12th Annual
Eastside Catholic "Crusader" Forensics
Invitational Tournament - 2012
Hosted by Eastside Catholic High School
FEBRUARY 3-4, 2012
Dear Coach:

Enclosed you will find information on the twelfth annual Eastside Catholic "Crusader" Forensics Invitational Tournament.  We are offering again Lincoln-Douglas debate, public forum debate, policy debate, student congress and all eight state IE events.  The tournament is a state bid at finals in all debate and 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 me at the numbers listed below.  

Jeff Gans, Head Debate Coach
Eastside Catholic High School
Cell: (206) 890-7836
Fax: (425) 392-5160
Email: jgans@eastsidecatholic.org (preferred method of contact)

Eastside Catholic is a non-smoking campus and food/drink (other than water) is not allowed outside the cafeteria.  Also, we employ an outside security firm that sometimes locks doors without telling me.  Please abide by the food and tobacco rules and don’t prop doors open.  If something is locked, please call me immediately.   

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.  

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION:

Registration should be in our hands by Tuesday, January 31st.  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 1st.

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 2011-2012 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 IE 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; 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.  

A note about debate judges: Please provide trained judges, not just warm bodies to fill your commitment.  There’s nothing worse for debaters than working all season only to end up in front of a judge who has never seen the activity.

FEES:

There will be a $30.00 school fee. LD, policy, public forum, and student congress are each $15.00.  Each speech entry is $10.00, including duo.  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 or dropped from competition.  Please provide enough judges – we really don’t want to drop competitors but our hand may be forced due to Washington’s congenital judge shortage.

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, JANUARY 31ST 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 right into Eastside Catholic at Crusader Way.  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 right into Eastside Catholic at Crusader Way.  If you hit Eastlake High School you went one school too far.

EASTSIDE CATHOLIC TWELFTH ANNUAL INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE 

Friday, February 3

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)

*In an effort to start on time, payment will be accepted throughout the evening.  If you have no changes, simply pick up your packet and let us know you’re here.

Saturday, February 8

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