The Maranacook Community High School Speech and Debate Team is pleased to invite you to an ALL Events Tournament – Speech, Debate and Congressional Debate on December 16, 2017.

Registration

www.tabroom.com $7.00 per entry (New schools $3.50); Teams (Duo and PF) are two entries ($14).

Entry fees are NOT capped for this tournament.

Any questions:  Patrick Forgue, Coach [email protected] Phone or text 248-2720 or Amy Trunnell [email protected] Phone or text 685-9202

Deadlines

Registration: 11:55 pm, Wednesday, December 13
Judge hire request: 11:55 pm, Wednesday, December 13
Judge entry: 7 pm, Friday, December 15
Fees frozen (nonrefundable): 7pm, Friday, December 15
Drop deadline (nuisance fee applied): 8:00 am, Saturday, December 16

Drops and name changes will be accepted until 8:00 am, Saturday, December 16.  Invoices will be prepared at that time.  Late adds are not encouraged, but may be accepted at the discretion of the tournament host.

CALL or TEXT SATURDAY MORNING EN ROUTE TO THE MFA HOTLINE (370-4632) to confirm your team attendance and judge attendance to avoid the $10 penalty.

Events

LD: NOV/DEC varsity resolution, 3 levels, if numbers allow

PF: DEC resolution, 2 levels, if numbers allow

Congressional Debate: Senate/House(s), as needed

Speech: All State Tournament Categories

Judge requirements

Fractional entries round up (i.e., three LD entries = 2 judges); 3rd, 5th and 7th judge must be neutral for Speech, LD, PF

• LD: one judge for every 2 LD entries
• PF: one judge for every 2 teams
• Speech or Congressional Debate: one judge for every 5 entries

Please help the meet run smoothly and fairly by supplying your required judges, including unaffiliated in accordance with MFA rules, and by providing them with training in the category they are committed to.  Note judge conflicts or shadow needs in your judge registration on Tabroom.com.  If you have a unique judging situation or question, contact Patrick or Amy.  Remember a parent cannot judge the category in which their child is competing.

Judges are expected to be available for ALL rounds of competition.  Fines will be assessed for judges departing early unless cleared through TAB.

Hiring judges

Fees for purchasing judges will be $60 per judge.  There will be a limited number of extra judges available and you must clear your request by Wednesday, December 13 through Hired Judge in Tabroom.  If you have extra judges, have them enroll in the judge hire exchange or contact the Tournament Director so the judge can be added to the judge hire pool.  The host will release any unhired judges by 7:00pm, Friday December 15.

Food

Students: Breakfast items, lunch and snacks will be on sale for students in the high school cafeteria.  If students do not want to purchase food, they should bring lunch and snacks.  Students should not leave the school.

Judges/Coaches/Bus drivers: Complimentary light breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack will be provided in the judges’ lounge in each school.

Awards

Sweeps for Speech and Debate (LD and PF) and Congressional – 1st three places

Individual awards for 1st – 3rd in each category

Note that ties in record will be broken according to MFA guidelines.  Tabulation of awards follows standards adopted by MFA.

Schedule

8:00-8:30 Registration in High School lobby (get here early, please)-
8:40 Judges meeting in Judges’ Lounge at respective schools
8:45 Student meeting in respective Cafeteria
9:00 Rounds will begin following briefings; 4 rounds.
Awards at 4:30

Location of competitions and food

ALL registrations: Lobby of High School

Once all judges and schools have checked in:

• High School: Debate
• Middle School: Speech and Congress

Speech and Congress competitors will come back to the high school to pick up lunch.

Speech and Congress judges will be fed in the judges’ lounge at the Middle School.

Directions

Use Google Maps. Our address is 2250 Millard Harrison Drive, Readfield, ME 04355.

We are located approximately 1 1/4 hours from Portland or 3/4 hour from Lewiston or 1 1/2 hours from Bangor.  Please plan accordingly to arrive on time.

We look forward to having you all at our school.

Patrick Forgue, Coach