Parkway West Fall Classic
October 20th & 21st, 2017
Dear Coaches and Squad,
The Parkway West Chapter of the National Speech & Debate Association is pleased to invite your team to the Parkway West Fall Classic! Parkway West High School will host a full tournament offering an array of NSDA and MSHSAA events and debates for both varsity and novice competitors. We hope to start your season with events to appeal to your newest members as well as seasoned veterans. We will offer Novice & Varsity divisions of all three forms of debate as well as a balance of Public Speaking and Interpretation Events with an array of novice options. Please see the General Rules sections for specifications on the difference in division as well as specifications on electronic usage during rounds.
Also, please note the judging obligations for each school. Please fill out our ONLINE JUDGING FORM for ANY of your school judges, including student judges. Of course, if varsity members do not advance they are also welcome to visit the judging table to receive an assignment. Please remember that students must be in their second year of competition with at least 150 NSDA points to judge.
More information will be coming soon about our team philanthropy. Please check back for details.
Please register through Speechwire by Wednesday, October 11th at 4pm. No additional entries will be accepted after this time. Adjustments can be made to existing entries after this date only if room allows. Drops can be made without penalty by Wednesday, October 18th at 4pm.
We hope to see you in October!
Your hosts,
Cara Borgsmiller Megan Hornsby Rebecca Craig
Forensics & Debate Director Assistant Coach Assistant Coach
314.415.7571
Nick Bateman, Cheryl Ma, Ryan O’Connor, Gokul Venkatachalam
Parkway West NSDA Elected Executive Board Members
Parkway West Fall Classic Entry Worksheet
Entries must be submitted via Speechwire. Feel free to use this sheet for your own planning purposes.
You may enter up to FOUR in each event. Call or e-mail if you want more, we can try to accommodate. However, we may have to enforce entry caps.
Domestic Extemp ______
Foreign Extemp ______
Novice Extemp ______
Original Oratory ______
Novice Oratory ______
Radio Speaking ______
Novice Radio ______
Humorous Interp ______
Dramatic Interp ______
Varsity Duo Interp ______
Novice Duo Interp ______
Novice Interp (HI/DI) ______
Varsity POI ______
Novice Prose/Poetry ______
Varsity Informative Speaking ______
Novice Informative Speaking ______
Open Congress ______
Varsity Public Forum ______
Novice Public Forum ______
Varsity Lincoln-Douglas ______
Novice Lincoln-Douglas ______We reserve the right to collapse any Novice Divisions and
Varsity Policy ______HI & DI and FX & DX if numbers warrant it.
Novice Policy ______We may remove Open Informative if numbers warrant it.
TOTAL NUMBER Single Competitor ENTRIES ______X $7.00 PER ENTRY = $ ______
TOTAL NUMBER Team Competitor ENTRIES ______X $10.00 PER ENTRY = $ ______
(Duo, Policy, Public Forum)
TOTAL = $ ______
SEND ENTRIES TO: CARA BORGSMILLER
PARKWAY WEST HIGH SCHOOL
14653 CLAYTON ROAD
BALLWIN, MO 63011 FAX: (314) 415-7534
(314) 415-7571 E-MAIL:
ENTRY DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11th at 4pm.
You may make changes without penalty before Wednesday, October 18thby 4pm.
GENERAL RULES:
1. A student may enter up to two events OR student congress.
2. Debaters may not enter more than one debate event: Policy, L-D, Public Forum.
3. Extempers may not enter in more than one division: Foreign or Domestic
4. Novices are ONLY those competing for the first time who have not earned NSDA membership. Varsity members are those who have competed before and earned at least 25 NSDA points (or the equivalent). A student CAN be entered in BOTH Varsity and Novice divisions so long as they meet the above requirements.
5. In Extemp, speaking order will take precedence for those double-entered.
6. Any student more than ten minutes late to a round will forfeit participation in that round (provided the delay is not the fault of the tournament). DOUBLE ENTERED STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLETE BOTH PERFORMANCES IN THE TIME ALLOTTED FOR EACH ROUND. Double entered students are expected to inform their judges that they may be late prior to the start of the round.
7. Non-internet connected computers, electronic storage, and retrieval devices, tablets etc. without sound or video capabilities shall be allowed in Policy, Lincoln-Douglas, Public Forum, Extemporaneous Speaking, Prose/Poetry Reading, and Radio Speaking. See the attached electronic use rules for more details.
8. Except for a change necessitated by a double entry, contestants are expected to speak in the order assigned.
9. No additional entries will be accepted after Wednesday, October 11th at 4:00pm unless room becomes available. Drops will be accepted without penalty until 4:00 pm on Thursday, October 19th. Drops made after that time will forfeit the entry fee. Cancellations at registration will result in a 5 point deduction in sweeps per drop.
10. Smoking is not allowed anywhere on our campus by students or adults.
11. ALL SCHOOLS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A SUPERVISING ADULT PER MSHSAA REQUIREMENTS PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE TOURNAMENT as well as the number of judges required by the entry.
**Competitors:Most of your judges will be members of the Parkway West School and community.Many will be judging for the first time.We advise you to keep this in mind and adjust your performances accordingly.
This is especially true for policy debaters.
DEBATE RULES:
Policy Debate—(8-3-5 time limits): Two-person teams will debate the NSDA/MSHSAA topic:Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its funding and/or regulation of elementary and/or secondary education in the United States. NSDA rules will be followed. Five minutes of preparation time will be allowed per team. The top eight teams will advance to quarterfinals if the numbers allow. No mavericks. See laptop rules for computer use. Novices cannot use Counter Plans or Kritiks. They must use a case from the following novice case areas: Increase funding for 1. Native American education, 2. School choice vouchers, 3. STEM programs, Regulation: 1. Ban zero tolerance discipline policies, 2. Funding equalization for low-income schools.
Lincoln-Douglas Debate—(6-3-7-3-4-6-3 time limits):Individuals will debate the September/October NSDA/MSHSAA topic: Resolved: In the United States, national service ought to be compulsory. NSDA rules will be followed. Four minutes of preparation time will be allowed per speaker. The top eight debaters will advance to quarterfinals. Per MSHSAA rules, we will NOT be using the Novice LD topic. All students should prepare the varsity topic.
Public Forum –(4-3-4-3-2-3-2time limits) Two-person teams will debate the September/October NSDA/MSHSAA topic: Resolved: Deployment of anti-missile systems is in South Korea’s best interest. The NSDA rules will be followed. Two minutes of preparation time will be allowed per team. Teams will flip each round unless they have met before – sides will be set (they still flip for speaker position). The winner of the coin toss can choose either side (pro or con) OR the speaker position (first or last). The coin toss loser has the other choice. Each side is allowed two minutes of preparation during the round. The top eight teams will advance to quarterfinals.
Debate Tie-breakers for ALL Debates:
a. Win/Loss record
b. Head to head
c. Record of opponent lost to
d. Total opposition record
e. Oppositions’ opposition record
f. Total speaker points if needed
INDIVIDUAL EVENTS DESCRIPTIONS AND RULES:
Original Oratory—An original persuasive speech is written by the contestant, containing no more than 150 words of
quoted material. Memorized delivery is required in the varsity division. Novices may use scripts but are encouraged not to. NSDA rules will be used. Time limit—10 minutes maximum, no minimum.
Informative Speaking— An original informative speech is written by the contestant and must be memorized. Students
present information which the audience may or may not possess and which the student believes important for the audience – the goal is to education, not to advocate. NSDA rules will be used. Time limit—10 minutes maximum, no minimum.
Radio Speaking—Students prepare and present a five minute script which contains news, weather, sports and a
commercial. The commercial may or may not be original. News must be no more than 24 hours old as of the start
of the tournament. Students may read their script from a computer or tablet. Students will sit facing away from the
judge while presenting. Aside from the use of a commercial, MSHSAA rules will be used. Time limit – 5 minutes
Extemporaneous Speaking—Contestants draw a topic on current events or issues and are given thirty minutes to
prepare a speech. Contestants are allowed the use of one note card during delivery but risk the reduction of points for doing so. NSDA rules will be used. Speech time limit—7 minutes maximum, no minimum.
Dramatic and Humorous Interpretation—Memorized selections from published material of literary merit are presented.
There is no dialogue requirement. Movement below the waist should be limited. Selections are to be properly introduced. NSDA rules will be used. Time limit—10 minutes maximum, no minimum.
Duo Interpretation—A memorized selection of any published source of literary merit is performed by two students.
Performers may stand in any arrangement suitable. Offstage focus should be used. NSDA rules will be used. Time limit—10 minutes maximum, no minimum.
Prose/Poetry Reading—Selections taken from a published source of literary merit are read from script or a tablet/e-
reader. Prose selections may contain no more than 50% dialogue, and are to be properly introduced. Poetry can be a singular poem or come from multiple sources connected either by author or theme. It must be written in verse and is to be properly introduced. Competitors will choose ONLY ONE to perform but will compete in sections of students doing both. MSHSAA rules will be used. Time limit—8 minutes maximum, no minimum.
Program of Oral Interpretation (POI) – Students create a theme or argument through the use of narrative, story,
language, and/or characterization - they draw on selections from at least two of the following: prose, poetry, and/or drama. A manuscript must be use and the pieces must be properly introduced. NSDA rules will be used. Time limit – 10 minutes
Advancing—The top 12-14 speakers with the lowest total scores will advance to Semi-Finals.
To advance to Semifinals, ties will be broken with:
1. Total preliminary reciprocals
2. Total speaker ratings.
The top three competitors in each semi-finals room with the lowest total score will advance to the Final Round.
To advance to finals and to determine final rankings, ties will be broken by:
1. judges’ preference,
2. reciprocals from the round,
3. total speaker ranking from the round
If numbers warrant it, there will be two or three preliminary rounds advancing straight to finals.
Congress—We will be running an NSDA style Congressional Debate. There will be three preliminary sessions in which judges will rank their top 8 competitors after scoring the complete session. There will be one super session with 12 – 15 students. Depending on the number of entries we will advance between the top 2 – 5 students in each chamber if they receive the lowest cumulative rank across the three sessions.
To advance to supersession, ties will be broken by:
1. total preliminary reciprocals
2. total preliminary speech scores
Super session will have a panel of judges scoring each speech and then ranking their top 8 competitors. Students with the lowest ranking will be awarded.
To determine final rankings, ties will be broken by:
1. Judges’ preference
2. Final round reciprocals
3. Speech score totals in finals
4. Speech score totals from preliminary rounds
If you wish to send original legislation, please send no more than two by Friday, October 6th. To fill the rest of the docket, we will be using selected legislation from the Greater St. Louis Speech League Docket. We will send out legislation on Monday, October, 9th. Chambers will default to AUTHORSHIP speeches but will allow SPONSORSHIP speeches if there is not authoring school in the room.
JUDGES:
Each participating school must provide one qualified adult judge to be available during all rounds. IN ADDITION, schools bringing more than 12 total EVENT entries and/or 8 total DEBATE entries must provide an additional adult judge. You must also supply an additional judge for novice rounds if your novice entries exceed 8 total. See the entry form for details. Failure to comply will result in a reduction of your entry to meet your standard. This holds true for all preliminary rounds.
AWARDS & SWEEPSTAKES RULES:
Trophies will be awarded to the TOP SIX competitors in each event as well as quarterfinalists, semi-finalists, finalists in debate. In terms of team awards, we will recognize the top 5 team with the top THREE receiving trophies. Each school’s BEST TWO ENTRIES in each event/division will be tabulated for sweepstakes awards.
Points in Events & Debate will be awarded to the top two entries from each school as follows:
Any Entry……………………………………… one point
Event Semi-Finals…………………………… five points
Event Finals/Supersession…………………. ten points
Event Third Place………………………...... five points
Event Second Place………………………….. ten points
Event First Place……………………………… fifteen points
Debate Win …………………………………… five points
Quarterfinals …………………………………. ten points
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Friday, October 20th, 2017
Registration……………………………………………..2:45 – 3:15
Extemp Draw……………………………………………………3:30
Events/Congress Session I……..……………………………3:45
Extemp Draw……………………………………………………5:00
Events/Congress Session II….………………………………5:15
Debate Round I……………………..…………………………..6:45
Debate Round II…………………….…………………………..8:15
Saturday, October 21st, 2017
Extemp Draw…………………………………………………..7:30
Event Semi-Finals/Congress Session III………………….8:00
Debate Round III………………………………………………9:15
Debate Round IV…………………………………………….10:45
Extemp Draw……………………………………………...….12:30
Event Finals/Supersession…………………….………...….1:00
Debate Quarterfinals………………….………………………2:15
AWARDS ………….……………..….…….5:00
Debate Semi-Finals ………………………..…..……………...5:45