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    LA COSTA CANYON WINTER CLASSIC​

    13-14 November 2020

    DEADLINE
    To register: 7 Nov 2020

    Recordings due on Cascade Commons on 11 November at 9 pm.
    ​DO NOT SEND US YOUR LINK, you need to record it yourself.
    ELIGIBILITY
    Open to middle and high school students
    PLATFORM
    Online through Cascade Commons

    Information

    Tentative Schedule
    We will not start before 3:00 PM Friday or 8:00 AM Saturday, but we may adjust this schedule between now and the tournament. If we have the judges, we may try to single flight some divisions of LD and Public Forum.
     
    Saturday, November 7th
    Registration deadline. Submission window will either open Monday night or Tuesday morning.

    Monday, November 9th
    Asynchronous speech submission portal opens at night or Tuesday morning the latest. You can start recording your events.


    Wednesday, November 11th
    Speech submission due at 9:00 PM through Cascade Commons. You need to submit this yourself.
    ​Directions for uploading speeches can be found here 
    ​
    Thursday, November 12th
    Speech ballots and links distributed to speech judges
     
    Friday, November 13th
    2:00-2:30 PM: Debate Check in
    3:00                  Debate Round 1, Congress session 1 (LD and PF double flighted)
    5:30                  Debate 2
    6:00                  Congress Session 2
    8:00                  Debate 3, speech ballots due
     
    Saturday, November 14th
    7:30-7:45 AM Online Check in
    8:00                 Extemp and Impromptu round 1
    9:30                 Debate 4 (super congress 1)
    11:30               Extemp and Impromptu 2
    1:00                 Debate 5 (super congress 2)
    3:00                 Extemp an Impromptu 3
    4:30                 CX sems/finals. LD and PF Quarters
    6:00                 Extemp and Impromptu Finals, if possible, showcase finals for other speech events
    7:15 PM          CX Finals, LD and PF sems
    8:30 PM          LD/ PF Finals
    8:30 PM          Awards (most likely on Zoom and/or Youtube)
     
    Policy Judges are obligated for all out rounds. LD and PF judges are obligated for two rounds past the elimination of their school's last competitors.

    ​Entry Price

    One Speech Event $60
    Two Speech Events $70
    Three Speech Events $80


    Debate only $60
    Debate + 1 Speech $70
    Debate + 2 Speech $80
    Debate + 2 Speech $90

    If you don't provide a judge, you will pay an additional $110
    Each person in a Policy team would be responsible of providing their own judge, so one Policy team would need to either provide two judges, both pay the judge fee, or one of each option.


    Registration will not be complete until payment is received.
     
    NOTE: We will charge set up fees if we have to create tabroom.com accounts for judges. It is recommended you do so on your own.

    Schedule

    Tentative Schedule
    We will not start before 3:00 PM Friday or 8:00 AM Saturday, but we may adjust this schedule between now and the tournament. If we have the judges, we may try to single flight some divisions of LD and Public Forum.
     
    Monday, November 9th
    Speech submission due at 11:59 PM
     
    Thursday, November 12th
    Speech ballots and links distributed to speech judges
     
    Friday, November 13th
    2:00-2:30 PM: Debate Check in
    3:00                  Debate Round 1, Congress session 1 (LD and PF double flighted)
    5:30                  Debate 2
    6:00                  Congress Session 2
    8:00                  Debate 3, speech ballots due
     
    Saturday, November 14th
    7:30-7:45 AM Online Check in
    8:00                 Extemp and Impromptu round 1
    9:30                 Debate 4 (super congress 1)
    11:30               Extemp and Impromptu 2
    1:00                 Debate 5 (super congress 2)
    3:00                 Extemp an Impromptu 3
    4:30                 CX sems/finals. LD and PF Quarters
    6:00                 Extemp and Impromptu Finals, if possible, showcase finals for other speech events
    7:15 PM          CX Finals, LD and PF sems
    8:30 PM          LD/ PF Finals
    8:30 PM          Awards (most likely on Zoom and/or Youtube)
     
    Policy Judges are obligated for all out rounds. LD and PF judges are obligated for two rounds past the elimination of their school's last competitors.

    Drop Fee

    Drop fees will be the same amounts as the entry fee PLUS any fees the tournament charges us for late drops. Drop requests should be made to Victor and Nadia.

    Please do not drop out last minute to avoid being charged these fees.

    Contact Info

    Victor Rivas Umana
    Contact email:  vrivasumana@tgsastaff.com

    Nadia Budiman 
    Contact email: nbudiman@tgsastaff.com

    Or info@tgsastaff.com

    Registration Form


    STUDENT INFORMATION

    PARENT CONTACT INFORMATION
    Your email address will be the one included when we send the logistics email.

    EVENT SELECTION
    Make sure you have checked the double-entry policies. We are not responsible for schedule conflicts.
    BOTH partners must fill out form and pay in order to be registered!

    About one day after you sign up, you will get a verification link from Cascade Commons prompting you to create an account. Make sure you use the same student email as the one you listed here. If not, you may be disqualified and GSA does not have control over that.


    ASYNCHRONOUS PREPARED EVENTS

    Submission window is between Monday, Nov 9th night and Wednesday, Nov 11th at 9pm. You must record and submit the video yourself through Cascade Commons. Make sure you have read the guideline below very carefully.

    RECORDING GUIDELINE

    ​JUDGE PROVISION
    If your child is competing in speech, make sure you've read the information regarding asynchronous judging.
    Signing up a judge without having a Tabroom account will result in us charging you for the set up fee. You can do this easily on your own by going to tabroom.com. It takes two minutes.

    First time judging? Click here to learn how to do it! Or watch our Youtube playlist here.

    TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Submit/take to payment

We would love to have you visit soon at one of our open houses.
Check our home page for the schedule!


School year Hours

M-F: 3:45 pm - 8:30 pm 
Sun: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Telephone

510-270-8480
510-470-0531

Email (preferred)

For more info email us at: info@tgsastaff.com

Locations

Fremont: 200 Brown Rd #201, Fremont, CA 94539

Cupertino: 20432 Silverado Avenue Suite 211, Cupertino, CA 95014

Aborn Institute: 2804 Riedel Road, San Jose, CA 95135 

Loving Tree Academy: 36601 Newark Blvd, #83, Newark, CA 94560
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