Invitation – N. Hall HS Autumn Classic Nov. 5, 2022

Dear Colleagues:

We are delighted to extend to you and your students an invitation to the NHHS Autumn Classic Speech and Debate Tournament to be held Saturday, November 5, 2022.

We will offer the following events: Two-person Novice, JV, and Varsity Policy debate, novice and Varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate, novice and varsity public forum debate, extemporaneous speaking, impromptu speaking, dramatic interpretation, humorous interpretation, duo interpretation, informative speaking, and original oratory. We will offer program of interpretation (POI) rather than Prose/poetry. We will also be offering middle school level public forum, impromptu speaking, POI, and original oratory. Big Questions Debate will run in 3 "patterned" rounds, and Congressional debate will be offered open chamber from 9:00am- 12 pm, and 1:30pm - 4pm.

We request that you follow the GFCA resolution stating that "a novice debater should be a student who is debating his/her first national high school resolution in high school tournaments." Debaters with experience should compete at the varsity level.

Registration is available on the Tabroom.com website: You may register entries until 6:00 pm on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. Interested entrants beyond that deadline should contact the tournament director, Colton Major, at colton.major@hallco.org.

Please take the time to look at the tentative schedule below.
The tournament will be held virtually, synchronously, in all divisions.

Judging Requirements

Schools must provide one judge for every two congressional debaters, one judge for every two Lincoln-Douglas debaters, one judge for every two policy teams or public forum teams, and one judge for every 4 individual events entries or any fractions thereof.

You will need to specifically request hired judges. We will fill as many hire requests as we can in the order they were received, but we are very limited on the number of judges for hire available. Please be aware that if you request judges near the tournament date, we may not be able to meet your needs, so you should plan on filling as many judges as you possibly can provide for yourselves.

Fees for hiring a judge are $150.00 per debate judge, and/or $100 per speech judge. Please note: We’d much rather have your guest judge for the tournament than judges’ fees. Judges available for hire are very limited; if you fail to request a hired judge but one is needed, then you will be assessed the judge’s fee or any part thereof as appropriate.

Tournament Fees
Individual Events $10.00 per entry
Lincoln-Douglas $15.00 per debater
Policy Debate $30.00 per team
Public Forum $30.00 per team
Big Questions Debate No Charge per entry
Congressional Debate $3.00 per entry
Middle School events $7.00 per entry

Registration Limitations
Debaters (policy, novice policy, novice Lincoln-Douglas, Lincoln-Douglas, novice public forum, and Public Forum) may NOT double enter. Congressional Debate or Big Questions Debate (on a drop in basis, between rounds) aren't considered conflicting registration for Saturday debaters.

LD topic to be debated by Varsity:
Lincoln-Douglas Debate – 2022 November/December Topic

Resolved: The People’s Republic of China ought to prioritize environmental protection over economic growth.

LD topic to be debated by Novice is a holdover of the Sept/Oct Topic:

• September/October – Resolved: The United States ought to implement a single-payer universal healthcare system.

Public Forum Debate -- 2022 November/December Topic

Resolved: The United States’ strategy of Great Power Competition produces more benefits than harms.

Policy Debate – 2022-2023 Topic

"Resolved: “The United States federal government should substantially increase its security cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in one or more of the following areas: artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cybersecurity.”

Big Questions – 2022-2023 Topic

Resolved: Humans are primarily driven by self-interest.

Individual Events competitors may double enter in individual events. They may NOT double enter in Saturday debate events other than BQD and Congress. BQD is single debater, not teams.
Drop fees and/or nuisance fees will be applied for drops and changes made beyond deadlines.
Please make checks payable to North Hall High Speech and Debate.
Our team and parents are working very diligently to provide a quality tournament. As always, we expect this year's tournament to run in a smooth and timely manner. We hope to see you at the Autumn Classic!

Sincerely,
Cliff Cape & Colton Major
NHHS Speech and Debate Coaches

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR POLICY
8:00AM — "On Site Check In" due from Coaches in Tabroom/Tech Check via NSDA Campus test rooms
8:30AM — Pairings for Round 1; competitors and judges report to virtual rooms
8:45AM — Round 1
10:30 --- Tech Check
10:45AM — Pairings for Round 2; competitors and judges report to virtual rooms
11:00AM — Round 2
1:00PM — Lunch
2:00 --- Tech Check
2:15PM — Pairings for Round 3; competitors and judges report to virtual rooms
2:30PM — Round 3
4:15 -- Tech Check
4:30PM — Pairings for Round 4; competitors and judges report to virtual rooms
4:45PM — Round 4

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR PUBLIC FORUM
8:00AM — "On Site Check In" due from Coaches/Tech Check via NSDA Campus Test Rooms
8:20AM — Pairings for Round 1; competitors and judges report to virtual rooms
8:30AM — Flip for Sides
8:35AM — Round 1 Start Time
10:05AM -- Tech Check for Round 2
10:15AM — Pairings for Round 2; competitors and judges report to virtual rooms
10: 25AM — Flip for Sides
10:30AM — Round 2
12:15PM — Lunch
12:45PM --- Tech Check for Round 3
1:00PM — Pairings for Round 3
1:15PM — Flip for Sides
1:20PM — Round 3
2:45PM -- Tech Check for Round 4
3:00PM — Pairings for Round 4
3:15PM — Flip for Sides
3:20PM — Round 4
4:45PM --- Tech Check for Round 5
5:00PM — Pairings for Round 5
5:15PM — Flip for Sides
5:20PM — Round 5

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR LD
8:00AM — "On Site Check In" due from Coaches/Tech Check of NSDA Campus Test Rooms
8:45AM — Pairings for Round 1; competitors and judges report to virtual rooms
9:00AM — Round 1 Start Time
10:30AM --- Tech Check for Round 2
10:45AM — Pairings for Round 2; competitors and judges report to virtual rooms
11:00AM — Round 2
12:30PM — Lunch
1:00PM -- Tech Check for Round 3
1:15PM — Pairings for Round 3
1:30PM — Round 3
3:00PM --- Tech Check for Round 4
3:15PM — Pairings for Round 4
3:30PM — Round 4
5:00PM --- Tech Check for Round 5
5:15PM — Pairings for Round 5
5:30PM — Round 5

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR BQD
9:00AM — "On Site Check In" due from Coaches/Tech Check of NSDA Campus Test Rooms
10:00AM — Pairings for Round 1; competitors and judges report to virtual rooms
10:15AM — Round 1
12:00PM — Lunch
12:30PM — Pairings for Round 2
12:45PM — Round 2
2:15PM — Pairings for Round 3
2:30PM — Round 3

TENTATIVE INDIVIDUAL EVENTS SCHEDULE
8:00AM — "On Site Check In" due from Coaches/Tech Check of NSDA Campus Test Room/Squad Rooms, etc...
8:20 --- Extemp draw begins
8:35 AM — Schedule for Round 1; competitors and judges report to virtual rooms
8:50AM — Round 1 Start Time
10:15AM --- Tech Check for Round 2
10:30AM — Schedule for Round 2; competitors and judges report to virtual rooms; Extemp draw begins
11:00AM — Round 2
12:30PM — Lunch
1:00PM --- Tech Check for Round 3
1:15PM — Schedule for Round 3; Extemp draw begins
1:45PM — Round 3
3:00PM -- Tech Check for Round 4
3:15PM — Schedule for Round 4; Extemp draw begins
3:30PM — Round 4
4:45PM -- Tech Check for Round 5
5:00PM — Schedule for Round 5; Extemp draw begins
5:15PM — Round 5 (as needed)

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE
(Open Chamber)

8:00AM — "On Site Check In" due from Coaches/Tech Check of NSDA Campus Test Rooms

8:15AM — Paneling for Session 1; competitors and judges report to virtual rooms

8:30AM — Session 1 Start Time

10:30 AM -- Paneling for Session 2: competitors and judges report to virtual rooms

12:00PM — Lunch

1:00PM — Session 2 resumes

2:00PM — Session 2 ends

Round Hints for EX:

Rd. I Domestic
Rd. II International
Rd. III Domestic
Rd. IV International
Rd. V Domestic

Round Hints for IM
Rd. I "Quoth Guy Fawkes"
Rd. II "Musicians and Lyrics"
Rd. III "Fire Quotations"
Rd. IV "Lifetime Hiccups"
Rd. V "Once Around the Park, King James"