11th Annual
Eastside Catholic "Crusader" Forensics
Invitational Tournament - 2011
Hosted by Eastside Catholic High School
FEBRUARY 11-12, 2010
Dear Coach:

Enclosed you will find information on the eleventh annual Eastside Catholic "Crusader" Forensics Invitational Tournament.  We are offering Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Public Forum Debate, Policy Debate, Student Congress and all eight state IE events.  Please be careful to read the conflict patterns and division requirements.  The tournament allows large debate and individual event entries which may force us to limit the number of schools attending, so we recommend registering early.  If there are any questions or concerns, please contact us at the numbers listed below.  

Jeff Gans and James Wiegel, Directors - Eastside Catholic H.S. (206) 890-7836 
Eastside Catholic High School FAX (425) 392-5160
Email: jgans@eastsidecatholic.org (preferred method of contact)

Some reminders of importance:  This is a non-smoking campus and food/drink (other than water) is not allowed outside the cafeteria.  These items will be confiscated and persons with them will be asked to leave.

Please make sure that you cover your entry with the correct number of judges for each round.  Also have a certified supervisor per WIAA rules on our campus for the entire tournament.  If a certified supervisor is not on campus your team will be asked to leave and this violation will be reported to your school and the WIAA.  Please do not put us in this situation.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION:

Registration should be in our hands by Tuesday, February 8th.  Fees are set at 4:00 P.M. on Tuesday and are NOT reduced with drops after that time.  Registration is at a first come, first served basis.  We will send a confirmation of your registration on Wednesday, February 9th.

LIMITATIONS:

Six Lincoln-Douglas debate slots per school, three public forum debate slots per school, three policy slots per school, eight student congress spots and twenty individual events slots per school.  No maximum entry per individual event.  A school may enter more participants but they must be registered as a second squad with a separate registration and fee.  Schools that enter more than one squad will NOT be protected from hitting that second team.

DIVISIONS:

There will be ONE division for all events.  

DEBATE:

The Lincoln-Douglas topic will be the Jan/Feb NFL topic as published by NFL.  
Times for LD: 6-3-7-3-4-6-3 with four minutes downtime for each debater.  

The Policy debate topic will be the 2010-2011 topic as published by the NFL.

The Public Forum Debate topic will be the February topic as published by NFL.  
Times for Public Forum: 4-4-3-4-4-3-2-2-3-2-2 with two minutes downtime for each team.

PLEASE NOTE THAT DISCLOSURE IS EXPECTED AND ORAL CRITIQUES ARE ENCOURAGED WITHIN REASONABLE TIME LIMITS.

CONFLICT PATTERNS:

Due to time limitations, debaters cannot enter Pattern B events.  Congress finals conflicts with Pattern B IE’s, but students CAN double enter and simply make a motion to leave the chamber in order to go to their Pattern B round.

Pattern A:			Pattern B:

Extemporaneous		Impromptu
Dramatic Interpretation		Humorous Interpretation
Expository			Oratory
Dual Interpretations		Interpretive Reading

STUDENTS MAY NOT ENTER CONFLICTING EVENTS; YOU MAY ENTER ONE EVENT IN EACH PATTERN

INDIVIDUAL EVENT RULES

All events shall use the WSFA and WIAA penalty procedure for overtime and state rules will be used for all events.  

JUDGING:

Each debate judge will cover 2 LD debaters OR Public Forum teams OR Policy teams.  Judges CANNOT cover multiple pools.  Thus a school that has two LD and one Public Forum needs two judges, one to cover the LD and one to cover the Public Forum.  Each Individual Events or Student Congress Judge covers 1-6 spots.  Each event a speaker enters is considered a spot.  Thus a speaker doing two events counts as 2 spots for judging.  Thus four speakers doing two speeches each equal 8 spots and two judges.

Debate judges may be asked to cover individual events unless they specify debate only.  In this event, the judges for both pools must be provided.  

FEES:

There will be a $30.00 school fee. LD, Policy, and Public Forum are each $15.00, and each student congress and speech entry is $10.00.  Each speech again counts for one speech, thus a speaker doing two speeches costs $20.00.  Uncovered entries will be assessed a $50 fine per entry uncovered.  

AWARDS:

Debate will have first and second in each division and superior awards. Student Congress will have three to five awards depending on how clean the break is and will award a top Presiding Officer.  Individual Events will have superior awards for finalists not placing in the top three and will have separate awards for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.  For partner events, those receiving trophies will receive one trophy (for the school) and two superior awards (one for each competitor).

DEADLINES:

Registration online is due TUESDAY, FEB 8th by 4:00 P.M.  Fees will be set at that time.  Registration will occur on Forensicstournament.net  

DIRECTIONS: 
Take I-90 E to the Issaquah-Highlands Exit, head left (North) up the hill, and continue straight onto Issaquah-Pine Lake Road.  Turn right onto 228th then, after passing Skyline High School, turn R into Eastside Catholic (Crusader Drive).  If you hit Eastlake High School you went one school too far

Hotel Information
There aren’t many hotels up on the Sammamish Plateau, but Issaquah is only 15 minutes away and there are two hotels there.  Bellevue (20 minutes away) has multiple hotels.

Hilton Garden Inn					Holiday Inn		
1800 NW Gilman Blvd					1801 12th Avenue NW
Issaquah, WA						Issaquah, WA
 (425) 837-3600						(425) 392-6421

From the hotel, you would take I-90 E to the Issaquah-Highlands Exit, head left (North) up the hill, and continue straight onto Issaquah-Pine Lake Road.  Turn right onto 228th  then, after passing Skyline High School, turn R into Eastside Catholic.  If you hit Eastlake High School you went one school too far!

EASTSIDE CATHOLIC EIGHTH ANNUAL INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE 

Friday, February 11

Registration			3:00 - 3:30	In Front of Library 
				
Debate 1 (Pre-set)		3:30 - 5:30	Student Congress Session 1 
Debate 2 (Pre-set)		5:30- 7:30	Student Congress Session 2 
Debate 3			7:45 – 9:30	
						
	(Ballots are picked up and returned in front of the library)

Saturday, February 12

IE Registration			7:00 - 8:00	In Front of Library.
Extemp Draw			7:30		
Pattern A - 1			8:00 - 9:00
Debate 4 / Pattern B -1 		9:00 - 11:00
Extemp Draw			10:45		
Pattern A - 2			11:15 - 12:15
Debate 5 / Pattern B - 2		12:15 - 2:15 	Student Congress Super Session 1  
Extemp Draw			2:00		
Pattern A - 3			2:15 - 3:15
Debate 6 / Pattern B - 3		3:30 - 5:30	Student Congress Super Session 2  
IE Finals			5:45 - 6:30
Debate Semis			6:30 - 7:30	
Awards				7:30 - 8:15	In the Commons 
Debate Finals			8:15 - 9:15

Pattern A:			Pattern B:

Extemporaneous		Impromptu
Dramatic Interpretation		Humorous Interpretation
Expository			Oratory
Dual Interpretations		Interpretive Reading