WHITMAN 37^th Annual High School Speech Tournament

Invitation 2009, 1.0

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

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THE 2009 TOURNAMENT

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

Dear Coach,

We invite you to the 37^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, November 6, IE’s begin. On Saturday morning, November 7, Parli, Public Forum, and Student Congress begin. All events finish Saturday, November 7 in the evening. The tournament features outstanding competition. Last year, 48 schools 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.

· NEW SCHEDULE THIS YEAR. We start 1 hour earlier on Thursday and end much earlier on Saturday.

· NEW: Parli team debate (students who do not advance in Policy or LD can compete in it as well). Student Congress Super Session. All IEs in one pattern and no conflicts with debate.

· 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.

· 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. 10 Public Forum and Parli Debate Teams. (e.g. 10 Parli teams; or 7 Pub Forum debate teams and 3 Parli teams; or 10 Pub Forum debate teams).
--MAX. 30 IE Slots including Student Congress entries.

· 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, and NEW lectures on Public Forum Debate, Parli Debate, and Student Congress.

· 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