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    GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL VIRTUALLY GIVE THANKS INVITATIONAL ​

    Asynchronous due on 11/9. Results after 11/14.

    DEADLINE
    9 Nov 2020
    Everything is pre-recorded and links must be submitted by this date.
    ELIGIBILITY
    Open to middle school students only
    PLATFORM
    Online through Tabroom.com​

    Information

    Gray Middle School is proud to host the Virtually Give Thanks Jr. Division Speech tournament. We would like to extend an invitation to our tournament to all middle schools. The tournament will take place on November 14, 2020 on Tabroom. This tournament is a totally asynchronous tournament. This means that all entries will be prerecorded, including finals.  
    ​

    CATEGORIES 
    All middle school/KHSSL Jr. events will be offered. Please visit the KHSSL handbook at https://www.khssl.org/handbook-and-constitution for rules.
    ​

    ENTRIES 
    We will be offering UNLIMITED entries: however, only the top three scores in each event will count towards sweepstakes. Students may quadruple enter (enter up to four events). New entry deadline is 8 pm EST Monday, November 9th. All recordings must be sent to Nadia by Monday, November 9th at 11.59 pm PST. 

    All events will be judged on Tabroom.com. When registering your students, it will be a requirement to include the link to their performance in order for your entry to be eligible. Platforms include You-Tube (links MUST be marked unlisted), Google Drive, Dropbox, etc. Please ensure permissions are set so that anyone with the link can view. Refer to the https://www.khssl.org/virtual-tournament-best-practices for tips on recoding and submitting videos. 

    NO recordings will be accepted for ANY event past the deadline so please do not wait until the last minute to record any event. Any entry that has not either uploaded or forwarded to me their link will be considered a DROP with fees applied at that time.  

    JUDGES 
    Please try to find neutral judges to bring to the tournament and make sure that they are well versed in the KHSSL rules and ballots.
    ALL JUDGES ON YOUR TEAM NEED TO CREATE A TABROOM ACCOUNT AND LINK IT TO YOUR SCHOOL! 
    Prelim rounds will be held asynchronously which means that your judges can complete them anytime from Wednesday, November 11th (beginning at 8:00 PM EST) through Friday, November 13th, with the deadline for completion being at 3:00 PM EST on November 13th. Finals for speech events will be announced on Friday evening via Tabroom, with assignments being blasted that same evening and those judging assignments for finals must be completed by Saturday morning, November 14th at 2 PM EST. All speech judges must be available for a minimum of 3 asynchronous rounds plus finals (if chosen) in order to fulfill an entire judging slot. 

    AWARDS 
    We will be presenting full color certificates for the top 6 performers in each speech event. We will honor the top 3 overall teams with sweepstakes plaques. Awards will be mailed to schools upon completion of the tournament.

    ​Entry Price

    One Speech Event $55
    Two Speech Events $60
    Three Speech Events $65
    Four Speech Events $70


    If you don't provide a judge, you will pay an additional $70
    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

    Mon 11/9 - 11.59 pm PST Recording link submission deadline for all events
    Wed 11/11 - 6 - 8 pm EST - Coach registration/Check In via Tabroom
    Wed 11/12 - 8 pm EST - All preliminary rounds released
    Fri 11/13 - 3 pm EST - Deadline for all preliminary rounds to be judged
    Fri 11/13 - 5 pm EST - Breaks announced via tabroom and all final rounds released
    Sat 11/14 - 2 pm EST - Deadline for all final round to be judged 

    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
    ASYNCHRONOUS PREPARED EVENTS

    Platforms include You-Tube (links MUST be marked unlisted), Google Drive, Dropbox, etc. Please ensure permissions are set so that anyone with the link can view. Refer to the https://www.khssl.org/virtual-tournament-best-practices for tips on recoding and submitting videos.
    ​
    ​
    If you won't provide the recording link upon registration here, please send to nbudiman@tgsastaff.com, vrivasumana@tgsastaff.com, info@tgsastaff.com by November 9.

    ​JUDGE PROVISION
    ATTENTION: Prelim rounds will be held asynchronously which means that your judges can complete them anytime from Wednesday, November 11th (beginning at 8:00 PM EST) through Friday, November 13th, with the deadline for completion being at 3:00 PM EST on November 13th. Finals for speech events will be announced on Friday evening via Tabroom, with assignments being blasted that same evening and those judging assignments for finals must be completed by Saturday morning, November 14th at 2 PM EST.
    Since events are pre-recorded, judging will happen from 11/11 through 11/14. See schedule above.

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

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