HARVARD NATIONAL
FORENSICS TOURNAMENT
February 15-17, 2020
Greetings from Harvard Debate!
We are delighted to invite you to attend the Forty-Sixth annual Harvard National Invitational Forensics Tournament, which will be held in Cambridge on Presidents' Day Weekend, Saturday, Sunday, & Monday, February 15-17, 2020.
This tournament will be open to middle school and high school students.
Second, we will continue to provide breakfast and lunch for all tournament participants this year on Saturday and Sunday. The meals for participants will be provided in addition to the traditional coach and judge lounges.
We are delighted to invite you to attend the Forty-Sixth annual Harvard National Invitational Forensics Tournament, which will be held in Cambridge on Presidents' Day Weekend, Saturday, Sunday, & Monday, February 15-17, 2020.
This tournament will be open to middle school and high school students.
Second, we will continue to provide breakfast and lunch for all tournament participants this year on Saturday and Sunday. The meals for participants will be provided in addition to the traditional coach and judge lounges.
Events/Divisions
Due to scheduling conflicts, students can only enter either debate only or speech only.
Lincoln Douglas
There will be two divisions, varsity and junior-varsity. Both will use the January-February National Speech and Debate Association topic and time limits.
Public Forum
There will be four divisions of public forum debate – varsity, junior varsity, novice, and middle school – on the February National Speech and Debate Association topic. The novice division is intended for high school students in their first year of competition. The middle school division is intended for students in the sixth through eighth grade.
Speech
The tournament will feature competition in seven events:
extemporaneous speaking (no foreign/domestic split)
original oratory
dramatic interpretation
humorous interpretation
duo interpretation
program oral interpretation
informative speaking
The schedule should allow responsible students to enter two of these events, and it is not unheard of to enter three. However, one person may not compete on two different duo-interpretation teams.
We are now accepting online payment!
After you have completed registration you will be directed to a product page. We do not accept checks or cash for tournament registration. Registration will not be complete until payment is received.
NOTE
Payment must be paid when you register.
One speech event $150
One speech event w/o Judge $250
Two speech events $250
Two speech events w/o judge $350
LD only $220
LD only w/o judge $320
PF only $165
PF only w/o judge $265
LD + 1 speech event $320
LD+ 1 speech event w/o judge $420
LD +2 Speech event $395
LD+ 2 Speech event w/o judge $495
PF+1 speech event $265
PF+ 1 speech event w/o judge $365
PF+ 2 speech event $340
PF+ 2 Speech event w/o judge $440
After you have completed registration you will be directed to a product page. We do not accept checks or cash for tournament registration. Registration will not be complete until payment is received.
NOTE
Payment must be paid when you register.
One speech event $150
One speech event w/o Judge $250
Two speech events $250
Two speech events w/o judge $350
LD only $220
LD only w/o judge $320
PF only $165
PF only w/o judge $265
LD + 1 speech event $320
LD+ 1 speech event w/o judge $420
LD +2 Speech event $395
LD+ 2 Speech event w/o judge $495
PF+1 speech event $265
PF+ 1 speech event w/o judge $365
PF+ 2 speech event $340
PF+ 2 Speech event w/o judge $440
Judges
Judges are obligated for ALL 3 DAYS of competition. Even if your child does not advance to the elimination rounds, you will need to judge. These are not our rules but the tournament expectation. Please schedule accordingly. If you cannot judge all three days, you must notify us but unfortunately we will have to charge a portion of the judge fee in order to hire someone for Monday's elimination rounds. Please notify us immediately if this is the case and we will make sure Nadia invoices you for Monday if we are able to find hired judges. We would encourage judges to ensure they are available all three days by requesting Monday off now.
Judges are obligated for ALL 3 DAYS of competition. Even if your child does not advance to the elimination rounds, you will need to judge. These are not our rules but the tournament expectation. Please schedule accordingly. If you cannot judge all three days, you must notify us but unfortunately we will have to charge a portion of the judge fee in order to hire someone for Monday's elimination rounds. Please notify us immediately if this is the case and we will make sure Nadia invoices you for Monday if we are able to find hired judges. We would encourage judges to ensure they are available all three days by requesting Monday off now.
Drop Fees
Given the highly competitive and popularity of this tournament, the freeze deadline for fees have occurred meaning any spot we request and get accepted for in the tournament, we have to pay. Given this, please make sure that you are absolutely sure your child can attend before signing them up for this tournament. We apologize for this but this is out of our control as tournaments have the right to set their own policies to ensure their tournaments run smoothly. This means that if you drop out, your fees are due unless we can find someone to take your spot on our team. At that point we will notify you when that occurs. While we do recommend everyone sign up in order for kids to have a goal and to be motivated to be ready, you may want to consult your child's coach to see if they are going to make the progress necessary to compete.
Registration will close Feb 8th and we will NOT accept any students after that. Unfortunately if the tournament fills up before this deadline, all students will be placed on a waitlist. You can then choose to wait until you get selected or you can withdraw your entry. As long as your are waitlisted, we will issue a full refund.
Payment deadline: If you do not pay in the next page consider yourself not registered. Registration is only considered complete once we have received your payment.
Registration will close Feb 8th and we will NOT accept any students after that. Unfortunately if the tournament fills up before this deadline, all students will be placed on a waitlist. You can then choose to wait until you get selected or you can withdraw your entry. As long as your are waitlisted, we will issue a full refund.
Payment deadline: If you do not pay in the next page consider yourself not registered. Registration is only considered complete once we have received your payment.
Deadlines
While we do not wish to apply any fee's on our competitors, we have had too many issues in the past with individuals dropping after our drop date. Understand that drops cost us a great deal of money and labor which puts a heavy stress on our small business..
Please talk to your students about signing them up to a tournament. If they do not feel 100% prepared, talk to your coach.
Please add the drop date to your personal calendar.
Single event drops after the deadline will result in a $100 fine per dropped event.
Regarding Team Events: In the event that one partner drops, that partner will be required to pay the full registration fee for themselves in addition to a $100 fee to help cover their partner.***
* If you sign up a judge, drops will incur a $100 fee, on top of difference owed on the original, non judging registration fee. Please understand that it extremely difficult and expensive to find last minute judges, if any are available at all.
** We do not guarantee any exceptions, emergency or otherwise. Please plan accordingly.
*** Parents with partners must coordinate with each other to ensure that they can register for a tournament. Parents may ask info@tgsastaff.com, the team's coach, Steven Leal , or Alfonso Lara for help and contact info but understand that the obligation is ultimately with the parent. If you do not feel comfortable with the teammate, please inform us so we can find a solution for future tournaments
Please talk to your students about signing them up to a tournament. If they do not feel 100% prepared, talk to your coach.
Please add the drop date to your personal calendar.
Single event drops after the deadline will result in a $100 fine per dropped event.
Regarding Team Events: In the event that one partner drops, that partner will be required to pay the full registration fee for themselves in addition to a $100 fee to help cover their partner.***
* If you sign up a judge, drops will incur a $100 fee, on top of difference owed on the original, non judging registration fee. Please understand that it extremely difficult and expensive to find last minute judges, if any are available at all.
** We do not guarantee any exceptions, emergency or otherwise. Please plan accordingly.
*** Parents with partners must coordinate with each other to ensure that they can register for a tournament. Parents may ask info@tgsastaff.com, the team's coach, Steven Leal , or Alfonso Lara for help and contact info but understand that the obligation is ultimately with the parent. If you do not feel comfortable with the teammate, please inform us so we can find a solution for future tournaments
Pick up, drop off, & Transportation
All student and parents must organize there own transportation to the tournament. No form of transportation will be organized by the coaching staff. Student are expected to be picked up as well as dropped off by a legal guardian. Student MAY NOT take PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION!
Pick-up and Drop off:
Pick-up and Drop off:
- When you Arrive on campus all student should go DIRECTLY to Wheeler Hall OR the hall listed in the logistics email that will be sent closer to the deadline.. A GSA coach will be waiting to meet you. NOTE that a pick up time has been Set HOWEVER, tournament never run on time. Student will be instructed to call parents if there are any changes to the schedule.
Location |
Contact Info |
|
Harvard University
|
Contact email: info@tgsastaff.com
Nathan Leal Nleal@tgsastaff.com |