WHITMAN 36^th Annual High School Speech Tournament

Invitation 2008, 1.0c

Intro Letter	Lodging	Air Travel	Entries-Fees	Judging	Student Info & Certification
Driving to Whitman	Schedule	Policy-LD-PForum Info	IE-Parli-St. Cong. Info	Sweeps Info and Results	Judge Info & Certification

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Northwest HS Debate Web Site

THE 2009 TOURNAMENT

November 5-7, 2009 We will start Registration at 3pm. First round at 4pm.

Team Registration has closed.

Changes to your entry should be emailed to Jim at hansonjb@whitman.edu

Dear Coach,

We invite you to the 36^th Annual High School Speech Tournament at Whitman College, nestled in the Walla Walla valley and buttressed by the Blue Mountains. The tournament will begin Thursday early evening October 30^th, for LD and Policy Debate. On Friday morning, October 31^st, IE’s, Parli one-person debate, and Student Congress start up; and all events finish Saturday the 1^st. The tournament features outstanding competition. Last year, 61 schools from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and California attended the tournament. We are excited to host you at this year’s tournament!

FEATURES

· LONG ROUND SCHEDULE making the tournament on-time and more relaxed.

· TOC Bids in Finals for LD and Policy.

· ENTRY LIMITS. We restrict entries to avoid overcrowding at our school and at local hotels.
--MAX. 10 Policy Debate teams and/or LD Debaters (e.g. 10 LDers; or 7 Policy debate teams and 3 LDers; or 10 Policy debate teams).
--MAX. 6 Public Forum Debate Teams.
--MAX. 30 IE Slots including Parli and Student Congress entries.

· JUDGING QUALITY. We have a training page specifically for new judges. We have judging philosophies for debate.

· Preference Sheets for Champ LD and Policy TOC QUALIFYING debate plus judge philosophies ensuring you the best judging experience possible.

· Lois Gorne of Federal Way (IEs), Sarah Sherry of Puyallup (Policy), Charlie Potter of Mount Vernon (Extemp) and Roberta Rice of Central Valley (Student Congress) will serve in the tab rooms along with our folks.

· STUDENT CONGRESS: Be sure to submit bills by October 15.

· Educational Lectures by champion competitors on Policy Debate, LD Debate, Interp, and Speaking Events.

· Food service during our tournament. We will keep you fed.

· NOTE: MAKE SURE ALL OF YOUR STUDENTS AND JUDGES GET CERTIFIED.

You register at forensictournament.net Link provided in late September.

Sign up for the system

Then follow the links and explanations of how to register

You can go back in again and make adds and drops

If you have any problems with the site, just email Jim Hanson at hansonjb@whitman.edu

NOTE: WIAA rules require that the director of the school’s team or a certified instructor from your school district supervise all competitors. Questions? Contact the WIAA at 425-687-8585. SORRY—STUDENTS WITHOUT SCHOOL OR DISTRICT SUPPORT FOR ENTRY ARE NOT PERMITTED.

Coming from outside WA-OR-ID-CA-UT? Contact Jim at hansonjb@whitman.edu BY OCTOBER 1 to allow time to get state approval for your participation.

We have a beautiful, small college campus. Our tournament is fun and features educational seminars.

We have worked hard to craft our tournament to achieve the goals you have expressed in feedback. We hope you will join us.

Jim Hanson, Director of Forensics and Professor, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 99362

hansonjb@whitman.edu

Bob Withycombe Professor of Rhetoric

Aaron Hardy Policy Debate Coach

Eric Chalfant Assistant Policy Debate Coach

Mike Meredith Parliamentary Debate and IE Coach

Whitman National Debate Institute Info, Click Here