesday, February 6th at 5 p.m. CST. Entries and video links should be posted to Speechwire. Entry fees are $10.00 per slot. Teams who face significant financial hurdles or are student-run may reach out to our tournament director, Rachel Perkins, at rachelp7@illinois.edu for a fee waiver. 

 

JUDGES: We ask that your team provide one judge for every six entries. Hired judges are available at $12.00 per uncovered slot. Due to the difficulty of finding high-quality hired judges, we ask each team to furnish at least one judge. 

 

LIMITED PREP: Limited Preparation events only need to provide one video for the tournament.  Prompts will be posted to Speechwire under “Files for download” by Friday, February 2nd. Impromptu speakers should include prep time in their videos. Extemp speakers need NOT include prep time.

 

AWARDS: Since we are a largely self-funded team, we will be giving out bragging rights instead of trophies for finalists.

 

 

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE:

 

2/2, LP Prompts released on Speechwire

2/6, 5 p.m. CST: Entries and videos due to Speechwire

2/6, 8 p.m. CST: Prelim rounds will be blasted to judges on Speechwire

2/8, 4 p.m. CST: Preliminary Round judging feedback/scores due

2/8, 6 p.m. CST: Final Rounds posted on Speechwire

2/9, 11 p.m. CST: Final round judging feedback/scores due

2/10, 12 p.m. CST: Virtual Awards ceremony on the Illini Speech & Debate Facebook page

2/10, ASAP after awards: Ballots released to coaches via Speechwire

 

 

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