HENRY CLAY

HENRY CLAY SR JR VIRTUAL WARM UP FOR NATIONALS 2022

25 April 2022 for speech link submission deadline
27-29 April 2022 for asynchronous speech judging

DEADLINE

25 April 2022
INCLUDING SPEECH LINKS

NO REFUNDS AFTER THIS DATE
DROPS OR CHANGES AFTER THIS DATE WILL INCUR A $10 FEE

ELIGIBILITY

Open to elementary, middle, and high school students

PLATFORM

Online through NSDA Campus

Information

WELCOME TO THE HENRY CLAY "WARM-UP FOR NATIONALS" VIRTUAL SENIOR & JUNIOR DIVISION SPEECH TOURNAMENTS
Speech events will be completely asynchronous (pre-recorded) and run throughout the week with two guaranteed rounds of prelims plus finals!

EVENTS OFFERED:
We plan to hold ALL Kentucky High School Speech League SENIOR HIGH & JUNIOR MIDDLE speech events*
*Here is the link to all KHSSL events including rules and procedures for each.
https://82e6d243-a8cf-405e-ab00-8288aa6652d7.filesusr.com/ugd/d25b56_770cca9f095b4a76a0a622be11ff6e43.pdf

Senior Division Events: Broadcasting, Declamation, DI, Duo, Extemp, HI, Impromptu, Improv Duo, Informative, Oratory, Poetry, POI, Prose, & Storytelling
*These events are ONLY for high school students (grades 9-12) but middle school students can compete up if they wish to do POI or Informative
Junior Division Events: Broadcasting, Declamation, DI, Duo, Extemp, HI, Impromptu, Improv Duo, Oratory, Poetry, Prose, & Storytelling
*These events are ONLY for middle school students (grades 3-8)

ENTRY LIMITS:
IE competitors can compete in as many events as they choose.

JUDGES:
Please make sure that all your judges are familiar with all KHSSL rules in the 2021-2022 KHSSL Handbook so they can properly assess the students.
*NOTE – Speech Judges will be asked to judge BOTH Senior & Junior Division KHSSL Events – so please prep your judges of this beforehand as all judges will be expected to adhere to this obligation.

AWARDS:
Due to the small size of our tournaments, awards will be given out to the top 3 performers in each speech event (with verbal recognitions of 4th through 6th place) and a team sweepstakes award will be given out to top overall team in Speech (Jr/Sr combined).

We hope to see you with us virtually for our Warm-Up for Nationals Senior Speech & Junior Speech tournaments! Thank you for your time and consideration!

LIMITED PREP SPEECH TOPICS

Here are the limited prep topics for the HC WU4N 2022 Tournament!

Senior Extemp
*Choose one question only to record a response to...

Is Emmanual Macron's re-election win as France's president a good thing for the French economy?
Will the United States' aid to Ukraine result in a future conflict with Russia?
Is China's attempt to eliminate the coronavirus with lockdowns in Beijing an extreme or correct measure?

Senior Impromptu
*Choose one prompt only to record a response to...

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
or
"Nothing can dim the light that shines from within." ~ Maya Angelou

Junior Extemp
*Choose one question only to record a response to...

How is the war between Russia and Ukraine impacting the US economy?
Is TikTok becoming too dangerous for younger viewers?
Is the commercialization of space a good or bad thing?

Junior Impromptu
*Choose one prompt only to record a response to...

"Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows..." ~ Helen Keller
or
"Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!'" ~ Robin Williams

Entry Price

One event and parent is judging $60
Two events and parent is judging $70
Three events and parent is judging $80
Four events and parent is judging $90
Five events and parent is judging $100

One event and parent is opting out of judging $150
Two events and parent is opting out of judging $160
Three events and parent is opting out of judging $170
Four events and parent is opting out of judging $180
Five events and parent is opting out of judging $190

Each person in a PF/Policy/Duo team would be responsible of providing their own judge, so one PF/Policy/Duo 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

Please note that all times are in EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST).

SPEECH VIDEO SUBMISSION SCHEDULE

Monday 4/25: LTD PREP TOPICS RELEASED --- IT HAS BEEN RELEASED, SEE ABOVE
Impromptu quote options, & Extemp questions will all be released for both divisions. Please remember that entries WITHOUT recorded links will be dropped from the tournament past the deadline so please make sure that your recordings work.

Tuesday 4/26 @ 3 AM EST: CLOSE OF REGISTRATION --- MONDAY, 4/25 @MIDNIGHT PST
ALL recordings, student entries, & judge names/info will be set in stone and locked into place at that time. Please list the video link here or send to Nadia at nbudiman@tgsastaff.com by this deadline.

SPEECH JUDGING SCHEDULE

Wednesday 4/27 @ 8-9AM EST: Prelim Speech Rounds 1 & 2 BEGIN! --- WEDNESDAY, 4/27 @5:00 AM PST
Pairings will be released and judge rounds will be blasted via tabroom at some point Wednesday morning. It's possible that I may get these out late Tuesday night before this time, but this Wednesday morning is my more realistic goal timeline. NOTE: All prelim speech rounds MUST be finished & turned in from ALL judges by Thursday evening at 8:00 PM EST (which gives you approximately a day and a half to finish all of your team's prelim judging obligations).

Thursday, 4/28: Prelim Speech Rounds 1 & 2 END! --- THURSDAY, 4/28 @5:00 PM PST
The window for judging will be CLOSED at 8:00 PM EST on this day. Incomplete rounds by judges will be treated as judge drops and immediately re-assigned so coaches PLEASE ensure that your judges fulfill their prelim obligations. I will be contacting coaches for any late judges or dropped round fines so be cognizant of this deadline. Please check in with your judges before I have to in order to ensure that they have all finished and turned in their ballots before I replace them and issue any nuisance fees (but I'm going to cross my fingers that nothing like that will have to happen).

Friday, 4/29: FINALS FOR ALL SPEECH EVENTS!!! --- FRIDAY, 4/29 @MORNING PST UNTIL 5:00 PM PST
Finals for Speech events will be announced & ballots will be sent out to judges early Friday morning. You will have from that point until 8 PM EST on this same day to finish your final round judging obligation. My plan is to give no judge more than 1 finals round (like a typical in-person speech tournament) so your judges who are assigned to finals will have around 10 to 12 hours to finish this judging assignment. Note that the tournament will be completely finished by tonight - there will be NO ROUNDS JUDGED ON SATURDAY.

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
Suggested attire for the tournament can be found here.
More tournament resources can be found here.

* Indicates required field

Student Name *

First

Last

Student Email (DO NOT USE PARENT'S EMAIL) *

Student Phone Number *

Does the student have a Tabroom account? *

Yes and it is linked with GSA's account(s) Yes but it is not linked and we need you to add to your roster No but I will create one before submitting registration No but I will pay the additional $35 setup fee

If this is your first time competing, make sure to first create a Tabroom account here: https://www.tabroom.com/user/login/new_user.mhtml
It's super simple and quick (<1 minute), but follow the guidelines here in case anything is confusing: https://docs.tabroom.com/Sign_Up

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

Parent Name *

First

Last

Parent Email *

Parent Phone Number *

EVENT SELECTION
Students are able to enter in as many speech events as possible.
For limited prep events (impromptu/extemp), the topics have been posted above.
Make sure to list the unlisted Youtube links here or send to Nadia by 25 April 2022.
Got any questions? Please email nbudiman@tgsastaff.com, info@tgsastaff.com, vrivasumana@tgsastaff.com

Division? *

Junior (grades 3-8) Senior (grades 9-12)

JUDGE PROVISION
Please make sure you are available for the asynchronous speech judging schedule and that you won't submit your judging duties late. Details above.

Are you supplying a judge? *

Judge Name *

Judge email (Must be linked to a tabroom account. Register first at tabroom.com before completing this sign up) *

Judge phone *

Does your judge have a Tabroom account? *

Yes No but I will create one before submitting registration No but I'll pay the additional $35 setup fee Not judging

Does your judge understand that he/she is responsible for the entire tournament schedule and that missing a round incurs fines from the tournament? *

Yes, understood Not judging but understood as well

Click here to complete the mandatory Cultural Competency judge training course

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 literally takes less than a minute.

First time judging? Click here to learn how to do it! Or watch our Youtube playlist here.
There are also these training cards available that include a summary of each event's rules and comments.

Tournaments encourage judges to have a paradigm on their Tabroom account, which can be a few sentences on your preferences of debating styles, etc. See here for example. It doesn't need to be this long, but make sure to add something before you sign up. For example: "I am a parent, please speak clearly and slowly and avoid technical jargon".

More tournament resources can be found here.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

I will keep a copy of this form for reference. *

YES

We are signing up with the understanding that my child will work to be ready by the tournament date. If we choose to drop out because my child is not ready that will be considered when making assessments for future classes. *

YES

I understand that if I fail to drop the tournament before the deadline that I will still be responsible for the fees of both my son or daughter, along with that of his or her partner and the fines. *

YES

I understand that if payment is not received we won't be registered and our spot will be given up to someone else. *

YES

I confirm that I have completed all necessary paperwork for this tournament. *

YES

I understand that The Golden State Academy has no control over tournament entries other than the initial sign up. I understand that my child's priority will be based on either the last time I signed up OR the date paid, whichever is latest. *

YES

I understand that my child must check in and check out periodically at the tournament with the coach and that if I do not my child will be barred from participating in following tournaments. This is to ensure coaches can see where students are at competitively and to give any initial feedback for improvement. *

YES

I understand that I can check my entry status through tabroom.com. *

YES

I am a consenting adult. I understand that by submitting this form I agree to all that has been covered. *

YES

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