The SIXTH Annual
Trinity & North Oldham
“Press Your Luck” Three-Round Classic
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Hosted at Trinity High School
4011 Shelbyville Road, Louisville, KY 40207
Dear Speech and Debate Team Coaches/Students:
Trinity High School and North Oldham High School are proud to invite you to the SIXTH Annual Trinity/North Oldham “Press Your Luck” THREE-ROUND Classic on Saturday, October 31, 2015 at Trinity High School in Louisville!
THAT'S RIGHT! It's a day of ALL TREATS and NO TRICKS (although you never know) on this HALLOWEEN-THEMED TOURNAMENT!
Entry registration will be managed through our tournament site at www.tabroom.com. In order to register, you will need to create a user account at that site if you do not have one. Registration can be accessed at www.tabroom.com
Students MAY change into Halloween costumes AFTER competition. We will be hosting some fun games while they wait for awards.
AGAIN THIS YEAR: We both feel that our speech and debate coaches and students are like family, so we are working to include a great service project for participating teams again this year! We will send more details soon, but we are collecting well-needed supplies for the YMCA Safe Place Services of Louisville. We truly hope that your team will help us in this endeavor to provide basic necessities, clothing, and additional items for the upcoming winter season. We are looking forward to posting more details about this very special project! For a quick look at this great organization, check out the link at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUo_BE9rdXQ&fb_source=message
TOURNAMENT DETAILS:
NOTE: We are hosting a CLASSIC THREE-ROUND TOURNAMENT this year. This way, your students will be able to compete in more events, and it will also be a wonderful preparation for the structure of KHSSL State and KCFL.
YES, STUDENTS MAY QUAD in IE!
Non-Debate Students (those only in IE) may enter up to FOUR individual speech events per tournament. Please remind your students, however, that we will not hold rounds for late competitors. They are advised to be on time to all rounds.
WE WILL ALLOW DEBATERS TO DOUBLE OUT WITH ONE INDIVIDUAL SPEECH EVENT—with the exception of EXTEMP.
Students who enter in congress and debate together should understand that debate comes FIRST.
NOTE: If a debater is more than 10-minutes late to a debate round, that competitor will automatically forfeit that round.
We will include varsity rounds in individual events and will feature all thirteen Kentucky high school speech events: Broadcasting (round I commercial, round II three-minute student prepared news, and round III tournament-prepared news program), Declamation, Dramatic Interpretation, Duo Interpretation, Extemporaneous Speaking, Humorous Interpretation, Impromptu Speaking, Improvisational Duo, Oratory, Poetry, POI, Prose, and Storytelling.
The debate portion of the tournament will include BOTH varsity Lincoln Douglas and Public Forum. If there is enough interest, we will offer novice divisions as well.
We would also like to offer POLICY DEBATE and CONGRESS. If you are interested in Policy or Congress, please email one of us at your earliest convenience.
ENTRY DEADLINE
4:00 p.m. EST on Friday, October 30, 2015 . All drops and adds after this deadline will be subject to a $10.00 fee. We will also be assessing a $10 no-show fee for any student who neglects to compete in ANY round without being officially dropped by the team coach. Substitutions are complimentary.
And yes--we will use these topics at our tournament:Policy Debate
2015-2016 Topic
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially curtail its domestic surveillance.
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
2015 September/October LD Topic
Resolved: Adolescents ought to have the right to make autonomous medical choices.
Public Forum Debate
2015 September/October PF Topic Area: Racial Justice
Resolved: The United States Federal Government ought to pay reparations to African Americans.
We will also use the MODEST NOVICE TOPIC.
Link to the KHSSL event rules and ballots:
http://khssl.org/the-handbook/
https://khssl.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/khssl-handbook-14-15-1-0.pdf
Congress and Debate will follow KHSSL rules (which are also NSDA rules).
ENTRIES:
You may enter as many students per event as you like; the top three competitors from your team in each event will count toward team sweepstakes. Congress will be included in the separate overall debate sweepstakes.
ENTRY FEES:
Congress and Individual Events entries are $5.00 per entry per tournament. Duo Interpretation, Improvisational Duo, and Lincoln Douglas Debate entries are $10.00 per entry per tournament. Public Forum and Policy Debate entries are $20 each.
PLEASE MAKE CHECKS OUT TO:
TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH TEAM
The schedule for the speech portion of the tournament will be as follows:
Registration 7:00 am-8:00 am
Extemp Draw Round 1 8:15 am
Judges' Meeting/Ballot Distribution 8:15 am
Round 1 8:30 am-10:00 am
Extemp Draw Round 2 10:15 am
Round 2 10:30 am-12:00 pm
Lunch Break 12:00-12:45 p.m.
Extemp and BC Draw Round 3 12:45 pm
Round 3 1:00 pm-2:30 pm
Finals 3:15 p.m. ALL IE EVENTS
Awards 5:00 pm (estimated)
The schedule for the debate portion of the tournament will be as follows. Debaters will have small breaks in between rounds for lunch opportunities. THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE SHOULD ENTRIES DROP IN NUMBERS.
Round 1: 8:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m.
Round 2: 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Round 3: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Round 4: 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Round 5: 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
And here is the schedule for Congress:
ROUND 1: 9:00-10:00 a.m.
ROUND 2: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
LUNCH BREAK: 12:00 p.m.-1:15 p.m.
ROUND 3: 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
AWARDS:
Trophies will be awarded to the TOP SIX finalists in each individual event per tournament. We will also offer small awards for our 7th place competitors for each tournament. Sweepstakes trophies will be awarded to the top 6 schools in each tournament. The debate tournament will award trophies to the top 4 finishers in each event, top speakers in LD and Policy, and the top 4 schools.
JUDGES/FEES:
You must provide one judge for every six speech entries or fraction thereof; 1-6 entries = 1 judge; 7-12 entries = 2 judges, etc. Remember, Duo Interp and Improv Duo count as one entry in judges needed and as two entries in fees to pay ($5 per student = $10 per duo entry). Debate judges will be 1 for every two entries or fraction thereof.
You may hire judges you do not provide for $40 each, but we want your judges, not your money! Your judges should be familiar with the KHSSL rules and ballots.
We promise the judges lots of delicious food and caffeine in the hospitality lounge! Our judges' lounge is always a HUGE HIT!
SOME HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS:
Days Inn Louisville East – 4621 Shelbyville Road, Louisville (502) 896-8871
Hawthorn Suites Wyndham – 751 Cypress Station Drive, Louisville (502) 899-5959
Extended Stay America – 1401 Browns Lane, Louisville (502) 897-2559
Springhill Suites Marriott – 10101 Forest Green Blvd, Louisville (502) 326-40223
FOOD FOR COMPETITORS:
Food will be available to purchase at the school. We will have various snacks and drinks for sale all day. Students can also order pizza until the end of the first round on the tournament day. Pizza will be sold for $2 per slice or $10 for a whole pizza.
DIRECTIONS:
Trinity High School is roughly 1 hour and 15 minutes from Lexington, 1 hour and 30 minutes from the northern Kentucky areas, and 2 hours and 15 minutes from Bowling Green.
The full school address is 4011 Shelbyville Road, Louisville, Kentucky 40207. Please remember that we are on Eastern Standard Time.
CONVENIENT DIRECTIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE TRINITY WEBSITE:
http://www.thsrock.net/directions
Please remember that we are on Eastern time!
CONTACTING THE TOURNAMENT HOSTS:
Please contact both of these coaches with any changes and/or questions you may have via e-mail or phone:
Rosemary Cundiff-Brown at
(Rosemary is available all day by cell at 502.641.0744 and will return your call ASAP should you have to leave a voice mail)
Amy Zuccaro at
(Amy is available at 502.895.9427 during the second half of the day on a rotating schedule and after 3 p.m. daily at 502.387.9420. She will call you if you have to leave a message).
Fax: 502.899.2052 (Trinity HS)
We hope that you will come to lovely Louisville and enjoy a great day of competition and loads of fun--See you on Saturday, October 31, 2015!
Amy Zuccaro Rosemary Cundiff-Brown
(Trinity Coach) (North Oldham Coach)