TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
MUSIC CITY SWING

OCTOBER 17-19, 2014

Colleagues:

It is our pleasure to invite you to the annual Music City Swing tournament, hosted by Tennessee State University in Nashville, TN on October 17-19, 2014. This year, we have combined our debate and individual events tournaments to offer one forensics-filled weekend of fun and competition.

The tournament will feature 2 6-round individual IPDA tournaments (Novice, Varsity, and Professional) and 2 Individual Events tournaments. Debate will start on Friday afternoon with prelims for both tournaments on Friday and Saturday, with elimination rounds on Sunday. The Saturday individual events tournament is hosted by TSU and the Sunday tournament is hosted by our forensics alumni.

Enclosed you will find pertinent information relating to the tournament, schedule, awards, fees, and accommodations. We sincerely hope you will join us in Nashville this October.

Adam Key
Tournament Director
Assistant Director of Forensics
Cell: 832-515-0167
Email: / Shaunte Caraballo
Director of Forensics
Office: 615-963-7491
Email: / JD Smith
Assistant Director of Forensics
Email:

Tournament Schedule (As soon as possible, debate elimination rounds will be compressed to allow both tournaments’ elimination rounds to run simultaneously)

Friday, October 17, 2014 / Saturday, October 18, 2014 / Sunday, October 19, 2014
1:00pm Registration
1:30pm IPDA Rd 1
2:45pm IPDA Rd 2
4:00pm IPDA Rd 3
5:15pm IPDA Rd 4
6:30pm IPDA Rd 5
7:45pm IPDA Rd 6
9:00pm Coaches Review / 8:00am Registration
8:30am Extemp Draw
9:00am FLIGHT A Round I
10:15am FLIGHT B Round I
& IPDA Rd 1
11:30am Extemp Draw
12:00pm FLIGHT A Round II
1:15pm FLIGHT B Round II
& IPDA Rd 2
2:30pm IPDA Rd 3
3:45pm IPDA Rd 4
5:00pm IPDA Rd 5
6:15pm Extemp Draw
6:45pm FLIGHT A Finals
8:00pm FLIGHT B Finals
& IPDA Rd 6
9:15pm IPDA Coaches Review
ASAP Awards (IE First Half & Debate) / 8:30am Extemp Draw
& IPDA Tourn1 Elim 1
9:00am FLIGHT A Rd 1
9:45am IPDA Tourn2 Elim 1
10:15am FLIGHT B Rd 1
11:00am IPDA Tourn1 Elim 2
12:00pm Extemp Draw
12:15pm IPDA Tourn2 Elim 2
12:30pm FLIGHT A Rd 2
1:30pm IPDA Tourn1 Elim 3
1:45pm FLIGHT B Rd 2
2:15pm IPDA Tourn2 Elim 3
3:00pm Extemp Draw
3:30pm FLIGHT A Finals
& IPDA Tourn1 Elim 4
4:15pm FLIGHT B Finals
& IPDA Tourn2 Elim 4
5:30pm Awards

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION:

Due to scheduling restraints, two entry limitations apply: Competitors in debate tournament 2 may only enter in Flight A events of IE tournament 1 and competitors in either debate tournament cannot enter in events in IE tournament 2. Beyond that, entries will not be limited except by judging and room constraints. All contestants and judges must take responsibility in getting to draw and rounds on time. Registration will occur in the lobby of Crouch Hall.

IPDA: IPDA rules will govern the event.

30 minutes prep using IPDA guidelines for competition. (5-2-6-2-3-5-3). All competitors have 1 minute per strike and should use timers to insure fairness.

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS: AFA-NIET rules will govern all events, with the exception that Impromptu will follow the new NFA national tournament style of prompts.

FLIGHT A: Extemp, Persuasive, CA, Duo, and Poetry.

FLIGHT B: Impromptu, Informative, Prose, DI, POI and ADS.

We will email you a parking pass when we send out tournament entries. Please fill out the necessary information and place it on the dashboard of your vehicle. Parking may be a bit crowded on Friday, but there will be plenty of spots available on Saturday and Sunday.

ENTRIES/JUDGES

The entry fee is $25 per covered, $40 per uncovered debate entry, and $10 per covered IE entry, $15 per uncovered IE entry.

PLEASE BRING JUDGES! Each judge covers 4 debaters or 6 IE slots. All uncovered entries will be assessed a fee ($15 for debate entry, $5 per IE slot). We will try to accommodate your judging preferences, but will utilize all available judges to make sure rounds run on time.

Given the need for as many judges as possible to run an unflighted debate tournament of this size, we will offer an additional “supercovered” discount for debate only. If you bring 1 judge for every 2 debaters, the entry fee for each “supercovered” debater drops from $25 to $15.

ALL JUDGES MUST BE AVAILABLE ONE ROUND PAST PROGRAM ELIMINATION. This means that if you have a debater in both tournaments, you must be available for one round past elimination for each tournament.

ENTRY DEADLINE

Please email your entries to Adam Key () by 5pm on Tuesday October 14, 2014. Fees will be assessed at 5pm on Wednesday, October 15, 2014. All changes after the deadline will be $15 (each time). Drops only at registration. We will confirm your entries by email. If you do not receive email confirmation within a reasonable time, please contact Adam to make sure we received your entry.

AWARDS

Awards include:

Trophies for all competitors reaching elimination rounds
Top novice awards for all individual events
1st-5th place speaker awards for all debate divisions
1st-3rd place tournament sweepstakes for each tournament
1st-3rd place overall debate sweepstakes
1st-3rd place overall individual event sweepstakes
1st-3rd place combined sweepstakes
1st-5th place Pentathalon awards for each IE tournament

Pentathlon Award: 1st - 5th place awards will be given. Contestants for this event must be entered in at least five individual events (one each of prepared PA, unprepared PA and interp).

Sweepstakes formula

Debate:
Each prelim win/bye: 3 points (top 4 competitors in each division)
Speaker awards: 1st = 5 points, 2nd = 4 points, 3rd = 3 points, 4th = 2 points, 5th = 1 points

Individual events:
Points will be awarded for preliminary rounds (prelim points will be: 1st = 3, 2nd = 2, 3rd = 1) and final rankings.

HOTELS

We do not have a tournament hotel, but Nashville offers numerous options at a reasonable rate. Hotels near the university include:

Comfort Inn
412 White Bridge Pl
Nashville, TN
(615) 356-0888 / Best Western Plus
5600 Obrien Ave
Nashville, TN
(615) 354-1711 / Holiday Inn Express
5612 Lenox Ave
Nashville, TN
(615) 353-0700 / Days Inn
269 White Bridge Pike
Nashville, TN
(615) 356-9100

ENTRY FORM:

DEBATE: (Please indicate 1st tournament, 2nd tournament, or Both)

PROFESSIONAL

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

6.______

7.______

VARSITY

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

6.______

7.______

NOVICE

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

6.______

7.______

8.______

9.______

10.______

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS: List full names under appropriate events and indicate novices. Debaters in Tournament 2 can only enter in Flight A of the TSU half. No debater may enter in the Alumni half.)

(Please indicate TSU, Alumni, or Both parts of swing)

Flight A (Add more lines if necessary)

EXT

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

CA

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

PERS

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

POE

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

DUO

1.______/______

2.______/______

3.______/______

4.______/______

5.______/______

Flight B (Add more lines if necessary)

IMP

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

ADS

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

INF

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

DI

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

PRO

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

POI

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Pentathlon Contestants: List full names.

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

6.______

7.______

8.______

9.______

10.______

Judges: Indicate eligibility to judge IEs (bachelor’s degree) and which tournament(s) they will cover.

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

6.______

7.______

8.______

9.______

10.______

TOURNAMENT FEE CALCULATION

TSU FEES- Saturday 10/18

I.E. & Duo Slots @ $10 ea. ______

Uncovered IE's @ $15 ea. ______

ALUMNI FEES- Sunday 10/19

I.E. & Duo Slots @ $10 ea. ______

Uncovered IE's @ $15 ea. ______

IPDA TOURNAMENT 1
Supercovered IPDA entries @ $15 ea.______
IPDA Entries @ $25 ea. ______

Uncovered IPDA @ $40 ea. ______

IPDA TOURNAMENT 2
Supercovered IPDA entries @ $15 ea.______
IPDA Entries @ $25 ea. ______

Uncovered IPDA @ $40 ea. ______

Drops/Changes @ $15each______After the Wednesday, 5 pm deadline

TOTAL FEES ______